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On the recordOctober 29, 2015
I ask unanimous consent that the Heller amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, 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 amendment (No. 2760) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans) On page 4, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following: SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF PER DIEM PAYMENTS FOR FURNISHING CARE TO DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN HOMELESS VETERANS. Section 2012(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(4) Services for which a recipient of a grant under section 2011 of this title (or an entity described in paragraph (1)) may receive per diem payments under this subsection may include furnishing care for a dependent of a homeless veteran who is under the care of such homeless veteran while such homeless veteran receives services from the grant recipient (or entity).''. The bill (S. 1731), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 1731 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 ``Homeless Veterans Services Protection Act of 2015''. SEC. 2.…
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington
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Oct 29, 2015

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