S.Amdt. 2779Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)2nd degree

To require that amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical and prosthetic research are used to ensure the provision of gender appropriate prosthetics and to conduct research related to toxic exposure.

Submitted November 9, 2015

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2779 proposed by Senator Tester for Senator Blumenthal to Amendment SA 2763.(consideration: CR S7878-7881; text: CR S7879)

November 10, 2015

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2779 proposed by Senator Tester for Senator Blumenthal to Amendment SA 2763.(consideration: CR S7878-7881; text: CR S7879)

November 10, 2015

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 2779 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

November 10, 2015

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Amendment SA 2779 proposed by Senator Tester for Senator Blumenthal to Amendment SA 2763. (consideration: CR S7878-7881; text: CR S7879) To require that amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for medical and prosthetic research are used to ensure the provision of gender appropriate prosthetics and to conduct research related to toxic exposure.

November 10, 2015

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Amendment SA 2779 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

November 10, 2015

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Senate amendment submitted

November 9, 2015

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Senate amendment submitted

November 9, 2015

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Submitted

SA 2779. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2763 proposed by Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr.
Tester, and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2029, making appropriations
for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 31, line 23, strike the period and insert ``:
Provided, That such sums are allocated to ensure the
provision of gender appropriate prosthetics and to conduct
research related to toxic exposure.''
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