S.Amdt. 1272

SA 1272. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins)
to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction,
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other

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purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division A, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. STUDY ON MODIFICATION OF PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
conduct a study on--
(1) the feasibility of adjusting criteria for priority for
payments for State homes in a manner that would--
(A) eliminate priority of payments for limited or high-need
States; and
(B) prioritize payments for limited or high-need regions;
(2) the feasibility of increasing the State cost-sharing
requirement for each State home project that is a new
construction project that seeks to receive higher priority to
receive payment from the Department; and
(3) the relevance of the allocation criteria of the
Department of Veterans Affairs in place as of the date of the
enactment of this Act for payments to State homes and the
feasibility of updating such criteria based on the findings
of such study.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress
a report on the study conducted under subsection (a).
(c) State Home Defined.--In this section, the term ``State
home'' has the meaning given that term in section 101(19) of
title 38, United States Code.
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