S.Amdt. 3568

SA 3568. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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, insert the following:

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SEC. __. COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE
RURAL VETERANS ABOUT THE 211 HELPLINE NETWORK.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
conduct a communications and outreach campaign to educate
veterans in rural areas about the 211 helpline network in
order to make those veterans aware of existing health
programs and community resources that are available to them.
(b) Collaboration.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall collaborate with the 211
helpline network to ensure that--
(1) the network is prepared to handle calls from veterans;
and
(2) veterans in rural areas know they can call 211 to learn
about free or reduced-cost services available to them.
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