I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 813 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for advance appropriations 
for certain discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2013 
Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself and Mr. MICHAUD) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for ad-
vance appropriations for certain discretionary accounts 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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 ‘‘Putting Veterans 
Funding First Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN DISCRE-
TIONARY ACCOUNTS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘medical care accounts of the 
Department’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘discretionary accounts of the Department’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘medical care accounts of 
the Veterans Health Administration, Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs account’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘accounts of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs account’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Vet-
erans Health Administration,’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Vet-
erans Health Administration,’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Vet-
erans Health Administration,’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) Veterans Health Administration, Medical 
Research and Support. 
‘‘(5) National Cemetery Administration. 
‘‘(6) Veterans Benefits Administration, Native 
American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account. 
‘‘(7) Departmental Administration, General Ad-
ministration, General Operating Expenses. 
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‘‘(8) Departmental Administration, General Op-
erating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration. 
‘‘(9) Departmental Administration, Information 
Technology Systems. 
‘‘(10) Departmental Administration, Office of 
the Inspector General. 
‘‘(11) Departmental Administration, Construc-
tion, Major Projects. 
‘‘(12) Departmental Administration, Construc-
tion, Minor Projects. 
‘‘(13) Departmental Administration, Grants for 
Construction of State Extended Care Facilities. 
‘‘(14) Departmental Administration, Grants for 
Construction of Veterans Cemeteries.’’; and 
(F) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘MEDICAL
CARE
ACCOUNTS’’ and inserting 
‘‘DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNTS’’; and 
(3) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘cer-
tain medical care accounts’’ and inserting 
‘‘certain discretionary accounts’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 
and each subsequent fiscal year. 
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