I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7738 
To establish the Toxic Exposure Fund of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2024 
Mr. BOST (for himself, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, and Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of 
Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, 
and the Budget, 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 establish the Toxic Exposure Fund of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘Toxic Exposure Fund 
Improvement Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. TOXIC EXPOSURE FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 324 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 324. Toxic Exposure Fund 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall use any funds appropriated pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations in subsection (b)(3) to carry 
out the purposes of the Toxic Exposure Fund described 
in subsection (b)(4). 
‘‘(b) TOXIC EXPOSURE FUND.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury an account, to be known as the ‘Toxic 
Exposure Fund’ (referred to in this subsection as 
the ‘Fund’), to carry out the purposes described in 
paragraph (4). 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER
OF
DIRECT
SPENDING
SAV-
INGS.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
following 
amounts shall be transferred, from the savings 
described in subsection (e)(1), to the Toxic Ex-
posure Fund: 
‘‘(i) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2026, 
$26,411,000,000. 
‘‘(ii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2027, 
$28,524,000,000. 
‘‘(iii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2028, 
$30,806,000,000. 
‘‘(iv) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2029, 
$33,271,000,000. 
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‘‘(v) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2030, 
$35,932,000,000. 
‘‘(vi) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2031, 
$38,807,000,000. 
‘‘(vii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2032, 
$41,912,000,000. 
‘‘(viii) 
For 
fiscal 
year 
2033, 
$45,264,000,000. 
‘‘(B) 
AMOUNTS
DEPOSITED.—Any 
amounts transferred under subparagraph (A) 
shall remain unavailable for obligation or ex-
penditure until such amounts are appropriated 
pursuant to paragraph (3). 
‘‘(C) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—Any 
amounts 
under subparagraph (A) that are not ap-
propriated for a fiscal year shall be avail-
able for appropriation, under the terms 
and conditions of this section, during the 
subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) BUDGET.—When the President 
submits the budget under section 1105 of 
title 31 for any of fiscal years 2026 
through 2033, the Office of Management 
and Budget shall calculate and the budget 
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shall 
include 
adjustments 
reflecting 
amounts carried over by operation of 
clause (i). 
‘‘(3) APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For each of the fiscal years 2026 
through 2033, there is authorized to be appro-
priated from the Fund to the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, for the purpose of carrying out 
the Fund, an amount not to exceed the total 
amount transferred to the Fund under para-
graph (2)(A), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(B) OFFSETTING
FUTURE
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For any of the fiscal years 2026 
through 2033 for any discretionary appropria-
tion under the heading ‘Toxic Exposure Fund’ 
provided to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under subparagraph (A), the total amount of 
such appropriations for the applicable fiscal 
year (not to exceed the total amount remaining 
in the Fund) shall be subtracted from the esti-
mate of discretionary budget authority and the 
resulting outlays for any estimate under the 
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