12 2 STA T .3709PUBLIC LA W 110 – 329 — S E PT. 30 , 200 8ADMIN I STRA TI VEP R O VISIONS ( IN CLU DIN G TRANS F ER OF FUNDS )S EC .201 .A nyap p ro pr i a t ion f or fi sc a l y e ar 200 9 for ‘ ‘ C o m pensa - tion an d pensions ’ ’ , ‘‘ R ead ju stment b enefits’’, and ‘‘ V eterans insur- ance and indemnities’’ may be transferred as necessary to any ot h er of the mentioned appropriations
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d, T hat before a transfer may ta k e place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re q uest from the Committees on Appropriations of both H ouses of Con g ress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees issue an appro v al, or absent a response, a period of 3 0 days has elapsed. (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the D epartment of Vet- erans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, in this Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘ M edical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the accounts to the e x tent necessary to implement the restructuring of the Veterans Health Administration accounts: Provided , That any transfers bet w een the ‘‘Medical services’’ and ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the total amount appropriated to the account in this or any other Act may take place subject to notification from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided fu r th er, That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical services’’ and ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided further, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ account may take place only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued. SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for salaries and expenses shall be available for services authori z ed by section 3109 of title 5 , U nited States Code, hire of passenger motor vehicles
lease of a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. SEC. 20 4 . N o appropriations in this title (except the appropria- tions for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’) shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except bene- ficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or examination under the laws providing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 7 901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and E mer- gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimburse- ment of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Notif i ca tio n.De a dl ine.
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