S.Amdt. 687

SA 687. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 __ of title __, add the following:

SEC. ___. PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR INCREASED
PENSION UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS ON BASIS OF NEED FOR REGULAR
AID AND ATTENDANCE.

(a) Development and Implementation of Standards.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
work with the heads of Federal agencies, States, and such
experts as the Secretary considers appropriate to develop and
implement Federal and State standards that protect
individuals from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful
practices relating to increased pension available to such
individuals under chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code,
on the basis of need for regular aid and attendance.
(2) Submittal to congress.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives the standards developed under paragraph (1).
(b) Conditional Recommendation by Comptroller General.--If
the Secretary does not, on or before the date that is 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives standards that are developed under subsection
(a)(1), the Comptroller General of the United States shall,
not later than the date that is one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, submit to such committees a report
containing standards that the Comptroller General determines
are standards that would be effective in protecting
individuals as described in such subsection.
(c) Study by Comptroller General.--Not later than 540 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall complete a study on
standards implemented under this section to protect
individuals as described in subsection (a)(1) and submit to
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report containing the findings of the
Comptroller General with respect to such study.
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