[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4684]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3018. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2976 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 3944, making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II of division A, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. ___.  Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall submit to Congress a report describing--
       (1) clinical trials facilitated by or funded by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs that have been cancelled, 
     suspended, or disrupted since January 20, 2025;
       (2) the number of veterans estimated to participate in or 
     enrolled in each trial cancelled, suspended, or disrupted 
     since January 20, 2025;
       (3) clinical trials cancelled, suspended, or disrupted 
     since January 20, 2025, due to researchers participating in 
     the deferred resignation program or voluntary early 
     retirement authority program of the Department or being 
     terminated;
       (4) staff terminated or suspended due to the cancellation, 
     suspension, or disruption of a clinical trial since January 
     20, 2025; and
       (5) costs incurred by the Department due to the 
     cancellation, suspension, or disruption of a clinical trial 
     since January 20, 2025, including costs associated with the 
     restarting of suspended or disrupted trials.

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