S.Amdt. 4121

SA 4121. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED TO
NEWBORN CHILDREN BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS.

Section 1786 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ``seven days'' and inserting ``14 days'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Annual Report.--Not later than 31 days after the end
of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report on the health care services provided
under subsection (a) during such fiscal year, including the
number of newborn children who received such services during
such fiscal year.''.
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