H. R. 9468 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 

An Act 

Making supplemental appropriations 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: 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, 

$2,285,513,000, to remain available until expended. 

VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, $596,969,000, to remain available until expended. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

SEC. 101. Each amount appropriated or made available by 

this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the 

fiscal year involved. 

SEC. 102. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations accounts 

shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable 

to such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2024. 

SEC. 103. (a) BUDGET FORMULATION AND FORECASTING.—Not 

later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on 

Appropriations and the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the 

House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing corrections the Department will make to improve forecasting, data quality 

and budget assumptions relating to budget submissions for funds 

provided under the headings ‘‘Compensations and Pensions’’ and 

‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’. 

(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
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submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees 

on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

a report on status of funds made available under the headings 

‘‘Compensations and Pensions’’ and ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’ for 

fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026 in this or any other Act: Provided, 

That such report shall be updated and submitted to such Committees every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2026, and shall 

include information detailing any changes to estimates or assumptions on obligations and expenditures, including data supporting 

these changes. 

SEC. 104. (a) The Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a review of the circumstances surrounding and the underlying causes of the announced funding shortfall for the Veterans Benefits Administration for fiscal year 2024 

described in the letter to Congress from the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs on July 19, 2024, and the announced funding shortfall 

for the Veterans Health Administration in fiscal year 2025 described 

in the letter to Congress from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on July 31, 2024. 

(b) Relating to the shortfall in the funding of the Veterans 

Benefits Administration in fiscal year 2024 and the expected shortfall in the funding of the Veterans Health Administration in fiscal 

year 2025, the review shall include, but not be limited to: a comparison of monthly obligations and expenditures in relevant accounts 

against the spend plan of the Department; the reasons for any 

significant diversions of obligations or expenditures from the spend 

plan; an analysis of the accuracy of projections and estimates relevant to such diversions; and any other matter determined relevant 

by the Inspector General. 

(c) Relating to the expected shortfall in the funding of the 

Veterans Health Administration in fiscal year 2025, the review 

also shall include: any changes, abnormalities, or significant events 

as determined significant by the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the transfer, reallocation, or other 

movement of funding between or within the Central Office, a Veterans Integrated Service Network, a facility, a program or office, 

a special purpose fund, the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation 

process, or the Medical Center Allocation System. 

(d) Actions the Department of Veterans Affairs can take to 

improve the accuracy of supporting information submitted under 

section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, with respect to 

the Department of Veterans Affairs and to prevent funding shortfalls for the Department. 

(e) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 

this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the 

Committees on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives 

and the Senate a report detailing the conduct and findings of 

the review. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Benefits Continuity 

and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.