S.Amdt. 1785

SA 1785. Mr. MENENDEZ 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON
HANDLING BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF
DISABILITY-RELATED BENEFITS CLAIMS BY VETERANS
WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES WHO WERE EXPOSED TO A
HERBICIDE AGENT.

The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit
to Congress a report evaluating how the Department of
Veterans Affairs has handled claims for disability-related
benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs of veterans with type 1 diabetes who have been
exposed to a herbicide agent (as defined in section
1116(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code).
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