S.Amdt. 2784

SA 2784. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Daines) 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:

At the end of title II, add the following:

SEC. 247. 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.
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