[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 127 (Thursday, July 24, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4706-S4707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3027. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 3944, making appropriations for military 
construction,

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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. 2__. NOTICE AND HATCH ACT EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
                   SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS VISITS TO MEDICAL 
                   FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) Notice Requirement for Official Site Visits.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than the date that is 30 days 
     before the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     visits a medical facility of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for official business of the Secretary and acting in 
     the Secretary's capacity as the Secretary, the Secretary 
     shall provide the appropriate individuals notice of the 
     intent of the Secretary to visit the facility.
       (2) Appropriate individuals.--For purposes of paragraph 
     (1), the appropriate individuals are, with respect to a visit 
     to a medical facility of the Department--
       (A) the head of the medical facility;
       (B) the Senator of the State in which the medical facility 
     is located; and
       (C) the Member of the House of Representatives of the 
     congressional district in which the medical facility is 
     located.
       (b) Hatch Act Evaluation Before Site Visits.--The Secretary 
     may not visit a medical facility of the Department for any 
     reason without first obtaining an opinion from the General 
     Counsel of the Department as to whether that visit would 
     violate a requirement of subchapter III of chapter 73 of 
     title 5, United States Code (often referred to as the ``Hatch 
     Act'').
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