To improve the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund.

SA 5186. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 3373, to improve the Iraq and Afghanistan Service
Grant and the Children of Fallen Heroes Grant; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 115, strike line 14 and all that follows
through page 117, line 23, and insert the following:
``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Fund amounts specified
in paragraph (2) for investments 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) The amounts specified in this paragraph are not more
than the following:
``(A) $1,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.
``(B) $5,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.
``(C) $7,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.
``(D) $11,300,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.
``(E) $13,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.
``(F) $15,900,000,000 for fiscal year 2028.
``(G) $17,900,000,000 for fiscal year 2029.
``(H) $21,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2030.
``(I) $23,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.
``(J) For fiscal year 2032 and each fiscal year thereafter,
an amount equal to the amount specified under this paragraph
for the preceding fiscal year increased by the percentage (if
any) by which--
``(i) the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers:
Medical Care (CPI-M), as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, for the fiscal year preceding the beginning of
the fiscal year for which the increase is made, exceeds
``(ii) the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers:
Medical Care, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year described in
clause (i).
``(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 and each subsequent
fiscal year 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 year 2023 and
subsequently, pursuant to subsection (c) 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 for a fiscal
year in excess of the amount specified under subsection
(c)(2) for that fiscal year shall be scored as discretionary
budget authority and outlays for any estimate of an
appropriations Act.
``(3) Notwithstanding the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines
and the accompanying list of programs and accounts set forth
in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of
conference accompanying Conference Report 105-217, and for
purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) and the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), the Fund shall be
treated, during the period beginning on the date of the
enactment of the Sergeant First Class

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Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive
Toxics Act of 2022 and ending on September 30, 2031, as if it
were an account designated as `Appropriated Entitlements and
Mandatories for Fiscal Year 1997' in the joint explanatory
statement of the committee of conference accompanying
Conference Report 105-217.
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