Amend Senate File 402, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 3, after<d.> by inserting <(1)>
   2.  Page 1, after line 8 by inserting: 
   <(2)  Grants for veterans suffering subsequent, unrelated injuries after September 11, 2001, but prior to the effective date of this Act, shall be payable, upon a showing that the veteran would have been eligible for payment had the subsequent, unrelated injury occurred on or after the effective date of this Act.
   Sec. ___.  Section 35A.14, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  The department may appear before the executive council and request funds to meet the funding needs of the grant program under this section if funds are made available to the executive council for this purpose.>
   3.  Page 1, after line 8 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to September 11, 2001, for veterans suffering a subsequent, unrelated injury after that date.>
   4.  Title page, line 1, after<program> by inserting <and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions>
   5.  By renumbering as necessary.

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