[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17985]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                  APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016--Continued

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.


          Amendments Nos. 2772 and 2766 to Amendment No. 2763

  Mr. KIRK. Mr. President, the ranking member and I have a small 
package of amendments that have been cleared by both sides.
  I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up, 
reported by number, and the Senate vote on the amendments en bloc: 
Shaheen No. 2772 and Heller No. 2766.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the amendments by number.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Montana [Mr. Tester], for Mrs. Shaheen, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 2772 to amendment No. 2763.
       The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Kirk], for Mr. Heller, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 2766 to amendment No. 2763.

  The amendments are as follows:


                           Amendment No. 2772

 (Purpose: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to 
 conduct audits relating to the timely access of veterans to hospital 
 care, medical services, and other health care from the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs)

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct random, periodic audits of medical facilities 
     of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans 
     Integrated Service Networks to assess whether such facilities 
     and Networks are complying with all standards imposed by law 
     or by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to the 
     timely access of veterans to hospital care, medical services, 
     and other health care from the Department.


                           Amendment No. 2766

  (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds to transfer amounts from the 
Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other account in the 
                     Treasury of the United States)

       At the end of title II, add the following:
       Sec. 247.  None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this title may be used to transfer any 
     amount from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to 
     any other account in the Treasury of the United States.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question 
occurs on agreeing to the amendments en bloc.
  The amendments (Nos. 2772 and 2766) were agreed to en bloc.

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