I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 14, after line 19, insert the following: SEC. 105. REVISION OF BREAST CANCER MAMMOGRAPHY POLICY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PROVIDE MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING FOR VETERANS WHO SERVED IN LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TOXIC EXPOSURE. (a) In General.--Section 7322 of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The'' and inserting ``In General.--The''; (2) in subsection (b)-- (A) by striking ``The'' and inserting ``Standards for Screening.--The''; and (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``a record of service in a location and during a period specified in subsection (d),'' after ``risk factors,''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsections: ``(c) Eligibility for Screening for Veterans Exposed to Toxic Substances.--The Under Secretary for Health shall ensure that, under the policy developed under subsection (a), any veteran who, during active military, naval, or air service, was deployed in support of a contingency operation in a location and during a period specified in subsection (d), is eligible for a mammography screening by a health care provider of the Department.…
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