To make available from Medical Services, $1,000,000 for education debt reduction for mental health care professionals who agree to employment at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)Legislative Activity
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2783 proposed by Senator Johnson for Senator Boxer to Amendment SA 2730.(consideration: CR S11407)
November 17, 2009
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2783 proposed by Senator Johnson for Senator Boxer to Amendment SA 2730.(consideration: CR S11407)
November 17, 2009
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 2783 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.(text as modified: CR S11407)
November 17, 2009
Amendment SA 2783 proposed by Senator Johnson for Senator Boxer to Amendment SA 2730. (consideration: CR S11407) To make available from Medical Services, $1,000,000 for education debt reduction for mental health care professionals who agree to employment at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
November 17, 2009
Amendment SA 2783 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S11407)
November 17, 2009
Senate amendment submitted
November 16, 2009
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SA 2783. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2730 proposed by Mr. Johnson (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison) to the bill H.R. 3082, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 52, after line 21, add the following: Sec. 229. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this title under the headings ``Veterans Health Administration'' and ``medical services'', not less than $1,000,000 shall be available for education debt reduction under subchapter VII of chapter 76 of title 38, United States Code, for mental health care professionals who agree to employment at the Department of Veterans Affairs. ____________________