[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6712 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6712

 To provide for increased funding for veterans health care for fiscal 
year 2009 by transferring funds from the Legal Services Corporation and 
     certain title X family planning funds, 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 Committees on 
the Judiciary and Energy and Commerce, 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 funds from the Legal Services Corporation and 
     certain title X family planning funds, 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 ``America's Commitment to Veterans Act 
of 2008''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO VETERANS MEDICAL CARE FROM LEGAL 
              SERVICES CORPORATION.

    (a) Requirement.--Immediately upon enactment of any law making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates or otherwise 
makes available any funds for the Legal Services Corporation, 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 Legal Services Corporation. Amounts so 
transferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the same 
period and the same purposes as the appropriation account to which 
transferred.
    (b) Authority To Wind up Affairs of Legal Services Corporation.--
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 
Legal Services Corporation, and amounts so exempted shall be available, 
during such period, only for such purpose.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO VETERANS MEDICAL CARE FROM TITLE X 
              FAMILY PLANNING FUNDS.

    Immediately upon enactment of any law making appropriations for 
fiscal year 2009 that appropriates or otherwise makes available any 
funds for programs under title X of the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for voluntary family planning projects, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall 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 such 
programs. Amounts so transferred shall be merged with and shall be 
available for the same period and the same purposes as the 
appropriation account to which transferred.
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