To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training to compete on the United States Olympic Team.

SA 3971. Mr. BENNET 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; as follows:

At the end of title II of division B, add the following:

SEC. 251. MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE FOR DISABLED VETERANS
COMPETING ON OLYMPIC TEAMS.

Section 322(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``allowance to a veteran'' and inserting
the following: ``allowance to--
``(A) a veteran'';
(2) in subparagraph (A), as designated by paragraph (1), by
striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) a veteran with a service-connected disability rated
as 30 percent or greater by the Department who is selected by
the United States Olympic Committee for the United States
Olympic Team for any month in which the veteran is competing
in any event sanctioned by the National Governing Bodies of
the United States Olympic Sports.''.
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