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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS The 2001 budget provides $22,363 million in discretionary funding for veterans health, benefits, and other services, including $22,971 million in gross discretionary budget authority and $608 million in anticipated medical collections. The account by account information provided in the following budget schedules is supplemented by a departmentwide strategic plan, published in September 1997, a performance plan submitted annually with the Budget, and an annual accountability report. The performance plan contains annual goals for each of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) programs along with historic performance data, where available. The accountability report includes audited financial statements along with actual program performance as measured against goals. VA published an initial strategic plan in September, 1997. The Department will publish a new strategic plan in 2000. The 2001, performance plan highlights approximately 25 key measures determined by the VA’s top executives as overall measures of departmental performance. In addition, the performance plan identifies the total budgetary resources, including FTE, associated with each of VA’s major programs. f VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION of such audits shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes for which funds are appropriated under this heading and the purposes of paying a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a result of an audit carried out by the contractor: Provided further, That all amounts so collected under the preceding proviso with respect to a designated health care region (as that term is defined in 38 U.S.C. 1729A(d)(2)) shall be allocated, net of payments to the contractor, to that region. øIn 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, 2000.) Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 2000 est. 2001 est. Balance, start of year: Balance, start of year .................................................... 54 51 51 Receipts: 02.01 Medical care collections ................................................ 574 600 ................... 02.08 MCCF first party collections .......................................... ................... ................... 203 02.09 MCCF third party collections ......................................... ................... ................... 290 02.10 DOD tricare reimbursement ........................................... ................... ................... 115 01.99 02.99 Total receipts ............................................................. 574 600 608 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriation: 05.01 Medical care .................................................................. 628 651 659 ¥577 ¥600 ¥608 51 51 51 Federal Funds 04.00 General and special funds: MEDICAL CARE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 07.99 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 ø$8,000,000¿ $16,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5), ø$19,006,000,000¿ $20,281,587,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $900,000,000 is for the equipment and land and structures object classifications only, which amount shall not become available for obligation until August 1, ø2000¿ 2001, and shall remain available until September 30, ø2001¿ 2002: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed $900,000,000 shall be available until September 30, ø2001: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed $27,907,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’¿ 2002: Provided further, That the department shall conduct by contract a program of recovery audits for the fee basis and other medical services contracts with respect to payments for hospital care; and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302(b), amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result Total balance, end of year ............................................ Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual 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 ............................................................... 2000 est. 2001 est. 4,587 359 1,129 1,727 370 337 7,499 908 118 4,963 375 1,124 1,884 361 375 8,600 956 128 5,173 392 1,134 1,976 357 395 9,557 966 139 17,034 18,766 20,089 01.01 01.02 01.03 01.04 01.05 01.06 01.07 01.08 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 ............... 254 19 50 52 15 14 310 25 217 16 49 82 16 16 375 42 233 18 51 89 16 18 431 44 01.91 Total capital investment .................................. 739 813 900 01.92 09.01 Total direct program ............................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 17,773 103 19,579 117 20,989 126 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 17,876 19,696 21,115 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 1,039 17,923 1,082 19,615 1,005 21,016 00.91 871 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 872 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 General and special funds—Continued MEDICAL CARE—Continued (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 22.10 23.90 23.95 23.98 24.40 2000 est. Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations ....................................................................... ................... Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 2001 est. 3 3 18,962 20,700 22,024 ¥17,876 ¥19,696 ¥21,115 ¥3 ................... ................... 1,082 1,005 909 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 17,306 19,006 20,282 Appropriation (special fund, indefinite): 40.25 Appropriation (special fund, indefinite) ............... 577 600 ................... 40.25 Appropriation (special fund, indefinite) ............... ................... ................... 608 40.75 Reduction pursuant to P.L. 106–51 ......................... ¥35 ................... ................... 40.76 Reduction pursuant to P.L. 106–113 ....................... ................... ¥80 ................... 41.00 Transferred to other accounts ................................... ¥28 ¥28 ................... 43.00 68.00 70.00 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 17,820 19,498 20,890 103 117 126 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 17,923 19,615 21,016 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 2,734 2,572 3,712 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 17,876 19,696 21,115 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ¥17,950 ¥18,553 ¥21,193 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... ¥88 ................... ................... 73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts .............................. ................... ¥3 ¥3 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 2,572 3,712 3,631 ments. Amounts in the fund are intended to be used to: (1) furnish medical care services and (2) for VA expenses for identification, billing, auditing and collections of amounts owed the Government. These funds are available without fiscal year limitation. The Extended Care Revolving Fund was also established by the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act, P.L. 106–117. This fund receives per diems and co-pays from certain patients receiving extended care services as authorized in title 38, U.S.C. 1710B. Amounts deposited in the fund are used to provide extended care services. The proposal would also return one half of the first $700,000,000 ($350,000,000), in collections received by the consolidated fund to the Treasury. The 2001 budget also includes a legislative proposal to permanently extend current legal provisions due to expire in 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. WORKLOAD Provision of Veterans Health Care— Acute hospital care.—Costs for 2001 are estimated to increase by $227 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: 72.40 86.90 86.93 86.97 87.00 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... 15,018 15,902 Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 2,932 2,651 Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ................... ................... 17,233 3,688 272 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 17,950 18,553 21,193 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. ¥51 ¥52 ¥58 ¥59 ¥66 ¥60 1999 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 434,468 8,371 52,526 2000 est. 425,500 7,484 49,322 2001 est. 411,640 6,725 46,359 Rehabilitative care.—An increase of $20 million in 2001 is estimated for the provision of rehabilitative care, including spinal cord injury care. Estimated operating levels are: 1999 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 16,274 1,259 4,848 2000 est. 15,470 1,156 4,700 2001 est. 14,656 1,052 4,465 Psychiatric care.—An increase of $12 million is estimated in 2001 for the inpatient care of veterans with problems related to mental illness, including alcohol and drug problems. Estimated operating levels are: 1999 actual ¥103 ¥117 ¥126 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 17,820 17,846 19,498 18,436 20,890 21,067 Nursing home care.—In 2001, an increase of $99 million is estimated for the care of residents in VA nursing homes, contract nursing homes and State nursing homes. Estimated operating levels are: VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00002 1999 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 89,217 32,204 21,018 100,000 4,269 15,000 2001 est. Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. For 2001, the budget provides a total VA Medical Care program level of $20,890 million, an increase of $1,392 million over the 2000 level. This includes $20,282 million in appropriated budget authority and $608 million in anticipated medical collections. VA’s authority to retain all collections from third party insurance companies, other copayments, and related medical fees is relatively uncommon in the federal government and critical to VA’s success in providing care to veterans. The 2001 budget includes a proposal to consolidate the Health Services Improvement Fund and the Extended Care Revolving Fund with the Medical Care Collections Fund. The Health Services Improvement Fund was established by the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act, P.L. 106– 117. This fund serves as a depository for amounts received or collected under the following areas as authorized by title 38, U.S.C. 1729B: (1) reimbursement from DoD for Tricareeligible military retirees; (2) enhanced-use lease proceeds; and (3) receipts attributable to increases in medication copay- 111,726 5,144 16,447 2000 est. 88.90 2000 est. 93,030 32,552 21,762 86,200 3,586 13,800 2001 est. 98,929 32,769 22,539 Noninstitutional extended care.