S.Amdt. 1914

SA 1914. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 195, to amend title 44, United States Code, to
restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal
Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the
United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE FOR
VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES.

(a) Appropriation of Funds for Veterans Benefits and
Services.--During a funding gap impacting the Department of
Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make
available to the Secretary of Veterans

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Affairs, out of any amounts in the general fund of the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines necessary to
continue to administer and provide benefits and services to
veterans, dependents, and survivors provided under chapters
11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 23, 30, 31, 33, 35, and 39 of title 38,
United States Code.
(b) Funding Gap Defined.--In this section, the term
``funding gap'' means any period of time after the beginning
of a fiscal year for which interim or full-year
appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for
that fiscal year have not been enacted.
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