S.Amdt. 5078

SA 5078. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr.

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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:

Beginning on page 118, strike line 9 and all that follows
through page 120, line 7, and insert the following:
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for fiscal year
2023 through fiscal year 2031 such sums as are necessary,
pursuant to the limitation in paragraph (2), to increase
funding, over the fiscal year 2021 level, for investment in--
``(A) the delivery of veterans' health care associated with
exposure to environmental hazards in the active military,
naval, air, or space service in programs administered by the
Under Secretary for Health;
``(B) any expenses incident to the delivery of veterans'
health care and benefits associated with exposure to
environmental hazards in the active military, naval, air, or
space service, including administrative expenses, such as
information technology and claims processing and appeals, and
excluding leases as authorized or approved under section 8104
of this title; and
``(C) medical and other research relating to exposure to
environmental hazards.
``(2) Limitation.--For the period of fiscal years 2023
through 2031, amounts authorized to be appropriated to the
Fund may not exceed a cumulative total of $116,800,000,000.
``(d) Budget Scorekeeping.--(1) Immediately upon enactment
of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our
Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, expenses
authorized to be appropriated to the Fund in subsection (c)
shall be estimated for fiscal year 2023 through fiscal year
2031 and treated as budget authority that is considered to be
direct spending--
``(A) in the baseline for purposes of section 257 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 907);
``(B) by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
Senate and the Chair of the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives, as appropriate, for purposes of
budget enforcement in the Senate and the House of
Representatives;
``(C) under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
621 et seq.), including in the reports required by section
308(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 639); and
``(D) for purposes of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of
2010 (2 U.S.C. 931 et seq.).
``(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), amounts
appropriated to the Fund for fiscal years 2023 through 2031
pursuant to this section shall be counted as direct spending
under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) and any other Act.
``(B) Any amounts appropriated to the Fund in excess of the
amount specified under subsection (c)(2) shall be scored as
discretionary budget authority and outlays for any estimate
of an appropriations Act.''.
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