—Included in estimates above in 2001 is an increase of $278 million estimated for noninstitutional extended care programs such as adult day care; home based primary care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation care; and home health aids. Estimated operating levels are: 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. Patients treated ........................................................................... .................... .................... .................... Average daily census .................................................................. 21,371 26,905 53,240 Average employment ................................................................... .................... .................... .................... Subacute care.—A decrease of $4 million is estimated in 2001 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. Estimated operating levels are: Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 1999 actual Patients treated ........................................................................... Average daily census .................................................................. Average employment ................................................................... 2000 est. 50,332 2,562 5,697 54,000 2,254 5,298 2001 est. 59,268 2,006 4,953 Residential care.—An increase of $22 million is estimated in 2001 for the care of veterans in locations other than their own homes, such as residential rehabilitation and domiciliary care programs. Estimated operating levels are: 1999 actual Patients treated ........................................................................... Average daily census .................................................................. Average employment ................................................................... 2000 est. 49,774 10,496 4,696 50,008 10,386 4,784 2001 est. 50,490 10,231 4,890 Outpatient care.—An increase of $1,020 million is estimated in 2001 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. Estimated operating levels are: NUMBER OF MEDICAL VISITS AND DENTAL WORKLOADS Medical visits (in thousands): Staff visits .............................................................................. Fee visits ................................................................................. Readjustment counseling ....................................................... 1999 actual 35,236 1,692 871 37,700 1,861 827 39,000 2,010 827 Total ........................................................................... 37,799 40,388 41,837 2000 est. 2001 est. 284,425 155,336 287,000 159,000 287,000 159,000 Total ........................................................................... 439,761 446,000 446,000 Fee: Cases completed ........................................................ 11,648 14,000 14,000 Average employment ............................................................... 69,503 71,486 73,883 Miscellaneous benefits and services.—An increase of $12 million is estimated in 2001 for the cost of this activity which 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. 1999 actual 2000 est. 7,737 7,969 2001 est. 8,128 Civilian health and medical program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA).—An increase of $11 million is estimated in 2001 for private hospital and outpatient care for dependents and survivors of certain veterans. Estimated operating levels are: 1999 actual Average daily hospital census ................................................ Outpatient (in thousands) ...................................................... Average employment ............................................................... 2000 est. 140 1,076 189 140 1,178 189 2001 est. 140 1,290 189 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.9 12.1 13.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other than full-time permanent ........................... Other personnel compensation ............................. 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 ........................................... VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 41.0 41.0 43.0 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 .............................................. 17,773 103 19,579 117 20,989 126 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 17,876 19,696 21,115 24.0 25.2 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 26.0 26.0 31.0 32.0 2000 est. 2001 est. 6,709 884 798 6,964 918 828 7,338 967 873 8,391 2,043 9 8,710 2,183 132 9,178 2,235 10 46 115 15 32 20 55 120 16 32 20 55 120 16 32 20 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00003 11 61 12 65 13 68 485 10 1,476 533 10 1,771 531 10 2,160 11 319 205 189 14 363 229 217 14 380 239 225 106 116 126 3,123 76 486 253 3,733 76 550 263 4,196 79 626 274 273 16 2 325 32 2 347 33 2 Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 Dental: Staff: Examinations .................................................................. Treatments ..................................................................... Average employment ............................................................... 23.1 23.2 23.3 873 f Direct: Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1001 MEDICAL AND 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 181,605 179,382 178,060 1,056 1,128 1,146 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, ø2001, $321,000,000¿ 2002, $321,000,000, plus reimbursements. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 2000 est. 2001 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Operating expenses: 00.01 Medical research ................................................... 00.02 Rehabilitation research ......................................... 00.03 Health services research ...................................... 00.04 Cooperative studies research ............................... 167 24 39 52 185 27 43 58 175 27 43 58 00.91 282 313 303 01.01 01.02 01.03 01.04 Total operating expenses ................................. Capital investment: Medical research ................................................... Rehabilitation research ......................................... Health services research ...................................... Cooperative studies research ............................... 17 3 2 3 14 2 2 3 13 2 1 2 01.91 Total capital investment .................................. 25 21 18 01.92 09.01 Total direct program ............................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 307 41 334 33 321 40 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 348 367 361 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 19 357 28 354 15 361 23.90 23.95 23.98 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 376 382 376 ¥348 ¥367 ¥361 ¥1 ................... ................... 28 15 15 PsN: VET 874 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 General and special funds—Continued MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 2000 est. 2001 est. New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 316 321 321 41 33 40 70.00 357 354 361 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 122 110 132 348 367 361 ¥358 ¥345 ¥366 ¥2 ................... ................... 110 132 261 83 275 91 87.00 358 345 366 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥41 ¥33 ¥40 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... 316 316 321 312 321 326 The Medical and Prosthetic Research account is an intramural program whose mission is to discover knowledge and create innovations that advance the health and care of veterans and the Nation. Veterans health issues are addressed comprehensively in the following four program divisions: Medical Research.—Medical Research strives to understand the disease process so that efficient, rational interventions can be made to cure or alleviate the effects of disease. The program supports investigator-initiated research projects, the training of clinicians in basic and clinical research, and centers of excellence devoted to specific diseases. The research is done in areas particularly relevant to the veteran population—aging, chronic disease, mental illness, substance abuse, military occupations, and environmental exposures. Rehabilitation Research.—Rehabilitation Research is dedicated to the development and application of science and engineering to improve the care and quality of life for the physically disabled. The program supports investigator-initiated research projects, the training of clinicians and engineers in rehabilitation research, centers of excellence devoted to specific disabilities, and technology transfer. The research is done in areas particularly relevant to the disabled veteran population—aging, sensory loss, and trauma related illness. Health Services Research.—Health Services Research is directed toward improving the outcome effectiveness and cost efficiency of health care delivery for the veteran population. The program supports investigator-initiated research projects, the training of clinicians in applied clinical research, centers of excellence devoted to specific aspects of health care delivery, and service-directed projects addressing clinical management needs. The research focuses on the translation of research findings to clinical best practices for all veteran patients. Particular contributions are made in the areas of aging, substance abuse, health systems, and special populations. Cooperative Studies.—Cooperative Studies Research has recently been separated from the Medical Research and Health Services Research programs and is directed toward large 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. Medical and prosthetic research appropriation .......................... Medical care appropriation ......................................................... Federal grants (NIH) .................................................................... Other grants (voluntary agencies, private proprietary) .............. 316 326 337 143 321 331 343 145 321 331 348 147 Total budgetary resources ............................................. 1,122 1,140 1,147 125 249 109 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 SUMMARY OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES [In millions of dollars] Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... 