[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 932 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 932

     To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance 
appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2013

Mr. Begich (for himself and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance 
appropriations for certain discretionary accounts of 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 ``Putting Veterans Funding First Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNTS OF 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 117 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``medical care accounts of the Department'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``discretionary accounts of 
        the Department'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``medical care accounts of the 
                Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans 
                Affairs account'' and inserting ``accounts of the 
                Department of Veterans Affairs account'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``Veterans 
                Health Administration,'' after ``(1)'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``Veterans 
                Health Administration,'' after ``(2)'';
                    (D) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``Veterans 
                Health Administration,'' after ``(3)'';
                    (E) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraphs:
            ``(4) Veterans Health Administration, Medical Research and 
        Support.
            ``(5) National Cemetery Administration.
            ``(6) Veterans Benefits Administration, Native American 
        Veteran Housing Loan Program Account.
            ``(7) Departmental Administration, General Administration, 
        General Operating Expenses.
            ``(8) Departmental Administration, General Operating 
        Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration.
            ``(9) Departmental Administration, Information Technology 
        Systems.
            ``(10) Departmental Administration, Office of the Inspector 
        General.
            ``(11) Departmental Administration, Construction, Major 
        Projects.
            ``(12) Departmental Administration, Construction, Minor 
        Projects.
            ``(13) Departmental Administration, Grants for Construction 
        of State Extended Care Facilities.
            ``(14) Departmental Administration, Grants for Construction 
        of Veterans Cemeteries.''; and
                    (F) in the subsection heading, by striking 
                ``Medical Care Accounts'' and inserting ``Discretionary 
                Accounts''; and
            (3) in the section heading, by striking ``certain medical 
        care accounts'' and inserting ``certain discretionary 
        accounts''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each subsequent fiscal year.
                                 <all>