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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS The 1999 Budget provides $18,895 million in discretionary budget authority for veterans’ health, benefits, and other services. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS ACT Fiscal Year 1999 will mark the first year of full implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). In preparing to meet this time line, in Fiscal Year 1997 the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) completed a strategic plan covering Fiscal Years 1998 through 2003. The efforts required to prepare this plan helped strengthen VA’s planning process. The Department’s strategic plan was submitted to the Congress in September, 1997. In addition to providing general goals for each of VA’s major programs, the plan looks across all VA programs to articulate departmentwide cross-cutting goals. The strategic plan provides a comprehensive picture of what VA is striving to achieve and how progress will be measured. The 1999 Budget contains VA’s initial annual performance plan, as required by GPRA. Performance information that was previously contained in the budget appendix is now contained in the VA performance plan. The performance plan contains specific performance goals within each program that support the broader general goals in the strategic plan. VA has integrated the annual performance plan requirements into its budget request to begin to draw a closer relationship between resources and performance. Resources to accomplish performance goals for a particular program may be provided through more than one appropriation account. VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Federal Funds General and special funds: MEDICAL CARE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department; and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; administrative expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real property acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged to project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; aid to State homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; administrative and legal expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department as authorized under 38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.; and not to exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); ø$17,057,396,000¿ $17,027,975,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, ø$570,000,000¿ $635,000,000 is for the equipment and land and structures object classifications only, which amount shall not become available for obligation until August 1, ø1998¿ 1999, and shall remain available until September 30, ø1999¿ 2000: Provided further, That øof the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be for a study on the cost-effectiveness of contracting with local hospitals in east central Florida for the provision of nonemergent inpatient health care needs of veterans¿ not to exceed 8.3 percent of the funds available under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2000. In addition, in conformance with Public Law 105–33 establishing the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund, such sums as may be deposited to such Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred to this account, to remain available until expended for the purposes of this account. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 1997 actual Balance, start of year: 01.99 Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... Receipts: 02.01 Medical care collections ................................................ ................... 1998 est. 1999 est. 1 1 688 677 03.00 04.00 Offsetting collections ..................................................... 1 ................... ................... Total: Balances and collections .................................... 1 689 678 Appropriation: 05.01 Medical care .................................................................. ................... –688 –677 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 1 1 1 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Operating expenses: Provision of veterans health care: 00.01 Acute hospital care .......................................... 00.02 Rehabilitative care ........................................... 00.03 Psychiatric care ................................................ 00.04 Nursing home care ........................................... 00.05 Subacute care .................................................. 00.06 Residential care ............................................... 00.07 Outpatient care ................................................ 00.08 Miscellaneous benefits and services ............... 00.09 CHAMPVA ............................................................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 5,038 375 1,384 1,659 470 265 5,851 707 94 4,820 325 1,294 1,780 413 280 6,807 714 97 4,458 298 1,200 1,869 382 290 7,600 725 100 15,843 16,530 16,922 01.01 01.02 01.03 01.04 01.05 01.06 01.07 01.08 01.09 Total operating expenses ................................. Capital investment: Provision of veterans health care: Acute hospital care .......................................... Rehabilitative care ........................................... Psychiatric care ................................................ Nursing home care ........................................... Subacute care .................................................. Residential care ............................................... Outpatient care ................................................ Miscellaneous benefits and services ............... CHAMPVA ............................................................... 418 30 106 84 43 26 481 40 3 412 29 104 82 42 26 472 39 3 298 21 75 60 31 19 341 28 2 01.91 Total capital investment .................................. 1,231 1,209 875 01.92 09.01 Total direct program ............................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 17,074 75 17,739 104 17,797 147 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 17,149 17,843 17,944 731 17,088 664 17,849 673 17,852 00.91 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 22.10 Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations ....................................................................... 22.30 Unobligated balance expiring ........................................ 21.40 23.90 Total budgetary resources available for obligation 1 3 3 –8 ................... ................... 17,812 18,516 813 18,528 814 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 General and special funds—Continued MEDICAL CARE—Continued (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 23.95 24.40 1998 est. 1999 est. –17,149 –17,843 –17,944 664 673 583 New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 17,013 40.25 Appropriation (special fund, indefinite) .................... ................... 17,057 688 17,028 677 43.00 17,745 17,705 68.00 68.45 68.90 70.00 New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 1997 actual forts. The 1999 budget includes a legislative proposal which will permanently extend current legal provisions due to expire in FY 2003. These provisions provide for: the collection of third party health insurance payments for care provided by the VA for service-connected veterans with nonservice connected conditions, copayments, and income verification provisions. Appropriation (total) ............................................. Permanent: Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ................................ Portion not available for obligation (limitation on obligations) ................................................. 17,013 76 104 147 –1 ................... ................... Spending authority from offsetting collections (total) ........................................................... 75 104 147 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 17,088 17,849 WORKLOAD Provision of Veterans Health Care— Acute hospital care.—Costs for 1999 are estimated to decrease by $464 million for operating medical, neurological, surgical, contract and State home hospital beds, reflecting the shift to increased use of ambulatory care. Estimated operating levels are: 1997 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 2,764 2,681 14,455 2,147 75 15,472 2,347 104 15,369 2,306 147 87.00 16,677 17,923 17,822 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. –40 –36 –53 –51 –75 –72 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. –76 –104 –147 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 17,012 16,602 17,745 17,819 17,705 17,675 18,224 1,423 5,293 1997 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 147,117 7,919 21,064 1999 est. 399,409 6,964 50,858 1998 est. 16,142 1,154 4,653 1999 est. 14,563 933 4,068 I997 est. 13,312 6,424 18,907 1999 est. 117,564 5,192 16,852 Nursing home care.—In 1999, an increase of $70 million is estimated for the care of residents in VA nursing homes, contract nursing homes and State nursing homes. Estimated operating levels are: 1997 actual In accordance with the Government Performance and Results Act, VA Medical Care measures its performance through associated domains of value including: cost; access; technical quality; customer satisfaction; and functional status. Detailed performance goals can be found in the annual performance plan in VA’s Budget Submission. Public Law 105–33, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, established the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collection Fund (MCCF) and allowed VA to retain all collections from third party insurance companies, other copayments and related medical fees. The ability for VA to retain these nonappropriated funds is critical to VA’s success in providing care to veterans. As the collections are earned and deposited in the fund, they are transferred to this account, as provided for by the appropriation, and used to enhance medical care provided to veterans. For 1999, VA estimates that over $677 million will be collected through this effort with revenues growing to over $993 million by 2003. To accomplish this growth, VA will begin to bill usual and customary charges for inpatient and outpatient procedures, identify more patients having insurance, and improve its debt collection ef- 440,985 8,523 55,913 Psychiatric care.—A decrease of $121 million is estimated in 1999 for the inpatient care of veterans with problems related to mental illness, including alcohol and drug problems. 2,800 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new current authority .............................. 86.93 Outlays from current balances ...................................... 86.97 Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1997 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 2,394 2,764 2,681 17,149 17,843 17,944 –16,677 –17,923 –17,822 –102 ................... ................... –1 –3 –3 1998 est. Rehabilitative care.—A decrease of $34 million in 1999 is estimated for the provision of rehabilitative care, including spinal cord injury care. Estimated operating levels are: 17,852 Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts .................................. 73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts .............................. 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 497,547 10,461 61,756 Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 88,657 33,805 19,708 1998 est. 92,370 34,088 19,636 1999 est. 93,935 34,611 19,911 Subacute care.—A decrease of $41 million is estimated in 1999 for the treatment of veterans who require a level of care between acute and long-term care, as provided in VA hospital intermediate bed sections. 1997 actual Patients treated ........................................................................... Average daily census .................................................................. Average employment ................................................................... 36,651 3,844 7,736 1998 est. 32,464 3,118 6,705 1999 est. 29,288 2,520 5,690 Residential care.—An increase of $3 million is estimated in 1999 for the care of veterans in locations other than their own homes, such as residential rehabilitation and domiciliary care programs. 1997 actual Patients treated ........................................................................... Average daily census .................................................................. Average employment ................................................................... 38,650 9,901 3,766 1998 est. 40,282 10,139 3,853 1999 est. 40,282 10,139 3,808 Outpatient care.—An increase of $686 million is estimated in 1999 for the cost of outpatient medical and dental care provided by staff, physicians, and dentists participating under a fee basis arrangement for certain eligible veterans. NUMBER OF MEDICAL VISITS AND DENTAL WORKLOADS Medical visits (in thousands): Staff visits .............................................................................. Fee visits ................................................................................. Readjustment counseling ....................................................... 1997 actual 30,436 1,483 729 32,761 1,550 767 34,703 1,550 774 Total ........................................................................... 32,648 35,078 37,027 1998 est. 1999 est. VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Dental: Staff: Examinations .................................................................. Treatments ..................................................................... 270,743 152,955 275,000 155,000 275,000 155,000 Total ........................................................................... 423,698 430,000 430,000 Fee: Cases completed ........................................................ 17,577 18,000 18,000 Average employment ............................................................... 60,059 66,692 815 72,694 Personnel Summary Miscellaneous benefits and services.—This activity includes items of nondirect medical care and treatment such as beneficiary travel, care of the dead, operation of personnel quarters at medical facilities, and the cost of furnishing supply, engineering, housekeeping, and other administrative support services to other departments on a nonreimbursable basis. No funding change is estimated for 1999. 1997 actual Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1998 est. 1999 est. 1001 185,260 181,791 178,744 875 1,209 1,667 OTHER MEDICAL, SMOKING CESSATION (Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–0166–2–1–703 1998 est. 1999 est. Average employment ............................................................... 6,607 1998 est. 6,495 1997 actual 154 838 146 1998 est. 150 840 146 87 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... 87 –87 40.00 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. ................... ................... 87 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... 87 –87 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. ................... ................... 87 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... 87 87 1999 est. 6,384 Civilian health and medical program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA).—An increase of $2 million is estimated in 1999 for private hospital and outpatient care for dependents and survivors of certain veterans. Average daily hospital census ................................................ Outpatient (in thousands) ...................................................... Average employment ............................................................... Obligations by program activity: Total obligations (object class 25.2) ............................ ................... ................... 86.90 1997 actual 10.00 1999 est. 150 840 146 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.9 12.1 13.0 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other than full-time permanent ........................... Other personnel compensation ............................. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 6,434 832 791 6,614 704 805 6,723 717 810 8,057 1,894 140 8,123 1,958 106 8,250 2,006 18 41 108 13 31 23 12 59 55 112 14 31 23 13 64 56 116 14 32 24 20 67 469 9 1,301 509 10 1,508 528 10 1,591 12 285 284 145 13 297 296 151 14 309 318 157 90 93 95 2,551 84 876 355 2,817 87 861 348 2,929 89 605 270 230 4 1 241 7 2 271 7 1 This legislative proposal would authorize a new smokingcessation program for any honorably discharged veteran who began smoking in the military. The program would be delivered by private providers on a per capita basis. Any veteran who began smoking in the military would be eligible for this new program to the extent that resources are available. A legislative proposal to authorize this program will be transmitted with the FY 1999 budget. Once this program is authorized, the Administration will submit a budget amendment requesting an appropriation of $87 million for this new activity. 41.0 41.0 43.0 Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Benefits for former personnel ................................... Travel and transportation of persons: Employee travel ..................................................... Beneficiary travel .................................................. Interagency motor pool payments ........................ All other ................................................................ Transportation of things ........................................... Rental payments to GSA ........................................... Rental payments to others ........................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. Printing and reproduction ......................................... Other contractual services ........................................ Medical care: Outpatient dental fees .......................................... Medical and nursing fees ..................................... Community nursing homes ................................... Contract hospitalization ........................................ Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs ........................... Supplies and materials: Supplies and materials ........................................ Provisions .............................................................. Equipment ................................................................. Land and structures .................................................. Grants, subsidies, and contributions: Grants, subsidies, and contributions ................... Grants to private organizations ............................ Interest and dividends .............................................. 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 17,074 75 17,739 104 17,797 147 01.01 01.02 01.03 Total operating expenses ................................. Capital investment: Medical research ................................................... Rehabilitation research ......................................... Health services research ...................................... 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 17,149 17,843 17,944 01.91 Total capital investment .................................. 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 24.0 25.2 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 26.0 26.0 31.0 32.0 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, ø1999, $272,000,000¿ 2000, $300,000,000, plus reimbursements. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Operating expenses: 00.01 Medical research ................................................... 00.02 Rehabilitation research ......................................... 00.03 Health services research ...................................... 193 24 26 230 29 30 229 29 31 00.91 243 289 289 7 1 2 7 1 2 8 1 2 10 10 11 816 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 General and special funds—Continued MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 01.92 09.01 Total direct program ............................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 253 46 299 46 300 46 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 299 345 346 20 309 28 318 1 346 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 22.10 Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations ....................................................................... 22.30 Unobligated balance expiring ........................................ 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 1 ................... ................... –2 ................... ................... 328 –299 346 –345 347 –346 28 1 theses for the amputee, improved wheelchairs for the paralyzed, and better joint functions for the arthritic. It also includes care for those with visual, hearing, and speech disorders. Health services research.—This program provides support for health services projects at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers for improving the effectiveness and economy of delivery of health services and improving the accessibility of services to veterans. In support of the research activities of these three programs, VA applies a variety of budgetary resources including: appropriations from the Medical Care account and reimbursements from the Department of Defense; grants from the National Institutes of Health; private proprietary sources; and, voluntary agencies which provide additional support for VA’s researchers. The following table summarizes all budgetary resources for the Medical and Prosthetic Research account. Specific performance goals relating to Medical and Prosthetic Research are contained in VA’s annual performance plan. 1 SUMMARY OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. Permanent: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts .............................. 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. [In millions of dollars] 262 272 300 1997 actual 46 46 318 346 79 94 124 299 345 346 –282 –315 –338 –1 ................... ................... 94 124 272 332 234 162 15 300 366 258 179 0* 979 1,015 1,103 *DoD reimbursements for FY 1999 are unknown. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 183 52 47 200 69 46 220 72 46 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 282 315 338 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources –47 –46 –46 262 235 272 269 300 292 Funding for Medical and Prosthetic Research is proposed as part of the Research Fund for America. This proposal highlights the Administration’s priority of providing needed and sustained investments in important Federal research programs on a deficit neutral basis. A discussion of the Research Fund for America, and two other funds for the environment and transportation, can be found in Section II of the Budget. The Medical and Prosthetic Research account is comprised of the following three programs: Medical research.—This program is comprised of investigator-initiated and special research. In addition to the broad spectrum of biomedical research projects, priority is given to research Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and conditions that frequently occur among veterans such as aging, alcoholism, schizophrenia, delayed stress disorders and other mental illness, and spinal cord injury and tissue regeneration. Cooperative studies include surgical treatment of angina pectoris, adjunct treatment of diabetes, and relative potency and side-effect liability of new and marketed sedatives. Rehabilitation research.—This program is dedicated to the development and application of science and technology to improve the care of physically disabled veterans through pros- 1997 actual Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 132 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. Outlays from current balances ...................................... Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1999 est. 262 320 226 156 15 Total budgetary resources ............................................. 47 309 86.90 86.93 86.97 89.00 90.00 1998 est. Medical and prosthetic research appropriation .......................... Medical care appropriation ......................................................... Federal grants (NIH) .................................................................... Other grants (voluntary agencies, private proprietary) .............. DOD reimbursements ................................................................... 11.1 11.3 11.5 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other than full-time permanent ........................... Other personnel compensation ............................. 1998 est. 1999 est. 34 67 4 36 67 4 39 75 4 105 26 1 2 107 26 1 2 118 29 1 2 24.0 25.5 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Benefits for former personnel ................................... Employee travel ......................................................... Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. Printing and reproduction ......................................... Research and development contracts ....................... Supplies and materials ............................................. Equipment ................................................................. 1 1 86 21 10 1 1 115 34 12 1 1 106 31 11 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 253 46 299 46 300 46 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 299 345 346 11.9 12.1 13.0 21.0 23.3 Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1001 2,430 2,428 2,580 527 570 579 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of planning, design, project management, architectural, engineering, real property acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS of Veterans Affairs, including site acquisition; engineering and architectural activities not charged to project cost; and research and development in building construction technology; ø$59,860,000¿ $60,000,000, plus reimbursements. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) 817 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0163–0–1–703 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 72.40 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 1998 est. 1999 est. 4 –2 2 ................... –2 ................... 2 ................... ................... Obligations by program activity: 00.01 Operating expenses: Integrated health care system administration ........................................................... 61 60 60 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 61 60 60 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ New obligations ............................................................. 61 –61 60 –60 60 –60 40.00 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. 61 60 60 13 61 –63 10 60 –60 10 60 –60 MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY FUND 10 10 10 Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 72.40 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from current balances ...................................... 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 2 2 ................... 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 53 10 63 55 5 60 55 5 60 Balance, start of year: Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.01 Medical cost recovery .................................................... 01.99 04.00 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... 61 63 60 60 60 60 Supervision and administration of VA’s comprehensive and integrated healthcare system.—Central office staff elements provide executive direction for all Departmental medical and construction programs through program development, implementation, and the administration of policies, plans, and objectives. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 1998 est. 1999 est. 11.1 11.3 11.5 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other than full-time permanent ............................... Other personnel compensation .................................. 35 2 2 11.9 12.1 13.0 21.0 23.1 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Benefits for former personnel ........................................ Travel and transportation of persons: employee travel Rental payments to GSA ................................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 39 42 42 8 6 7 2 ................... ................... 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 1 ................... 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 61 37 3 2 60 37 3 2 60 2 ................... Health professional scholarship.—To assist in the recruitment and retention of staff, this program provided grants for tuition, stipend, and other educational expenses for eligible students in programs leading to a degree in nursing or other allied health disciplines. No appropriation for this account was requested in FY 1998 and none is requested for FY 1999. Identification code 36–5014–0–2–703 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new current authority .............................. 86.93 Outlays from current balances ...................................... 2 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriation: 05.01 Medical care cost recovery fund ................................... 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 528 486 ................... 65 –486 ................... 593 ................... ................... –107 ................... ................... 486 ................... ................... Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–5014–0–2–703 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.09 00.10 Obligations by program activity: Operating expenses ........................................................ Capital investment ........................................................ 111 ................... ................... 2 ................... ................... 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 113 ................... ................... Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 14 9 ................... 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 107 ................... ................... 22.40 Capital transfer to general fund ................................... ................... –9 ................... 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 60.25 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation (special fund, indefinite) ........................ Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts .................................. 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 121 ................... ................... –113 ................... ................... 9 ................... ................... 107 ................... ................... 72.40 23 13 ................... 113 ................... ................... –123 ................... ................... –1 –13 ................... 13 ................... ................... Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1997 actual 569 1998 est. 556 1999 est. 540 86.93 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from current balances ...................................... Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 16 ................... ................... 107 ................... ................... 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 123 ................... ................... 818 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 General and special funds—Continued Public enterprise funds: MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY FUND—Continued MEDICAL FACILITIES REVOLVING FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1997 actual Identification code 36–5014–0–2–703 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1998 est. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 est. 107 ................... ................... 123 ................... ................... The Medical Care Cost Recovery (MCCR) Fund was established by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, P.L. 100–508. This Fund served as a depository for all thirdparty insurance collections. Of these funds, a portion was utilized to provide for FTE and other administrative costs associated with medical care cost recovery efforts. After providing the estimated cost of operations for the ensuing year, remaining funds were transferred to the Department of Treasury before January of the next year. Public Law 105–33, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, established the Medical Care Collections Fund (MCCF) and terminated MCCR and required that amounts collected or recovered after June 30, 1997 be deposited in the new fund. The amounts collected will be available only for: (1) furnishing VA medical care and services during any fiscal year, and (2) for VA expenses for identification, billing, auditing and collections of amounts owed the government. While the MCCR Fund reflects the program costs of both third-party and copayment activities, the receipts only reflect third-party recoveries. The table below presents the complete relationship between the costs of MCCR activities and the total collections, regardless of source, resulting from these activities. 1997 actual 1998 est. Third-party recoveries .................................................................. Copayments and other collections .............................................. 450 ................... ................... 70 ................... ................... Total collections ............................................................. Total program costs ....................................................... Ratio of costs to collections (in percent) ................................... 520 ................... ................... 113 ................... ................... 21.7 ................... ................... Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1998 est. 1999 est. 11.1 11.5 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other personnel compensation .................................. 57 ................... ................... 15 ................... ................... 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 72 17 3 3 8 8 2 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 113 ................... ................... Personnel Summary Identification code 36–5014–0–2–703 1011 Total compensable workyears: Exempt Full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 1998 est. 1999 est. Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable operating costs ....................................... Reimbursable capital expenses ..................................... 1 1 2 2 1 2 09.09 Total reimbursable program ...................................... 2 4 3 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 2 4 3 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 68.00 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 6 6 3 2 ................... ................... 8 –2 6 –4 6 3 –3 3 ................... 2 ................... ................... Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. ................... ................... 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 2 4 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... –2 –2 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. ................... 2 72.40 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 2 2 3 –2 3 2 2 1999 est. Program activity 1997 actual 1997 actual 09.01 09.02 86.98 [In millions of dollars] Identification code 36–5014–0–2–703 Identification code 36–4138–0–3–703 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... 2 2 This account provides funds for the operating expenses of VA medical facilities furnishing nursing home care to certain veterans in receipt of pensions. Title 38 provides that a veteran with no spouse or child will only receive $90 per month in pension beginning the third full month following the month of admission to VA furnished nursing home care. The difference between the $90 the veteran receives and the amount otherwise authorized is transferred to this fund to assist in covering expenses at the facility furnishing the nursing care. Legislation authorizing the transfer of pension funds in excess of $90 per month from the Compensation and Pension (C&P) account, in accordance with the provisions of Title 38 U.S.C., Section 5503(a)(1)(B), expired on September 30, 1997. Veterans’ pensions will continue to be reduced in accordance with the law and those funds will remain in the C&P account. Funds cannot be transferred to the Medical Facilities Revolving Fund until Congress reauthorizes an extension. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 est. 2,239 ................... ................... –2 ................... ................... Identification code 36–4138–0–3–703 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 26.0 31.0 Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 1 1 2 2 1 2 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 2 4 3 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CANTEEN SERVICE REVOLVING FUND 1102 1106 1107 1206 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 09.01 09.02 Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable operating expenses ................................. Reimbursable direct operations ..................................... 1998 est. 1999 est. 1802 1803 Investments in US securities: Treasury securities, par .................. Receivables, net ............................. Advances and prepayments ........... Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net ..... Other Federal assets: Inventories and related properties ..... Property, plant and equipment, net 819 40 1 2 .................. 38 1 2 2 39 2 1 1 40 2 1 1 24 28 25 28 26 28 27 30 95 97 102 105 .................. 1 .................. 2 .................. 2 .................. 2 9 8 9 7 8 7 9 7 121 81 132 88 133 88 Total reimbursable program ...................................... Reimbursable capital investment: Sales program: Purchase of equipment and leasehold .......................... 202 220 221 6 6 6 Total obligations ........................................................ 208 226 227 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: 21.40 Uninvested ................................................................. 21.41 U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... 18 17 18 –22 38 –21 39 Total liabilities .................................... NET POSITION: 3200 Invested capital ....................................... 3600 Other ........................................................ 18 –14 42 42 35 47 32 48 37 48 39 21.99 22.00 Total unobligated balance, start of year ............. New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 28 195 16 228 18 229 3999 Total net position ................................ 77 79 85 87 23.90 23.95 223 –208 244 –226 247 –227 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 95 97 102 105 24.40 24.41 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... –22 38 –21 39 –20 40 24.99 Total unobligated balance, end of year .................... 16 18 20 09.09 09.10 10.00 New budget authority (gross), detail: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 1999 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: Federal liabilities: 2101 Accounts payable ................................ 2104 Resources payable to Treasury ........... Non-Federal liabilities: 2201 Accounts payable ................................ 2207 Other ................................................... 2999 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 1998 est. 1999 est. 11.1 11.3 195 228 229 14 208 –198 23 226 –226 23 227 –226 23 23 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other than full-time permanent ............................... 40 15 43 16 42 19 11.9 12.1 21.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 55 14 1 3 128 7 59 17 1 6 136 7 61 14 1 7 137 7 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 208 226 227 24 72.40 Personnel Summary Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 86.98 Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 195 3 225 1 225 1 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 198 226 226 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. –2 –193 –2 –226 –2 –227 88.90 –195 –228 –229 2011 89.00 90.00 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. The Veterans Canteen Service was established to furnish, at reasonable prices, merchandise and services necessary to the comfort and well-being of veterans in VA medical facilities. Financing.—Operations will be financed from current revenues. Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars) 1996 actual 1997 actual 0101 0102 Revenue ................................................... Expense .................................................... 209 –206 195 –193 226 –222 225 –223 0109 Net income or loss (–) ............................ 3 2 4 1998 est. AND 1999 est. 3,000 3,020 REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES FUND Identification code 36–4048–0–3–703 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 09.01 09.02 09.03 Obligations by program activity: Contracts ........................................................................ Education and training .................................................. Operating expenses ........................................................ 23 1 12 25 2 13 26 2 13 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 36 40 41 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 8 37 9 40 9 41 45 –36 49 –40 50 –41 9 9 9 37 40 41 1 36 –35 2 40 –38 4 41 –39 2 4 6 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 1999 est. 68.00 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) 2,979 1998 est. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2 Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 Total compensable workyears: Exempt Full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 3 –2 –3 1997 actual Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 72.40 Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 1996 actual 1997 actual ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury ............. .................. 1 1998 est. 1999 est. 5 4 820 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 Public enterprise funds—Continued SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES FUND— Continued AND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–4048–0–3–703 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources .................................................................. 89.00 90.00 1998 est. 35 38 39 Obligations by program activity: Operating expenses ........................................................ Capital investments ....................................................... 26 3 26 3 27 3 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 29 29 30 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ –37 –40 –41 18 29 18 29 18 30 47 –29 47 –29 48 –30 18 18 18 New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 29 29 30 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 29 –29 29 –29 30 –30 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 29 29 30 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. –1 –28 –1 –28 –1 –29 88.90 –29 –29 –30 23.90 23.95 24.40 68.00 Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars) 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 89.00 90.00 1999 est. 0101 0102 Revenue ................................................... Expense .................................................... 32 –27 38 –36 40 –40 41 –41 0109 Net income or loss (–) ............................ 5 2 .................. .................. 1998 est. 1999 est. Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury ............. Investments in US securities: 1106 Receivables, net ............................. 1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net ..... 1803 Other Federal assets: Property, plant and equipment, net ............................ 1999 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: 2101 Federal liabilities: Accounts payable ...... 2999 1999 est. 21.40 This revolving fund, established pursuant to the Veterans Omnibus Health Care Act of 1976, Public Law 94–581, provides a mechanism for the furnishing of rehabilitative services to certain veteran beneficiaries who are receiving medical care and treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Funds to operate the various rehabilitative activities and provide for the therapeutic work for remuneration for patients and members in VA health care facilities are derived from contractual arrangements with private industry or nonprofit entities. Public Law 102–54 authorizes VA to contract with any Federal agency, including VA, and authorizes the Fund to cover the training, education, and travel costs of employees associated with the rehabilitative programs. This is a selfsustaining fund, and therefore no appropriation is required to support these activities. Identification code 36–4048–0–3–703 1998 est. 09.01 09.02 1999 est. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... –2 –2 –2 Identification code 36–4048–0–3–703 1997 actual Identification code 36–4026–0–3–703 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1996 actual 1997 actual 10 11 14 1 2 1 2 1 2 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... ................... These nonprofit corporations provide a flexible funding mechanism for the conduct of approved research at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. These organizations will derive funds to operate various research activities from Federal and non-Federal sources. No appropriation is required to support these activities. 16 1 1 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–4026–0–3–703 1 1 1 1 13 15 18 20 1 1 1 1998 est. 1999 est. 25.2 26.0 31.0 Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 18 8 3 18 8 3 19 8 3 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 29 29 30 1 Total liabilities .................................... NET POSITION: 3200 Invested capital ....................................... 3300 Cumulative results of operations ............ 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 13 1 16 1 18 3999 Total net position ................................ 12 14 17 19 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 13 15 18 20 Trust Funds GENERAL POST FUND, NATIONAL HOMES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4048–0–3–703 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 25.2 26.0 31.0 Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 32 3 1 36 3 1 37 3 1 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 36 40 41 For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by Public Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be transferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan programs, $54,000, which shall be transferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’, as authorized by Public Law 102–54, section 8. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION Federal Funds DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 821 2 2 2 27 28 29 3 3 3 to nonprofit organizations to assist them in leasing housing units exclusively for use as a transitional group residence for veterans who are in (or who have recently been in) a program for the treatment of substance abuse. The amount of the loan cannot exceed $4,500 for any single residential unit and each loan must be repaid within two years through monthly installments. The total amount of loans outstanding at any time may not exceed $100,000. Total receipts ............................................................. 30 31 32 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriation: 05.01 General post fund, national homes ............................... 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 32 33 34 –30 2 –31 2 –32 2 Identification code 36–8180–0–7–705 Balance, start of year: 01.99 Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.01 General post fund, national homes, deposits ............... 02.02 General post fund, national homes, interest on investments ......................................................................... 02.99 04.00 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.01 00.02 00.03 Obligations by program activity: Religious, recreational, and entertainment activities Research activities ........................................................ Therapeutic residence maintenance .............................. 21 3 1 21 4 1 22 4 1 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 25 26 27 1999 est. Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... Land and structures ...................................................... 1 10 10 3 1 1 11 10 3 1 1 11 11 3 1 Total obligations ........................................................ 25 26 27 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION Federal Funds General and special funds: Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: 21.40 Uninvested ................................................................. 21.41 U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... –3 40 4 37 3 42 21.99 22.00 Total unobligated balance, start of year ............. New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 37 30 41 31 45 32 23.90 23.95 67 –25 72 –26 77 –27 24.40 24.41 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... 4 37 3 42 2 48 24.99 Total unobligated balance, end of year .................... 41 45 50 60.27 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ............................ 30 31 32 5 25 –27 4 26 –26 4 27 –26 4 4 4 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 1998 est. 21.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 99.9 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8180–0–7–705 1997 actual Identification code 36–8180–0–7–705 72.40 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 24 3 23 3 24 2 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 27 26 26 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 30 27 31 26 32 26 This fund consists of: gifts, bequests, and proceeds from the sale of property left in the care of the facilities by former beneficiaries; patients’ fund balances; and, proceeds from the sale of effects of beneficiaries who die leaving no heirs or without having otherwise disposed of their estate. Such funds are used to promote the comfort and welfare of veterans at hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliaries where no general appropriation is available. Public Law 102–54 authorizes compensation work therapy and therapeutic transitional housing and loan programs to be funded from the General post fund. In addition, donations from pharmaceutical companies, nonprofit corporations, and individuals to support VA medical research are deposited into this fund. (38 U.S.C. chs. 83 and 85.) Also under this heading are the activities of the Transitional housing loan program. This program provides loans øCOMPENSATION AND PENSIONS¿ øFor the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198); $19,932,997,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $26,380,000 of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolving fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized by the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapter 55).¿ (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Activities formerly included in this account are proposed to be financed by three separate appropriation accounts in 1999 and are presented below in the ‘‘Compensation’’, ‘‘Pensions’’, and ‘‘Burial benefits and miscellaneous assistance’’ accounts. Amounts for 1997, 1998, and 1999 are shown on a comparable basis. The following table shows the distribution of the amounts (dollars in millions) appropriated in 1997 and 1998 and requested in 1999. Distribution of budget authority by account: Compensation ......................................................................... Pensions .................................................................................. Burial benefits ........................................................................ Distribution of outlays by account: Compensation ......................................................................... Pensions .................................................................................. Burial benefits ........................................................................ 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 16,418 3,066 115 16,724 3,075 133 18,663 3,070 123 16,218 3,055 116 16,912 3,087 133 18,649 3,073 123 COMPENSATION For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized by law, $18,663,401,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,472,000 shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating 822 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 General and special funds—Continued Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays COMPENSATION—Continued (in millions of dollars) expenses’’ for necessary expenses, as authorized by chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55 and 61 of title 38, United States Code. For the payment, after June 30 of the current fiscal year, of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. (38 U.S.C. 107, and chapters 11, 13, and 61, 38 U.S.C.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0153–0–1–701 Obligations by program activity: Compensation: Veterans: 00.02 World War I ........................................................... 00.03 World War II .......................................................... 00.04 Korean conflict ...................................................... 00.05 Vietnam era .......................................................... 00.06 Peacetime service ................................................. 00.07 Persian Gulf conflict ............................................. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 2 3,290 1,192 5,481 2,797 798 1 3,389 1,258 6,333 3,295 994 13,004 13,560 15,270 01.04 01.05 01.06 01.07 01.08 01.09 Total veterans ................................................... Survivors: World War I ........................................................... World War II .......................................................... Korean conflict ...................................................... Vietnam era .......................................................... Peacetime service ................................................. Persian Gulf conflict ............................................. 55 1,288 393 991 454 54 48 1,275 391 1,010 449 67 42 1,286 396 1,045 469 75 01.91 02.01 Total survivors .................................................. Clothing allowance .................................................... 3,235 38 3,240 39 3,313 40 Total compensation ............................................... 16,277 Children: Vietnam era ............................................................... ................... Ch. 18 vocational rehabilitation ............................... ................... 16,839 18,623 19 3 19 3 Total children ........................................................ ................... Other expenses: Payment to general operating expense ..................... 2 Medical exam pilot program ..................................... ................... 22 22 1 8 1 17 02.93 03.02 03.03 03.91 07.01 07.02 07.91 Total other expenses ................................................. 2 9 18 10.00 Total obligations (object class 42.0) ........................ 16,279 16,870 18,663 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 8 16,418 146 ................... 16,724 18,663 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 16,426 –16,279 16,870 –16,870 18,663 –18,663 146 ................... ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: 40.00 Appropriation .................................................................. 41.00 Transferred to other accounts ....................................... 16,598 16,724 18,663 –180 ................... ................... 43.00 Appropriation (total) .................................................. 16,418 16,724 18,663 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 16,418 16,724 18,663 Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 1997 actual 16,418 16,218 1,232 16,279 –16,218 1,293 16,870 –16,912 1,251 18,663 –18,649 1,293 1,251 1,265 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. Outlays from current balances ...................................... 14,986 1,232 15,619 1,293 17,398 1,251 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 16,218 16,912 1998 est. 16,724 16,912 .................... .................... 1999 est. 18,663 18,649 550 .................... 550 .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 287 259 .................... .................... .................... .................... –736 –736 Total: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... 2 3,356 1,190 5,148 2,672 636 00.91 Enacted/requested: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... Supplemental proposal: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... 16,418 16,218 17,274 17,462 18,214 18,172 This appropriation would provide for the payment of compensation benefits to veterans and survivors. Compensation is paid to veterans for disabilities incurred in or aggravated during active military service. Total compensation costs are current law baseline amounts and include the effect of paying compensation benefits based solely on tobacco use during military service. Dependency and Indemnity Compensation is paid to survivors of servicepersons or veterans whose death occurred while on active duty or as a result of service-connected disabilities. Compensation and vocational rehabilitation is provided to the children of Vietnam veterans who were born with the birth defect spina bifida. The Secretary may pay a clothing allowance to each veteran who uses a prescribed medication for a service-connected skin condition or wears a prosthetic or orthopedic appliance (including a wheelchair) which, in the judgment of the Secretary, tends to damage or tear the clothing of such veteran. Caseload and cost tables shown below do not include proposed legislation. AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMPENSATION CASES AND PAYMENTS Veterans: Mexican border period ............................................... World War I ................................................................ World War II ............................................................... Korean conflict .......................................................... Vietnam era ............................................................... Peacetime service ...................................................... Persian Gulf conflict ................................................. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 10 296 632,890 184,279 718,912 534,080 185,378 9 208 610,400 180,159 729,680 546,921 216,384 7 150 600,856 180,441 758,465 579,199 242,744 2,255,845 $5,765 $13,004 2,283,761 $6,153 $14,052 2,361,862 $6,465 $15,269 ...................... ...................... ...................... 2,000 $10,500 $21 2,000 $9,500 $19 ...................... ...................... ...................... 