86.93 Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. Total outlays (gross) ................................................. multi-site clinical trials. Cooperative Studies supports the clinical trials with its own statistical support centers and its own FDA-approved pharmacy. The research determines the efficacy and cost effectiveness of new medications and new treatment strategies of direct benefit to the veteran population in the areas of aging, chronic disease, mental illness, special populations, and military occupations and environmental exposures. VA’s Medical and Prosthetic Research programs are included in the 21st Century Research Fund. Frm 00004 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 11.1 11.3 11.5 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other than full-time permanent ........................... Other personnel compensation ............................. 2000 est. 2001 est. 41 76 4 44 89 4 43 86 4 121 29 3 137 35 3 133 34 2 25.5 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Employee travel ......................................................... Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. Research and development contracts ....................... Supplies and materials ............................................. Equipment ................................................................. 1 101 32 20 1 104 34 20 1 100 31 20 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 307 41 334 33 321 40 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 348 367 361 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.3 Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 f Direct: 1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 2,486 2,707 2,552 488 283 331 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 capital policy activities, ø$59,703,000¿ $64,884,000 plus reimbursements: Provided, That øproject¿ technical and consulting services offered by the Facilities Management øService Delivery Office¿ Field Service, including øtechnical consulting services,¿ project management, real property administration (including leases, site acquisition and disposal activities directly supporting projects), shall be provided to Department of Veterans Affairs components only on a reimbursable basis, and such amounts will remain available until September 30, ø2000¿ 2001. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 23.3 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 Obligations by program activity: Operating expenses: Integrated health care system administration ........................................................... 00.02 Capital investment ........................................................ 2000 est. 25.2 26.0 31.0 2001 est. 00.01 01.00 09.01 10.00 58 5 59 1 64 1 Total direct program ................................................. 63 Reimbursable program .................................................. ................... 60 7 65 7 67 72 Total new obligations ................................................ 63 Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. Other services ............................................................ Supplies and materials ............................................. Equipment ................................................................. 99.0 99.0 63 ¥63 67 ¥67 72 ¥72 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 63 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. ................... 60 65 7 7 70.00 67 72 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 63 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ............................... 12 13 72.95 From Federal sources: Receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders ........................................................... ................... ................... 72.99 73.10 73.20 74.40 74.95 Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................ 12 Total new obligations .................................................... 63 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ¥61 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 13 From Federal sources: Receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders ........................................................... ................... 13 67 ¥64 14 14 1 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 63 60 7 65 7 67 72 Personnel Summary f 1999 actual 2000 est. Direct: 1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 488 Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... ................... 2001 est. 484 527 57 57 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 12 1 1 13 15 13 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 52 9 58 6 65 9 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 61 64 74 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.45 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Offsetting governmental collections from the public ................. ................... ¥7 ¥7 60 57 65 67 1999 actual Identification code 36–0163–0–1–703 72.40 15 72 ¥74 Total unpaid obligations, end of year .................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1 1 3 1 1 ................... 1 1 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 74.99 89.00 90.00 1 4 1 5 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. 63 Reimbursable obligations .............................................. ................... Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 23.95 Total new obligations .................................................... 875 89.00 90.00 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 2000 est. 2001 est. 2 ................... ................... Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... ................... f 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 1999 through 2001. MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY FUND 63 61 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–5014–0–2–703 2000 est. 2001 est. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 1 ................... ................... ¥1 ................... ................... 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 1 ................... ................... 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 1 ................... ................... 72.40 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. In 2001, the Facilities Management Service Delivery Office will be directly reimbursed from organizations utilizing its services. The funding for tactical management and support activities is being aligned with organizations that directly utilize its services. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.1 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other than full-time permanent ........................... Other personnel compensation ............................. Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Travel and transportation of persons: employee travel ..................................................................... Rental payments to GSA ........................................... VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 2000 est. 2001 est. 34 3 2 37 1 3 43 1 3 39 7 41 7 47 8 1 5 1 5 1 6 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00005 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 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 876 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 f General and special funds—Continued CANTEEN SERVICE REVOLVING FUND MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY FUND—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) and services during any fiscal year, and (2) for VA expenses for identification, billing, auditing and collections of amounts owed the government. Public enterprise funds: MEDICAL FACILITIES REVOLVING FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4138–0–3–703 2000 est. 2001 est. Obligations by program activity: 09.01 Reimbursable operating costs ....................................... 09.02 Reimbursable capital expenses ..................................... 1 2 1 3 1 3 10.00 3 4 4 Total new obligations ................................................ Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 5 3 5 3 4 3 8 ¥3 5 8 ¥4 4 7 ¥4 4 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 3 3 3 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. ................... 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 3 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ¥3 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 1 1 4 ¥3 1 4 ¥4 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 4 72.40 86.97 86.98 87.00 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 3 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources .................................................................. 3 ¥3 ¥3 ¥3 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 from the Compensation and Pension account to assist in covering expenses at the facility furnishing the nursing care. 99.9 1999 actual Total new obligations ................................................ 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable operating expenses ................................. Reimbursable direct operations ..................................... Reimbursable capital investment: Sales program: Purchase of equipment and leasehold .......................... 5 6 6 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 219 227 228 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 15 218 14 228 17 229 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 233 ¥219 14 242 ¥227 17 246 ¥228 17 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 218 228 229 24 219 ¥218 25 227 ¥229 23 228 ¥231 25 23 20 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 129 85 132 89 134 88 72.40 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 215 3 225 3 226 3 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 218 229 231 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. ¥1 ¥217 ¥2 ¥226 ¥2 ¥227 88.90 ¥218 ¥228 ¥229 89.00 90.00 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... 1 2 Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... Jkt 186484 3 PO 00000 42 37 42 40 1999 actual Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 2000 est. 2001 est. 11.1 11.3 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other than full-time permanent ............................... 38 21 37 25 38 25 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 59 15 1 1 3 135 5 62 15 1 1 3 139 6 63 15 1 1 3 139 6 Total new obligations ................................................ 