S.Amdt. 1783

SA 1783. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Daines, and Mr. Tester) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10__. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPITAL CARE,
MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURSING HOME CARE FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO INCLUDE
VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.

Section 1710(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``of the Mexican border period or of
World War I;'' and inserting ``of--
``(i) the Mexican border period;
``(ii) World War I; or
``(iii) World War II;''.
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