S.Amdt. 1653

SA 1653. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R.
1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military
activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction,
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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. EXPANSION OF DUTIES OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS.

Section 136(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``and health affairs'' and inserting the
following: ``health affairs, and the coordination, use,
acquisition, or exchange of joint requirements and resources
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and implementation of
recommendations made under section 320(c)(1) of title 38''.
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