United States HR 910: Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act

Bill Text

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117THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION 
H. R. 910 
To  direct  the  Comptroller  General  of  the  United  States  to  conduct  reviews  
of  certain  budget  requests  of  the  President  for  the  medical  care  accounts  
of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
FEBRUARY8, 2021 
Ms. B
ROWNLEYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A  BILL  
To  direct  the  Comptroller  General  of  the  United  States  to  
conduct  reviews  of  certain  budget  requests  of  the  Presi-
dent  for  the  medical  care  accounts  of  the  Department  
of Veterans Affairs. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘Veterans  Healthcare  4
Improvement Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT 1
OF    VETERANS    AFFAIRS    MEDICAL    CARE    2
BUDGET SUBMISSIONS. 3
Section  4  of  the  Veterans  Health  Care  Budget  Re-4
form  and  Transparency  Act  of  2009  (Public  Law  111–  5
81;  38  U.S.C.  117  note)  is  amended  to  read  as  follows:  6
‘‘SEC.   4.   COMPTROLLER   GENERAL   REVIEW   OF   DEPART-7
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CARE 8
BUDGET SUBMISSION. 9
‘‘(a)  R
EVIEW  OFBUDGETSUBMISSION;  REPORTS.— 10
For each of fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024, the Comp-11
troller General of the United States shall— 12
‘‘(1)  review  the  budget  requests  for  the  medical  13
care  accounts  of  the  Department  of  Veterans  Affairs  14
in  the  budget  request  of  the  President  submitted  15
pursuant  to  section  1105  of  title  31,  United  States  16
Code; and 17
‘‘(2)  submit  to  the  Committees  on  Veterans’  Af-18
fairs,  Appropriations,  and  the  Budget  of  the  Senate  19
and  the  House  of  Representatives  a  report  or  re-20
ports on the results of each such review. 21
‘‘(b)  T
IMING   ANDSCOPE   OFREPORTS.—In  deter-22
mining  the  timing  and  scope  for  the  submittal  of  the  re-23
port  or  reports  required  under  subsection  (a),  the  Comp-24
troller  General  shall  consult  with  the  Committees  on  Vet-25
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erans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representa-1
tives. 2
‘‘(c) M
EDICALCAREACCOUNTS.—In this section, the 3
term  ‘medical  care  accounts  of  the  Department  of  Vet-4
erans  Affairs’  means  the  following  medical  care  accounts  5
of  the  Veterans  Health  Administration,  Department  of  6
Veterans Affairs account: 7
‘‘(1) Medical Services. 8
‘‘(2) Medical Support and Compliance. 9
‘‘(3) Medical Facilities. 10
‘‘(4) Medical Community Care.’’. 11
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