219 227 228 4 4 99.9 Frm 00006 37 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1 1 2 2001 est. 38 The Veterans Canteen Service was established to furnish, at reasonable prices, merchandise and services necessary for the comfort and well-being of veterans in VA medical facilities. Financing.—Operations will be financed from current revenues. 1 1 2 2000 est. Other services ................................................................ ................... Supplies and materials ................................................. 1 Equipment ...................................................................... 2 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 2001 est. 09.01 09.02 09.10 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 25.2 26.0 31.0 2000 est. 92.01 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... 1 Identification code 36–4138–0–3–703 1999 actual Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS f Personnel Summary Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 2001 2011 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. Identification code 36–4048–0–3–703 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment .................................. ................... 3,025 3,025 Exempt Full-time equivalent employment ..................... 3,010 ................... ................... SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC AND REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES FUND 1999 actual 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: Federal liabilities: 2101 Accounts payable ................................ 2105 Other ................................................... Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4048–0–3–703 877 2000 est. 2001 est. 1998 actual 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 13 15 17 20 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 17 20 21 24 1 .................. .................. 1 .................. 1 .................. 1 1 1 1 1 Obligations by program activity: 09.01 Contracts ........................................................................ 09.02 Education and training .................................................. 09.03 Operating expenses ........................................................ 24 2 13 25 2 13 25 2 13 2999 Total liabilities .................................... NET POSITION: 3300 Cumulative results of operations ............ 16 17 20 23 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 39 40 40 3999 Total net position ................................ 16 17 20 23 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 17 18 21 24 21.40 22.00 12 40 13 41 15 42 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 52 ¥39 13 54 ¥40 15 57 ¥40 17 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 40 41 42 1 39 ¥38 2 40 ¥39 2 40 ¥40 2 2 3 38 39 40 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4048–0–3–703 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources .................................................................. ¥40 ¥41 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. 2001 est. Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 1 36 1 1 1 37 1 1 1 37 1 1 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 39 40 40 MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4026–0–3–703 2000 est. 2001 est. 09.01 09.02 Obligations by program activity: Operating expenses ........................................................ Capital investments ....................................................... 94 11 96 11 99 12 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 105 107 111 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 18 105 18 108 18 110 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 123 ¥105 18 126 ¥107 18 128 ¥111 18 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 105 108 110 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 105 ¥105 107 ¥108 111 ¥110 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 105 108 110 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. ¥20 ¥85 ¥21 ¥87 ¥21 ¥89 ¥105 ¥108 ¥110 ¥42 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... ¥2 ¥2 ¥2 2000 est. 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 72.40 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... f 1999 actual 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4048–0–3–703 1998 actual 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 0101 0102 Revenue ................................................... Expense .................................................... 41 –39 40 –38 41 –39 42 –40 0105 Net income or loss (–) ............................ 2 2 2 2 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00007 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... ................... These nonprofit corporations provide a flexible funding mechanism for the conduct of approved research at Depart- Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 878 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 73.10 73.20 74.40 Public enterprise funds—Continued MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS—Continued ment 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. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4026–0–3–703 f 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 21.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 1 66 27 11 1 67 28 11 1 68 30 12 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 105 107 111 Trust Funds GENERAL POST FUND, NATIONAL HOMES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) øFor 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.¿ øIn 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, 2000.) Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8180–0–7–705 Balance, start of year: Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.01 General post fund, national homes, deposits ............... 02.02 General post fund, national homes, interest on investments ......................................................................... 01.99 2000 est. 2001 est. 2 2 1 30 30 30 3 3 3 Total receipts ............................................................. 33 33 33 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriation: 05.01 General post fund, national homes ............................... 35 35 34 ¥33 ¥34 ¥35 2 1 ¥1 02.99 04.00 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 00.01 00.02 00.03 Obligations by program activity: Religious, recreational, and entertainment activities Research activities ........................................................ Therapeutic residence maintenance .............................. 28 3 1 28 3 1 29 3 1 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 32 32 33 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 43 33 45 34 48 35 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 76 ¥32 45 79 ¥32 48 83 ¥33 48 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.27 Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ....................... 33 34 35 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 4 7 10 23.90 23.95 24.40 72.40 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00008 32 ¥29 32 ¥29 33 ¥29 7 10 13 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 26 3 27 2 28 3 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 29 29 29 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 33 29 34 29 35 29 45 51 46 51 46 46 Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 92.01 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 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. Legislation will be proposed to eliminate this program which has had no utilization to date, and for which new programs have filled the need. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8180–0–7–705 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8180–0–7–705 Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ f 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 21.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... Land and structures ...................................................... 2 13 13 3 1 2 13 13 3 1 2 14 13 3 1 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 32 32 33 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION Federal Funds General and special funds: 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, Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 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), $21,568,364,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $17,932,000 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.¿ (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) Activities formerly included in this account are proposed to be financed by three separate appropriation accounts in 2001 and are presented below in the ‘‘Compensation’’, ‘‘Pensions’’, and ‘‘Burial benefits and miscellaneous assistance’’ accounts. Amounts for 1999, 2000, and 2001 are shown on a comparable basis. The following table shows the distribution of the amounts (dollars in millions) appropriated in 1999 and 2000 and requested in 2001. Distribution of budget authority by account: Compensation ......................................................................... Pensions .................................................................................. Burial benefits ........................................................................ Distribution of outlays by account: Compensation ......................................................................... Pensions .................................................................................. Burial benefits ........................................................................ 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 18,663,234 3,084,495 109,329 18,375,028 3,063,637 129,699 19,567,055 3,066,127 133,094 17,962,565 3,075,728 109,329 18,957,135 3,054,451 129,699 19,672,390 3,065,127 133,094 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized by law, $19,567,055,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $1,266,000 shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ for necessary expenses, as authorized by chapter 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.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual 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 ............................................. 00.91 1 3,280 1,231 5,912 3,036 1,081 2000 est. 2001 est. 1 ................... 3,221 3,086 1,261 1,267 6,398 6,793 3,250 3,430 1,291 1,434 14,541 15,422 16,010 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 ............................................. 40 1,332 412 1,103 450 75 34 1,379 424 1,149 453 83 29 1,414 433 1,187 449 88 01.91 02.01 Total survivors .................................................. Clothing allowance .................................................... 