S. 4852, 116th Congress — Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Transfer Certain Coronavirus Aid and Relief Funds
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Senate bill 4852 of the 116th Congress, 2d Session, introduced in the Senate of the United States on October 23 (legislative day, October 19), 2020, by McSally and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Its printed purpose is 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. Section 1 provides that the Secretary may transfer amounts from unobligated balances to General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration, up to $198,000,000, and to Departmental Administration, Information Technology Systems, up to $45,000,000.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 4852
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.
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 ac-
counts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for
other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CERTAIN UNOBLI-
4 GATED BALANCES TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS
5 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
6 FAIRS.
7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), of the
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1 erans Affairs from title X of division B of the Coronavirus
2 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–
3 136) for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Serv-
4 ices’’, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer
5 amounts to the following accounts in the amounts speci-
6 fied:
7 (1) General Operating Expenses, Veterans Ben-
8 efits Administration, up to $198,000,000.
9 (2) Departmental Administration, Information
10 Technology Systems, up to $45,000,000.
11 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—
12 (1) EDUCATION.—Amounts transferred under
13 subsection (a) shall be used to prevent, prepare for,
14 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter-
15 nationally, to improve the education systems of the
16 Veterans Benefits Administration, including—
17 (A) implementation of changes to pro-
18 grams and activities under chapters 30 through
19 36 of title 38, United States Code, that are car-
20 ried out pursuant to the Harry W. Colmery
21 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017
22 (Public Law 115–48);
23 (B) carrying out Public Law 116–128; and
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1 (C) carrying out the Student Veteran
2 Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Public Law
3 116–140).
4 (2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DE-
5 VELOPMENT.—That funds transferred to Depart-
6 mental Administration, Information Technology Sys-
7 tems pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred
8 to the information technology systems development
9 subaccount.
10 (3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts
11 transferred to accounts under subsection (a) shall be
12 in addition to any other amounts made available for
13 the purposes for which amounts have been appro-
14 priated to such accounts.
15 (c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—That the amounts
16 transferred under subsection (a) that were previously des-
17 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
18 pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
19 Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as
20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
22 Deficit Control Act of 1985
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