H. R. 9468 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 
An Act 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 purposes, namely: 
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 expended. 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
$596,969,000, to remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 101. Each amount appropriated or made available by 
this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the 
fiscal year involved. 
SEC. 102. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the addi-
tional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations accounts 
shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable 
to such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 103. (a) BUDGET FORMULATION AND FORECASTING.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations and the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing correc-
tions the Department 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 Veterans Affairs shall
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submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees 
on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a report on status of funds made available under the headings 
‘‘Compensations 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 submitted to such Commit-
tees every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2026, and shall 
include information detailing any changes to estimates or assump-
tions on obligations and expenditures, including data supporting 
these changes. 
SEC. 104. (a) The Inspector General of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall conduct a review of the circumstances sur-
rounding and the underlying causes of the announced funding short-
fall for the Veterans Benefits Administration 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 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 Veterans 
Benefits Administration in fiscal year 2024 and the expected short-
fall in the funding of the Veterans Health Administration in fiscal 
year 2025, the review shall include, but not be limited to: a compari-
son of monthly obligations and expenditures in relevant accounts 
against the spend plan of the Department; the reasons for any 
significant diversions of obligations or expenditures from the spend 
plan; an analysis of the accuracy of projections and estimates rel-
evant to such diversions; and any other matter 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 Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs in the transfer, reallocation, or other 
movement of funding between or within the Central Office, a Vet-
erans Integrated Service Network, a facility, a program or office, 
a special purpose fund, the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation 
process, or the Medical Center Allocation System. 
(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 short-
falls for the Department. 
(e) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the 
Committees on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report detailing the conduct and findings of 
the review.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Benefits Continuity 
and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.