[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16651]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    INCREASING THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ACCOUNTABILITY TO 
                          VETERANS ACT OF 2015

  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration 
of S. 290 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 290) to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     improve the accountability of employees of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Moran 
substitute amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered 
read a third time and passed; and the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 5173) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  The bill (S. 290), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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