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H.R. 1016: Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

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H.R. 1016: Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

111th Congress · introduced 2009-02-12 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Became Public Law No: 111-81.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-02-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 420 (2009): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1016 (2009-06-23), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 111-81. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on October 8, 2009. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 - Directs the President to include in annual budget justification documents submitted to Congress information on estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted for the following accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): (1) Medical Services; (2) Medical Support and Compliance; and (3) Medical Facilities. Requires annually for such accounts, beginning with FY2011, discretionary new budget authority to: (1) be made available for that fiscal year; and (2) include, for each such account, advance discretionary new budget authority that first becomes available for the first fiscal year after the budget year. Directs the VA Secretary to report annually to Congress on the sufficiency of VA resources for the proceeding fiscal year with respect to the provision of medical care, including estimates of the workload and demand data for that fiscal year. Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) annually study the adequacy and accuracy of VA baseline model projections for health care expenditures for that fiscal year; and (2) report study results, during 2011 through 2013, to the congressional veterans, appropriations, and budget committees.

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Official text

Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · 125 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1016, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 (2009-06-16); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1016, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009 (2009-06-16)

Cosponsors on this site

Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Adam Smith (D-WA), Al Green (D-TX), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Dina Titus (D-NV) and 65 more.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (2)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr1016 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111