[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1223]
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  SA 661. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING 
                   COMBAT-INJURED VETERANS RECEIVE FULL MILITARY 
                   BENEFITS.

       The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, 
     and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 
     the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to 
     enhancing veterans' benefits, including legislation that 
     would ensure veterans entitled to disability compensation 
     from the Department of Veterans Affairs and retirement 
     payments from the Department of Defense receive such 
     compensation and payments concurrently, or eliminate the 
     offset of Department of Veterans Affairs disability 
     compensation and Department of Defense retirement payments 
     for veterans who have a combat-related disability, by the 
     amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, 
     provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit 
     over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 
     2034.
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