Sec. 706. Budget transparency for outreach activities of Department of Veterans Affairs
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Chapter 63 is amended by inserting after section 6308 the following new section: In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department budget for a fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary shall include a separate statement of the amount requested for such fiscal year for activities of the Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs as follows: For outreach activities of the Department in aggregate.
For outreach activities of each element of the Department specified in subsection (b)(1). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 , the Secretary shall establish and maintain procedures for the Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs to ensure the effective coordination and collaboration of outreach activities of the Department between and among the following:
Office of the Secretary. Veterans Health Administration. Veterans Benefits Administration. National Cemetery Administration. The Secretary shall— beginning after the date on which the Secretary establishes procedures under paragraph (1), not less frequently than once every two years conduct a review of the procedures established and maintained under paragraph
(1)to ensure that such procedures meet the requirements of such paragraph; make such modifications to such procedures as the Secretary considers appropriate based upon reviews conducted under subparagraph
(A)in order to better meet such requirements; and not later than 45 days after completing a review under subparagraph (A), submit to Congress a report on the findings of such review. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 63 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6308 the following new item: 6309. Budget transparency. .