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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9468 

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2024, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 

Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. CARTER of Texas, 

Mr. CALVERT, Mr. VALADAO, and Mr. BOST) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

2 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

3 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Compensation and 

5 Pensions’’, $2,285,513,000, to remain available until ex6 pended. 

7 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

8 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Readjustment Bene10 fits’’, $596,969,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

12 SEC. 101. Each amount appropriated or made avail13 able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro14 priated for the fiscal year involved. 

15 SEC. 102. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 

16 the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro17 priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 

18 and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 

19 for fiscal year 2024. 

20 SEC. 103. (a) BUDGET FORMULATION AND FORE21 CASTING.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enact22 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

23 submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the Com24 mittees on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representa25 tives and the Senate a report detailing corrections the DeVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 Sep 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9468.IH H9468

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1 partment will make to improve forecasting, data quality 

2 and budget assumptions relating to budget submissions 

3 for funds provided under the headings ‘‘Compensations 

4 and Pensions’’ and ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’. 

5 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 

6 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet7 erans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appro8 priations and the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate a report on sta10 tus of funds made available under the headings ‘‘Com11 pensations and Pensions’’ and ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’ 

12 for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026 in this or any other 

13 Act: Provided, That such report shall be updated and sub14 mitted to such Committees every 90 days thereafter until 

15 September 30, 2026, and shall include information detail16 ing any changes to estimates or assumptions on obliga17 tions and expenditures, including data supporting these 

18 changes. 

19 SEC. 104. (a) The Inspector General of the Depart20 ment of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a review of the cir21 cumstances surrounding and the underlying causes of the 

22 announced funding shortfall for the Veterans Benefits Ad23 ministration for fiscal year 2024 described in the letter 

24 to Congress from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on 

25 July 19, 2024, and the announced funding shortfall for 


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1 the Veterans Health Administration in fiscal year 2025 

2 described in the letter to Congress from the Secretary of 

3 Veterans Affairs on July 31, 2024. 

4 (b) Relating to the shortfall in the funding of the Vet5 erans Benefits Administration in fiscal year 2024 and the 

6 expected shortfall in the funding of the Veterans Health 

7 Administration in fiscal year 2025, the review shall in8 clude, but not be limited to: a comparison of monthly obli9 gations and expenditures in relevant accounts against the 

10 spend plan of the Department; the reasons for any signifi11 cant diversions of obligations or expenditures from the 

12 spend plan; an analysis of the accuracy of projections and 

13 estimates relevant to such diversions; and any other mat14 ter determined relevant by the Inspector General. 

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

16 of the Veterans Health Administration in fiscal year 2025, 

17 the review also shall include: any changes, abnormalities, 

18 or significant events as determined significant by the In19 spector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 

20 the transfer, reallocation, or other movement of funding 

21 between or within the Central Office, a Veterans Inte22 grated Service Network, a facility, a program or office, 

23 a special purpose fund, the Veterans Equitable Resource 

24 Allocation process, or the Medical Center Allocation Sys25 tem. 


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1 (d) Actions the Department of Veterans Affairs can 

2 take to improve the accuracy of supporting information 

3 submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

4 Code, with respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs 

5 and to prevent funding shortfalls for the Department. 

6 (e) Not later than 180 days after the date of enact7 ment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department 

8 of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Ap9 propriations and the Committees on Veterans Affairs of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate a report de11 tailing the conduct and findings of the review. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Benefits Con13 tinuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations 

14 Act, 2024’’. 

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