860 $3,095 $3 870 $3,448 $3 1 17 2 5,260 121,924 36,963 92,887 43,726 4,404 1 17 2 4,570 120,144 36,565 94,752 43,194 5,439 1 17 1 3,971 118,470 36,198 96,582 44,239 5,960 Total .................................................................. Average payment per case, per year ........................ Total obligations (in millions) .......................... 305,184 $10,600 $3,235 304,684 $10,824 $3,298 305,439 $10,847 $3,313 Clothing allowance: Number of veterans ................................................... Average payment per case, per year ........................ Total obligations (in millions) .......................... 73,571 $518 $38 74,384 $528 $39 75,252 $532 $40 Total .................................................................. Average payment per case, per year ........................ Total obligations (in millions) .......................... Children of Vietnam era veterans: Children ..................................................................... Average payment per case, per year ........................ Total obligations (in millions) .......................... Chapter 18 Vocational rehabilitations: Rehabilitations .......................................................... Average payment per case, per year ........................ Total obligations (in millions) .......................... Survivors: Prior to Spanish-American War ................................. Spanish-American War .............................................. Mexican border period ............................................... World War I ................................................................ World War II ............................................................... Korean conflict .......................................................... Vietnam era ............................................................... Peacetime service ...................................................... Persian Gulf conflict ................................................. 18,649 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... 16,418 16,218 16,724 16,912 18,663 18,649 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMPENSATION 89.00 90.00 (Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO) 823 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... –736 –736 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–0153–2–1–701 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.01 00.02 00.03 00.04 00.05 Obligations by program activity: World War II ................................................................... Korean conflict ............................................................... Vietnam era ................................................................... Peacetime service .......................................................... Persian Gulf ................................................................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 52 18 96 49 15 00.91 01.04 01.05 01.06 01.07 01.08 01.09 Total veterans ............................................................ World War 1 ................................................................... World War II ................................................................... Korean conflict ............................................................... Vietnam era ................................................................... Peacetime service .......................................................... Persian Gulf ................................................................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 230 1 21 7 18 8 1 01.91 02.01 Total survivors ........................................................... ................... ................... Clothing allowance ........................................................ ................... ................... 56 1 10.00 Total obligations (object class 42.0) ........................ ................... ................... 287 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... 287 –287 40.00 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. ................... ................... 287 73.10 73.20 74.40 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. ................... ................... Legislation will be proposed to restrict service-connected disability compensation benefits for tobacco-related conditions, becoming manifest after service discharge and beyond any applicable presumptive period, based solely on tobacco use during military service. Legislation will also be proposed to pay full disability compensation benefits to Filipino veterans and their survivors residing in the U.S. and currently receiving benefits at half the level that U.S. counterparts receive. PENSIONS For the payment of pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law, $3,070,612,000, to remain available until expended; of which not to exceed $23,062,000 shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary expenses as authorized by chapters 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and of which such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolving fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners, as authorized by chapter 55 of such title. For the payment, after June 30 of the current fiscal year, of pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. (38 U.S.C. chapters 15 and 61.) 287 –259 28 86.90 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. ................... ................... 259 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... 287 259 Legislation will be proposed to provided a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to all compensation beneficiaries, including spouses and children. This increase, effective December 1, 1998, is expected to be 2.2 percent and cost $287 million in fiscal year 1999. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0154–0–1–701 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Pensions: Veterans: 04.01 Improved law .................................................... 04.02 Prior law ........................................................... 04.03 Old law ............................................................. 2,207 2,249 2,277 67 57 49 1 ................... ................... 04.91 2,275 2,306 2,326 653 114 2 639 103 2 626 93 1 05.01 05.02 05.03 Total veterans .............................................. Survivors: Improved law .................................................... Prior law ........................................................... Old law ............................................................. 05.91 Total survivors ............................................. 769 744 720 06.93 3,044 3,050 3,046 22 25 24 Total direct program ............................................. 3,066 Reimbursable program: Minimum income for widows program ..................... ................... 3,075 3,070 (Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO) 07.01 07.02 Total pensions .................................................. Other expenses: Medical facility expenses ...................................... Reimbursement to GOE and VHA ......................... Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 07.91 Total other expenses ........................................ COMPENSATION Identification code 36–0153–4–1–701 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 08.00 09.01 00.01 00.02 Obligations by program activity: Restrict tobacco-related compensation ......................... ................... ................... Extend full benefits to certain Filipino veterans .......... ................... ................... –741 5 02.93 Total compensation ................................................... ................... ................... –736 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ ................... ................... –736 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... –736 736 40.00 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. ................... ................... –736 2 ................... ................... 20 25 24 3 6 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 3,066 3,078 3,076 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ New obligations ............................................................. 3,066 –3,066 3,078 –3,078 3,076 –3,076 New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 42.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. 43.00 68.00 2,885 3,075 3,070 181 ................... ................... Appropriation (total) ............................................. 3,066 Permanent: Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... ................... 3,075 3,070 Change in unpaid obligations: 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... 3 6 –736 736 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 3,066 3,078 3,076 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. ................... ................... –736 72.40 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 254 265 254 86.90 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 824 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 General and special funds—Continued Object Classification (in millions of dollars) PENSIONS—Continued Identification code 36–0154–0–1–701 73.10 73.20 74.40 1997 actual 42.0 99.0 1998 est. 1999 est. 3,066 –3,055 3,078 –3,087 3,076 –3,073 265 254 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. 2,801 Outlays from current balances ...................................... 254 Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... ................... 2,819 265 3 2,813 254 6 3,055 3,087 3,073 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ................... –3 –6 3,075 3,084 3,070 3,067 99.9 Direct obligations: Insurance claims and indemnities 3,066 Reimbursable obligations: Subtotal, reimbursable obligations ....................................................................... ................... Total obligations ........................................................ 3,066 1998 est. 1999 est. 3,075 3,070 3 6 3,078 3,076 257 86.90 86.93 86.97 New obligations ............................................................. Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 1997 actual Identification code 36–0154–0–1–701 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 87.00 89.00 90.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... BURIAL BENEFITS AVERAGE NUMBER OF PENSION CASES AND PAYMENTS 1997 actual 367,586 41,433 526 1998 est. 363,231 35,126 445 1999 est. 359,875 29,809 379 Total ............................................................................... Average payment per case, per year (in dollars) .................. 409,545 $5,556 398,802 $5,783 390,063 $5,964 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $2,275 $2,306 $2,326 Survivors: Improved law .......................................................................... Prior law .................................................................................. Old law and service ................................................................ 202,153 114,024 3,085 195,475 101,988 2,566 189,460 91,388 2,136 Total ............................................................................... Average payment per case, per year ...................................... 319,262 $2,408 300,029 $2,479 282,984 $2,546 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $769 $744 $720 Minimum Income for Widows Program: Widows .................................................................................... .................... Average benefit per case, per year ............................................. .................... 397 $7,083 782 $7,248 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... .................... $3 $6 Vocational training: Trainees ................................................................................... Average benefit per year ........................................................ 86 $2,453 85 .................... $2,753 .................... Total obligations (in millions) 1 ..................................... .................... .................... .................... 1 Amounts round to less than $1 million. MISCELLANEOUS ASSISTANCE Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 3,066 3,055 Pension benefits may be paid to veterans or their survivors. A veteran’s entitlement is based on active duty service of a specific length (normally 90 days or more) during a designated war period, disabilities considered permanent and total, and countable income below established levels. There is no disability requirement for survivor cases. Income support is provided at established benefit levels. Veterans who are under the age of 45 and are in receipt of a disability pension will be evaluated to determine whether a vocational goal is reasonably feasible. Those for whom a vocational goal is feasible are eligible for a program of vocational training. An automatic annual cost-of-living increase comparable to the annual social security increase is provided for those pensioners in the improved program and to parents receiving dependency and indemnity compensation. The increase, effective with payments made on January 1, 1999, is expected to be 2.2 percent. Veterans: Improved law .......................................................................... Prior law .................................................................................. Old law and service ................................................................ AND For the payment of burial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under Article IV of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law, $123,045,000, to remain available until expended. (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61, 38 U.S.C.; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; Stat. 76 Stat. 1198.) Identification code 36–0155–0–1–701 Obligations by program activity: Burial benefits: 07.01 Burial allowances ...................................................... 07.02 Burial plots ................................................................ 07.03 Service-connected deaths ......................................... 07.04 Burial flags ............................................................... 07.05 Headstones and markers .......................................... 07.07 Outer burial receptacles ............................................ 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 37 12 13 16 29 7 35 11 13 17 32 23 34 11 12 18 33 13 07.91 08.03 08.04 Total burial benefits ............................................. Special allowance dependents ...................................... Equal access to justice ................................................. 114 1 1 131 1 1 121 1 1 08.91 Total miscellaneous assistance ................................ 2 2 2 10.00 Total obligations (object class 42.0) ........................ 116 133 123 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ New obligations ............................................................. 116 –116 133 –133 123 –123 40.00 41.00 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. Transferred to other accounts ....................................... 43.00 Appropriation (total) .................................................. 116 133 123 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 116 133 123 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 116 –116 133 –133 123 –123 86.90 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. 116 133 123 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 116 116 133 133 123 123 117 133 123 –1 ................... ................... Burial benefits.—Provides for: (a) the payment of an allowance of $300 (plus transportation charges where death occurs under VA care) to reimburse, in part, the burial and funeral expense of an eligible deceased veteran; (b) the payment of $150 for a plot allowance where an eligible veteran is not buried in a national cemetery or other cemetery under the jurisdiction of the United States; (c) the payment of a burial allowance up to $1,500 when a veteran dies as the result of service-connected disability; (d) furnishing a flag to drape the casket of each deceased veteran entitled thereto; (e) furnishing a headstone or marker for the grave of a veteran and, in certain cases, eligible dependents; and (f) authority to provide outer burial receptacles in the National Cemetery System. VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS NUMBER OF BURIAL BENEFITS 1997 actual Burial allowance .......................................................................... Burial plot ................................................................................... Service-connected death ............................................................. Burial flags ................................................................................. Headstone markers ...................................................................... Headstone allowance ................................................................... Outer burial receptacles .............................................................. 1998 est. 1999 est. 88,023 87,500 83,200 77,971 75,300 72,700 9,724 9,800 9,200 457,809 457,200 465,000 331,832 332,000 336,540 7 .................... .................... 47,263 95,184 71,009 Miscellaneous assistance.—Provides for: (a) payments to emergency officers of World War I and certain officers of the Regular Establishment who have retired because of service-connected disability; (b) payments for claims made pursuant to the provision of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924, as amended; (c) a special allowance (38 U.S.C. 1312) to dependents of certain veterans who died after December 31, 1956, but who were not fully and currently insured under the Social Security Act; and (d) payments authorized by the Equal Access to Justice Act. MISCELLANEOUS ASSISTANCE CASELOAD 1997 actual Retired Officers ........................................................................... Special allowance dependents .................................................... Equal Access to Justice payments .............................................. 3 138 357 2 138 357 2 138 357 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Education and training: 00.01 Sons and daughters ............................................. 00.02 Spouses ................................................................. 1,366 1,175 174 175 181 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 1,551 1,541 1,356 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts .............................. 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 60 1,456 –1,462 –1 70.00 72.40 86.90 86.93 86.97 86.98 1998 est. 53 53 27 1,495 1,514 –1,520 –1,511 –1 ................... 27 30 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. 1,251 1,345 1,175 Outlays from current balances ...................................... ................... ................... 155 Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 174 175 181 Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 37 ................... ................... Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1,462 1,520 1,511 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources –174 –175 –181 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1,377 1,288 1,366 1,345 1,175 1,330 1999 est. For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, ø$1,366,000,000¿ $1,175,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any court order, court award or any compromise settlement arising from litigation involving the vocational training program authorized by section 18 of Public Law 98–77, as amended. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) 1997 actual 1,377 87.00 1998 est. READJUSTMENT BENEFITS Identification code 36–0137–0–1–702 New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. Permanent: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 825 1999 est. 94 11 95 11 97 12 Total education and training ........................... Special assistance to disabled veterans: Vocational rehabilitation ....................................... Housing grants ..................................................... Automobiles, adaptive equipment, maintenance and repair ......................................................... 105 106 109 401 15 403 15 403 15 28 27 26 01.91 02.01 02.02 02.03 Total special assistance to disabled veterans Work study ................................................................. Payments to states ................................................... All-volunteer assistance: Veterans’ basic benefits 444 30 13 690 445 32 13 724 444 31 13 736 02.91 All-volunteer assistance and other ...................... 733 769 780 02.93 09.01 09.01 09.01 Total direct program ............................................. Veterans’ basic benefits ................................................ Veterans’ supplementary benefits ................................. Reservists benefits ........................................................ 1,282 12 79 83 1,320 10 74 91 1,333 7 73 101 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 1,456 1,495 89.00 90.00 Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays (in millions of dollars) Enacted/requested: 1997 actual 1998 est. Budget Authority ..................................................................... 1,377 1,366 Outlays .................................................................................... 1,288 1,345 Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO: Budget Authority ..................................................................... .................... .................... Outlays .................................................................................... .................... .................... Total: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... 1,377 1,288 1,366 1,345 1999 est. 1,175 1,330 291 291 1,466 1,621 This appropriation finances educational assistance allowances for certain peacetime veterans and for eligible dependents of those veterans: (a) who died from service-connected causes or have a total and permanent rated service-connected disability; and (b) servicepersons who were captured or missing in action. In addition, certain disabled veterans are provided with vocational rehabilitation, specially adapted housing grants, and automobile grants with the associated approved adaptive equipment. The funding level in 1999 will consist of appropriated funds of $1,175 million and available funds from 1998 of $157 million. The following table provides a comparison of trainees and costs for the Dependents Educational Assistance program. 1,514 00.91 01.01 01.02 01.03 NUMBER OF TRAINEES AND COST 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 27 1,551 1 –12 1,567 –1,456 112 112 1,541 157 1,356 1 ................... –2 ................... 1,652 –1,495 1,513 –1,514 157 ................... 1997 actual 36,216 $2,593 36,769 $2,591 37,295 $2,591 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 22.10 Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations ....................................................................... 22.30 Unobligated balance expiring ........................................ Sons and daughters: Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee (in dollars) ..................................... $94 $95 $97 Spouses and widow(ers): Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee (in dollars) ..................................... 5,232 $,2066 5,484 $2,070 5,748 $2,070 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $11 $11 $12 1998 est. 1999 est. Special assistance to disabled veterans.—Service-disabled veterans requiring vocational rehabilitation receive assistance to cover the costs of subsistence, tuition, books, supplies, and equipment. 826 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 General and special funds—Continued The following table shows a caseload and cost comparison for these beneficiaries under existing legislation. READJUSTMENT BENEFITS—Continued Specially adapted housing grants, up to a maximum of $38,000, are provided to certain severely disabled veterans. Veterans who suffer service-connected blindness or who have lost the use of both upper extremities can receive up to $6,500. An allowance, up to a maximum of $5,500, is provided to certain service-disabled veterans and servicepersons toward the purchase price of an automobile. Adaptive equipment and the maintenance and replacement of such equipment is also provided. The following table shows caseload for this program. Specific performance goals are contained in VA’s annual performance plan. CASELOAD AND AVERAGE COST DATA 1997 actual 1998 est. CASELOAD AND AVERAGE COST DATA Veterans: Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee ........................................................ 1997 actual 297,030 $2,629 308,000 $2,623 309,900 $2,636 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $781 1 $808 2 $817 3 Reservists: Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee ........................................................ 78,000 $1,059 76,800 $1,188 76,400 $1,319 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $83 $91 $101 1 Includes $690 million of basic million of supplemental benefits (DOD 2 Includes $724 million of basic million of supplemental benefits (DOD 3 Includes $737 million of basic million of supplemental benefits (DOD 1999 est. Total number of trainees ............................................... Average cost per trainee ........................................................ 54,352 $7,386 53,269 $7,561 52,190 $7,720 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $401 $403 $403 Housing grants: Number of housing grants ..................................................... Average cost per grant ........................................................... 458 $32,147 458 $32,147 $15 $15 855 $5,450 855 $5,450 benefits (VA funded), $12 million of basic benefits (DOD funded), and $79 funded). benefits (VA funded), $10 million of basic benefits, (DOD funded) and $74 funded). benefits (VA funded), $7 million of basic benefits (DOD funded) and $73 funded). Identification code 36–0137–0–1–702 41.0 855 $5,450 Direct obligations: Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................................................................... Reimbursable obligations: Subtotal, reimbursable obligations ....................................................................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1,282 1,320 1,333 174 175 181 1,456 1,495 1,514 $15 Automobiles or other conveyances: Number of conveyances .......................................................... Average cost per conveyance ................................................. 1999 est. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 458 $32,147 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. 1998 est. 99.0 99.9 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $5 $5 Total obligations ........................................................ READJUSTMENT BENEFITS (Legislative Proposal, subject to PAYGO) $5 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Adaptive equipment (including maintenance, repair and installation for automobiles): Number of items ..................................................................... Average cost ........................................................................... 6,435 3,551 6,100 3,623 5,800 3,707 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $23 $22 $22 Work-Study.—Certain veterans pursuing a program of rehabilitation, education, or training, who are enrolled as a fulltime student, can work up to 250 hours per semester, receiving the Federal ($5.15 on 9/1/97) or State minimum wage rate, whichever is higher. Identification code 36–0137–4–1–702 1997 actual 1998 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Education and training: 00.01 Education rate increase ........................................ ................... ................... 00.02 Payment to Department of Labor: Veterans training programs .................................................... ................... ................... 1999 est. 191 100 1998 est. Total direct program ............................................. ................... ................... 291 10.00 Total obligations (object class 41.0) ........................ ................... ................... 291 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... 291 –291 40.00 1997 actual 02.93 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. ................... ................... 291 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... 291 –291 86.90 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. ................... ................... 291 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... 291 291 1999 est. Number of contracts ............................................................... 36,357 35,700 34,700 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $30 $32 $31 Payments to States.—State approving agencies are reimbursed for the costs of inspecting, approving, and supervising programs of education and training offered by educational institutions and training establishments in which veterans, dependents, and reservists are enrolled or are about to enter. All Volunteer Force educational assistance (Montgomery GI Bill).