[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4997 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4997

   Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Veterans 
 Affairs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2024

   Mr. Brown (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Tester, Ms. Sinema, Mr. 
  Boozman, Mr. Moran, and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
   Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Veterans 
 Affairs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for 
other purposes, namely:
    Sec. 101. (a) For an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, there 
is hereby appropriated on the date of enactment of this Act, for 
``Department of Veterans Affairs--Veterans Benefits Administration--
Compensation and Pensions'', $2,285,513,000, to remain available until 
expended.
    (b) For an additional amount for fiscal year 2024, there is hereby 
appropriated on the date of enactment of this Act, for ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs--Veterans Benefits Administration--Readjustment 
Benefits'', $596,969,000, to remain available until expended.
    (c) Each amount appropriated or made available in this section is 
in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 
involved.
    (d) No part of any appropriation contained in this section shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    (e) Unless otherwise provided for by this section, the additional 
amounts appropriated by this section to appropriations accounts shall 
be available under the authorities and conditions applicable to such 
appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2024.
    Sec. 102. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall 
initiate a review of the circumstances surrounding and causes of the 
shortfall in the Veterans Benefits Administration funding in fiscal 
year 2024 and possible remedies the Department may take in the future 
to improve annual budget submissions and prevent shortfalls.
    (b) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress revision of the budget 
submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2025.
    (c) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report identifying potential cost savings 
measures within the Central Office of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
    (d) In this section, the term ``appropriate committees of 
Congress'' means the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
     This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2024''.
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