S.Amdt. 2152
What it does: Adds SEC. 1008. REPORT ON UNDERFUNDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE ARMED FORCES ARE ENGAGED IN A MAJOR MILITARY CONFLICT at the end of subtitle A of title X
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 1585
Adds SEC. 1008. REPORT ON UNDERFUNDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE ARMED FORCES ARE ENGAGED IN A MAJOR MILITARY CONFLICT at the end of subtitle A of title X
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. 1008. REPORT ON UNDERFUNDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE ARMED FORCES ARE ENGAGED IN A MAJOR MILITARY CONFLICT.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) Pressure to reduce the amounts expended by the Department of Defense for health care has contributed to many of the current problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Inserted: (2) It is inappropriate to reduce the amounts expended by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care while members of the Armed Forces or veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan require health care as a consequence of such service.
Inserted: (b) Report Required for Underfunding.--If the Armed Forces are involved in a major military conflict when the President submits to Congress the budget for a fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, and the aggregate amount included in that budget for the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care for such fiscal year is less than the aggregate amount provided by Congress for the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care for such preceding fiscal year, the President shall submit to Congress a report on--
Inserted: (1) the reasons for the determination that inclusion of a lesser aggregate amount is in the national interest; and
Inserted: (2) the anticipated effects of the inclusion of such lesser aggregate amount on the access to and delivery of medical and support services to members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their family members.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2152. Mr. BIDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1008. REPORT ON UNDERFUNDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR HEALTH CARE FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH THE ARMED FORCES ARE ENGAGED IN A MAJOR MILITARY CONFLICT.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Pressure to reduce the amounts expended by the Department of Defense for health care has contributed to many of the current problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
(2) It is inappropriate to reduce the amounts expended by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care while members of the Armed Forces or veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan require health care as a consequence of such service.
(b) Report Required for Underfunding.--If the Armed Forces are involved in a major military conflict when the President submits to Congress the budget for a fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, and the aggregate amount included in that budget for the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care for such fiscal year is less than the aggregate amount provided by Congress for the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs for health care for such preceding fiscal year, the President shall submit to Congress a report on--
(1) the reasons for the determination that inclusion of a lesser aggregate amount is in the national interest; and
(2) the anticipated effects of the inclusion of such lesser aggregate amount on the access to and delivery of medical and support services to members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their family members.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 12, 2007