Funding Shortfalls in Certain Administrations of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Reviews; Reports
Section 2 · Sec. 2 ·
What this chapter is about
This part asks for reviews of money problems at the VA. The GAO must do the first one. It must look at why the money ran short. Then it must do one each year for five more years. The VA must pass each report to Congress.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“the Comptroller General of the United States shall begin a review regarding the circumstances surrounding, and the causes of-- (A) the shortfall in the funding of the Veterans Benefits Administration for fiscal year 2024; and (B) the expected shortfall in the funding of the Veterans Health Administration in fiscal year 2025.”
The review must begin not later than 30 days after enactment. The section names two subjects for it: the fiscal year 2024 shortfall at the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the shortfall the law describes as expected in fiscal year 2025 at the Veterans Health Administration.
What the document actually says
“the Comptroller General of the United States shall begin a review regarding the circumstances surrounding, and the causes of-- (A) the shortfall in the funding of the Veterans Benefits Administration for fiscal year 2024; and (B) the expected shortfall in the funding of the Veterans Health Administration in fiscal year 2025.”
That sentence, in plain words
The GAO must start a review within 30 days. It must look at two money gaps at the VA. One gap hit the office that pays benefits in 2024. The other was set to hit the office that runs health care in 2025.
What this is about
The VA ran out of money it had planned to spend. The GAO is the watchdog that checks how the government spends money. This asks it to find out what went wrong.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“A comparison of monthly obligations and expenditures in relevant accounts against the spending plan of the Department of Veterans Affairs.”
Five elements are required. The quoted one is the first. The others are any transfers between those accounts, the reasons for any significant diversions from the spending plan, an analysis of how accurate the projections behind those diversions were, and remedial actions, recorded separately below. Subsection (b) carries the same list into the later reviews.
What the document actually says
“A comparison of monthly obligations and expenditures in relevant accounts against the spending plan of the Department of Veterans Affairs.”
That sentence, in plain words
The review must line up what the VA spent each month with what it planned to spend.
What this is about
The VA writes a plan for its money each year. The review must check the real spending against that plan. It must also look at money moved between accounts. And it must ask why the spending went off plan.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Remedial actions the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may take-- (i) to improve the accuracy of supporting information submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, with respect to the Department; and (ii) to prevent funding shortfalls for the Department.”
The fifth required element. It points at section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the budget submission provision, which is not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“Remedial actions the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may take-- (i) to improve the accuracy of supporting information submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, with respect to the Department; and (ii) to prevent funding shortfalls for the Department.”
That sentence, in plain words
The review must list steps the head of the VA could take. The steps would make its money numbers more true. They would also keep it from running short again.
What this is about
A law in title 31 makes agencies send budget numbers to the President. The review must say how the VA can get those numbers right.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 30 days after completing such review, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a written report containing the results and findings of such review.”
The report is written, and the 30 days run from completion of the review rather than from enactment. Subsection (b) applies this same reporting duty to the five later reviews.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 30 days after completing such review, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a written report containing the results and findings of such review.”
That sentence, in plain words
The GAO must finish the review and write up what it found. It has 30 days after that to send the report to the head of the VA.
What this is about
The report goes to the VA first, not to Congress. A later part of this law sends it on.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“In each of the five calendar years following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct a review including the elements described in subsection (a)(2), and submit a report described in subsection (a)(3), regarding the funding of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the most recent fiscal year to end before the date of such review.”
The later reviews are counted in calendar years from enactment, and each one covers the most recent fiscal year to end before the review. They carry the elements and the reporting duty set for the first review.
What the document actually says
“In each of the five calendar years following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct a review including the elements described in subsection (a)(2), and submit a report described in subsection (a)(3), regarding the funding of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the most recent fiscal year to end before the date of such review.”
That sentence, in plain words
The GAO must do a review in each of the next five years. Each one covers the same points as the first. Each one looks at the year that just ended.
What this is about
The first review looks back at two bad years. These later ones keep watch year by year. Each one ends with its own report.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 30 days after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives a report of the Comptroller General under subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary shall submit such report to-- (1) the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate; and (2) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.”
The duty covers the report on the first review and the reports on each of the five later ones. The 30 days run from the Secretary's receipt of the report.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 30 days after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives a report of the Comptroller General under subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary shall submit such report to-- (1) the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate; and (2) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.”
That sentence, in plain words
When the head of the VA gets a report, it must be passed on within 30 days. Four groups in Congress get it.
What this is about
Two of the groups work on veterans. Two of them hand out money. All four get the same report.
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Each distinct thing the section requires: the first review and what it covers, the elements every review must include, the report to the Secretary, the five later reviews, and the Secretary's duty to forward each report to Congress.
The cross references the section makes to its own subsections are followed rather than listed separately, so subsection (b) is recorded once as a recurring review on the terms set in subsection (a).
Whether any of these reviews has been carried out is not recorded here. This is the law as enacted, not a record of what was done under it. The committees the reports go to are named by the section; their own records are not indexed on this site.
