S.Amdt. 3003

SA 3003. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3944, making appropriations for
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title II, add the following:

SEC. 2__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ANNOUNCING
OR FINALIZING CHANGES TO SCHEDULE OF DISABILITY
RATINGS.

None of the amounts appropriated by this title may be
obligated or expended to announce or finalize a change to the
schedule or ratings of reductions in earning capacity adopted
and applied under section 1155 of title 38, United States
Code, until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has submitted
to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
House of Representatives proper notification of the specific
change.
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