S.Amdt. 2750
What it does: Adds SEC. 918. REVIEW OF OPERATION OF CERTAIN SHIPS DURING THE VIETNAM ERA at the end of title IX
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)What it changes
1 change to S. 1982 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 918. REVIEW OF OPERATION OF CERTAIN SHIPS DURING THE VIETNAM ERA at the end of title IX
Adds a sectionIn S. 1982 · Placed on Calendar Senate
"(iv) for fiscal year 2021, $100,437,000,000 in additional new budget authority.".
Inserted: SEC. 918. REVIEW OF OPERATION OF CERTAIN SHIPS DURING THE VIETNAM ERA.
Inserted: (a) Review Required.--By not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall review the logs of each ship under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy that is known to have operated in the waters near Vietnam during the Vietnam Era (as that term is defined in section 101(29) of title 38, United States Code) to determine--
Inserted: (1) whether each such ship operated in the territorial waters of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975; and
Inserted: (2) for each such ship that so operated--
Inserted: (A) the date or dates when the ship so operated; and
Inserted: (B) the distance from the shore of the location where the ship operated that was the closest proximity to shore.
Inserted: (b) Provision of Information to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.--Upon a determination that any such ship so operated, the Secretary of Defense shall provide such determination, together with the information described in subsection (a)(2) about the ship, to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Inserted: (c) Public Availability of Information.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make publicly available all unclassified information provided to the Secretary under subsection (b).
Original wording
At the end of title IX, add the following:
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SA 2750. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1982, to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title IX, add the following:
SEC. 918. REVIEW OF OPERATION OF CERTAIN SHIPS DURING THE VIETNAM ERA.
(a) Review Required.--By not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall review the logs of each ship under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy that is known to have operated in the waters near Vietnam during the Vietnam Era (as that term is defined in section 101(29) of title 38, United States Code) to determine--
(1) whether each such ship operated in the territorial waters of the Republic of Vietnam during the period beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975; and
(2) for each such ship that so operated--
(A) the date or dates when the ship so operated; and
(B) the distance from the shore of the location where the ship operated that was the closest proximity to shore.
(b) Provision of Information to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.--Upon a determination that any such ship so operated, the Secretary of Defense shall provide such determination, together with the information described in subsection (a)(2) about the ship, to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(c) Public Availability of Information.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make publicly available all unclassified information provided to the Secretary under subsection (b).
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Senate amendment submitted
February 25, 2014