S.Amdt. 1892

SA 1892. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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, 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. CLARIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIONS OF EXPOSURE FOR
VETERANS WHO SERVED IN VICINITY OF REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM.

(a) Compensation.--Subsections (a)(1) and (f) of section
1116 of title 38, United States Code, are amended by
inserting ``(including the territorial seas of such
Republic)'' after ``served in the Republic of Vietnam'' each
place it appears.
(b) Health Care.--Section 1710(e)(4) of such title is
amended by inserting ``(including the territorial seas of
such Republic)'' after ``served on active duty in the
Republic of Vietnam''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a)
and (b) shall take effect as of September 25, 1985.
(d) Offset.--Increased Government expenditures resulting
from enactment of this section shall be paid from savings
achieved by section 605 of this Act.
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