Sec. 247. Comptroller General audit of budget of Veterans Health Administration
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Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Comptroller General of the United States shall periodically conduct an audit of elements of the budget of the Veterans Health Administration, including the budget formulation, execution, allocation, and use of funds. In selecting elements of the budget of the Veterans Health Administration for purposes of an audit under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall take into consideration— knowledge of the programs of the Veterans Health Administration; current issues; national priorities; and priorities expressed by the appropriate congressional committees.
Not later than 30 days before conducting an audit under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees notice of the elements selected by the Comptroller General for purposes of the audit. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on the Budget of the Senate; and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives. .
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 73 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7330A the following new item: 7330B. Comptroller General audit of budget of Veterans Health Administration. .