S.Amdt. 1231
What it does: Adds SEC. 215. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY FOR CONTINUATION OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ON ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICE IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR at the end of subtitle B of title II
Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 215. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY FOR CONTINUATION OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ON ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICE IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR at the end of subtitle B of title II
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(d) Milestone B Approval Defined.--In this section, the term "Milestone B approval" has the meaning given that term in section 2366(e)(7) of title 10, United States Code.
Inserted: SEC. 215. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY FOR CONTINUATION OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ON ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICE IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.
Inserted: The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $10,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for Basic Research for the peer-reviewed Gulf War Illness Research Program of the Army run by Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs for the continuation of innovative research on illnesses associated with service in the Persian Gulf War in order to identify effective treatments, improve definition and diagnosis, and better understand pathobiology and symptoms.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1231. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 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 B of title II, add the following:
SEC. 215. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY FOR CONTINUATION OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ON ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICE IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.
The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $10,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for Basic Research for the peer-reviewed Gulf War Illness Research Program of the Army run by Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs for the continuation of innovative research on illnesses associated with service in the Persian Gulf War in order to identify effective treatments, improve definition and diagnosis, and better understand pathobiology and symptoms.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 18, 2011