S.Amdt. 5246

SA 5246. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
PROTECTING VETERANS FROM GUARDIANSHIP
AGREEMENTS THAT THREATEN THEIR RIGHTS, DIGNITY,
AND AUTONOMY.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
protecting veterans from being wrongfully or unnecessarily
placed in legal guardianships or conservatorships, which may
include legislation to ensure the memorandum of understanding
between the Department of Justice and the Department of
Veterans Affairs regarding guardianship or conservatorship
proceedings includes a requirement for independent medical or
psychological evaluations when determining a veteran's
incapacity, to ensure other ethical safeguards are in place,
or to ensure due process protections are afforded to
veterans, including notice, right to counsel, and
opportunities to contest guardianship or conservatorship
determinations, by the amounts provided in such legislation
for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal
years 2026 through 2035.
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