S.Amdt. 635

SA 635. Mr. KING (for himself and Ms. Collins) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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. 1083. PUBLICATION OF RULE FOR WAIVER ON LIMITATION OF
PAYMENTS TO STATE HOMES FOR DOMICILIARY CARE
PROVIDED TO VETERANS.

(a) Proposed Rule.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register a
proposed rule implementing the requirement under section
3007(a) of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans
Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public Law
116-315; 38 U.S.C. 1741 note).
(b) Final Rule.--Not later than 180 days after the
publication of the initial rule required under subsection
(a), or the date that is 260 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, whichever occurs first, the Secretary
shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register a final
rule implementing the requirement specified in such
subsection.
(c) Retroactive Payments.--In prescribing the proposed rule
under subsection

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(a) and the final rule under subsection (b), the Secretary
shall ensure that the authority of the Secretary to provide
payments to State homes (as defined in section 101(19) of
title 38, United States Code) pursuant to any such rule is
retroactive to January 5, 2021.
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