On the recordMarch 9, 2021
I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike all after section 1 and insert the following: SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO FURNISH COVID-19 VACCINES TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may furnish a COVID-19 vaccine to a covered individual during the COVID-19 public health emergency. (b) Vaccines Furnished Abroad.--In the case of an individual who is a covered individual by reason of subsection (d)(2)(B), the Secretary may furnish a COVID-19 vaccine, in a geographic location other than a State, to such individual under subsection (a) regardless of whether the Secretary determines that such vaccine is needed for the treatment of a service-connected disability of the veteran or as part of a rehabilitation program under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code.…





