S.Amdt. 4035

SA 4035. Mr. PAUL 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:

extension of veterans choice program

Sec. 251.  (a) In General.--The Veterans Access, Choice,
and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 38 U.S.C.
1701 note) is amended--
(1) in section 101(p)(2), by striking ``3 years'' and
inserting ``6 years''; and
(2) in section 802(d)(1), by striking ``$10,000,000,000''
and inserting ``$17,500,000,000''.
(b) Rescission of Certain Unobligated Balances.--All of the
unobligated balances of the amounts appropriated for fiscal
year 2016 under the headings ``OPERATING EXPENSES'' and
``MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE'' in titles II and V of the
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2016 (division K of Public Law 114-113),
including funds designated by Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(ii)) are
rescinded.
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