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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Compensation and 
Pensions’’, $2,285,513,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Readjustment Bene-
fits’’, $596,969,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 101. Each amount appropriated or made avail-
able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated for the fiscal year involved. 
SEC. 102. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 
the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro-
priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 
and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 
for fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 103. (a) BUDGET FORMULATION AND FORE-
CASTING.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the Com-
mittees on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report detailing corrections the De-
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partment will make to improve forecasting, data quality 
and budget assumptions relating to budget submissions 
for funds provided under the headings ‘‘Compensations 
and Pensions’’ and ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 
days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report on sta-
tus of funds made available under the headings ‘‘Com-
pensations and Pensions’’ and ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’ 
for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026 in this or any other 
Act: Provided, That such report shall be updated and sub-
mitted to such Committees every 90 days thereafter until 
September 30, 2026, and shall include information detail-
ing any changes to estimates or assumptions on obliga-
tions and expenditures, including data supporting these 
changes. 
SEC. 104. (a) The Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a review of the cir-
cumstances surrounding and the underlying causes of the 
announced funding shortfall for the Veterans Benefits Ad-
ministration for fiscal year 2024 described in the letter 
to Congress from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on 
July 19, 2024, and the announced funding shortfall for 
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the Veterans Health Administration in fiscal year 2025 
described in the letter to Congress from the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs on July 31, 2024. 
(b) Relating to the shortfall in the funding of the Vet-
erans Benefits Administration in fiscal year 2024 and the 
expected shortfall in the funding of the Veterans Health 
Administration in fiscal year 2025, the review shall in-
clude, but not be limited to: a comparison of monthly obli-
gations and expenditures in relevant accounts against the 
spend plan of the Department; the reasons for any signifi-
cant diversions of obligations or expenditures from the 
spend plan; an analysis of the accuracy of projections and 
estimates relevant to such diversions; and any other mat-
ter determined relevant by the Inspector General. 
(c) Relating to the expected shortfall in the funding 
of the Veterans Health Administration in fiscal year 2025, 
the review also shall include: any changes, abnormalities, 
or significant events as determined significant by the In-
spector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
the transfer, reallocation, or other movement of funding 
between or within the Central Office, a Veterans Inte-
grated Service Network, a facility, a program or office, 
a special purpose fund, the Veterans Equitable Resource 
Allocation process, or the Medical Center Allocation Sys-
tem. 
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(d) Actions the Department of Veterans Affairs can 
take to improve the accuracy of supporting information 
submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, with respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
and to prevent funding shortfalls for the Department. 
(e) Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations and the Committees on Veterans Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report de-
tailing the conduct and findings of the review. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Benefits Con-
tinuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2024’’. 
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