—Public Law 98–525, enacted October 19, 1984, established two new peacetime educational programs: an assistance program for veterans who enter active duty during the period beginning July 1, 1985; and an assistance program for certain members of the Selected Reserve. The Readjustment benefits appropriation pays the basic benefit allowance for the peacetime veterans, except for certain Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education participants who transferred to the Montgomery GI Bill program. Supplementary educational assistance and the basic benefit allowance for peacetime veterans, Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education converters, and reservists are financed by payments from the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation. Legislation will be proposed to provide a 20 percent rate increase for Montgomery GI Bill Education programs (Chapters 30 and 1606), as well as for Survivors’ and Dependents’ Education programs (Chapter 35). This legislation will also propose additional funds in the amount of $100 million to be used for veterans training programs administered by the Department of Labor under Title IV–C of the Job Training Partnership Act. VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS REINSTATED ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 97–377 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–0120–0–1–701 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 827 1998 est. 1999 est. 1998 est. 1999 est. 09.00 09.00 Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable program .................................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 17 1 18 1 17 1 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 18 19 Obligations by program activity: Operating expenses: 00.04 Payment to national service life insurance fund 00.05 Payment to service-disabled veterans insurance fund ....................................................................... 00.06 Total operating expenses .......................................... 2 2 2 30 8 44 9 38 9 10.00 1997 actual Identification code 36–0200–0–1–701 40 55 49 18 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 23.95 New obligations ............................................................. Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. ................... 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 41 21.40 18 –18 19 –19 18 –18 23.90 23.95 24.40 New budget authority (gross), detail: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. Total obligations ........................................................ 18 19 18 12 18 –14 16 19 –19 16 18 –18 16 16 16 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. Permanent: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 41 –40 2 ................... 53 48 55 –55 48 –49 2 ................... ................... 39 51 46 2 2 2 10 4 11 8 10 8 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 14 19 18 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources –18 –19 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 41 53 48 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 40 –41 55 –53 49 –48 86.90 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 39 1 51 2 46 2 87.00 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 86.98 Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 70.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 41 53 48 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: VMLI premiums –2 –2 –2 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 39 38 51 53 46 46 –18 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... –4 ................... ................... In accordance with Public Law 97–377, this program restores social security benefits to certain surviving spouses or children of veterans who died of service-connected causes. Financing is provided in the form of offsetting collections from the Department of Defense. CASELOAD AND AVERAGE COST DATA 1997 actual Spouses ....................................................................................... Average benefit ........................................................................... Obligations (in millions) ............................................................. Children ....................................................................................... Average benefit ........................................................................... Obligations (in millions) ............................................................. 1998 est. 390 $10,925 $4 1,537 $8,707 $13 350 $11,167 $4 1,400 $9,986 $14 1999 est. 310 $11,628 $4 1,270 $10,360 $13 1997 actual 99.0 99.9 1998 est. 1999 est. Reimbursable obligations: Subtotal, reimbursable obligations ....................................................................... 18 19 18 Total obligations ........................................................ 18 19 18 VETERANS INSURANCE AND Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual 1998 est. Enacted/requested: Budget Authority ..................................................................... 39 51 Outlays .................................................................................... 38 51 Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO: Budget Authority ..................................................................... .................... .................... Outlays .................................................................................... .................... .................... Total: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... 39 38 51 51 1999 est. 46 46 5 5 51 51 Note.—The Department of Veterans Affairs insurance policy loans are not an extension of Federal credit. Credit schedules previously shown for this account have been discontinued. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0200–0–1–701 89.00 90.00 INDEMNITIES For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, ø$51,360,000¿ $46,450,000, to remain available until expended. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Military and naval insurance.—Payments are made to the U.S. Government life insurance fund for certain World War I veterans for extra hazards of military service and for claims on war risk insurance issued to servicemen and veterans of World War I. National service life insurance.—Payments are made to the national service life insurance fund for certain World War II veterans for: (a) the extra hazards of service; (b) gratuitous insurance granted to certain persons unable to apply for national service life insurance; and (c) death claims on policies under the waiver of a premium while the insured was on active duty. Payments are also made to policyholders and beneficiaries on nonparticipating national service life insurance policies issued to World War II veterans with service-connected disabilities. 828 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 General and special funds—Continued VETERANS INSURANCE AND Public enterprise funds: SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE FUND INDEMNITIES—Continued Veterans mortgage life insurance (VMLI).—Payments are made to mortgage holders under this program which provides mortgage protection life insurance to veterans who have received a grant for specially adapted housing due to severe disabilities. The general decline in the number of policies and the amount of insurance in force is expected to continue in 1999 as indicated in the following table. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1,370 $7 1,230 $6 1,098 $5 3,747 $203 3,616 $203 3,468 $203 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual 41.0 42.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 09.01 09.01 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Capital investment ........................................................ Death claims .................................................................. All other ......................................................................... 13 41 12 14 48 13 13 49 13 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 66 75 75 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Payment to service-disabled veterans insurance fund.—Payments are made to the service-disabled veterans insurance fund to supplement the premiums and other receipts of the fund in amounts necessary to pay claims on insurance policies issued to veterans with service-connected disabilities. Identification code 36–0120–0–1–701 Identification code 36–4012–0–3–701 6 66 6 78 8 72 72 –66 84 –75 80 –75 6 8 5 66 78 72 5 66 –66 6 75 –77 4 75 –75 6 4 4 21.40 POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE National service life insurance policies: Number of policies .................................................................. Amount of insurance (dollars in millions) ............................. VMLI policies: Number of policies .................................................................. Amount of insurance (dollars in millions) ............................. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1998 est. 31 9 46 9 1999 est. 23.90 23.95 24.40 68.00 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 72.40 39 10 Total obligations ........................................................ VETERANS INSURANCE AND 40 55 49 61 5 71 6 72 3 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 66 77 75 –30 –44 –39 –3 –23 –10 –3 –22 –9 –3 –21 –9 –66 –78 –72 INDEMNITIES Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources: Payments from VI and I ............ Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Interest on loans .............................................. 88.40 Insurance premiums earned ............................ 88.40 Repayments of loans ........................................ (Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0120–4–1–701 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 87.00 99.9 86.97 86.98 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.04 Obligations by program activity: Payment to national service life insurance fund .......... ................... ................... 5 10.00 Total obligations (object class 41.0) ........................ ................... ................... 5 88.90 89.00 90.00 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... 5 –5 40.00 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. ................... ................... 5 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... 5 –5 86.90 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. ................... ................... 5 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... 5 5 Legislation will be proposed to establish a reserve, from appropriated funds, to fully fund the ‘‘H’’ program and allow for the payments of future dividends. This legislation will require an initial transfer to the National Service Life Insurance fund of $4.5 million in 1999. The $4.5 million estimated cost will be offset to the extent that annual appropriations to the VI&I fund to cover the costs associated with the ‘‘H’’ program will no longer be necessary. Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... –1 3 This fund finances the payment of claims on nonparticipating life insurance policies issued and currently is open for new issues to veterans having service-connected disabilities. The program provides insurance coverage for service-disabled veterans at standard rates. Administrative expenses are paid from the General operating expenses appropriation. Operating costs— Death claims.—Represents payments to designated beneficiaries. All other.—Represents payments to policyholders who surrender their policies for their cash value and hold endowment policies which have matured. Capital investment.—A policyholder may borrow up to 94 percent of the value of his policy. The trend in the number and amount of policies in force is indicated in the following table. POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE 1997 actual Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 159,941 $1,473 1998 est. 156,471 $1,448 1999 est. 152,771 $1,420 Financing.—Operations are financed from premiums and other receipts. Additional funds are received by transfer from VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS the veterans’ insurance and indemnities appropriation, instead of direct appropriations to this fund. Operating results and financial condition.—Since premium and other receipts are insufficient to cover operations, the fund continues to project liabilities in excess of assets. The deficit is expected to reach an estimated $379 million by September 30, 1999. Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4012–0–3–701 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.41 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... 68 67 63 33 77 –71 38 84 –82 40 84 –81 38 40 43 72.41 1999 est. 0101 0102 Revenue ................................................... Expense .................................................... 72 –67 67 17 81 –83 74 –77 0109 Net income or loss (–) ............................ 5 84 –2 –3 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4012–0–3–701 68.00 829 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 36 35 44 38 41 40 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 71 82 81 ASSETS: Federal assets: Fund balances with Treasury ............................................... 1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net ..... 1601 Net value of assets related to pre–1992 direct loans receivable and acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: Direct loans, gross .................... 55 1999 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1101 11 1 12 1 13 3 9 3 58 63 67 71 79 79 4 520 1 5 439 1 5 449 1 5 452 1 2999 –44 –43 –39 –2 –16 –6 –2 –16 –6 –2 –16 –6 –68 –67 –63 67 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: Non-Federal liabilities: 2201 Accounts payable ................................ 2206 Pension and other actuarial liabilities 2207 Other ................................................... Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources: interest on U.S. securities ......... Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Interest on loans .............................................. 88.40 Insurance premiums earned ............................ 88.40 Repayments of loans ........................................ 88.90 1996 actual Total liabilities .................................... NET POSITION: 3100 Appropriated capital ................................ 3200 Invested capital ....................................... 525 445 455 458 6 –463 6 –379 8 –384 5 –383 3999 Total net position ................................ –457 –373 –376 –378 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 68 72 79 80 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4012–0–3–701 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 33.0 42.0 Investments and loans .................................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ 13 53 14 61 13 62 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 66 75 75 VETERANS REOPENED INSURANCE FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Death claims .................................................................. Dividends ....................................................................... All other ......................................................................... Capital investment: policy loans ................................... 33 28 9 7 39 29 9 7 42 27 8 7 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 77 84 89.00 90.00 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 3 15 18 Note.—The Department of Veterans Affairs insurance policy loans are not an extension of Federal credit. Credit schedules previously shown for this account have been discontinued. This fund pays claims and administrative costs on participating life insurance policies issued during the period May 1, 1965, through May 2, 1966, under three life insurance programs: (1) service-disabled standard insurance; (2) servicedisabled rated insurance; and (3) nonservice disabled insurance availing disabled World War II and Korean conflict veterans an opportunity to acquire life insurance coverage who were no longer eligible for other Government insurance. Budget program— Death claims.—Represents payments to designated beneficiaries. Dividends.—Policyholders participate in the distribution of annual dividends. All other.—This represents payments to the General operating expenses account for the administrative costs of processing claims and maintaining the accounts, and to those policyholders who: (a) surrender their policies for cash value; (b) hold endowment policies which have matured; and (c) have purchased total disability income coverage and subsequently become disabled. Policy loans made.—A policyholder may borrow up to 94 percent of the cash value of his policy at an interest rate adjusted to reflect private sector borrowing costs. The following table reflects the decrease in the number of policies and the amount of insurance in force: 84 POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE 1997 actual Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: 21.40 Uninvested ................................................................. ................... 21.41 U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... 493 1 483 1 465 21.99 22.00 Total unobligated balance, start of year ............. New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 493 68 484 67 466 63 23.90 23.95 561 –77 551 –84 529 –84 24.40 24.41 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... 1 483 1 465 1 445 Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 24.99 Total unobligated balance, end of year .................... 484 466 446 0101 0102 Number of policies .................................................................. Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ................................. 1998 est. 92,582 $727 87,392 $705 1999 est. 81,962 $680 Financing.—Operations are financed from premiums collected from policyholders and interest on investments. Excess earnings of the fund are now distributed to the policyholders in the form of an annual dividend. Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars) Revenue ................................................... Expense .................................................... 1996 actual 1997 actual 68 –62 63 –64 1998 est. 61 –62 1999 est. 58 –59 830 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 473 5 449 4 445 4 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 478 453 449 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources: Withholdings from serviceman’s pay ..... –473 –453 –449 Public enterprise funds—Continued VETERANS REOPENED INSURANCE FUND—Continued Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)—Continued Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 0109 Net income or loss (–) ............................ 1996 actual 1997 actual 6 –1 1998 est. 1999 est. –1 –1 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury ............. Investments in US securities: 1102 Treasury securities, par .................. 1106 Receivables, net ............................. 1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net ..... 1601 Net value of assets related to pre–1992 direct loans receivable and acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: Direct loans, gross .................... 1999 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: Non-Federal liabilities: 2201 Accounts payable ................................ 2206 Pension and other actuarial liabilities 2207 Other ................................................... 2999 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. .................. 1 1 525 12 .................. 521 10 .................. 506 9 1 488 9 1 28 28 29 30 565 560 546 529 41 508 2 46 499 2 49 483 2 51 464 2 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 5 ................... ................... 1 89.00 90.00 Total liabilities .................................... NET POSITION: Appropriated capital ................................ Invested capital ....................................... 551 547 534 492 –478 484 –470 466 –453 446 –433 3999 Total net position ................................ 14 14 13 12 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 565 561 547 Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4009–0–3–701 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 0101 0102 Revenue ................................................... Expense .................................................... 467 –475 473 –479 493 –493 493 –493 0109 Net income or loss (–) ............................ –8 –6 .................. .................. 517 3100 3200 Budget program.—This fund finances the payment of group life insurance premiums to private insurance companies under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1965, as amended. 530 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 33.0 42.0 43.0 Investments and loans .................................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ Interest and dividends ................................................... 7 38 32 7 44 33 7 47 30 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 77 84 84 SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4009–0–3–701 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 09.01 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Premium payments ........................................................ Payment to GOE account ............................................... 478 1 452 1 448 1 10.00 Total obligations (object class 41.0) ........................ 479 453 449 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: U.S. Securities: Par value ................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 7 473 1 453 1 449 480 –479 454 –453 450 –449 1 1 1 473 453 449 Credit accounts: VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999, within the resources available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing loans: Provided further, That during ø1998¿ 1999 any moneys that would be otherwise deposited into or paid from the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund, the Guaranty and Indemnity Fund, or the Direct Loan Revolving Fund shall be deposited into or paid from the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund: Provided further, That any balances in the Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund, the Guaranty and Indemnity Fund, or the Direct Loan Revolving Fund on the effective date of this Act may be transferred to and merged with the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, ø$160,437,000¿ $159,121,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 21.41 23.90 23.95 24.41 68.00 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: U.S. Securities: Par value ..................................................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: offsetting collections ................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: offsetting collections ................................................. Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 1997 actual 1998 est. Balance, start of year: Balance, start of year .................................................... 170 867 907 Receipts: 02.01 Downward reestimate of subsidies, GIF direct loans 838 ................... ................... 02.02 Downward reestimate of subsidies, guaranteed loans ................... 206 ................... 02.03 Downward reestimate of subsidies, loan guaranty direct loans .................................................................. 109 ................... ................... 01.99 02.99 Total receipts ............................................................. 947 206 ................... 04.00 3 479 –478 4 453 –453 5 449 –449 4 5 5 1999 est. Total: Balances and collections .................................... 1,117 1,073 Appropriation: 05.01 Veterans Housing Benefit Program ............................... –250 –166 05.02 Legislative proposal subject to PAYGO ......................... ................... ................... –264 2 05.99 07.99 –262 645 Subtotal appropriation ................................................... Total balance, end of year ............................................ –250 867 –166 907 907 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2159 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 1998 est. 1999 est. Total loan guarantee levels ...................................... Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent): 2320 Subsidy rate ................................................................... 25 224 73 12 74 44 156 122 108 376 ................... 89 ................... 212 ................... 9 139 32 ................... 160 159 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 556 1,035 423 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ New obligations ............................................................. 556 –556 1,035 –1,035 24,287 24,844 23,440 0.36 0.49 0.46 Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority: 2330 Subsidy budget authority ............................................... 0.36 0.49 0.46 307 365 108 2339 2329 Obligations by program activity: Direct loan subsidy ........................................................ Guaranteed loan subsidy ............................................... Reestimates of direct loan subsidy ............................... Interest on reestimates of the direct loan subsidy Reestimates of guaranteed loan subsidy ...................... Interest on reestimates of the guaranteed loan subsidy ............................................................................ 00.09 Administrative expenses ................................................ 831 423 –423 00.01 00.02 00.05 00.06 00.07 00.08 New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation (definite) ............................................. 40.25 Appropriation (special fund, indefinite) .................... 139 250 160 166 159 264 43.00 423 389 326 60.05 Appropriation (total) ............................................. Permanent: Appropriation (indefinite) .......................................... 167 709 ................... 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 556 1,035 423 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 556 –556 1,035 –1,035 423 –423 86.90 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 389 167 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 556 1,035 423 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 556 556 1,035 1,035 Total subsidy budget authority ................................. Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays: 2340 Subsidy outlays .............................................................. 307 365 108 307 122 108 2349 Total subsidy outlays ................................................ 307 122 108 3510 3590 Administrative expense data: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays from new authority ........................................... 139 139 160 160 159 159 As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated with the direct loans obligated and loan guarantees committed in 1992 and beyond, (including modifications of direct loans or loan guarantees that resulted from obligations or commitments in any year) as well as for the administrative expenses of this program. The subsidy amounts are estimated on a net present value basis. The Federal guaranty for this program protects lenders against the following types of losses: (a) for loans of $45,000, or less, 50 percent of the loan is guaranteed; (b) for loans greater than $45,000, but not more than $56,250, $22,500; (c) for loans more than $56,250 but less than $144,000, the lesser of $36,000 or 40 percent of the loan; or (d) for loans greater than $144,000, the lesser of $50,750 or 25 percent of the loan. The Administration is proposing legislation to eliminate disbursements of vendee loans. VA will sell all foreclosed properties on a cash basis. 423 423 326 423 709 ................... Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays 25.3 (in millions of dollars) Enacted/requested: 1997 actual 1998 est. Budget Authority ..................................................................... 556 1,035 Outlays .................................................................................... 556 1,035 Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO: Budget Authority ..................................................................... .................... .................... Outlays .................................................................................... .................... .................... Total: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 est. 423 423 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 41.0 Purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................................... Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ 139 417 161 874 159 264 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 556 1,035 423 –2 –2 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 556 556 1,035 1,035 421 421 (Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 Identification code 36–1119–4–1–704 1998 est. 1999 est. 1,280 1,891 2,020 1159 1,280 1,891 2,020 1.97 2.36 7.71 1.97 2.36 Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. Direct loan subsidy budget authority: 1330 Subsidy budget authority ............................................... 1339 Obligations by program activity: Direct loan subsidy ........................................................ ................... ................... Guaranteed loan subsidy ............................................... ................... ................... –100 98 10.00 Total obligations (object class 41.0) ........................ ................... ................... –2 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... –2 2 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation (special fund, indefinite) ........................ ................... ................... ................... ................... –2 –2 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... –2 2 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. ................... ................... –2 89.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... –2 40.25 25 44 156 25 44 156 Total subsidy budget authority ................................. Direct loan subsidy outlays: 1340 Subsidy outlays .............................................................. 110 561 156 1349 110 561 156 Total subsidy outlays ................................................ Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 2150 Loan guarantee levels ................................................... 1999 est. 00.01 00.02 7.71 1329 1998 est. 86.90 1997 actual Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 1150 Direct loan levels ........................................................... Total direct loan levels ............................................. Direct loan subsidy (in percent): 1320 Subsidy rate ................................................................... 1997 actual 24,287 24,844 23,440 832 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 Credit accounts—Continued VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT— Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued Identification code 36–1119–4–1–704 90.00 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... –2 1997 actual 1998 est. –77 2,066 –2,083 –93 2,204 –2,210 –77 1,791 –93 2,083 –100 2,210 –110 –510 –156 11.84 –25 –36 –38 –62 –106 –122 –9 –38 –41 –126 ................... ................... –1,010 –1,359 –1,607 –4 –35 –40 –12 –52 –56 11.84 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. –1,358 –2,136 –2,060 89.00 90.00 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ Financing disbursements ............................................... 355 433 –69 –53 144 150 1999 est. Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 1150 Direct loan levels ........................................................... ................... ................... –1,817 1159 –1,817 Total direct loan levels ............................................. ................... ................... Direct loan subsidy (in percent): 1320 Subsidy rate ................................................................... ................... ................... 1 1,713 –1,791 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources:Payments from program account Non-Federal sources: Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Repayments of principal .............................. 88.40 Interest received on loans ........................... 88.40 Fees .............................................................. 88.40 Interest from Treasury ................................. 88.40 Loan sale proceeds, net .............................. 88.40 Cash sale of properties ............................... 88.40 Other revenue ............................................... Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–1119–4–1–704 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 87.00 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 72.40 1329 Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. ................... ................... Direct loan subsidy budget authority: 1330 Subsidy budget authority ............................................... ................... ................... –100 1339 Total subsidy budget authority ................................. ................... ................... Direct loan subsidy outlays: 1340 Subsidy outlays .............................................................. ................... ................... –100 –100 1349 –100 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) Total subsidy outlays ................................................ ................... ................... Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent): 2320 Subsidy rate ................................................................... ................... ................... 0.42 1998 est. 1999 est. 98 Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. ................... ................... Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority: 2330 Subsidy budget authority ............................................... ................... ................... Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations: 1111 Limitation on direct loans ............................................. ................... ................... ................... 1131 Direct loan obligations exempt from limitation ............ 1,280 1,891 2,020 98 2329 1150 0.42 2339 Total subsidy budget authority ................................. ................... ................... Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays: 2340 Subsidy outlays .............................................................. ................... ................... 2349 1997 actual Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 98 Total subsidy outlays ................................................ ................... ................... 98 The Administration is proposing legislation to eliminate disbursements of vendee loans. VA will sell all foreclosed properties on a cash basis. VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT Total direct loan obligations ..................................... Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ................... Repayments: 1251 Repayments and prepayments .................................. 1253 Proceeds from loan asset sales to the public with recourse ................................................................. 1262 Adjustments: Discount on loan asset sales to the public or discounted ................................................. Write-offs for default: 1263 Direct loans ............................................................... 1264 Other adjustments, net ............................................. 1210 1231 1290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1,280 1,891 2,020 723 1,280 992 1,891 1,405 2,020 –69 –32 –38 –1,010 –1,359 –1,607 64 –77 –90 –8 –10 –15 12 ................... ................... 992 1,405 1,675 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 00.01 00.02 00.03 00.04 00.05 00.06 00.07 00.08 Obligations by program activity: Direct loans .................................................................... Interest on Treasury borrowing ...................................... Property sales expense .................................................. Property management/other expense ............................. Property improvement expense ...................................... Reserve for losses on loan sales .................................. Payment of downward reestimate to receipt account Payment of excess interest earned to receipt account 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New financing authority (gross) .................................... New obligations ............................................................. 1999 est. 1,280 1,891 2,020 256 98 102 1 2 2 4 5 4 1 1 1 14 69 75 120 ................... ................... 37 ................... ................... 1,713 2,066 2,204 2,067 –2,066 2,204 –2,204 1,328 1,382 1,865 1,358 –973 2,136 –1,451 2,060 –1,721 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total) ................................................................ 385 685 339 Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... 1,713 2,067 2,204 New financing authority (gross), detail: Authority to borrow (indefinite) ..................................... Spending authority from offsetting collections: 68.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 68.47 Portion applied to debt reduction ............................. 70.00 1998 est. 1,713 –1,713 67.15 68.90 1997 actual As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond (including modifications of direct loans that resulted from obligations in any year). The amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not included in the budget totals. Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 ASSETS: 1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with Treasury ............................................... 1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net ..... Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1401 Direct loans receivable, net ................ 1403 Accounts receivable from foreclosed property ........................................... 1404 Foreclosed property ............................. Net present value of assets related to direct loans: 1499 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ............. 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 954 29 2,463 160 3,489 .................. 4,160 .................. 723 992 1,405 1,675 .................. 58 106 9 .................. .................. .................. .................. 781 1,107 1,405 1,675 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 1499 1504 1603 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ............. Net value of assets related to post– 1991 acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: Foreclosed property Net value of assets related to pre–1992 direct loans receivable and acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: Allowance for estimated uncollectible loans and interest (– ) ........................................................... 1999 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: Federal liabilities: 2102 Interest payable .................................. 2104 Resources payable to Treasury ........... Non-Federal liabilities: 2201 Accounts payable ................................ 2204 Liabilities for loan guarantees ........... Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) .................. .................. .................. .................. .................. .................. .................. .................. 1998 est. 1999 est. Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations: 1111 Limitation on direct loans ............................................. ................... ................... ................... 1150 15 .................. .................. 3,730 4,894 5,835 5 1,768 5 1,768 .................. 4,891 7 –1 3 .................. 3 .................. 1210 1231 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. ................... ................... ................... Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ................... ................... ................... –1,911 .................. 5,832 7 –1 Total direct loan obligations ..................................... ................... ................... ................... .................. 1,779 1290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... ................... ................... –1,911 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Total liabilities .................................... 1,779 1,779 4,894 5,835 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 1,779 1,779 4,894 5,835 Identification code 36–4127–4–3–704 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. ASSETS: Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1401 Direct loans receivable, gross ............ 1499 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT 1999 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4127–4–3–704 1997 actual 1998 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct loans .................................................................... ................... ................... Interest on Treasury borrowing ...................................... ................... ................... –1,817 –11 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ ................... ................... –1,828 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New financing authority (gross) .................................... ................... ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... –1,828 1,828 New financing authority (gross), detail: Authority to borrow (indefinite) ..................................... ................... ................... Spending authority from offsetting collections: 68.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... ................... ................... 68.47 Portion applied to debt reduction ............................. ................... ................... –1,448 1,336 –112 Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... ................... ................... –1,828 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 87.00 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources:Payments from program account Non-Federal sources: Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Repayments of principal .............................. 88.40 Interest received on loans ........................... 88.40 Fees .............................................................. 88.40 Loan sale proceeds, net .............................. 88.40 Other revenue ............................................... ................... ................... ................... ................... –1,828 1,911 ................... ................... ................... ................... –1,911 .................. .................. .................. –1,911 Total assets ........................................ .................. .................. .................. –1,911 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4129–0–3–704 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.01 00.02 00.03 00.04 00.05 00.06 00.07 00.08 Obligations by program activity: Acquisition of homes ..................................................... Losses on defaulted loans ............................................. Property sales expense .................................................. Property management expense ...................................... Property improvement expense ...................................... Loans acquired .............................................................. Payment of downward reestimate to program account Payment of excess interest to program account .......... 1,078 292 46 29 29 124 684 105 1,727 1,955 394 435 99 121 35 42 34 38 134 145 172 ................... 34 ................... Total obligations ........................................................ 2,387 2,629 2,736 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New financing authority (gross) .................................... 3,744 1,959 3,316 2,557 3,244 2,601 5,703 –2,387 5,873 –2,629 5,845 –2,736 3,316 3,244 3,110 1,959 2,557 2,601 40 2,387 –2,592 –165 2,629 –2,645 –182 2,736 –2,743 –165 2,592 –182 2,645 –189 2,743 –308 –243 –365 –157 –108 –152 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 68.00 ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... .................. VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND GUARANTEED LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT 83 –1,911 ................... ................... .................. 10.00 –1,716 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total) ................................................................ ................... ................... 73.10 73.20 74.40 .................. Net present value of assets related to direct loans ........................... 1999 est. 00.01 00.02 67.15 1999 est. This schedule shows the off-budget financing effects of the Administration’s proposal to eliminate disbursements of vendee loans. VA will sell all foreclosed properties on a cash basis. (Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO) 70.00 1997 actual Identification code 36–4127–4–3–704 2999 68.90 833 100 ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 7 18 41 1,226 56 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ................... ................... 1,448 89.00 90.00 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ ................... ................... Financing disbursements ............................................... ................... ................... –380 –463 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New financing authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 87.00 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 72.40 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources: 88.00 Payments from program account ..................... 88.25 Interest on uninvested funds ............................... 834 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 2204 LIABILITIES: Non-Federal liabilities: Liabilities for loan guarantees .................................. 4,261 4,215 4,242 4,174 2999 Total liabilities .................................... 4,261 4,215 4,242 4,174 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 4,261 4,215 4,242 4,174 Credit accounts—Continued VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND GUARANTEED LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1997 actual Identification code 36–4129–0–3–704 1998 est. 1999 est. VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND GUARANTEED LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT 88.40 88.40 88.40 88.40 Non-Federal sources: Non-Federal sources: Funding fees ................................................ Cash sale of properties ............................... Other collections .......................................... Recoveries from loans ................................. –455 –177 –13 –763 –472 –262 –14 –1,287 –446 –317 –16 –1,562 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. –1,959 –2,557 –2,601 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: 89.00 Financing authority ........................................................ ................... ................... ................... 90.00 Financing disbursements ............................................... 633 88 142 Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–4129–0–3–704 Total guaranteed loan commitments ........................ 24,287 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4129–4–3–704 22.00 24.40 1998 est. 24,844 2290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 23,440 130,031 24,287 979 –7,352 146,574 24,844 820 –8,287 161,502 23,440 1,074 –9,131 –124 –395 –435 –1,079 –1,727 –1,955 161,502 1999 est. Budgetary resources available for obligation: New financing authority (gross) .................................... ................... ................... Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. ................... ................... 101 101 101 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources: 88.00 Payments from Program Account ..................... ................... ................... 88.25 Interest on uninvested funds ............................... ................... ................... –98 –3 89.00 90.00 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ................... ................... –101 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ ................... ................... ................... Financing disbursements ............................................... ................... ................... –101 This schedule shows the off-budget financing effects of the Administration’s proposal to eliminate disbursements of vendee loans. VA will sell all foreclosed properties on a cash basis. –292 –327 –366 124 ................... ................... 146,574 1998 est. 1999 est. 88.90 Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans outstanding: 2210 Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed loans ...................... 2232 Guarantees of loans sold to the public with recourse 2251 Repayments and prepayments ...................................... Adjustments: 2261 Terminations for default that result in loans receivable ....................................................................... 2262 Terminations for default that result in acquisition of property ............................................................. 2263 Terminations for default that result in claim payments .................................................................... 2264 Other adjustments, net ............................................. 1997 actual New financing authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... ................... ................... 68.00 Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on commitments: 2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans made by private lenders .............................................................................. ................... ................... ................... 2131 Guaranteed loan commitments exempt from limitation 24,287 24,844 23,440 2150 (Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO) VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND LIQUIDATING ACCOUNT 174,129 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Memorandum: 2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loans outstanding, end of year ................................................................ Addendum: Cumulative balance of defaulted guaranteed loans that result in loans receivable: 2310 Outstanding, start of year ........................................ 2331 Disbursements for guaranteed loan claims ............. 2351 Repayments of loans receivable ............................... 2361 Write-offs of loans receivable ................................... 2390 Outstanding, end of year ...................................... 65,081 62,353 67,417 61 339 –6 –291 103 395 –11 –360 127 435 –13 –406 103 127 143 As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government resulting from loan guarantees committed in 1992 and beyond (including modifications of guaranteed loans that resulted from commitments in any year). The amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not included in the budget totals. ASSETS: Federal assets: Fund balances with Treasury ............................................... 1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net ..... Other Federal assets: 1801 Cash and other monetary assets ....... 1803 Property, plant and equipment, net 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 3,785 61 3,151 244 3,063 237 2,921 226 .................. 415 102 718 133 809 136 891 4,261 4,215 4,242 4,174 1101 1999 Total assets ........................................ 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. Obligations by program activity: Capital investments: 00.01 Acquisition of homes ................................................. 00.02 Property improvements .............................................. 00.03 Cash advances .......................................................... 00.04 Acquisition of defaulted guaranteed loans .............. 415 21 23 62 404 19 18 60 339 16 13 59 00.91 Total capital investments ..................................... 521 501 427 01.00 Total capital investments ......................................... Operating expenses: Property management expense ................................. Sales expense ............................................................ Claims processed ...................................................... Other expenses .......................................................... 521 501 427 29 36 192 18 28 43 131 17 21 31 110 15 01.91 Total operating expenses ...................................... 275 219 177 10.00 Total obligations (object class 33.0) ........................ 796 720 604 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 22.40 Capital transfer to general fund ................................... 192 873 –212 57 ................... 840 638 –177 –34 853 –796 720 –720 01.02 01.03 01.04 01.05 21.40 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4129–0–3–704 Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 604 –604 57 ................... ................... 100 ................... ................... VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 68.00 70.00 Permanent: Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 2390 773 840 638 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 873 840 Outstanding, end of year ...................................... 638 67 796 –822 42 720 –724 38 604 –610 42 38 773 49 720 4 604 6 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 822 724 610 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources: Payments from direct loan financing account ............................................... Non-Federal sources: Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Loan and other repayments ......................... 88.40 Loan sale proceeds, net .............................. 88.40 Sale of homes, cash .................................... 88.40 Interest on loans .......................................... 88.40 Collection of claims (veteran indebtedness) 88.40 Other revenue ............................................... –50 –40 –32 –1 ................... ................... –119 –117 –86 –67 –53 –43 –51 –38 –29 14 12 10 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. –773 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... –499 –604 –458 –638 Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ................... Repayments: 1251 Repayments and prepayments .................................. 1253 Proceeds from loan asset sales to the public with recourse ................................................................. 1261 Adjustments: Capitalized interest ................................. Write-offs for default: 1263 Direct loans ............................................................... 1264 Other adjustments, net ............................................. 1210 1231 1290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 449 56 420 52 432 54 –40 –37 –38 –1 –1 –1 19 ................... ................... –1 –62 –1 –1 –1 –1 420 432 445 Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans outstanding: 2210 Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 2251 Repayments and prepayments ...................................... Adjustments: 2262 Terminations for default that result in acquisition of property ............................................................. 2263 Terminations for default that result in claim payments .................................................................... 2264 Other adjustments, net ............................................. 2290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 24,731 –313 23,896 –303 23,058 –292 –415 –404 –339 –192 –131 –110 85 ................... ................... 23,896 23,058 22,317 1999 est. 457 –411 366 –329 0109 Net income or loss (–) ............................ 428 57 46 37 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) ASSETS: 1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with Treasury ............................................... 1207 Non-Federal assets: Advances and prepayments ............................................. Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1402 Interest receivable .............................. 1403 Credit program receivables and related forclosed property, net .............. 1706 1803 1901 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ........................... Net value of assets related to pre–1992 direct loans receivable and acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: Foreclosed property .................... Other Federal assets: Property, plant and equipment, net Other assets ........................................ Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: 2101 Federal liabilities: Accounts payable ...... 2207 Non-Federal liabilities: Other .................. 2999 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) 1998 est. 571 –514 1999 100 ................... ................... 49 –116 –28 1997 actual 869 –441 1499 –840 1996 actual Revenue ................................................... Expense .................................................... Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 610 0101 0102 32 86.97 86.98 633 Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 665 835 Total liabilities .................................... NET POSITION: 3200 Invested capital ....................................... 3300 Cumulative results of operations ............ 3500 Future funding requirements .................. 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 238 99 177 34 1 12 .................. .................. 7 4 53 42 463 377 132 110 470 381 185 152 .................. .................. .................. .................. 643 .................. 539 .................. 348 .................. 290 .................. 1,352 1,031 710 476 293 76 73 115 50 98 34 83 369 188 148 117 1,106 169 –292 917 –74 .................. 779 –217 .................. 662 –303 .................. 3999 Total net position ................................ 983 843 562 359 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 1,352 1,031 710 476 As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account records all cash flows to and from the Government resulting from direct loans obligated prior to 1992. All new activity in this program in 1992 and beyond is recorded in the corresponding program and financing accounts. MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS PROGRAMS LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amended, $515,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Memorandum: 2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loans outstanding, end of year ................................................................ 