,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bh1 #bjae ,ms4
 ,brown of ,florida introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1  
and in addition to the ,committee on the
 ,budget1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the temporary
 use of ,veterans ,choice ,funds for    
certain programs1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,temporary authorization 
of use of ,veterans ,choice ,funds for  
certain programs  7a7 ,in general       
,subsection 7c7 of section #hjb of the  
,veterans ,access1 ,choice1 and         
,accountability ,act of #bjad 7,public  
,law #aac-adf2 #abh ,stat4 #ahjb7 is    
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by   
striking ,any amounts and inserting     
,except as provided by paragraph 7#c71  

any amounts2 and  7#b7 by adding at the 
end the following paragraph3  7#c7      
,temporary authority for other uses     
7,a7 ,other non-,department care ,in    
addition to the use of amounts described
 in paragraph 7#a71 of the amounts      
deposited in the ,veterans ,choice      
,fund1 not more than #c1cdh1ejj1jjj may 
be used by the ,secretary during the    
period described in subparagraph 7,c7   
for amounts obligated by the ,secretary 
on or after ,may #a1 #bjae1 to furnish  
health care to individuals pursuant to  
chapter #ag of title #ch1 ,united       
,states ,code1 at non-,department       
facilities1 including pursuant to       
non-,department provider programs other 
than the program established by section 
#aja4  7,b7 ,hepatitis ,c ,of the amount
 specified in subparagraph 7,a71 not    
more than #ejj1jjj1jjj may be used by   
the ,secretary during the period        
described in subparagraph 7,c7 for      
pharmaceutical expenses relating to the 
treatment of ,hepatitis ,c4  7,c7       

,period described ,the period described 
in this subparagraph is the period      
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of the ,,va ,budget and ,choice         
,improvement ,act and ending on ,october
 #a1 #bjae4  7,d7 ,reports ,not later   
than #ad days after the date of the     
enactment of the ,,va ,budget and       
,choice ,improvement ,act1 and not less 
frequently than once every #ad-;day     
period thereafter during the period     
described in subparagraph 7,c71 the     
,secretary shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees a  
report detailing--  7i7 the amounts used
 by the ,secretary pursuant to          
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b72 and  7ii7  
an identification of such amounts listed
 by the non-,department provider program
 for which the amounts were used4  7,e7 
,definitions ,in this paragraph3 7i7    
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means--  7,i7 the ,committee 
on ,veterans' ,affairs and the          
,committee on ,appropriations of the    

,house of ,representatives2 and  7,,ii7 
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
and the ,committee on ,appropriations of
 the ,senate4  7ii7 ,the term           
non-,department facilities has the      
meaning given that term in section #agja
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4   
7iii7 ,the term non-,department provider
 programs means each program            
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs under which the      
,secretary enters into contracts or     
other agreements with health care       
providers at non-,department facilities 
to furnish hospital care and medical    
services to veterans1 including pursuant
 to the following3  7,i7 ,section #agjc 
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4    
7,,ii7 ,the ,veterans ,choice ,program  
established by section #aja of the      
,veterans ,access1 ,choice1 and         
,accountability ,act of #bjad 7,public  
,law #aac-adf2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #agja      
note74  7,,iii7 ,the ,patient ,centered 
,community ,care ,program 7known as     

,,pc#c74  7,,iv7 ,the pilot program     
established by section #djc of the      
,veterans' ,mental ,health and ,other   
,care ,improvements ,act of #bjjh       
7,public ,law #aaj-chg2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4   
#agjc note7 7known as ,project ,,arch74 
7,v7 ,contracts relating to dialysis4   
7,,vi7 ,agreements entered into by the  
,secretary with--  7aa7 the ,secretary  
of ,defense1 the ,director of the       
,indian ,health ,service1 or the head of
 any other department or agency of the  
,federal ,government2 or  7bb7 any      
academic affiliate or other             
non-governmental entity4  7,,vii7       
,programs relating to emergency care1   
including under sections #agbe and #agbh
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  4
  7b7 ,conforming amendment ,subsection 
7d77#a7 of such section is amended by   
inserting before the period at the end  
the following3 7or for hospital care and
 medical services pursuant to subsection
 7c77#c7 of this section74  #b4         
,emergency designations  7a7 ,in general

 ,this title1 except for section #g1 is 
designated as an emergency requirement  
pursuant to section #d7;g7 of the       
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #icc7;g774  7b7     
,designation in ,senate ,in the ,senate1
 this title1 except for section #g1 is  
designated as an emergency requirement  
pursuant to section #djc7;a7 of ,s4     
,con4 ,res4 #ac 7#aaath ,congress71 the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year #bjaj4