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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6712 
To provide for increased funding for veterans health care for fiscal year 
2009 by transferring funds from the Legal Services Corporation and 
certain title X family planning funds, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2008 
Mr. HENSARLING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 
the Judiciary and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for increased funding for veterans health care 
for fiscal year 2009 by transferring funds from the Legal 
Services Corporation and certain title X family planning 
funds, 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 ‘‘America’s Commit-
ment to Veterans Act of 2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO VETERANS MEDICAL 
CARE FROM LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Immediately upon enactment of 
any law making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 that 
appropriates or otherwise makes available any funds for 
the Legal Services Corporation, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall (subject to subsection (b)) transfer to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ appropriation account of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs all amounts that are appro-
priated or otherwise made available under that law for the 
Legal Services Corporation. Amounts so transferred shall 
be merged with and shall be available for the same period 
and the same purposes as the appropriation account to 
which transferred. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO WIND UP AFFAIRS OF LEGAL 
SERVICES CORPORATION.—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 Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to wind up the affairs 
of the Legal Services Corporation, and amounts so ex-
empted shall be available, during such period, only for 
such purpose. 
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SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO VETERANS MEDICAL 
CARE FROM TITLE X FAMILY PLANNING 
FUNDS. 
Immediately upon enactment of any law making ap-
propriations for fiscal year 2009 that appropriates or oth-
erwise makes available any funds for programs under title 
X of the Public Health Service Act to provide for vol-
untary family planning projects, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ appro-
priation account of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
all amounts that are appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able under that law for such programs. Amounts so trans-
ferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the 
same period and the same purposes as the appropriation 
account to which transferred. 
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