3,412 41 3,522 40 3,600 40 02.93 17,994 18,984 19,650 13 9 10 07.01 07.02 Total compensation ............................................... Children: Vietnam era ............................................................... Other expenses: Payment to general operating expense ..................... Medical exam pilot program ..................................... 1 17 1 26 1 28 07.91 Total other expenses ................................................. 18 27 29 03.02 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Total new obligations (object class 42.0) ................ 19,020 19,689 21.40 22.00 22.21 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Unobligated balance transferred to other accounts 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 18,794 ¥18,025 769 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 18,663 18,375 19,567 1,347 18,025 ¥17,963 1,410 19,020 ¥18,957 1,474 19,689 ¥19,672 1,410 1,474 1,491 274 769 122 18,663 18,375 19,567 ¥143 ................... ................... 19,144 19,689 ¥19,020 ¥19,689 122 ................... 72.40 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 16,616 1,347 17,547 1,410 18,198 1,474 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 17,963 18,957 19,672 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 18,663 17,963 18,375 18,957 19,567 19,672 Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays COMPENSATION Identification code 36–0153–0–1–701 10.00 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 18,025 879 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00009 (in millions of dollars) Enacted/requested: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... 1999 actual 18,663 17,963 2000 est. 2001 est. 18,375 18,957 19,567 19,672 .................... .................... .................... .................... 345 311 .................... .................... 1,800 1,800 –1,795 –1,795 18,663 17,963 20,175 20,757 18,117 18,188 Total: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... This appropriation provides 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. Dependency and Indemnity Compensation is paid to survivors of servicepersons or veterans whose death occurred while on active duty or as a result of serviceconnected 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 ................................................. 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 8 109 558,252 176,605 732,590 555,502 262,057 7 70 522,560 172,900 739,113 567,860 288,200 6 40 485,762 169,100 747,305 582,462 300,400 Total .................................................................. Average payment per case, per year ........................ Total obligations (in millions) .......................... 2,285,123 $6,382 $14,541 2,290,710 $6,750 $15,421 2,285,075 $7,024 $16,010 Children of Vietnam era veterans: Children ..................................................................... 844 864 864 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3657 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 880 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 General and special funds—Continued 89.00 90.00 COMPENSATION—Continued AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMPENSATION CASES AND PAYMENTS—Continued 1999 actual 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) 1 ....................... 1 Amounts 2000 est. 2001 est. $15 $13 $11 $9 $11 $10 18 $628 $0 29 $225 $0 29 $225 $0 round to less than $1 million. ...................... 1 17 3 3,694 116,979 36,601 99,117 41,565 5,979 1 17 1 3,079 115,258 36,563 100,497 40,697 6,461 1 16 1 2,565 113,426 36,549 101,895 39,698 6,721 Total .................................................................. Average payment per case, per year ........................ Total obligations (in millions) .......................... 303,956 $11,227 $3,412 302,574 $11,641 $3,522 300,872 $11,965 $3,600 Clothing allowance: Number of veterans ................................................... Average payment per case, per year ........................ Total obligations (in millions) .......................... 75,604 $543 $41 75,785 $528 $40 75,598 $528 $40 f COMPENSATION Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0153–2–1–701 2000 est. ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 51 21 111 57 24 00.91 ................... ................... 264 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 ............................................. ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 1 31 10 26 10 2 01.91 02.01 Total survivors .................................................. ................... ................... Clothing allowance .................................................... ................... ................... 80 1 02.93 Total compensation ............................................... ................... ................... 345 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 42.0) ................ ................... ................... 345 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... Total new obligations .................................................... ................... ................... 345 ¥345 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. ................... ................... 345 ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... Change in unpaid obligations: Total new obligations .................................................... ................... ................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ ................... ................... Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ................... ................... VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 2000 est. 2001 est. 5 ¥1,800 02.93 Total compensation ............................................... ................... 1,800 ¥1,795 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 42.0) ................ ................... 1,800 ¥1,795 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... Total new obligations .................................................... ................... 1,800 ¥1,800 ¥1,795 1,795 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. ................... 1,800 ¥1,795 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: Total new obligations .................................................... ................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... 1,800 ¥1,800 ¥1,795 1,795 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ................... 1,800 ¥1,795 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... 1,800 1,800 ¥1,795 ¥1,795 2001 est. Obligations by program activity: Compensation: Veterans: 00.03 World War II .......................................................... 00.04 Korean conflict ...................................................... 00.05 Vietnam era .......................................................... 00.06 Peacetime service ................................................. 00.07 Persian Gulf conflict ............................................. 86.97 1999 actual Obligations by program activity: Compensation: Veterans: 00.03 Benefits for Fillipino veterans .............................. ................... ................... 00.04 Repeal delay of compensation benefits ............... ................... 1,800 (Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 345 311 Legislation will be proposed to provide a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to all compensation beneficiaries including spouses and children. This increase, effective December 1, 2000, is expected to be 2.5 percent and cost $345 million in 2001. Identification code 36–0153–4–1–701 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 ................................................. 73.10 73.20 74.40 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... f COMPENSATION (Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO) The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 requires VA to delay the issuing of October 2000 benefit payment from September 29, 2000 to October 2, 2000. Legislation will be proposed to repeal this delay. 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. The Administration is proposing legislation that will extend a current legal provision due to expire in 2002 which rounds down the annual COLA increase. f PENSIONS 345 ¥311 34 311 Frm 00010 For the payment of pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law, $3,066,127,000, to remain available until expended; of which not to exceed $16,153,000 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.) Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0154–0–1–701 AVERAGE NUMBER OF PENSION CASES AND PAYMENTS 2000 est. 1999 actual 2001 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Pensions: Veterans: 04.01 Improved law .................................................... 04.02 Prior law ........................................................... 2,282 50 2,299 43 2,330 37 04.91 2,332 2,342 2,367 05.01 05.02 05.03 Total veterans .............................................. Survivors: Improved law .................................................... Prior law ........................................................... Old law ............................................................. 645 92 1 623 83 1 608 74 1 05.91 Total survivors ............................................. 738 707 683 06.93 Total pensions .................................................. Other expenses: Reimbursement to GOE and VHA ......................... 3,070 3,049 3,050 15 14 16 Total direct program ............................................. 3,085 Reimbursable program: Minimum income for widows program ..................... ................... 3,063 3,066 4 4 3,067 3,070 07.02 08.00 09.01 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ Budgetary resources available for obligation: 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 23.95 Total new obligations .................................................... 3,085 3,085 ¥3,085 3,067 ¥3,067 3,070 ¥3,070 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 3,085 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... ................... 