123STA T . 3 548CON C UR R E NT RESO L UT I ONS — A P R.2 9, 2 0 09 morethan the 20 0 9l e v el ,i n c rea s in gVA’ sa p propriate d reso u rces f or ever y year after 20 1 0, and restoring health care eligi b ility to additional nondisabled veterans w ith modest incomes
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VA is not and should not be authori z ed to bill private insurance companies for treatment of health conditions that are related to veterans’ military service; ( 4 ) VA may find it difficult to realize the level of increase in medical care collections estimated in the P resident’s budget for 2010 using e x isting authorities, and increases to veterans beneficiary travel reimbursement are important; therefore, this resolution provides $67 3,000,000 more for F unction 700 (Vet - erans B enefits and S ervices) than the President’s budget to safeguard the provision of health care to veterans; ( 5 ) it is important to continue providing sufficient and timely funding for veterans’ and servicemembers’ health care; and (6) this resolution provides additional funding above the 2009 levels for VA to research and treat mental health, post- traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain in j ury .SEC.602 .SE N SE OFTH E CON GR ESS ON HO M E LA N D SEC U R I T Y . I t is the sense of the C ongress that because ma k ing the country safer and more secure is such a critical priority, the resolution therefore provides robust resources in the four budget functions — Function 400 ( T ransportation), Function 450 (Community and R egional D evelopment), Function 550 ( H ealth), and Function 750 (Administration of J ustice)—that fund most nondefense homeland security activities that can be used to address our key security priorities, including— (1) safeguarding the N ation’s transportation systems, including rail, mass transit, ports, and airports; (2) continuing with efforts to identify and to screen for threats bound for the U nited States; (3) strengthening border security; (4) enhancing emergency preparedness and training and e q uipping first responders; (5) helping to make critical infrastructure more secure and resilient against the threat of terrorism and natural disas- ters; (6) making the Nation’s cyber infrastructure resistive to attack; and (7) increasing the preparedness of the public health system. SEC. 60 3 . SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON P ROMOTING AMERICAN INNO V ATION AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS. It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the Congress should provide sufficient investments to enable our Nation to continue to be the world leader in edu- cation, innovation, and economic growth as envisioned in the goals of the America C OM P E TES Act; (2) this resolution builds on significant funding provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for scientific research and education in Function 250 ( G eneral Science, Space and Technology), Function 270 (Energy), Function 300 (Natural Resources and Environment), Function 500 (Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services), and Function 550 (Health);
