To require that amounts be made available to Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks to assess, evaluate, and improve the health care delivery by and business operations of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SA 3969. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Lankford) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms.
Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr.

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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.  From the amount made available in this title
under the heading ``Medical Support and Compliance'', up to
$18,000,000 shall be made available to Directors of Veterans
Integrated Service Networks to contract with appropriate non-
Department of Veterans Affairs entities to assess, evaluate,
and improve the health care delivery by and business
operations of medical centers of the Department under the
jurisdiction of each such Director.
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