[Pages S2837-S2838]
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

SA 2264. Mr. SHELBY (for himself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2372, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to provide outer burial receptacles for
remains buried in National Parks, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS.

The authorizations of appropriations added to 38 U.S.C.
Chapter 17 by this Act [``VA MISSION Act of 2018''] shall be
considered changes in concepts and definitions pursuant to
section 251(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (``BBEDCA''; 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(1)).
These changes shall be reflected only in the budget year in
each Sequestration Preview Report required by section 254(c)
of BBEDCA. For each budget year, the baseline level of new
budget authority using up-to-date concepts and definitions
shall be equal to the discretionary appropriations that are
specified for those authorizations of appropriations in the
Budget that the President submits under section 1105 of title
31, United States Code, including those already provided for
that fiscal year as advance discretionary new budget
authority. Within 15 days of the publication of a final rule
in the Federal Register promulgating the regulations pursuant
to section 101(c) of this Act [``VA MISSION Act of 2018''],
the Office of Management and Budget shall further adjust the
fiscal year 2019 discretionary spending limits to reflect the
impact of those regulations, as estimated by the Department
of Veterans Affairs, on the discretionary appropriations that
are specified for those authorizations of appropriations in
the Budget that the President submitted for that fiscal year
under section 1105 of title 31 United States Code, and shall
provide written notification to the Congress of such further
adjustments. Not later than 10

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days after the date each year on which the President submits
the budget request under section 1105 of title 31 United
States Code, and also 10 days after the publication of the
final rule previously referenced in this section, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report
detailing the estimates of the resources required by the
Department for those authorizations of appropriations, as
forecast using the Enrollee Health Care Projections Model, or
other methodologies used by the Department. For each fiscal
year, the Office of Management and Budget shall further
adjust the discretionary spending limits in section 251(c) of
BBEDCA to reflect the transmittal of any formal and informal
supplementals and amendments, as those terms are defined in
section 110 of OMB Circular No. A-11, for those
authorizations of appropriations and shall provide written
notification to the Congress of such further adjustments
within 15 days of such transmittal. For each fiscal year, the
Final Sequestration Report required by section 254(f) of
BBDECA shall include a further adjustment to reflect the
difference between all of the previous adjustments made for
that fiscal year pursuant to this section and the new budget
authority for those authorizations of appropriations enacted
as discretionary appropriations.
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SA 2265. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2372, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 11, beginning on line 16, strike ``Conditions Under
Which Care Is Authorized'' and insert ``Additional Conditions
Under Which Care Is Required''.
On page 11, line 18, strike ``may'' and insert ``shall''.
On page 13, line 3, strike ``authorized'' and insert
``required''.
On page 13, beginning on line 21, strike ``When the
Secretary exercises the authority under paragraph (1), the
decision to receive care or services under such paragraph''
and insert ``The decision to receive care or services under
paragraph (1)''.
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SA 2266. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2372, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 75, after line 25, insert the following:

SEC. 115. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AS SECONDARY PAYER
FOR HEALTH CARE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 17 is amended by
inserting after section 1703D, as added by section 111 of
this Act, the following new section:

``Sec. 1703F. Department as secondary payer for certain non-
Department care

``If a veteran is covered under a health-plan contract (as
defined in section 1729(i) of this title) and receives
hospital care or medical services for a non-service-connected
disability at a non-Department facility or from a non-
Department provider, such health-plan contract shall be
primarily responsible for paying for such care or services,
to the extent such care or services are covered by such
health-plan contract, and the Secretary shall be secondarily
responsible for paying for such care or services.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of section for such
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 1703D the following new item:

``1703F. Department as secondary payer for certain non-Department
care.''.

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