America's Commitment to Veterans Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer funds appropriated for FY2007 for the Legal Services Corporation and for family planning programs under the Public Health Service Act to the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans' medical services.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5967 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5967
To provide for increased funding for veterans health care for fiscal
year 2007, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 28, 2006
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
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide for increased funding for veterans health care for fiscal
year 2007, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``America's Commitment to Veterans
Act''.
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 2007 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 Department of
Veterans Affairs all amounts that are appropriated 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
Secretary determines to be necessary to wind-up of the affairs of the
Legal Services Corporation, and amounts so exempted shall be available,
during such period, only for such purpose.
SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO VETERANS MEDICAL CARE FROM TITLE X
FAMILY PLANNING FUNDS.
Immediately upon enactment of any law making appropriations for
fiscal year 2007 that appropriates or otherwise makes available any
funds for programs under title X of the Public Health Service Act to
provide for voluntary family planning projects, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall transfer to the ``Medical Services'' appropriation
account of the Department of Veterans Affairs all amounts that are
appropriated or otherwise made available under that law for such
programs. 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.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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