S.Amdt. 2445

SA 2445. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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. ___. PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS
PROVIDING THAT A PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE
CONNECTION IS WARRANTED FOR A DISEASE
ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO A HERBICIDE AGENT.

(a) In General.--Section 1116 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (e).
(b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) of this section and
subsections (b) through (d) of section 1116 of such title
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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