S.Amdt. 708

SA 708. Mr. BRAUN 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HIGH
TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) Extension.--Section 116(h) of the Harry W. Colmery
Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (38 U.S.C. 3001
note) is amended by striking ``the date that is 5 years after
the date on which the Secretary first enters into a contract
under this section'' and inserting ``December 31, 2023''.
(b) Recission of Certain Amounts Appropriated by American
Rescue Plan Act of 2021.--Of the amounts appropriated by
section 523(a) of division N of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) to the account
described in such section that remain unobligated on the date
of the enactment of this Act, $4,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
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