3,063 4 3,066 4 70.00 3,067 3,070 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 3,085 287 3,067 ¥3,057 297 3,070 ¥3,065 287 297 302 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 2,798 278 2,770 287 2,769 296 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 3,076 3,057 3,065 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 3,085 3,076 ¥4 ¥4 3,063 3,053 3,066 3,061 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, 2001, is expected to be 2.5 percent. VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00011 2001 est. 352,233 30,353 372 346,349 25,968 318 340,553 22,236 271 Total ............................................................................... Average payment per case, per year (in dollars) .................. 382,958 $6,088 372,635 $6,286 363,060 $6,519 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $2,332 $2,342 $2,367 Survivors: Improved law .......................................................................... Prior law .................................................................................. Old law and service ................................................................ 189,921 89,577 1,952 184,550 79,930 1,621 180,094 71,457 1,347 Total ............................................................................... Average payment per case, per year ...................................... 281,450 $2,622 266,101 $2,657 252,898 $2,701 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $738 $707 $683 Minimum Income for Widows Program: Widows .................................................................................... .................... Average benefit per case, per year ............................................. .................... 594 $6,224 562 $6,372 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... .................... $4 $4 7 $2,857 5 $3,000 Vocational training: Trainees ................................................................................... Average benefit per year ........................................................ 8 $4,625 Total obligations (in millions) 1 ..................................... .................... .................... .................... 1 Amounts 278 3,085 ¥3,076 2000 est. Veterans: Improved law .......................................................................... Prior law .................................................................................. Old law and service ................................................................ round to less than $1 million. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0154–0–1–701 42.0 99.0 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ................... 881 Direct obligations: Insurance claims and indemnities 3,085 Reimbursable obligations: Subtotal, reimbursable obligations ....................................................................... ................... 99.9 f Total new obligations ................................................ 3,085 2000 est. 2001 est. 3,063 3,066 4 4 3,067 3,070 The Administration is proposing legislation which will extend a current legal provision due to expire in 2002 which authorizes VA access to certain Internal Revenue Service data for determining eligibility for veterans pension benefits. BURIAL BENEFITS AND MISCELLANEOUS ASSISTANCE 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, $133,094,000, to remain available until expended. (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.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual 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 .......................................... 07.06 Graveliners ................................................................. 07.07 Pre-placed crypts ...................................................... 2000 est. 2001 est. 35 11 13 12 24 8 3 35 11 13 12 34 9 13 35 12 13 13 34 9 14 07.91 08.04 Total burial benefits ............................................. Equal access to justice ................................................. 106 3 127 3 130 3 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 42.0) ................ 109 130 133 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 109 130 133 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 882 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 General and special funds—Continued BURIAL BENEFITS AND MISCELLANEOUS ASSISTANCE—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–0155–0–1–701 2000 est. Total new obligations .................................................... ¥109 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 109 130 133 Change in unpaid obligations: 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 109 ¥109 130 ¥130 133 ¥133 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 109 130 133 23.95 86.97 ¥130 2001 est. ¥133 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 109 109 130 130 133 133 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. NUMBER OF BURIAL BENEFITS 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 86,405 85,300 84,200 75,061 76,800 78,600 9,901 9,880 9,850 549,018 519,400 526,200 345,389 342,960 348,840 3 .................... .................... 49,738 49,583 50,362 11,571 42,000 46,500 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. f MISCELLANEOUS ASSISTANCE CASELOAD 1999 actual Retired Officers ........................................................................... Special allowance dependents .................................................... Equal Access to Justice payments .............................................. 2 138 716 2000 est. 1 138 716 1 138 716 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 2001 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Education and training: 00.01 Sons and daughters ............................................. 00.02 Spouses ................................................................. 121 14 126 15 131 17 00.91 135 141 148 412 20 417 21 392 21 31 31 31 Total special assistance to disabled veterans 463 Work study ................................................................. 34 Payments to states ................................................... 13 All-volunteer assistance: Veterans’ basic benefits 803 Reporting fees ........................................................... ................... 469 33 13 806 4 444 35 13 1,025 4 Total education and training ........................... Special assistance to disabled veterans: Vocational rehabilitation ....................................... Housing grants ..................................................... Automobiles, adaptive equipment, maintenance and repair ......................................................... 01.01 01.02 01.03 01.91 02.01 02.02 02.03 02.04 02.91 All-volunteer assistance and other ...................... 850 856 1,077 02.93 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.02 Total direct program ............................................. Veterans’ basic benefits ................................................ Veterans’ supplementary benefits ................................. Reservists benefits ........................................................ Reservist supplementary benefits ................................. 1,448 9 75 103 1 1,466 7 76 102 1 1,669 4 89 106 1 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 1,636 1,652 1,869 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... 165 35 35 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 1,362 1,654 1,834 Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations ....................................................................... ................... 2 ................... 22.22 Unobligated balance transferred from other accounts 143 ................... ................... 21.40 22.00 22.10 23.90 23.95 23.98 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation 1,670 Total new obligations .................................................... ¥1,636 Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. ................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 35 1,691 1,869 ¥1,652 ¥1,869 ¥4 ................... 35 ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: Change for certain vocational rehabilitation activities ........................................................................ ................... ................... Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 1,175 1,469 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 187 185 1,664 200 70.00 1,834 40.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 1,362 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 55 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 1,636 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ¥1,632 73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts .............................. ................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 59 1,654 ¥30 72.40 59 34 1,652 1,869 ¥1,675 ¥1,889 ¥2 ................... 34 14 86.90 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... ................... ................... Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 1,270 1,582 Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 362 94 ¥30 1,850 69 87.00 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$1,469,000,000¿ $1,634,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, other than under subsection (a)(1), (2), (5) and 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 2000 est. 2001 est. READJUSTMENT BENEFITS VerDate 04-JAN-2000 1999 actual Identification code 36–0137–0–1–702 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... Burial allowance .......................................................................... Burial plot ................................................................................... Service-connected death ............................................................. Burial flags ................................................................................. Headstone markers ...................................................................... Headstone allowance ................................................................... Graveliners ................................................................................... Preplaced crypts .......................................................................... (11) of that section, shall be charged to the account: Provided further, 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, 2000.) Frm 00012 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1,632 1,675 1,889 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥187 ¥185 ¥200 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1,175 1,445 1,469 1,490 1,634 1,689 89.00 90.00 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 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 2001 will consist of appropriated funds of $1,634 million. The following table provides a comparison of trainees and costs for the Dependents Educational Assistance program. NUMBER OF TRAINEES AND COST Sons and daughters: Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee (in dollars) ..................................... 