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Roy Blunt: I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made…

On the recordJuly 13, 2016
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 3055) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 3055 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. DENTAL INSURANCE PLAN FOR VETERANS AND SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS OF VETERANS. (a) Dental Insurance Plan.-- (1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1712B the following new section: ``Sec. 1712C. Dental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall establish and administer a dental insurance plan for veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans described in subsection (b). ``(b) Covered Veterans and Survivors and Dependents.--The veterans and survivors and dependents of veterans described in this subsection are as follows: ``(1) Any veteran who is enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment under section 1705 of this title. ``(2) Any survivor or dependent of a veteran who is eligible for medical care under section 1781 of this title.…
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Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri
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Jul 13, 2016

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