[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 27817]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2784. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3082, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  At the discretion of the Attorney General, funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Byrne Discretionary grants'' 
     under funding for the Department of Justice in the Commerce, 
     Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2009 (Public Law 111-8) to the Louisiana District Attorney's 
     Association for the purpose to support an early intervention 
     program for at-risk elementary students may be available to 
     the University of Louisiana-Lafayette for the same purpose.
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  SA 2785. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1963, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide assistance to caregivers of veterans, to improve the provision 
of health care to veterans, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 177, after line 10, add the following:

     SEC. 1003. REQUIREMENT TO TRANSFER FUNDING FOR UNITED NATIONS 
                   CONTRIBUTIONS TO OFFSET COSTS OF PROVIDING 
                   ASSISTANCE TO FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF DISABLED 
                   VETERANS.

       The Secretary of State shall transfer to the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs, out of amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in a fiscal year for ``Contributions to 
     International Organizations'' and ``Contributions for 
     International Peacekeeping Activities'', such sums as the 
     Secretaries jointly determine are necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

     SEC. 1004. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FAMILY CAREGIVER 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Limitation.--Section 1717A(b), as added by section 102 
     of this Act, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) who, in the absence of personal care services, would 
     require hospitalization, nursing home care, or other 
     residential care.''.
       (b) Expansion.--Such section 1717A(b) is further amended, 
     in paragraph (1), by striking ``on or after September 11, 
     2001''.

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