[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6711 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6711

 To provide for increased funding for veterans health care for fiscal 
 year 2009 by transferring amounts from the National Endowment for the 
   Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2008

Mr. Hensarling introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for increased funding for veterans health care for fiscal 
 year 2009 by transferring amounts from the National Endowment for the 
   Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 Community Health 
Enhancement Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO VETERANS MEDICAL CARE FROM NATIONAL 
              ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.

    (a) Requirement.--Immediately upon enactment of any law making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates or otherwise 
makes available any funds for the National Endowment for the 
Humanities, the Secretary of the Treasury shall (subject to subsection 
(b)) transfer to the ``Medical Services'' appropriation account of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs all amounts that are appropriated or 
otherwise made available under that law for the National Endowment for 
the Humanities. Amounts so transferred shall be merged with and shall 
be available for the same period as the appropriation account to which 
transferred and shall be available only for enhancement of services at 
community-based outpatient clinics.
    (b) Authority To Wind up Affairs of National Endowment for the 
Humanities.--The Secretary of the Treasury may exempt from the 
requirement of subsection (a), for a period not to exceed 60 days, such 
amounts as the Secretary determines to be necessary to wind up the 
affairs of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and amounts so 
exempted shall be available, during such period, only for such purpose.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO VETERANS MEDICAL CARE FROM NATIONAL 
              ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

    (a) Requirement.--Immediately upon enactment of any law making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates or otherwise 
makes available any funds for the National Endowment for the Arts, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall (subject to subsection (b)) transfer to 
the ``Medical Services'' appropriation account of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs all amounts that are appropriated or otherwise made 
available under that law for the National Endowment for the Arts. 
Amounts so transferred shall be merged with and shall be available for 
the same period as the appropriation account to which transferred and 
shall be available only for enhancement of services at community-based 
outpatient clinics.
    (b) Authority To Wind up Affairs of National Endowment for the 
Arts.--The Secretary of the Treasury may exempt from the requirement of 
subsection (a), for a period not to exceed 60 days, such amounts as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary to wind up the affairs of the 
National Endowment for the Arts, and amounts so exempted shall be 
available, during such period, only for such purpose.
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