1999 actual 38,700 $3,135 40,300 $3,135 41,900 $3,135 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $121 $126 $131 Spouses and widow(ers): Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee (in dollars) ..................................... 5,723 $2,526 6,120 $2,526 6,630 $2,526 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $14 $15 $17 2000 est. 2001 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. Specially adapted housing grants, up to a maximum of $43,000, 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 $8,250. An allowance, up to a maximum of $8,000, 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. 1999 actual 1999 actual 2000 est. 26,500 27,400 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $34 $33 $35 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. The following table shows a caseload and cost comparison for these beneficiaries under existing legislation. CASELOAD AND AVERAGE COST DATA 1999 actual 51,630 $8,071 50,985 $7,686 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $412 $417 $392 Housing grants: Number of housing grants ..................................................... Average cost per grant ........................................................... 770 $26,331 800 $26,331 800 $26,331 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $20 $21 $21 1,023 $7,368 1,030 $7,368 1,030 $7,368 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $8 $8 $8 Adaptive equipment (including maintenance, repair and installation for automobiles): Number of items ..................................................................... Average cost ........................................................................... 8,593 $2,775 8,344 $2,842 8,102 $2,910 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $24 $24 $24 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. VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00013 2001 est. 288,052 $3,079 279,100 $3,192 309,300 $3,618 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $887 $891 $1,119 Reservists: Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee ........................................................ 73,580 $1,395 71,300 $1,415 70,900 $1,493 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $103 $101 $106 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0137–0–1–702 f Direct obligations: Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................................................................... Reimbursable obligations: Subtotal, reimbursable obligations ....................................................................... 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 1,449 1,467 1,669 187 185 200 1,636 1,652 1,869 REINSTATED ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 97–377 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0200–0–1–701 Automobiles or other conveyances: Number of conveyances .......................................................... Average cost per conveyance ................................................. 2000 est. Veterans: Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee ........................................................ 2001 est. 52,284 $7,872 2001 est. 26,543 99.0 Total number of trainees ............................................... Average cost per trainee ........................................................ 2000 est. Number of contracts ............................................................... 41.0 CASELOAD AND AVERAGE COST DATA 883 2000 est. 2001 est. 00.01 Obligations by program activity: Return of overpayment .................................................. 2 ................... ................... 01.00 09.01 Total Direct Program ................................................. Reimbursables ............................................................... 2 ................... ................... 18 16 13 09.99 Total reimbursable program ...................................... 18 16 13 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 42.0) ................ 20 16 13 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 5 19 2 ................... 15 13 23.90 23.95 23.98 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 24 17 13 ¥20 ¥16 ¥13 ¥2 ................... ................... 2 ................... ................... PsN: VET 884 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 General and special funds—Continued REINSTATED ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 97–377—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–0200–0–1–701 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 2000 est. 19 15 2 1 ................... 20 16 13 ¥19 ¥16 ¥13 ¥4 ................... ................... 19 ¥19 ¥15 13 ¥13 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 1 1 ................... 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 VETERANS INSURANCE 1999 actual 2000 est. 259 $11,838 $3 1,098 $11,062 $12 2001 est. 225 $12,844 $3 970 $11,969 $12 190 $13,158 $2 840 $12,381 $10 INDEMNITIES AND 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$28,670,000¿ $19,850,000, to remain available until expended. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0120–0–1–701 2000 est. 2001 est. 6 2 1 34 9 22 9 12 9 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 49 33 22 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 2 49 2 ................... 31 22 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 48 31 22 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 49 ¥47 33 ¥31 22 ¥22 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 47 31 22 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 ........................................................................... 46 47 29 31 20 20 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. 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. 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 2001 as indicated in the following table. POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE National service life insurance policies: 1 1999 actual Number of policies .................................................................. Amount of insurance (dollars in millions) ............................. VMLI policies: Number of policies .................................................................. Amount of insurance (dollars in millions) ............................. 2000 est. 2001 est. 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,518 201 3,430 209 3,310 207 1 All of the National Service Life Insurance (NSLI) policies issued to veterans with service-connected disabilities were merged with the National Service Life Insurance Program. 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 .......................................... 23.90 23.95 24.40 70.00 89.00 90.00 16 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. f 20 2 1 ................... ................... 87.00 Spouses ....................................................................................... Average benefit ........................................................................... Obligations (in millions) ............................................................. Children ....................................................................................... Average benefit ........................................................................... Obligations (in millions) ............................................................. 29 2 13 15 13 1 ................... 89.00 90.00 46 2 2001 est. Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 19 86.98 Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ ................... Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 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. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 51 33 22 ¥49 ¥33 ¥22 2 ................... ................... Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00014 1999 actual Identification code 36–0120–0–1–701 2000 est. 2001 est. 41.0 42.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ 40 9 24 9 13 9 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 49 33 22 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Public enterprise funds: 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. SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE FUND Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4012–0–3–701 2000 est. 2001 est. POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE Balance, start of year: 01.99 Balance, start of year .................................................... 03.00 Offsetting Collections .................................................... 24 34 22 10 ................... ................... 04.00 Total: Balances and collections .................................... 34 Appropriation: 05.01 Service-disabled veterans insurance fund .................... ................... 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 34 34 22 ¥12 ¥18 22 4 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4012–0–3–701 2000 est. 2001 est. 09.01 09.01 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Capital investment ........................................................ Death claims .................................................................. All other ......................................................................... 12 41 8 13 48 10 12 47 9 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 61 71 68 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 23.95 Total new obligations .................................................... 61 ¥61 71 ¥71 68 ¥68 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 71 69.26 Offsetting collections (unavailable balances) .......... ................... 59 12 50 18 71 68 69.90 885 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................. Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 61 1999 actual Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 7 71 ¥72 6 68 ¥68 7 6 5 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 54 7 65 7 62 6 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 61 72 68 151,250 1,406 2001 est. 147,870 1,372 Financing.—Operations are financed from premiums and other receipts. Additional funds are received by transfer from 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 $454 million by September 30, 2001. f Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4012–0–3–701 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 33.0 42.0 Investments and loans .................................