S.Amdt. 3271
What it does: Adds SEC. 1022. REPORT ON CONTINUITY OF CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR COMBAT INJURIES at the end of subtitle C of title X
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)What it changes
1 change to S. 2400 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1022. REPORT ON CONTINUITY OF CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR COMBAT INJURIES at the end of subtitle C of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 2400 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(4) The term "national", except as provided in paragraph (3), has the meaning given such term in section 101(21) of such Act.
Inserted: SEC. 1022. REPORT ON CONTINUITY OF CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR COMBAT INJURIES.
Inserted: Not later than __ days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report on the status of efforts of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that--
Inserted: (1) members of the Armed Forces who are wounded or injured in combat receive the health care to which they are entitled from each Department;
Inserted: (2) emerging trends in combat-related wounds and injuries are being identified and addressed by each Department in its programs of care; and
Inserted: (3) the Department of Veterans Affairs receives from the Department of Defense in a timely and effective manner pre-deployment and post-deployment screening data on members of the Armed Forces collected by the Department of Defense that will assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in its clinical evaluation of veterans of combat.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 3271. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1022. REPORT ON CONTINUITY OF CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR COMBAT INJURIES.
Not later than __ days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report on the status of efforts of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that--
(1) members of the Armed Forces who are wounded or injured in combat receive the health care to which they are entitled from each Department;
(2) emerging trends in combat-related wounds and injuries are being identified and addressed by each Department in its programs of care; and
(3) the Department of Veterans Affairs receives from the Department of Defense in a timely and effective manner pre-deployment and post-deployment screening data on members of the Armed Forces collected by the Department of Defense that will assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in its clinical evaluation of veterans of combat.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 3, 2004