S.Amdt. 3950

SA 3950. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr.
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development,
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 of division B, add the following:
Sec. 251.  None of the funds made available in this title
may be used to pay bonuses to employees within the Veterans
Benefits Administration who perform work related to the
processing of disability claims under the laws administered
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs until the nationwide
backlog of such claims is at 10 percent or less of the
pending workload for the Veterans Benefits Administration.
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