12,505 12,066 11,678 Addendum: Cumulative balance of defaulted guaranteed loans that result in loans receivable: 2310 Outstanding, start of year ........................................ 2331 Disbursements for guaranteed loan claims ............. 2351 Repayments of loans receivable ............................... 2361 Write-offs of loans receivable ................................... 1,350 228 –84 –829 665 194 –38 –188 633 165 –29 –159 For the cost of direct loans, ø$44,000¿ $55,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed ø$2,278,000¿ $2,401,000. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, ø$388,000¿ $400,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating 836 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 Credit accounts—Continued 1340 Subsidy outlays, Native American ................................. ................... ................... 1 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT—Continued 1349 Total subsidy outlays ................................................ ................... ................... 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued expenses’’. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) 3510 3590 Administrative expense data: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1 1 1 1 1 1 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, ø$200,000¿ $206,000; which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0140–0–3–702 00.01 00.09 10.00 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct loan subsidy ........................................................ ................... ................... Administrative expenses ................................................ 1 1 1 1 Total obligations ........................................................ 1 1 2 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 4 1 3 1 3 1 5 –1 4 –1 4 –2 3 3 2 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. 1 1 1 Change in unpaid obligations: 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 1 –1 1 –1 2 –2 All information from the Native American Veterans Home Loan Fund, Vocational Rehabilitation Loan Program and Education Loan Fund is consolidated in a single housing fund called the Miscellaneous Veterans Programs Loan Fund. The Native American Veterans Housing Loan program provides direct loans to veterans living on trust lands under 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, section 3761. These loans are available to purchase, construct or improve homes to be occupied as the veteran’s residence. The principal amount of a loan under this authority is generally limited to $80,000, except in areas where housing costs are significantly higher than average costs nationwide. The Native American Veterans Housing Loan Program is a pilot program that began in 1993 and is authorized through December 31, 2001. The Vocational Rehabilitation Loan Fund provides loans of up to $815 (based on indexed Chapter 31 Subsistence allowance rate) to veterans enrolled in a program of vocational rehabilitation who are temporarily in need of additional funds to meet their expenses. The Education Loan program provides loans of up to $2,500 to dependents of veterans who are eligible for training benefits under chapter 35, title 38, U.S.C. and who are without sufficient funds to meet their education related expenses. As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account records, for these programs, the subsidy costs associated with the direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond, as well as the administrative expenses of these programs. The subsidy amounts are estimated on a present value basis; the administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis. 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 40.00 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0140–0–3–702 25.3 41.0 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new current authority .............................. 1 1 86.93 Outlays from current balances ...................................... ................... ................... 1 1 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1 1 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1 1 1 1 1 2 1998 est. 1999 est. 1 1 2 89.00 90.00 1997 actual Purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................................... 1 1 Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ ................... ................... 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 1 1 2 MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS PROGRAMS LOAN FUND DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0140–0–3–702 1997 actual 1998 est. Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 1999 est. Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 1150 Direct loan levels, vocational rehabiliation ................... 2 2 2 1150 Direct loan levels, education ......................................... ................... ................... ................... 1150 Direct loan levels, Native American housing ................ 2 5 9 1159 Total direct loan levels ............................................. Direct loan subsidy (in percent): 1320 Voc. Rehab. Loan subsidy rate ...................................... 1320 Education Loan subsidy rate ......................................... 1320 Native American subsidy rate ....................................... 4 7 11 1.74 0.00 7.72 1.94 34.11 7.72 2.27 32.75 7.72 Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. 4.52 5.97 Direct loan subsidy budget authority: 1330 Subsidy budget authority, vocational rehabilitation ..... ................... ................... 6.73 1329 1339 1 Total subsidy budget authority ................................. ................... ................... 1 Direct loan subsidy outlays: 1340 Subsidy outlays, vocational rehabilitation .................... ................... ................... ................... 1340 Subsidy outlays, education ............................................ ................... ................... ................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.01 00.02 Obligations by program activity: Direct loans .................................................................... Interest on Treasury borrowing ...................................... 5 2 7 1 11 1 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 7 8 12 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New financing authority (gross) .................................... 22.60 Redemption of debt ....................................................... 2 ................... ................... 7 9 12 –3 ................... ................... 23.90 23.95 6 –7 9 –8 12 –12 5 7 10 5 –3 5 –3 5 –3 21.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. New financing authority (gross), detail: Authority to borrow (indefinite) ..................................... Spending authority from offsetting collections: 68.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 68.47 Portion applied to debt reduction ............................. 67.15 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 68.90 70.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total) ................................................................ 2 2 2 Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... 7 9 12 1 7 –7 1 8 –8 1 12 –13 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 87.00 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 72.40 1 7 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. –5 –5 –5 2 3 4 3 7 8 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations: 1111 Limitation on direct loans ............................................. ................... ................... ................... 1131 Direct loan obligations exempt from limitation ............ 5 7 11 1150 MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS PROGRAMS LOAN FUND LIQUIDATING ACCOUNT Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–4260–0–3–702 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: 1210 Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 1263 Write-offs for default: Direct loans ............................... 1290 Total direct loan obligations ..................................... 5 7 15 19 28 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury ............. Investments in US securities: 1106 Receivables, net ............................. Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1401 Direct loans receivable, gross ............ 1499 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ........................... 1999 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: Federal liabilities: 2101 Accounts payable ................................ 2103 Debt ..................................................... 2104 Resources payable to Treasury ........... 2203 Non-Federal liabilities: Debt ................... 2999 3 1 –2 ................... Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1 1996 actual Identification code 36–4260–0–3–702 ASSETS: Federal assets: Fund balances with Treasury ............................................... Net value of assets related to pre–1992 direct loans receivable and acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: 1601 Direct loans, gross .............................. 1603 Allowance for estimated uncollectible loans and interest (–) .................... 1604 Direct loans and interest receivable, net .................................................. 1699 Value of assets related to direct loans .......................................... 1999 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1999 est. 1 –1 1 ................... Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) 11 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: 1210 Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 13 15 19 1231 Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ................... 5 7 11 1251 Repayments: Repayments and prepayments ................. –3 –3 –2 1264 Write-offs for default: Other adjustments, net ............. ................... ................... ................... 1290 1998 est. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1 1 .................. .................. 3 1 2 2 –2 .................. .................. .................. 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 .................. 1 .................. 2 .................. 2 1101 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: 89.00 Financing authority ........................................................ 90.00 Financing disbursements ............................................... Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond. The amounts in the account are means of financing and are not included in the budget totals. 1 ................... 8 13 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... ................... ................... –1 88.25 Interest on uninvested funds ............................... –1 ................... ................... Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Non-Federal sources ......................................... –3 –3 –2 88.40 Interest on loans .............................................. –1 –2 –2 88.40 Interest on uninvested funds ........................... ................... ................... ................... 837 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 3 .................. .................. .................. .................. 10 .................. .................. 13 15 19 15 19 28 16 25 19 .................. 24 .................. .................. .................. .................. 4 .................. Total net position ................................ 2 1 2 2 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 2 1 2 2 This account contains all information on the Vocational Rehabilitation Loan Program and Education Loan Fund on loans prior to 1992. As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account records all cash flows to and from the Government resulting from direct loans obligated prior to 1992. All new activity in this program in 1992 and beyond is recorded in corresponding program and financing acounts. 28 .................. 3 .................. 13 3999 28 13 Total assets ........................................ NET POSITION: 3100 Appropriated capital ................................ 3300 Cumulative results of operations ............ .................. .................. 11 .................. WORKLOAD, AMOUNT LOANED AND REPAID 1997 actual Number of loans outstanding ..................................................... Average amount per loan outstanding ....................................... 991 $772 1998 est. 1999 est. 870 $675 680 $679 Trust Funds POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS EDUCATION ACCOUNT Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) Total liabilities .................................... NET POSITION: 3100 Appropriated capital ................................ 16 24 4 11 Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 .................. .................. 15 17 64 64 64 3999 Total net position ................................ .................. .................. 15 17 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 16 24 19 28 Balance, start of year: 01.99 Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.01 Deductions from military pay ........................................ 02.02 Contributions .................................................................. 3 14 3 9 2 6 02.99 Total receipts ............................................................. 17 12 8 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriation: 05.01 Post-Vietnam era veterans education account ............. 81 76 72 –17 –12 –9 This account contains all information on the Native American Veterans Home Loan Fund, Vocational Rehabilitation Loan Program Education Loan Fund, and Transitional Housing Financing Account. 04.00 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 838 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 Total trainees .............................................................................. Total trainee cost ........................................................................ Average cost per trainee (actual dollars) ................................... Section 901 trainees ................................................................... Section 901 trainee cost ............................................................. POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS EDUCATION ACCOUNT—Continued Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1997 actual Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 05.99 07.99 Subtotal appropriation ................................................... Total balance, end of year ............................................ –17 64 1998 est. 1999 est. –12 64 –9 63 1997 actual 00.01 00.02 00.03 Obligations by program activity: Payment to post-Vietnam era trainees ......................... Payment to section 901 trainees .................................. Participant disenrollments ............................................. 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 1998 est. Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 45 12 33 9 46 Total obligations ........................................................ 87 45 55 NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE FUND Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 189 17 119 12 86 9 206 –87 131 –45 95 –55 119 86 40 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ............................ Portion precluded from obligation ................................. 20 –3 15 –3 11 –2 63.00 Appropriation (total) .................................................. 17 12 9 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 17 12 Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 4 87 –86 5 45 –46 4 55 –55 5 4 4 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 17 69 12 34 9 46 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 86 46 55 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 17 86 12 46 9 55 This account consists of voluntary contributions by eligible servicepersons and matching contributions provided by the Department of Defense. The fund provides educational assistance payments to participants who entered the service after December 31, 1976, and are pursuing training under chapter 32, title 38, U.S.C. Section 901 is a non-contributory program with educational assistance provided by the Department of Defense. Public Law 99–576, enacted October 28, 1986, closed the program permanently for new enrollments effective March 31, 1987. The estimated activity in the fund follows: CONTRIBUTIONS, PARTICIPANTS, DISENROLLMENTS, REFUNDS AND TRAINEES [In millions of dollars] $17 $3 $8 $5 $1 $4 284,676 2,995 $1,138 60,751 $70 1998 est. $12 $3 $4 $5 0 0 259,660 2,484 $1,140 27,500 $33 1999 est. $9 $2 $3 $4 0 0 222,969 1,709 $1,140 38,400 $46 1998 est. 1999 est. Balance, start of year: Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ................... Receipts: 02.01 Premium and other receipts .......................................... 231 224 210 02.02 Interest ........................................................................... 1,015 977 922 02.03 Payments from general and special funds ................... 2 2 2 02.04 Payments from general and special funds, legislative proposal subject to PAYGO ....................................... ................... ................... 5 02.99 Total receipts ............................................................. 1,248 1,203 Appropriation: 05.01 National Service Life Insurance fund ............................ –1,248 –1,203 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ ................... ................... 1,139 –1,134 5 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 86.97 86.98 1997 actual 01.99 9 1997 actual 1999 est. 17 70 55 60.27 60.45 Total budget authority ................................................................. Servicepersons ........................................................................ Transferred from Department of Defense (bonus) ................. Transferred from Department of Defense (matching) ............ Transferred from Department of Defense (Section 901) ........ Transferred from Department of Defense (Section 903) ........ Total participants (end of year) .................................................. Total contributors (end of year) .................................................. Average contribution per contributor (actual dollars) ................ Number of disenrollments ........................................................... Total refunds ............................................................................... 1998 est. Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ Refunds .......................................................................... 16 12 9 1 ................... ................... 70 33 46 87 1997 actual 99.9 1999 est. 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 41.0 44.0 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 9,653 6,700 4,700 $16 $12 $9 $1,639 $1,745 $1,746 215 180 151 $1 .................... .................... Obligations by program activity: Direct: Operating expenses: 00.01 Death claims ......................................................... 00.02 Disability claims ................................................... 00.03 Matured endowments ............................................ 00.04 Cash surrenders .................................................... 00.05 Dividends .............................................................. 00.06 Interest paid on dividend credits and deposits 00.07 Payment to general operating expenses .............. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 560 18 7 30 523 56 21 608 19 13 30 512 62 22 631 19 15 31 478 57 25 00.91 02.01 Total operating expenses ................................. Capital investment: Policy loans ................................... 1,215 127 1,266 127 1,256 126 02.93 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 Total direct obligations ............................................. Death claims .................................................................. Disability claims ............................................................ Matured endowments ..................................................... Cash surrenders ............................................................. Dividends ....................................................................... Interest paid on dividend credits and deposits ............ Payment to general operating expenses ....................... 1,342 253 9 9 7 218 24 8 1,393 254 8 6 8 202 24 9 1,382 254 8 6 8 202 24 9 09.09 Reimbursable program—subtotal line ..................... 528 511 511 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 1,870 1,904 1,893 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: U.S. Securities: Par value ................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 10,824 1,829 10,783 1,771 10,650 1,678 12,653 –1,870 12,554 –1,904 12,328 –1,893 10,783 10,650 10,436 1,248 1,203 1,134 581 568 544 1,829 1,771 1,678 21.41 23.90 23.95 24.41 60.27 68.00 70.00 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: U.S. Securities: Par value ..................................................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ............................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: 72.40 Uninvested ............................................................ 72.41 U.S. Securities: Par value ..................................... 0242 4 1,184 10 1,240 5 1,285 1,188 1,870 –1,808 1,250 1,904 –1,864 1,290 1,893 –1,854 74.40 74.41 Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................ New obligations ............................................................. Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ............................................................ U.S. Securities: Par value ..................................... 10 1,240 5 1,285 5 1,323 74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end of year .................. 1,250 1,290 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 581 1,227 568 1,296 544 1,310 Intragovernmental transactions ................................ ................... ................... Offsetting collections: Offsetting collections ................................................ 581 568 Income under present law ............................................. 1,829 1,771 Income under proposed legislation ............................... ................... ................... 5 544 1,678 5 1,328 86.97 86.98 0289 0297 0298 839 72.99 73.10 73.20 0299 Total cash income ..................................................... Cash outgo during year: 0500 National service life insurance fund ............................. Unexpended balance, end of year: 0700 Uninvested balance ....................................................... 0701 U.S. Securities: Par value .............................................. 0799 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Total balance, end of year ........................................ 1,829 1,771 1,683 –1,808 –1,864 –1,854 10 12,023 5 11,935 5 11,764 12,033 11,940 11,769 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1,808 1,864 1,854 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Repayments of loans ........................................ 88.40 Optional settlements ........................................ 88.40 Net income offsets adjustments ...................... –130 –5 –446 –130 –5 –433 –130 –4 –410 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. –581 –568 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1,248 1,227 1,203 1,296 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 33.0 42.0 43.0 Direct obligations: Investments and loans .............................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ........................... Interest and dividends .............................................. 88 654 600 89 706 598 88 731 563 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 1,342 528 1,393 511 1,382 511 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 1,870 1,904 1,893 –544 89.00 90.00 Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 1,134 1,310 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE FUND Note.—The Department of Veterans Affairs insurance policy loans are not an extension of Federal credit. Credit schedules previously shown for this account have been discontinued. This fund was established in 1940 for the World War II servicemen’s and veterans’ insurance program. Over 22 million policies have been issued under this program. Activity of the fund reflects a rising claim workload. The trend in the number and amount of policies in force is shown as follows: Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 Balance, start of year: Balance, start of year .................................................... ................... ................... ................... Receipts: 02.01 Interest and profits on investments in public debt securities ................................................................... 6 6 6 Appropriation: 05.01 United States government life insurance fund ............. –6 –6 –6 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ ................... ................... ................... Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 1996 est. 1997 est. 2,013,221 $18,826 1,901,641 $18,212 1,785,131 $17,557 This fund is operated on a commercial basis to the extent possible. The income of the fund is derived from premium receipts, interest on investments, and payments which are made to the fund from the Veterans insurance and indemnities appropriation. Assets of the fund, which are largely invested in special interest-bearing Treasury securities and in policy loans, are expected to decrease from $12,946 million as of September 30, 1998 to $12,754 million as of September 30, 1999. The actuarial estimate of policy obligations as of September 30, 1999, total $12,669 million, leaving a balance of $84 million for contingency reserves. The status of the fund, excluding noncash transactions, is as follows: Obligations by program activity: Operating expenses: 00.01 Death claims ............................................................. 00.02 Cash surrenders ........................................................ 00.05 Dividends ................................................................... 00.06 Interest paid on dividend credits and deposits ....... 0199 Unexpended balance, start of year: Uninvested balance [unavailable collections] ............... U.S. Securities: Par value .............................................. Total balance, start of year ...................................... Cash income during the year: Proprietary receipts: 0220 NSLI fund, premium and other receipts ................... Intragovernmental transactions: 0240 NSLI fund,interest ...................................................... 0241 NSLI fund, payments from general and special funds ..................................................................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 5 12,007 10 12,023 5 11,935 12,012 12,033 11,940 1998 est. 1999 est. 7 1 5 1 7 1 4 1 7 1 4 1 Total operating expenses ...................................... 14 13 13 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 14 13 13 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: U.S. Securities: Par value ................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 79 8 72 7 66 7 87 –14 79 –13 73 –13 72 66 60 6 6 6 1 1 1 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 7 7 7 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.41 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: U.S. Securities: Par value ......................................... 20 14 –13 20 13 –15 19 13 –13 20 19 19 21.41 23.90 23.95 24.41 60.27 68.00 1999 est. 1997 actual 00.91 Status of Funds (in millions of dollars) 0100 0101 1999 est. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1995 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 1998 est. 01.99 POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 1997 actual 70.00 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: U.S. Securities: Par value ..................................................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ............................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 72.41 231 224 210 1,015 977 922 2 2 2 840 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 VETERANS SPECIAL LIFE INSURANCE FUND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE FUND—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued Identification code 36–8455–0–8–701 Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 1997 actual 1998 est. 1 14 1 12 87.00 13 15 13 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... –1 8 13 –1 7 15 –1 7 13 Note.