S.Amdt. 5066

SA 5066. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Moran)
to the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health care and benefits for veterans
exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title I, add the following:

Subtitle C--Other Health Care Matters

SEC. 121. INCREASED PER DIEM RATES FOR STATE HOMES OUTSIDE
THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES.

(a) In General.--Section 1741(a) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``paragraph (3) and''
before ``section 1745 of this title''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) The Secretary shall pay to a State a per diem rate
that is more than the rate specified under paragraph (1) or
determined under paragraph (2) in the case of a State located
outside the contiguous United States based on the
reevaluation of such rates conducted under section 121(b) of
the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise
to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022.''.
(b) Reevaluation of Per Diem Rates.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report
reevaluating the per diem rates paid under section 1741(a) of
title 38, United States Code, to States located outside the
contiguous United States.
(2) Appropriate committees of congress.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee
on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, and Related
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
and
(B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee
on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, and Related
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
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