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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4852 

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer certain coronavirus 

aid and relief funds to various accounts of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 23 (legislative day, OCTOBER 19), 2020 

Ms. MCSALLY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer 

certain coronavirus aid and relief funds to various accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CERTAIN UNOBLI4 GATED BALANCES TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS 

5 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF6 FAIRS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), of the 

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1 erans Affairs from title X of division B of the Coronavirus 

2 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 

3 136) for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Serv4 ices’’, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer 

5 amounts to the following accounts in the amounts speci6 fied: 

7 (1) General Operating Expenses, Veterans Ben8 efits Administration, up to $198,000,000. 

9 (2) Departmental Administration, Information 

10 Technology Systems, up to $45,000,000. 

11 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 (1) EDUCATION.—Amounts transferred under 

13 subsection (a) shall be used to prevent, prepare for, 

14 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter15 nationally, to improve the education systems of the 

16 Veterans Benefits Administration, including— 

17 (A) implementation of changes to pro18 grams and activities under chapters 30 through 

19 36 of title 38, United States Code, that are car20 ried out pursuant to the Harry W. Colmery 

21 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 

22 (Public Law 115–48); 

23 (B) carrying out Public Law 116–128; and 


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1 (C) carrying out the Student Veteran 

2 Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 

3 116–140). 

4 (2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DE5 VELOPMENT.—That funds transferred to Depart6 mental Administration, Information Technology Sys7 tems pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred 

8 to the information technology systems development 

9 subaccount. 

10 (3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

11 transferred to accounts under subsection (a) shall be 

12 in addition to any other amounts made available for 

13 the purposes for which amounts have been appro14 priated to such accounts. 

15 (c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—That the amounts 

16 transferred under subsection (a) that were previously des17 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

18 pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

19 Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 

20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985 

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