S.Amdt. 2895

SA 2895. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2019 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 B of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 3119. EXTENDING THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EEOICPA
OMBUDSMAN.

Section 3686 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385s-15(h)) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (h), by striking ``October 28, 2019'' and
inserting ``October 28, 2024''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--
``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
``(2) Treatment as discretionary spending.--
``(A) In general.--Amounts appropriated to carry out this
section--
``(i) shall not be appropriated to the account established
under subsection (a) of section 151 of title I of division B
of Appendix D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
(Public Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-251); and
``(ii) shall not be subject to subsection (b) of that
section.
``(B) Restriction.--No amounts appropriated under section
3684 shall be made available to carry out this section.''.
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