To increase the availability of amounts for the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SA 1154. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Tillis) proposed an amendment
to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden,
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy,
and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation
pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 278, beginning on line 18, strike ``not more'' and
all that follows through the period on line 22 and insert the
following: ``not less than $5,000,000,000 shall be available
pursuant to section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, for
health care furnished through the Veterans Community Care
program in sections 1703(c)(1) and 1703(c)(5) of such title,
and not less than $1,250,000,000 shall be available for
construction under chapter 81 of such title.''

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