—The Department of Veterans Affairs insurance policy loans are not an extension of Federal credit. Credit schedules previously shown for this account have been discontinued. This fund was established in 1919 to receive premiums and pay claims on insurance issued under the provisions of the War Risk Insurance Act. The general decline in the activity of the fund is indicated in the following table: POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE 1997 actual Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 21,343 $71 1998 est. 1999 est. 19,625 $65 18,017 $59 The fund is operated on a commercial basis to the extent possible. The income of the fund is derived from interest on investments and payments from the Veterans insurance and indemnities appropriation. Effective January 1, 1983, premiums were discontinued since reserves held in the fund were adequate to meet future liabilities of the program. Assets of the fund, which are largely invested in interestbearing securities and policy loans, are estimated to decrease from $91 million as of September 30, 1998, to $84 million as of September 30, 1999, as an increasing number of policies mature through death or disability. The actuarial evaluation of policy obligations as of September 30, 1999, totals $82 million, leaving a balance of $2 million for contingency reserves. The status of the fund, excluding noncash transactions, is as follows: Status of Funds (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 Unexpended balance, start of year: U.S. Securities: Par value .............................................. Cash income during the year: Intragovernmental transactions: 0240 Interest and profits on investments in public debt securities, USGLI, VA ............................................ Offsetting collections: 0289 Offsetting Collections ................................................ 0101 0299 Total cash income ..................................................... Cash outgo during year: 0500 United States government life insurance fund ............. Unexpended balance, end of year: 0701 U.S. Securities: Par value .............................................. 1997 actual 99 1998 est. 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.02 Obligations by program activity: Death claims .................................................................. Cash surrenders ............................................................. Dividends ....................................................................... All other ......................................................................... Payment to general operating expenses account ......... Capital investment ........................................................ 45 6 104 50 4 23 54 7 104 65 5 25 57 7 101 55 5 25 Total obligations ........................................................ 232 260 250 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: U.S. Securities: Par value ................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 1,412 246 1,425 244 1,409 240 1,658 –232 1,669 –260 1,649 –250 1,425 1,409 1,399 New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 246 244 240 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: 72.40 Uninvested ............................................................ 72.41 U.S. Securities: Par value ..................................... 1 168 2 185 2 196 169 232 –216 187 260 –249 198 250 –239 74.40 74.41 Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................ New obligations ............................................................. Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ............................................................ U.S. Securities: Par value ..................................... 2 185 2 196 2 207 74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end of year .................. 187 198 209 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Outlays from permanent balances ................................ 47 169 62 187 41 198 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 216 249 239 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Interest on loans .............................................. 88.40 Insurance premiums earned ............................ 88.40 Optional settlements ........................................ 88.40 Repayments of loans ........................................ 88.45 Offsetting governmental collections ..................... –6 –74 –2 –17 –147 –7 –72 –2 –18 –145 –7 –70 –3 –19 –141 –246 –244 –240 21.41 23.90 23.95 24.41 68.00 72.99 73.10 73.20 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: U.S. Securities: Par value ..................................................... 1999 est. 92 84 89.00 90.00 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7 –13 –15 –13 92 84 78 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... –30 5 –1 6 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 1999 est. 88.90 1 12 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Repayments of loans ..................................................................... 1998 est. 10.00 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 86.98 Outlays from permanent balances ................................ Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1997 actual 1999 est. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 42.0 43.0 Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ Interest and dividends ................................................... 8 6 8 5 7 6 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 14 13 13 Note.—The Department of Veterans Affairs insurance policy loans are not an extension of Federal credit. Credit schedules previously shown for this account have been discontinued. This fund finances the payment of claims on life insurance policies issued before January 3, 1957, to veterans who served in the Armed Forces subsequent to April 1, 1951. No new policies can be issued. Policyholders may elect to purchase total disability income coverage with the payment of additional premiums. Budget program— Death claims.—Represents payments to designated beneficiaries. Cash surrenders.—A policyholder may terminate his or her insurance by cashing in the policy for its cash value. Dividends.—Policyholders participate in the distribution of annual dividends. CONSTRUCTION Federal Funds DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS All other.—Classified in this category are payments to policyholders who: (a) hold endowment policies which have matured; (b) have purchased total disability income coverage and subsequently become disabled; and (c) are paid interest on dividend credits and deposits. The following table reflects the decrease in the number of policies and the amounts of insurance in force: POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE 1997 actual Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 1998 est. 248,997 $3 1999 est. 240,777 $3 233,347 $3 Financing.—Payments from this fund are financed primarily from premium receipts and interest on investments. Operating results and financial condition.—Favorable mortality experience on insurance written against this fund has kept death claim payments well below the amount of premium and interest receipts, thereby producing an annual increase in the total revenue of the fund. Excess earnings of the fund are now distributed to the policyholders in the form of an annual dividend. Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars) 1996 actual 1997 actual 0101 0102 Revenue ................................................... Expense .................................................... 231 –223 231 –225 229 –233 224 –226 0109 Net income or loss (–) ............................ 8 6 –4 –2 Identification code 36–8455–0–8–701 1998 est. 1999 est. Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8455–0–8–701 ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury ............. Investments in US securities: 1102 Treasury securities, par .................. 1106 Receivables, net ............................. 1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net ..... 1601 Net value of assets related to pre–1992 direct loans receivable and acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: Direct loans, gross .................... 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1 2 2 2 1,580 37 .................. 1,610 36 .................. 1,605 36 4 1,606 35 4 108 115 121 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: Non-Federal liabilities: 2201 Accounts payable ................................ 2206 Pension and other actuarial liabilities 2207 Other ................................................... 1,720 1,756 1,762 1,768 187 1,481 19 204 1,494 19 219 1,488 18 230 1,487 17 2999 1,687 1,717 1,725 1,734 1,412 –1,378 1,425 –1,385 1,409 –1,373 1,399 –1,365 1999 Total liabilities .................................... NET POSITION: 3100 Appropriated capital ................................ 3200 Invested capital ....................................... CONSTRUCTION Federal Funds General and special funds: CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of øtitle¿ 38, øUnited States Code¿ U.S.C., including planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is $4,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, ø$177,900,000¿ $97,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, øThat the $32,100,000 provided under this heading in Public Law 104–204 for the replacement hospital at Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California, shall not be obligated for that purpose but shall be available for any project approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further,≈ That except for advance planning of projects funded through the advance planning fund and the design of projects funded through the design fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which has not been considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, ø1998¿ 1999; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, ø1999¿ 2000: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any approved major construction project in which obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established above: Provided further, That no funds from any other account except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project which was approved in the budget process and funded in this account until one year after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with respect to that part only. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0110–0–1–703 102 3999 Total net position ................................ 34 40 36 34 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 1,721 1,757 1,761 1,768 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8455–0–8–701 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 841 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.01 00.02 00.06 00.07 00.08 Obligations by program activity: Replacement and modernization ................................... Nursing home care ........................................................ Other improvements ....................................................... National cemeteries ....................................................... Replacement or renovation of regional offices ............. 36 1 183 4 1 19 48 1 1 213 157 78 19 1 ................... 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 225 312 225 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 595 219 588 209 485 97 814 –225 797 –312 582 –225 588 485 357 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 219 40.79 Line item veto cancellation ....................................... ................... 178 97 –1 ................... 177 33.0 42.0 43.0 Investments and loans .................................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ Interest and dividends ................................................... 23 89 120 25 112 123 25 105 120 43.00 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 232 260 250 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 219 209 97 72.40 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 650 479 547 65.00 Appropriation (total) ............................................. 219 Permanent: Advance appropriation (definite) .............................. ................... 97 32 ................... 842 CONSTRUCTION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 General and special funds—Continued CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1997 actual Identification code 36–0110–0–1–703 73.10 73.20 74.40 86.90 86.93 86.98 87.00 New obligations ............................................................. Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 1998 est. 1999 est. 225 –396 312 –244 225 –206 479 547 566 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. 10 8 Outlays from current balances ...................................... 386 236 Outlays from permanent balances ................................ ................... ................... 4 193 9 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 396 244 to remain available until expended, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations which are hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost is less than $4,000,000: Provided, That funds in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–0111–0–1–703 206 1998 est. 1999 est. 219 396 209 244 97 206 Funds are requested for columbarium units at the Ft. Rosecrans and Florida National Cemeteries, seismic corrections project at San Juan, PR, and a clinical consolidation/seismic corrections project at Long beach, CA. Additional funds are provided to remove asbestos from Department-owned buildings and to support advanced planning and design activities. Obligations by program activity: Medical programs .......................................................... National cemeteries ....................................................... Computer centers, additions and alterations ............... Replacement or renovation of regional offices ............. 144 15 3 5 156 20 9 9 136 15 3 6 10.00 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... 00.01 00.06 00.07 00.08 Total obligations ........................................................ 167 194 160 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 59 175 67 175 48 141 234 –167 242 –194 189 –160 67 48 29 175 175 141 171 167 –149 189 194 –177 206 160 –167 189 206 199 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 Budget Authority by Program Activity Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. [In millions of dollars] 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. Replacement and modernization ................................................. .................... 35 .................... Research and Education ............................................................. 16 .................... .................... Outpatient and improvements .................................................... 85 47 .................... Seismic corrections ..................................................................... .................... .................... 73 Patient environment .................................................................... 40 46 .................... General ........................................................................................ 32 14 .................... Other departments ...................................................................... 49 36 26 Advance appropriation provided under P.L. 104–204 ................ .................... 32 .................... Design fund offset ...................................................................... (3) (1) (2) Total budget authority ................................................... 219 209 40.00 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 72.40 97 86.90 86.93 1997 actual Identification code 36–0110–0–1–703 11.3 1998 est. 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 1 24 2 2 196 1 25 2 3 281 1 25 2 3 194 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 225 312 225 Personnel Summary 1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 46 131 37 130 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 149 177 167 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 175 149 175 177 141 167 1999 est. Personnel compensation: Other than full-time permanent ........................................................................... Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... Land and structures ...................................................... Identification code 36–0110–0–1–703 18 131 87.00 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. Outlays from current balances ...................................... The Construction, Minor Projects appropriation, which funds construction projects costing less than $4 million, is used to reduce risks to patient life and safety, correct code deficiencies, improve ambulatory care settings, and improve national cemeteries. 1999 est. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 25 50 50 11.3 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of øtitle¿ 38, øUnited States Code¿ U.S.C., where the estimated cost of a project is less than $4,000,000; ø$175,000,000¿ $141,000,000, 1997 actual Identification code 36–0111–0–1–703 1998 est. 1999 est. 25.2 26.0 32.0 Personnel compensation: Other than full-time permanent ........................................................................... Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Land and structures ...................................................... 3 32 1 131 4 37 1 152 3 26 1 130 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 167 194 160 Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0111–0–1–703 1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1997 actual 50 1998 est. 80 1999 est. 80 CONSTRUCTION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131– 8137, ø$80,000,000¿ $37,000,000, to remain available until expended. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 843 72.40 14 5 –6 13 10 –2 21 10 –5 13 21 27 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from current balances ...................................... 6 2 5 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1 6 10 2 10 5 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–0181–0–1–703 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.01 Obligations by program activity: Grants to States ............................................................ 37 90 37 10.00 Total obligations (object class 41.0) ........................ 37 90 37 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. ................... 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 47 This program enables the Department to assist States in establishing, expanding, or improving State-operated veterans cemeteries. 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 40.00 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 47 –37 10 ................... 80 37 90 –90 37 –37 10 ................... ................... Public enterprise funds: PARKING REVOLVING FUND For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109, income from fees collected, to remain available until expended, which shall be available for all authorized expenses except operations and maintenance costs, which will be funded from ‘‘Medical care’’. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) 47 80 37 124 37 –41 120 90 –47 163 37 –52 120 163 148 00.01 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Operating expenses: parking leases .............................. Capital Investment: parking construction program ...... 1 19 1 11 1 9 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 72.40 Identification code 36–4538–0–3–703 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from current balances ...................................... 41 47 52 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 20 12 10 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 47 41 80 47 37 52 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 35 15 30 3 21 3 50 –20 33 –12 24 –10 30 21 14 In 1998, the Department plans to obligate $80 million to assist seven States to acquire or construct State home facilities for furnishing domiciliary or nursing home care to veterans and expand, remodel, or alter existing buildings for furnishing domiciliary, nursing home, or hospital care to veterans. GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2408, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0183–0–1–705 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.01 Obligations by program activity: Grants to States ............................................................ 5 10 10 10.00 Total obligations (object class 41.0) ........................ 5 10 10 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. Permanent: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 12 ................... ................... 3 3 3 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 15 3 3 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 8 20 –8 20 12 –11 21 10 –10 20 21 21 70.00 72.40 86.93 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from current balances ...................................... Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 5 3 8 3 7 3 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 8 11 10 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources .................................................................. –3 –3 –3 21.40 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: 40.00 Appropriation .................................................................. 4 ................... ................... 1 10 10 5 –5 1 10 –10 10 10 –10 10 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 12 ................... ................... 5 8 7 844 CONSTRUCTION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia¿. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) Public enterprise funds—Continued PARKING REVOLVING FUND—Continued The Parking Revolving Fund provides funding for the construction and lease of parking facilities at various medical centers. Existing resources will be used to construct a parking garage at the Denver VA Medical Center. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0151–0–1–705 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1998 est. 1999 est. Direct obligations: Rental payments to others ............. Reimbursable obligations: Land and structures ........... 1 19 1 11 1 9 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 20 12 10 456 68 69 3 190 161 1 36 136 504 71 73 3 199 160 1 39 174 Total reimbursable program ...................................... 251 334 374 Total obligations ........................................................ 1,078 1,120 1,224 22.00 22.30 1997 actual 23.2 32.0 476 71 77 2 201 139 1 34 77 10.00 Identification code 36–4538–0–3–703 Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Veterans benefits: 00.04 Compensation and pensions ................................ 00.05 Education .............................................................. 00.06 Vocational rehabilitation and counseling ............. 00.09 Insurance1 ............................................................. 00.11 General administration ......................................... 09.01 Administration of housing credit programs .................. 09.02 Administration of other credit programs ....................... 09.03 Administration of insurance programs .......................... 09.04 Other reimbursable programs ........................................ 09.99 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Unobligated balance expiring ........................................ 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. PERSHING HALL REVOLVING FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4018–0–3–705 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 24.40 Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,079 1,120 1,224 –1 ................... ................... 72.40 1 1 1 1 1 1 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... ................... The Pershing Hall Revolving Fund was created to operate and manage Pershing Hall, an asset of the United States, located in Paris, France. All operating expenses for Pershing Hall are borne by the Revolving Fund and all receipts generated by the operation of Pershing Hall are deposited in the Revolving Fund. To facilitate account restructuring and consolidation, the Pershing Hall Revolving Fund also reflects budget information for the Nursing Home Revolving Fund and Grants to the Republic of the Philippines. The Nursing Home Revolving Fund provides for the construction, alteration, and acquisition (including site acquisition) of nursing home facilities and is available only as provided in appropriations acts. The Grants to the Republic of the Philippines previously provided for the effective care and treatment of U.S. veterans in the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC). However, with the suspension of U.S. veteran admission to the VMMC, the continuing appropriation of U.S. funds to maintain and upgrade the physical plant at this facility was discontinued. DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail; ø$786,135,000¿ $849,661,000: Provided, That funds under this heading shall be available to administer the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Actø: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used for the relocation of the loan guaranty divisions of the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in St. Petersburg, Florida to the New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. Permanent: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts .................................. 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 1,078 –1,078 1,120 –1,120 1,224 –1,224 828 786 850 251 334 374 1,079 1,120 1,224 72.40 128 138 79 1,078 1,120 1,224 –1,067 –1,179 –1,217 –2 ................... ................... 138 79 85 86.90 86.93 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. Outlays from current balances ...................................... Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 715 101 251 707 138 334 765 79 374 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1,067 1,179 1,217 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources –251 –334 –374 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 828 816 786 845 850 843 89.00 90.00 1 The total cost of administering veterans insurance programs is funded through direct appropriations to this account, and through reimbursements from the insurance trust fund. This appropriation provides for the administration of nonmedical veterans benefits through the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and the Department’s top management direction and administrative support, including data processing, fiscal, personnel, and legal services. Veterans benefits.—Determines eligibility and adjudicates all claims for compensation, pensions, educational assistance, housing loan assistance, and insurance awards. Administrative resources are based on the Presidential policy of not paying compensation benefits for tobacco-related claims based solely on tobacco use during military service. A summary of VBA’s program objectives and anticipated workload is included in the following paragraphs. Workload data for this program is shown below. Specific performance goals relating DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Object Classification (in millions of dollars) to the processing of veterans benefits are contained in VA’s annual performance plan. Compensation and pensions.—Provides timely and efficient processing of claims for veterans and dependents relating to compensation and pension benefits under the various laws enacted by Congress. 11.1 11.5 WORKLOAD 11.9 12.1 13.0 Compensation and Pension: Original and reopened compensation claims ......................... Original and reopened pension claims .................................. 510 166 1998 projected 571 170 1999 projected 600 176 Education.—Provides timely and efficient processing of claims for veterans and dependents relating to education benefits under the various laws enacted by Congress. WORKLOAD [In thousands] Education: Original claims ....................................................................... Adjustments/supplemental claims ......................................... 1997 actual 146 1,045 1998 est. 144 1,002 1999 est. 144 1,003 Loan guaranty.—Facilitates the extension of private capital, on more liberal terms than generally available to nonveterans, to: assist veterans and servicepersons in obtaining housing credits; provide grants to aid permanently and totally disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing; and assist veterans in retaining their homes during periods of temporary economic difficulty through intensive supplemental mortgage loan servicing. WORKLOAD 1997 actual Identification code 36–0151–0–1–705 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other personnel compensation ............................. 1998 est. 1999 est. 472 11 460 8 468 19 483 100 12 468 100 10 487 104 1 8 2 1 75 6 7 2 2 69 7 8 2 2 72 7 24.0 25.1 25.2 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Benefits for former personnel ................................... Travel and transportation of persons: Employee travel ..................................................... Interagency motor pool payments ........................ Transportation of things ........................................... Rental payments to GSA ........................................... Rental payments to others ........................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. Printing and reproduction ......................................... Advisory and assistance services ............................. Other services ............................................................ Supplies and materials ............................................. Equipment ................................................................. 32 2 2 74 12 18 28 47 2 2 1 ................... 77 97 8 10 5 11 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 827 251 786 334 850 374 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 1,078 1,120 1,224 [Claims completed in thousands] 1997 actual 845 21.0 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Personnel Summary 1997 actual Identification code 36–0151–0–1–705 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment1 .............................................................. Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1998 est. 1999 est. 1001 1 Reflects 10,931 10,326 10,283 3,228 3,250 3,515 FTE treated as reimbursements in all years and the effects of Credit Reform, per P.L. 101–508. [In thousands] Loan guaranty: Construction and valuation .................................................... Loan processing ...................................................................... Loan service and claims ........................................................ Property management ............................................................. 1997 actual 342 725 365 50 1998 est. 340 720 370 55 1999 est. 316 670 375 58 Vocational rehabilitation and counseling.—Provides counseling and assistance to enable veterans with service-connected disabilities to achieve maximum independence in daily living and, to the maximum extent feasible, obtain and maintain suitable employment. OFFICE Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.10 01.01 [In thousands] 1997 actual 51 48 10 15 1998 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct program ............................................................... Reimbursable program .................................................. 31 1 31 2 33 2 50 53 9 14 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 32 33 35 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ New obligations ............................................................. 33 –32 33 –33 35 –35 31 31 33 2 2 2 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 33 33 35 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 5 32 –32 5 33 –31 7 35 –33 5 7 9 27 29 31 1999 est. 50 53 9 14 Insurance.—Provides life insurance protection for servicepersons and veterans. The VA administers five life insurance programs and supervises three others through contractual agreements with commercial companies. WORKLOAD [In thousands] 1997 actual Insurance: Policy service actions ............................................................. Collections ............................................................................... Disability claims ..................................................................... Insurance awards ................................................................... INSPECTOR GENERAL Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) WORKLOAD Vocational rehabilitation and counseling: Evaluation and planning ........................................................ Rehabilitation services ........................................................... Employment services status ................................................... Vocational/educational counseling ......................................... OF For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, ø$31,013,000¿ $32,702,000. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) 1,413 3,694 40 573 1998 est. 1,721 3,471 12 608 1999 est. 1,798 3,263 10 1,260 General administration.—Includes Departmental executive direction and supporting offices, the General Counsel, the Board of Veterans Appeals, and the Board of Contract Appeals. New budget authority (gross), detail: Current: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. Permanent: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 70.00 72.40 86.90 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. 846 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued OFFICE OF THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 INSPECTOR GENERAL—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1997 actual Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 Identification code 36–0129–0–1–705 1998 est. 1999 est. 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 00.10 86.93 86.97 86.98 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 ................... ................... 32 –2 31 –2 33 31 31 1997 actual 11.1 12.1 21.0 23.1 25.2 31.0 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ........ Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Travel and transportation of persons ....................... Rental payments to GSA ........................................... Other services ............................................................ Equipment ................................................................. 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. 32 Reimbursable obligations .............................................. ................... Total obligations ........................................................ 31 29 33 31 1998 est. 1999 est. 22 22 24 4 5 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 ................... ................... 32 31 2 33 2 33 35 Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 92 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 77 84 92 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ New obligations ............................................................. 77 –77 84 –84 92 –92 New budget authority (gross), detail: Appropriation .................................................................. 77 84 92 12 77 –78 10 84 –83 11 92 –91 10 11 12 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 72.40 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 99.9 84 –2 This appropriation provides Department-wide audit, investigation, and essential inspection and support functions to identify and report weaknesses and deficiencies in VA programs and operations that create conditions for existing or potential instances of fraud, waste, and mismanagement. The audit function plans and conducts internal programmatic audits of all facets of VA operations. The investigative function conducts proactive and reactive investigations of improper and illegal activities involving VA programs, personnel, beneficiaries, and other third parties. The support function provides normal office administrative support as well as contract audit services for: all applicable Department contracts; personnel, and information security for the VA; and, legislatively mandated medical care quality assurance review and oversight. Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 77 40.00 Outlays from current balances ...................................... Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... Outlays from permanent balances ................................ Obligations by program activity: Direct obligations ........................................................... 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 1001 322 323 317 17 20 23 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new current authority .............................. Outlays from current balances ...................................... 69 9 76 7 83 8 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 78 83 91 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 77 77 84 83 92 91 Specific performance goals relating to the National Cemetery System are contained in VA’s annual performance plan. The mission of the National Cemetary System is to honor the military service of our Nation’s veterans. The National Cemetery System provides a dignified burial and lasting memorial for veterans and their eligible family members and it maintains all veterans’ cemeteries as national shrines. The National Cemetery System’s vision is to provide a lasting tribute to our national veterans by being mission-driven, results-oriented, and customer-focused. There are four related programs managed by the National Cemetery System including: (1) burying eligible veterans and family members in national cemeteries and maintaining the graves and their environs as national shrines; (2) providing aid to States in establishing, expanding, or improving State veteran cemeteries; (3) providing headstones and markers for the graves of eligible persons in national, State, and private cemeteries; and (4) providing presidential memorial certificates to family and friends of deceased veterans, recognizing the veteran’s contribution and service to the Nation. To facilitate account restructuring and consolidation, the National Cemetery System also reflects budget information for the National Cemetery Gift Fund. Through this Trust Fund, the Secretary is authorized to accept gifts and bequests which are made for the purpose of beautifying national cemeteries or are determined to be beneficial to such cemeteries, or are made for the purpose of the operation, maintenance, or improvement of the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0129–0–1–705 NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of the National Cemetery System, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of øthree¿ six passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, ø$84,183,000¿ $92,006,000. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. 11.1 11.3 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other than full-time permanent ............................... 38 5 40 6 42 6 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.1 23.3 25.2 26.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Rental payments to GSA ................................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. 43 12 1 1 4 7 6 46 13 1 1 4 9 6 48 14 1 1 5 11 7 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 847 31.0 Equipment ...................................................................... 3 4 5 Outlays .................................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 77 84 92 Total: Budget Authority ..................................................................... .................... .................... .................... Outlays .................................................................................... –1 .................... .................... Personnel Summary 1997 actual Identification code 36–0129–0–1–705 1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1,283 1998 est. 1999 est. 1,348 1,369 Intragovernmental funds: SUPPLY FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–4537–0–4–705 09.01 09.01 09.02 09.02 09.03 Obligations by program activity: Cost of goods sold ......................................................... Other .............................................................................. Cost of goods sold ......................................................... Other .............................................................................. Procurement, distribution, and services program: Purchase of equipment .................................................. 1998 est. 1999 est. 443 40 10 1 554 47 10 1 578 47 10 1 11 3 3 Total obligations ........................................................ 505 615 639 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 58 530 83 615 83 639 588 –505 698 –615 722 –639 83 83 Under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 8121, the Supply Fund is responsible for the operation and maintenance of a supply system for VA. The Supply Fund is an intragovernmental revolving fund without fiscal year limitations. Budget program.—The fund provides financial support for: (1) a National Acquisition Center or central contracting office; (2) the maintenance of field station inventories; (3) a service and distribution center; (4) a service and reclamation program; (5) a national prosthetics distribution center; and (6) an asset management service. Costs for the administration of supply activities at VA field stations are not financed by the Supply Fund. These costs are charged directly to applicable appropriations accounts. Financing.—Costs of supplies, equipment, and services acquired through the Supply Fund and Supply Fund operating costs are recovered through reimbursements from the VA appropriations and other Government agencies receiving goods and services. For 1999, Supply Fund sales are estimated to reach $618 million. Average inventory needed to support those sales will be $39 million. Operating results.—The Fund operated at a profit of $9 million in 1997. The new total of retained earnings is $61 million, which has been used to finance inventory growth. Operating expense as related to sales was 11 percent. 83 10.00 21.40 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections: 68.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 68.10 Change in orders on hand from Federal sources 68.90 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual Identification code 36–4537–0–4–705 1998 est. 1999 est. 11.1 11.5 501 615 639 29 ................... ................... Spending authority from offsetting collections (total) ................................................................ 530 615 639 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 530 615 639 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: 72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................. 72.95 Orders on hand from Federal sources ...................... 57 203 33 232 33 232 260 505 –500 265 615 –615 33 232 33 232 33 232 74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end of year .................. 265 265 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 500 615 19 1 21 1 11.9 12.1 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.3 24.0 25.1 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Transportation of things ................................................ Rental payments to GSA ................................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Printing and reproduction .............................................. Advisory and assistance services .................................. Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 18 3 2 1 1 1 10 14 235 220 20 4 4 1 1 2 10 13 308 252 22 4 4 1 1 2 10 13 322 260 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 505 615 639 265 86.97 17 1 265 639 –639 74.40 74.95 Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................ New obligations ............................................................. Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................. Orders on hand from Federal sources ...................... Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other personnel compensation .................................. 639 70.00 72.99 73.10 73.20 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources 88.95 Change in orders on hand from Federal sources ......... 89.00 90.00 Personnel Summary 1997 actual Identification code 36–4537–0–4–705 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1998 est. 350 375 1999 est. 399 SUPPLY FUND (Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO) –501 –615 –639 –29 ................... ................... Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... –1 ................... ................... Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4537–4–4–705 1999 est. 5 10.00 Total obligations (object class 31.0) ........................ ................... ................... 5 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... 5 –5 Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays (in millions of dollars) 1998 est. Obligations by program activity: Procurement, distribution, and services program: Purchase of equipment .................................................. ................... ................... 09.03 Enacted/requested: 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. Budget Authority ..................................................................... .................... .................... .................... Outlays .................................................................................... –1 .................... .................... Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO: Budget Authority ..................................................................... .................... .................... .................... 1997 actual 848 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources Intragovernmental funds—Continued SUPPLY FUND—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1997 actual Identification code 36–4537–4–4–705 1998 est. 89.00 90.00 1999 est. New budget authority (gross), detail: Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... ................... ................... 5 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: New obligations ............................................................. ................... ................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... 5 –5 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... ................... ................... 5 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ................... ................... –5 68.00 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... ................... –74 VA was chosen as a pilot Franchise Fund agency under the Government Management and Reform Act, P.L. 103–356, of 1994. Established in FY 1997, administrative services included in the Franchise Fund are financed on a fee-for-service basis rather than through VA’s General Operating Expenses Appropriation. VA’s franchise fund is a revolving fund used to supply common administrative services on the basis of services supplied. Service Activities are expected to have net billings of about $73.8 million and employ 749 people, who were transferred from their parent organizations. The Franchise Fund concept is intended to increase competition for government administrative services resulting in lower costs and higher quality. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1997 actual 11.1 12.1 21.0 23.1 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Rental payments to GSA ................................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 99.9 Total obligations ........................................................ 1998 est. 1999 est. 21 30 30 4 7 8 1 1 1 2 2 2 19 23 23 6 4 8 1 1 2 2 ................... ................... 56 68 74 Personnel Summary 1997 actual Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 2001 FRANCHISE FUND –68 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... –11 –4 –1 Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 In 1999, the budget proposes that VA be given the authority to charge lenders a fee of $25 for each VA loan that is guaranteed. VA will charge this fee for 3 years, and all fees collected would be earmarked for use in developing, maintaining, and enhancing a VA Loan Information System (VALIS) that would interact with the information systems used by lenders to make VA guaranteed loans. Collections would be deposited into the Supply Fund and be available solely for the VALIS system. VA may spend up to $15 million of its collections on this information system. After September 30, 2003, any unobligated collections would be transferred as miscellaneous receipts to the Treasury. –59 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 422 1998 est. 1999 est. 664 742 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 1997 actual 1998 est. GENERAL FUND RECEIPT ACCOUNTS 1999 est. (in millions of dollars) 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable program .................................................. 56 68 74 10.00 Total obligations ........................................................ 56 68 74 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance available, start of year: Uninvested ................................................................. ................... 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 59 3 68 3 74 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est. Total budgetary resources available for obligation New obligations ............................................................. Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested ................................................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 59 –56 71 –68 3 3 68 74 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. ................... 73.10 New obligations ............................................................. 56 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... –47 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance: Uninvested ................................................................. 8 8 68 –64 12 74 –73 12 13 56 8 61 12 64 73 72.40 87.00 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new permanent authority ......................... 47 Outlays from permanent balances ................................ ................... Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 249 257 249 9 ................... ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 59 86.97 86.98 248 640 455 77 –74 3 185 General Fund Offsetting receipts from the public ..................... 23.90 23.95 24.40 Offsetting receipts from the public: 36–243100 Fees and other charges for medical services, VA ....................................................................................... 36–247300 Contributions from military personnel, Veteran’s Educational Assistance Act of 1984 ......................... 47 SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999 for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations. SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999 for salaries and expenses shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. SEC. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home. SEC. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901–7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141–5204), unless reimbursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical care’’ account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999 for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year ø1997¿ 1998. SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999 shall be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’. SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account for the cost of administration of the insurance programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in an insurance program in fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999, that are available for dividends in that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administration of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999, which is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance program and to the provision of any total disability income insurance included in such insurance program. øSEC. 108. Section 214(l)(1)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)(D)) (as added by section 220 of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 and redesignated as subsection (l) by section 671(a)(3)(A) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except that, in the case of a request by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the alien shall not be required to practice medicine in a geographic area designated by the Secretary’’.¿ øSEC. 109. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, United States Code, the following obligated balance shall be exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and shall remain available for expenditure without fiscal year limitation: Funds obligated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for lease number 757–084B–001– 91 from funds made available in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–389) under the heading ‘‘Medical care’’.¿ Sec. 108. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, United States Code, the following obligated balances shall be exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and shall remain available for expenditure without fiscal year limitation: (1) funds obligated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for lease numbers 084B–05–94, 084B–07–94, and 084B–027–94 from funds made available in the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103– 124) under the heading ‘‘Medical care’’; and (2) funds obligated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for lease number 084B–002–96 from funds made available in the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–327) under the heading ‘‘Medical care’’. Sec. 109. Beginning in fiscal year 1999, and thereafter, funds available in any Department of Veterans Affairs appropriation or fund for salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication for all services provided at rates which will recover actual costs. Payments may be made in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated costs. Amounts received shall be credited to the General Operating Expenses account for use by the office that provided the service. (De- TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 849 partments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.) TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set forth therefore in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this provision does not apply to accounts that do not contain an object classification for travel: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in connection with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with major disasters or emergencies declared or determined by the President under the provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector General in connection with audits and investigations; or to payments to interagency motor pools where separately set forth in the budget schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such appropriations, the expenditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the estimates in the same proportion. SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Selective Service System shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831). SEC. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended— (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee of the United States unless— (A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part of, a voucher or abstract which describes the payee or payees and the items or services for which such expenditure is being made; or (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; and (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from such audit. SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency may be expended for the transportation of any officer or employee of such department or agency between his domicile and his place of employment, with the exception of any officer or employee authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905. SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not share in the cost of conducting research resulting from proposals not specifically solicited by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research. SEC. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for level IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law. 850 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS—Continued SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.). SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided under existing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursuant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are: (1) a matter of public record and available for public inspection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of all contracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date on which the list is made available to the public and of all contracts on which performance has not been completed by such date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description of the work to be performed under each such contract. SEC. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for services unless such executive agency: (1) has awarded and entered into such contract in full compliance with such Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder; and (2) requires any report prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to such contract, to contain information concerning: (A) the contract pursuant to which the report was prepared; and (B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such contract. SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, none of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee of such department or agency. SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon. SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress and a period of 30 days has expired following the date on which the report is received by the Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 415. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this Act should be American-made. THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress. SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–21. SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates. SEC. 419. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for ø1998¿ 1999 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States Government. SEC. 420. Notwithstanding section 320(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(g)), funds made available pursuant to authorization under such section for fiscal year ø1998¿ 1999 and prior fiscal years may be used for implementing comprehensive conservation and management plans. øSEC. 421. Such funds as may be necessary to carry out the orderly termination of the Office of Consumer Affairs shall be made available from funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal year 1998.¿ SEC. ø422¿ 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national service education awards shall mean any loan made directly to a student by the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education, in addition to other meanings under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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