I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3246 
To provide for the temporary use of Veterans Choice Funds for certain 
programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2015 
Ms. BROWN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the temporary use of Veterans Choice Funds 
for certain programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF VET-
ERANS CHOICE FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 802 of 
the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113–146; 128 Stat. 1802) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Any 
amounts’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided by 
paragraph (3), any amounts’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) TEMPORARY
AUTHORITY
FOR
OTHER 
USES.— 
‘‘(A) OTHER NON-DEPARTMENT CARE.—In 
addition to the use of amounts described in 
paragraph (1), of the amounts deposited in the 
Veterans 
Choice 
Fund, 
not 
more 
than 
$3,348,500,000 may be used by the Secretary 
during the period described in subparagraph 
(C) for amounts obligated by the Secretary on 
or after May 1, 2015, to furnish health care to 
individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, at non-Department facili-
ties, including pursuant to non-Department 
provider programs other than the program es-
tablished by section 101. 
‘‘(B) HEPATITIS C.—Of the amount speci-
fied in subparagraph (A), not more than 
$500,000,000 may be used by the Secretary 
during the period described in subparagraph 
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(C) for pharmaceutical expenses relating to the 
treatment of Hepatitis C. 
‘‘(C) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period de-
scribed in this subparagraph is the period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of the VA 
Budget and Choice Improvement Act and end-
ing on October 1, 2015. 
‘‘(D) REPORTS.—Not later than 14 days 
after the date of the enactment of the VA 
Budget and Choice Improvement Act, and not 
less frequently than once every 14-day period 
thereafter during the period described in sub-
paragraph (C), the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port detailing— 
‘‘(i) the amounts used by the Sec-
retary pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and 
(B); and 
‘‘(ii) an identification of such amounts 
listed by the non-Department provider pro-
gram for which the amounts were used. 
‘‘(E) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’ means— 
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