[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 806 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 806

     To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the 
 requirement for annual reports on Comptroller General reviews of the 
accuracy of Department of Veterans Affairs medical budget submissions, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2013

  Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the 
 requirement for annual reports on Comptroller General reviews of the 
accuracy of Department of Veterans Affairs medical budget submissions, 
                        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. PERMANENT REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORTS ON COMPTROLLER 
              GENERAL REVIEWS OF THE ACCURACY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS MEDICAL BUDGET SUBMISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 117 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Comptroller General Review of the Accuracy of Medical Care 
Budget Submission in Relation to Baseline Health Care Model 
Projection.--(1) The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a review of each budget of the President for a fiscal year that 
is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31 in 
order to assess whether or not the relevant components of the amounts 
requested in such budget for such fiscal year for the medical care 
accounts of the Department specified in subsection (c) are consistent 
with estimates of the resources required by the Department for the 
provision of medical care and services in such fiscal year, as forecast 
using the Enrollee Health Care Projection Model, or other methodologies 
used by the Department.
    ``(2)(A) Not later than 120 days after the date on which the 
President submits a budget request for under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Appropriations, and the Budget of the 
Senate and the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Appropriations, and the 
Budget of the House of Representatives and to the Secretary a report on 
the review conducted under paragraph (1) for the year or years covered 
by such budget request.
    ``(B) Each report under this paragraph shall include, for the 
fiscal year covered by the report, the following:
            ``(i) An assessment of the review conducted under paragraph 
        (1).
            ``(ii) The basis for such assessment.
            ``(iii) Such additional information as the Comptroller 
        General determines appropriate.
    ``(C) Each report submitted under this subsection shall also be 
made available to the public.''.
    (b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 4 of the Veterans Health Care 
Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-81) is 
hereby repealed.
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