Federal · Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
38 U.S.C. § 117: Advance appropriations for certain accounts
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be made available for that fiscal year; and include, for each such account, advance new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year. The Secretary shall include in documents submitted to Congress in support of the President’s budget submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 , United States Code, detailed estimates of the funds necessary for the covered accounts of the Department for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. Veterans Benefits Administration, Compensation and Pensions. Veterans Benefits Administration, Readjustment Benefits. Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans Insurance and Indemnities. Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services. Veterans Health Administration, Medical Support and Compliance. Veterans Health Administration, Medical Facilities. Veterans Health Administration, Medical Community Care. Not later than July 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report on the sufficiency of the Department’s resources for the next fiscal year beginning after the date of the submittal of the report for the provision of medical care. Such report shall also include estimates of the workload and demand data for that fiscal year. With respect to an account described in paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a) of this section, for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2011. With respect to an account described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of such subsection (c), as added by subsection (a) of this section, for each fiscal year beginning with 2017.” The Comptroller General shall conduct a review of each budget of the President for a fiscal year that is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31 in order to assess whether or not the relevant components of the amounts requested in such budget for such fiscal year for the medical care accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs specified in section 117(c) of title 38 , United States Code, as added by section 3, are consistent with estimates of the resources required by the Department for the provision of medical care and services in such fiscal year, as forecast using the Enrollee Health Care Projection Model, or other methodologies used by the Department. Not later than 120 days after the date of each year in 2011, 2012, and 2013, on which the President submits the budget request for the next fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31 , United States Code, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Appropriations, and the Budget of the Senate and the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Appropriations, and the Budget of the House of Representatives and to the Secretary a report on the review conducted under subsection (a). An assessment of the review conducted under subsection (a). The basis for such assessment. Such additional information as the Comptroller General determines appropriate. Each report submitted under this subsection shall also be made available to the public.”
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