I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5968 
To provide for increased funding for veterans health care for fiscal year 
2007, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2006 
Mr. HENSARLING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for increased funding for veterans health care 
for fiscal year 2007, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Community 
Health Enhancement Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO VETERANS MEDICAL 
CARE FROM NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR 
THE HUMANITIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Immediately upon enactment of 
any law making appropriations for fiscal year 2007 that 
appropriates or otherwise makes available any funds for 
the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall (subject to subsection (b)) 
transfer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ appropriation account 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs all amounts that 
are appropriated or otherwise made available under that 
law for the National Endowment for the Humanities. 
Amounts so transferred shall be merged with and shall 
be available for the same period as the appropriation ac-
count to which transferred and shall be available only for 
enhancement of services at community-based outpatient 
clinics. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO WIND-UP AFFAIRS OF NATIONAL 
ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury may exempt from the requirement of sub-
section (a), for a period not to exceed 60 days, such 
amounts as the Secretary determines to be necessary to 
wind-up of the affairs of the National Endowment for the 
Humanities, and amounts so exempted shall be available, 
during such period, only for such purpose. 
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SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO VETERANS MEDICAL 
CARE FROM NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR 
THE ARTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Immediately upon enactment of 
any law making appropriations for fiscal year 2007 that 
appropriates or otherwise makes available any funds for 
the National Endowment for the Arts, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall (subject to subsection (b)) transfer to 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’ appropriation account of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs all amounts that are appro-
priated or otherwise made available under that law for the 
National Endowment for the Arts. Amounts so transferred 
shall be merged with and shall be available for the same 
period as the appropriation account to which transferred 
and shall be available only for enhancement of services at 
community-based outpatient clinics. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO WIND-UP AFFAIRS OF NATIONAL 
ENDOWMENT
FOR
THE ARTS.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury may exempt from the requirement of subsection 
(a), for a period not to exceed 60 days, such amounts as 
the Secretary determines to be necessary to wind-up of 
the affairs of the National Endowment for the Arts, and 
amounts so exempted shall be available, during such pe-
riod, only for such purpose. 
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