[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1981 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1981

 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for 
                  the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2001

 Mr. Evans (for himself and Mr. Reyes) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for 
                  the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Veterans Benefits Administration 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001''.

SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001:

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                      Departmental Administration

                       general operating expenses

    For an additional amount for ``General Operating Expenses'', 
$29,100,000, of which $26,600,000 shall be for costs associated with 
the processing of claims for compensation and pension benefits, and of 
which $2,500,000 shall be for costs associated with the processing of 
claims for education benefits: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985: Provided further, That such amount shall be available only to 
the extent that an official budget request, that includes designation 
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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