S.Amdt. 1399
What it does: Adds SEC. 723. TREATMENT OF EYE WOUNDS SUSTAINED DURING COMBAT at the end of subtitle C of title VII
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 723. TREATMENT OF EYE WOUNDS SUSTAINED DURING COMBAT at the end of subtitle C of title VII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2012.
Inserted: SEC. 723. TREATMENT OF EYE WOUNDS SUSTAINED DURING COMBAT.
Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
Inserted: (1) veterans who have sustained eye injuries resulting from combat operations are deserving of the highest quality health care and rehabilitation efforts;
Inserted: (2) the Department of Defense should continue to vigorously pursue efforts to identify new care options for eye injuries sustained in combat operations; and
Inserted: (3) support for vision rehabilitation and corneal wound research currently being done at hospitals and universities around the United States should continue to be a priority of the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (b) Comptroller General of the United States Report.--Not later than June 1, 2012, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the following:
Inserted: (1) An assessment of the impact of research funded by the Department of Defense on the development of new methods of treatment for eye wounds sustained during combat operations.
Inserted: (2) An identification of gaps in current or planned research on methods of treatment for eye wounds sustained during combat operations, and an assessment of the resources required to fill such gaps.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1399. Mr. BLUNT 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 C of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 723. TREATMENT OF EYE WOUNDS SUSTAINED DURING COMBAT.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) veterans who have sustained eye injuries resulting from combat operations are deserving of the highest quality health care and rehabilitation efforts;
(2) the Department of Defense should continue to vigorously pursue efforts to identify new care options for eye injuries sustained in combat operations; and
(3) support for vision rehabilitation and corneal wound research currently being done at hospitals and universities around the United States should continue to be a priority of the Department of Defense.
(b) Comptroller General of the United States Report.--Not later than June 1, 2012, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the following:
(1) An assessment of the impact of research funded by the Department of Defense on the development of new methods of treatment for eye wounds sustained during combat operations.
(2) An identification of gaps in current or planned research on methods of treatment for eye wounds sustained during combat operations, and an assessment of the resources required to fill such gaps.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2011