A bill to appropriate $160,500,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve security for personal data of veterans and other persons held by the Department of Veterans Affairs and to provide remedial assistance to veterans and other persons who have had personal data stolen from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for FY2006 for general operating expenses, specifically to improve the security for personal data of veterans held by the VA and to provide remedial assistance to veterans and other persons who have had personal data stolen from the VA.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3592 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3592

 To appropriate $160,500,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
 improve security for personal data of veterans and other persons held 
     by the Department of Veterans Affairs and to provide remedial 
  assistance to veterans and other persons who have had personal data 
            stolen from the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 28, 2006

   Mrs. Murray (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Obama, and Mr. Salazar) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To appropriate $160,500,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
 improve security for personal data of veterans and other persons held 
     by the Department of Veterans Affairs and to provide remedial 
  assistance to veterans and other persons who have had personal data 
            stolen from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sum 
is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006, namely:

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                      Departmental Administration

                       general operating expenses

    For an additional amount for ``General Operating Expenses'' for 
necessary expenses to improve security for personal data of veterans 
and other persons held by the Department of Veterans Affairs and to 
provide remedial assistance to veterans and other persons who have had 
personal data stolen from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
$160,500,000: Provided, That the amount under this heading shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the amount provided 
under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.
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