A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer certain coronavirus aid and relief funds to various accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-4852
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-10-23
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Computers and information technology

Department of Veterans Affairs

Educational technology and distance education

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Executive agency funding and structure

Health promotion and preventive care

Higher education

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to transfer certain unobligated COVID-19 funds from the Veterans Health Administration to other specified VA accounts. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4852 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 23 (legislative day, October 19), 2020 Ms. McSally introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer certain coronavirus aid and relief funds to various accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

1. Authority to transfer certain unobligated balances to certain accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general Subject to subsection (b), of the unobligated balances available to the Department of Veterans Affairs from title X of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) for Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services , the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer amounts to the following accounts in the amounts specified: (1) General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration, up to $198,000,000. (2) Departmental Administration, Information Technology Systems, up to $45,000,000. (b) Requirements (1) Education Amounts transferred under subsection (a) shall be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, to improve the education systems of the Veterans Benefits Administration, including— (A) implementation of changes to programs and activities under chapters 30 through 36 of title 38, United States Code, that are carried out pursuant to the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–48 ); (B) carrying out Public Law 116–128 ; and (C) carrying out the Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–140 ). (2) Information technology systems development That funds transferred to Departmental Administration, Information Technology Systems pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred to the information technology systems development subaccount. (3) Supplement, not supplant Amounts transferred to accounts under subsection (a) shall be in addition to any other amounts made available for the purposes for which amounts have been appropriated to such accounts. (c) Emergency designation That the amounts transferred under subsection (a) that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985