Amendments to H.R. 4366 – Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act

Green indicates En Bloc

Black indicates stand alone

Ryan (D-NY) – Amendment No. 1 – Increase and decreases funding $103 million to Army Military Construction in an effort to address flooding damage at the United States Military Academy at West Point – VOTE REQUESTED

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 2 – Transfers $3 million from NATO’s Security Investment Program to the Spending Reduction Account at the end of the bill – VOTE REQUESTED

Greene (R- GA) – Amendment No. 3 – Cuts the $73 million increase in funding for the NATO Security Investment Program – VOTE REQUESTED

EN BLOC #1, OFFERED BY REP. CARTER (TX) – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 4 – Increases and decreases funding for child development centers to underscore the need for increased investment.

Caraveo (D-CO) – Amendment No. 5 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Housing Benefit Program by $2,000,000 to encourage the VA to provide outreach about housing loans and grants to veterans living in states with high housing costs

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 6 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund for the development of improved informational materials regarding the relative benefits of a VA home loan versus other types of housing loans for different homebuyer profiles.

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 7 – Increases and decreases funding for General Operating Expenses by $1 million to provide support for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ implementation of the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, including efforts to develop an education program to highlight contributions of Jewish veterans, incorporate training on combating antisemitism and other forms of bias, and ensure VA hospitals accommodate kosher meal requests for inpatient residents

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 8 – Increases and decreases funding for General Operating Expenses by $1 million to provide additional support for the VA Transition Assistance Program to provide information, resources, and tools to service members and their families to help prepare for the move from military to civilian life.

Norton (D-DC) – Amendment No. 9 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide support to law school clinical programs that assist veterans with legal matters

Ross (D-NC) – Amendment No. 10 – Increases and decreases funding by $10 million for the VA Education Benefits Program to provide support and resources to veterans interested in pursuing undergraduate degrees in STEM fields

Arrington (R-TX) – Amendment No. 11 – Increases and Decreases funding in the VA administrative account “Purchased Long-Term Services and Supports,” in order to emphasize the prioritization of resources and reduce improper payments

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 12 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration to redirect more resources to the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, suicide prevention, veteran’s telehealth, and rural health.

Caraveo (D-CO) – Amendment No. 13 –  Increases and decreases funding for the VA Office of Rural Health by $10,000,000 to encourage the Office to increase efforts to improve transportation for veterans living in rural areas who need consistent access to health care services.

Carbajal (D-CA) – Amendment No. 14 – Increases and decreases funding for VA Medical Services by $5,000,000 to express the  intent that additional funding could be used to improve telephone services at Community Based Outpatient Clinics

Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) – Amendment No. 15 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Health Administration for the purposes of submitting a report to Congress on the efforts of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure access to health care for veterans residing in geographic proximity to a Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic subject to closure

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 16 – Increases funding for the Department of Veteran Affairs Veterans Crisis Line by $10,000,000, and reduces the General Administration account by the corresponding amount

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 17 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration by $2m to emphasize the importance of assisting veterans with disabilities and those with mental health and substance abuse challenges.

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 18 – Increase and decreases funding for medical services at the Veterans Health Administration for the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder in veterans.

Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 19 – Increases and decreases the Medical Services Account by $10,000,000 to emphasize the importance of medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders beyond alcoholism

Ross (D-NC) – Amendment No. 20 – Increases and decreases by $1 million the budget for the VA Center for Women Veterans to support research on postpartum depression among veterans who served in active duty combat and to develop recommendations and services to address postpartum depression in this population

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 22 – Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration’s medical community care account to increase accessibility for in-home health care services for veterans.

Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) – Amendment No. 23 – Increases and decreases funding for Department of Veterans Affairs medical support and compliance for the purpose of requiring the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to update Patient Experience Compare Data published on a public website to ensure that the data is broken down and displayed by county

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 25 –  Redirects funds from the General Administration account to increase resources for medical and prosthetic research for veterans.

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 26 – Redirects funds from the General Administration fund to the National Cemetery Administration to increase burial access for veterans.

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 27 – Redirects resources from the General Administration fund to provide more resources for the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to help reduce its backlog and process veterans’ claims more quickly.

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 28 – Redirects funds from the General Administration fund to the Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries program to assists states, territories, and tribal governments in providing gravesites for veterans in areas where a veteran cannot be buried in a VA national cemetery.

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 29 – Redirects resources from the General Administration fund to provide grants and more resources for construction of state extended care facilities for veterans

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 30 – Increases and decreases funding for Departmental Administration by $1 million to provide support for the Veterans Experience Office to better inform separating service members and veterans about their benefits.

Tlaib (D-MI) – Amendment No. 31 – Reduces the General Administration account by $5 million and increases the VA State Home Construction Grant Program by $5 million.

Zinke (R-MT) – Amendment No. 32 – Reduces funding for VA IT personnel by $5 million and increases funding for Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities by $5 million.

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 33 – Increases and decreases funding for the VA electronic health record by $1m to emphasize the importance of modernizing its system to help transitioning veterans access and receive quality care at VA facilities

NOT OFFERED Spanberger (D-VA) – Amendment No. 21 – Increase/Decrease funding for medical services by $1,000,000 to allocate funding for VA Suicide Prevention Coordinators

Bergman (R-MI) – Amendment No. 24 – Increases and decreases the Medical and Prosthetic Research account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the VA conducts large-scale studies into the efficacy of drugs that have FDA-designated Breakthrough Therapy status to treat posttraumatic stress disorder through VA administered drug assisted therapy trials – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 34 – Strikes funding for the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion – VOTE REQUESTED

Bost (R-IL) – Amendment No. 35 – Prohibits the VA from using funds to submit a beneficiary’s name to the NICS list based on VA’s appointment of a fiduciary – VOTE REQUESTED

Mast (R-FL) – Amendment No. 36 – Prevents the VA from interfering with a veteran’s ability to participate in a legal state medical cannabis program, deny service to such a veteran, or limit health care providers’ ability to make appropriate recommendations of this treatment option for veterans – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 37 – Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act from enforcing any COVID-19 mask mandates – VOTE REQUESTED

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 38 – Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to carry out VHA Directive 1193.01, “Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Program for Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel” – VOTE REQUESTED

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 39 – None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to modify or remove any VA display of the mission statement, “To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise ‘to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan’ by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans.” – VOTE REQUESTED

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 40 – Prohibits funds in this act from being used to carry out Biden’s climate change executive orders – VOTE REQUESTED

Zinke (R-MT) – Amendment No. 41 – Prohibits funding for administering, implementing, or enforcing Executive Order 14057 (Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability) – VOTE REQUESTED