,,ia  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #gb  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,october #a1    
#bjac,mr4 ,culberson introduced the     
following joint resolution2 which was   
referred to the ,committee on           
,appropriations  ,october #a1           
#bjac;,considered under suspension of   
the rules and failed of passage  ,,joint
 ,,resolution  ,making continuing       
appropriations for veterans benefits for
 fiscal year #bjad1 and for other       
purposes4  ,that the following sums are 
hereby appropriated1 out of any money in
 the ,treasury not otherwise            
appropriated1 and out of applicable     
corporate or other revenues1 receipts1  
and funds1 for veterans benefits for    
fiscal year #bjad1 and for other        
purposes1 namely3  #aja4 7a7 ,amounts   
are provided for entitlements and other 
mandatory payments whose budget         
authority was provided in the ,military 
,construction and ,veterans ,affairs1   
and ,related ,agencies ,appropriations  

,act1 #bjac 7division ,e of ,public ,law
 #aac-f71 to continue activities at the 
rate to maintain program levels under   
current law1 under the authority and    
conditions provided in the applicable   
appropriations ,act for fiscal year     
#bjac1 to be continued through the date 
specified in section #ajc7c74  7b7      
,notwithstanding section #ajc1          
obligations for mandatory payments due  
on or about the first day of any month  
that begins after ,october #bjac but not
 later than #cj days after the date     
specified in section #ajc7c7 may        
continue to be made1 and funds shall be 
available for such payments4  #ajb4     
,amounts are provided for ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs--,departmental      
,administration--,general ,operating    
,expenses1 ,veterans ,benefits          
,administration at a rate for operations
 of #b1dee1dij1jjj3 ,provided1 ,that    
such amount shall be made available     
subject to the authority and conditions 
as provided under the ,military         

,construction and ,veterans ,affairs1   
and ,related ,agencies ,appropriations  
,act1 #bjac 7division ,e of ,public ,law
 #aac-f7 and shall be available to the  
extent and in the manner that would be  
provided by such ,act4  #ajc4 ,unless   
otherwise provided for in this joint    
resolution or in the applicable         
appropriations ,act for fiscal year     
#bjad1 appropriations and funds made    
available and authority granted pursuant
 to this joint resolution shall be      
available until whichever of the        
following first occurs3 7#a7 the        
enactment into law of an appropriation  
for any project or activity provided for
 in this joint resolution2 7#b7 the     
enactment into law of the applicable    
appropriations ,act for fiscal year     
#bjad without any provision for such    
project or activity2 or 7#c7 ,december  
#ae1 #bjac4  #ajd4 ,it is the sense of  
,congress that this joint resolution may
 also be referred to as the ,honoring   
,our ,promise to ,america's ,veterans   

,act4  ,this joint resolution may be    
cited as the ,veterans ,benefits        
,continuing ,appropriations ,resolution1
 #bjad4