Sec. 801. APPROPRIATION OF AMOUNTS
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## SEC. 801 APPROPRIATION OF AMOUNTS **[**[38 U.S.C. 1701 note](/us/usc/t38/s1701)**]** ###
(a)In general There is authorized to be appropriated, and is appropriated, to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated $5,000,000,000 to carry out subsection (b). Such funds shall be available for obligation or expenditure without fiscal year limitation. ###
(b)Use of Amounts The amount appropriated under subsection
(a)shall be used by the Secretary as follows: ####
(1)To increase the access of veterans to care as follows: #####
(A)To hire primary care and specialty care physicians for employment in the Department of Veterans Affairs. #####
(B)To hire other medical staff, including the following: ######
(i)Physicians. ######
(ii)Nurses. ######
(iii)Social workers. ######
(iv)Mental health professionals. ######
(v)Other health care professionals as the Secretary considers appropriate. #####
(C)To carry out sections 301 and 302, including the amendments made by such sections. #####
(D)To pay for expenses, equipment, and other costs associated with the hiring of primary care, specialty care physicians, and other medical staff under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C). ####
(2)To improve the physical infrastructure of the Department as follows: #####
(A)To maintain and operate hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other facilities of the Veterans Health Administration. #####
(B)To enter into contracts or hire temporary employees to repair, alter, or improve facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department that are not otherwise provided for under this paragraph. #####
(C)To carry out leases for facilities of the Department. #####
(D)To carry out minor construction projects of the Department. ###
(c)Availability The amount appropriated under subsection
(a)shall remain available until expended. ###
(d)Report ####
(1)In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on how the Secretary has obligated the amounts appropriated under subsection
(a)as of the date of the submittal of the report. ####
(2)Appropriate committees of congress defined In this subsection, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ###
(e)Funding Plan The Secretary shall submit to Congress a funding plan describing how the Secretary intends to use the amounts provided under subsection (a).
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APPROPRIATION OF AMOUNTS
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