To clarify the limitation on the implementation of mission changes for specified Veterans Health Administration Facilities.

SA 393. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. IMPLEMENTATION OF MISSION CHANGES AT SPECIFIC VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES.

(a) In General.--Section 414 of the Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 2004, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(h) Definition.--In this section, the term ‘medical center' includes any outpatient clinic.”.

(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-422).