[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4996]
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  SA 2690. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. INCREASE OF EXPENDITURE CAP FOR NONINSTITUTIONAL 
                   CARE ALTERNATIVES TO NURSING HOME CARE.

       (a) Increase of Expenditure Cap.--Section 1720C(d) of title 
     38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The total cost'' and inserting ``(1) 
     Except as provided in paragraph (2), the total cost'';
       (2) by striking ``65 percent of''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2)(A) The total cost of providing services or in-kind 
     assistance in the case of any veteran described in 
     subparagraph (B) for any fiscal year under the program may 
     exceed the cost that would otherwise have been incurred as 
     specified in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines, based 
     on a consideration of clinical need, geographic market 
     factors, and such other matters as the Secretary may 
     prescribe through regulation, that such higher total cost is 
     in the best interest of the veteran.
       ``(B) A veteran described in this subparagraph is a veteran 
     with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a spinal cord injury, or 
     a condition the Secretary determines to be similar to such 
     conditions.''.
       (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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