S.Amdt. 6074Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree

S.Amdt. 6074

What it does: Adds SEC. 1077. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 2022 at the end of subtitle G of title X
Sponsored by Jon TesterSen. Jon Tester (D-MT)
Submitted September 29, 2022

What it changes

1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text

Adds a section
  1. Adds SEC. 1077. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 2022 at the end of subtitle G of title X

    Adds a section

    In S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed

    (2) as a recognition of Senator Inhofe's long history of engaging with, and advocating for, Africa, the Department of Defense Africa Center for Strategic Studies should be renamed the James M. Inhofe Center for Africa Strategic Studies.

    Inserted: SEC. 1077. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 2022.

    Inserted: (a) Presumption of Service Connection for Certain Diseases Associated With Exposure to Burn Pits and Other Toxins.--Section 1120(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 406(b) of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168; 136 Stat. 1784), is amended--

    Inserted: (1) by striking subparagraph (G); and

    Inserted: (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (K) as (G) through (J), respectively.

    Inserted: (b) Congressional Approval of Certain Medical Facility Acquisitions.--Subparagraph (C) of section 703(c)(5) of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168; 136 Stat. 1797) is amended to read as follows:

    Inserted: "(C) by striking 'or a major medical facility lease (as defined in subsection (a)(3)(B))';".

    Inserted: (c) Use of Competitive Procedures to Acquire Space for the Purpose of Providing Health-care Resources to Veterans.--Subsection (h)(1) of section 8103 of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 704 of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168; 136 Stat. 1799), is amended by striking "section 2304 of title 10" and inserting "section 3301 of title 41".

    Inserted: (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168).

    Original wording

    At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

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As printed

SA 6074. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Moran) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1077. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO HONORING OUR PACT ACT OF 2022.

(a) Presumption of Service Connection for Certain Diseases Associated With Exposure to Burn Pits and Other Toxins.--Section 1120(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 406(b) of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168; 136 Stat. 1784), is amended--

(1) by striking subparagraph (G); and

(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) through (K) as (G) through (J), respectively.

(b) Congressional Approval of Certain Medical Facility Acquisitions.--Subparagraph (C) of section 703(c)(5) of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168; 136 Stat. 1797) is amended to read as follows:

“(C) by striking ‘or a major medical facility lease (as defined in subsection (a)(3)(B))';”.

(c) Use of Competitive Procedures to Acquire Space for the Purpose of Providing Health-care Resources to Veterans.--Subsection (h)(1) of section 8103 of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 704 of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168; 136 Stat. 1799), is amended by striking “section 2304 of title 10” and inserting “section 3301 of title 41”.

(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-168).

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September 29, 2022