S.Amdt. 454

SA 454. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2022 through 2030; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
ESTABLISHING A MECHANISM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS TO USE TO ENSURE THAT VETERANS
WITH ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES RELATED TO TOXIC
EXPOSURES ENCOUNTERED DURING SERVICE IN THE
ARMED FORCES HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND
BENEFITS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
establishing an enduring mechanism for the Department of
Veterans Affairs to use to identify, research, and employ
evidence-based decision making to ensure that veterans from
past, present, and future eras with adverse health outcomes
related to toxic exposures encountered during service in the
Armed Forces have access to health care and benefits by the
amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2021
through 2025 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2021
through 2030.
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