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ 12 49 13 58 12 56 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 61 71 68 VETERANS REOPENED INSURANCE FUND Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 Balance, start of year: Balance, start of year .................................................... Appropriation: 05.01 Veterans reopened insurance fund ................................ 01.99 7 61 ¥61 2000 est. 154,410 1,440 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 2000 est. 2001 est. 476 466 452 ¥10 ¥14 ¥16 466 452 436 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 2000 est. 2001 est. 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Death claims .................................................................. Dividends ....................................................................... All other ......................................................................... Capital investment: policy loans ................................... 35 24 8 5 37 23 8 5 38 22 7 5 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 72 73 72 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 ........................................ ¥34 ¥22 ¥12 ¥3 ¥23 ¥11 ¥3 ¥24 ¥10 ¥4 ¥24 ¥10 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... 72 ¥72 73 ¥73 72 ¥72 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥71 ¥59 ¥50 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... ¥10 ¥11 12 13 18 18 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 69.26 Offsetting collections (unavailable balances) .......... 62 10 59 14 56 16 72 73 72 41 72 ¥68 44 73 ¥72 46 72 ¥72 44 46 46 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 servicedisabled 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. VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00015 69.90 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 72.40 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 27 41 59 13 56 16 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 68 72 72 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 886 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 Public enterprise funds—Continued SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FUND VETERANS REOPENED INSURANCE FUND—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 2000 est. 2001 est. 2001 est. 09.01 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Premium payments ........................................................ Payment to GOE account ............................................... 401 1 398 1 396 1 ¥36 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 41.0) ................ 402 399 397 ¥1 ¥13 ¥6 ¥2 ¥12 ¥6 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 1 402 1 399 1 397 ¥62 ¥59 ¥56 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 403 ¥402 1 400 ¥399 1 398 ¥397 1 10 7 14 13 16 16 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 402 399 397 4 402 ¥402 4 399 ¥399 4 397 ¥397 4 4 4 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 ........................................ ¥40 ¥39 ¥1 ¥14 ¥7 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 1999 actual Identification code 36–4009–0–3–701 2000 est. 92.01 516 509 509 496 496 481 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: POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE 2000 est. 82,545 675 77,335 645 71,944 614 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 33.0 42.0 43.0 Investments and loans .................................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ Interest and dividends ................................................... 5 39 28 5 41 27 5 42 25 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 72 73 72 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 400 2 395 4 393 4 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 402 399 397 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources: Withholdings from serviceman’s pay ..... ¥402 ¥399 ¥397 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... ................... Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 92.01 PO 00000 Frm 00016 f 4 4 4 4 4 4 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. 2001 est. 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. Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 86.97 86.98 Credit accounts: 1999 actual Number of policies .................................................................. Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ................................. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 72.40 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 ø2000¿ 2001, within the resources available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing loans. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, ø$156,958,000¿ $166,484,000, 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, 2000.) Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS General Fund Credit Receipt Accounts (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 0101 GIF direct loans, downward reestimate of subsidies 2000 est. 619 2001 est. 730 ................... Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 Obligations by program activity: 00.01 Direct loan subsidy ........................................................ 00.02 Guaranteed loan subsidy ............................................... 00.05 Reestimates of direct loan subsidy ............................... 00.06 Interest on reestimates of the direct loan subsidy 00.07 Reestimates of guaranteed loan subsidy ...................... 00.08 Interest on reestimates of the guaranteed loan subsidy ............................................................................ 00.11 Administrative expenses ................................................ 2000 est. 56 12 324 154 67 ................... 39 ................... 658 ................... 173 159 165 ................... 157 166 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 1,548 1,466 332 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... 1,548 ¥1,548 1,467 ¥1,466 332 ¥332 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation (definite) ............................................. Mandatory: 60.05 Appropriation (indefinite) .......................................... 159 157 166 1,389 1,310 166 70.00 1,548 1,467 332 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 72.40 1 ................... ................... 1,548 1,466 332 ¥1,549 ¥1,467 ¥332 86.90 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 159 1,389 157 1,310 166 166 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1,549 1,467 332 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... 1,548 1,549 1,467 1,467 2330 Guaranteed loan sale budget authority ........................ 52 106 2339 Total subsidy budget authority ................................. Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays: Guaranteed loan subsidy outlay .................................... Guaranteed loan sale subsidy outlay ............................ 250 324 154 2340 2340 556 558 999 149 112 42 2349 Total subsidy outlays ................................................ 1,114 1,148 154 3510 3590 Administrative expense data: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays from new authority ........................................... 159 159 157 157 166 166 2001 est. 127 250 107 41 691 332 332 1999 actual 2000 est. Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 25.3 1,992 649 1159 1,648 1,992 649 157 1,309 166 166 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 1,548 1,466 332 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT 56 12 275 162 12 10.00 1349 275 162 12 1.82 Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. Direct loan subsidy budget authority: 1330 Subsidy budget authority ............................................... 7.71 2.79 1.82 127 56 12 1339 21.40 22.00 22.60 Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 2150 Guaranteed loan ............................................................ 2150 Guaranteed loan sales ................................................... 43,091 970 32,116 1,988 29,535 799 2159 44,061 34,104 30,334 0.46 5.36 0.68 5.34 0.38 5.22 0.57 0.95 0.51 198 218 112 Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority: 2330 Guaranteed loan budget authority ................................ VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00017 1999 actual Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 127 2.79 2329 2001 est. 159 1,389 Total subsidy budget authority ................................. Direct loan subsidy outlays: 1340 Subsidy outlays .............................................................. 7.71 Total loan guarantee levels ...................................... Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent): 2320 Guaranteed loan subsidy rate ....................................... 2320 Guaranteed loan sales subsidy rate ............................. 2000 est. 41.0 00.01 00.02 00.03 00.04 00.05 00.07 08.02 08.04 Total subsidy outlays ................................................ 1999 actual Purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................................... Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1,648 1329 f Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2001 est. Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 1150 Direct loan levels ........................................................... Total direct loan levels ............................................. Direct loan subsidy (in percent): 1320 Subsidy rate ................................................................... 42 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. As part of a continuing effort to reduce administrative costs, in addition to restructuring and consolidations, VA is conducting a study of the property management function to determine whether it would be more cost effective to contract out this activity. The study will be complete at the end of 2000. Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 887 23.90 23.95 24.40 Obligations by program activity: Direct loans .................................................................... 1,648 Interest on Treasury borrowing ...................................... 234 Property sales expense .................................................. 1 Property management/other expense ............................. 105 Property improvement expense ...................................... 1 Reimburse LSSA for loan sale premium ....................... ................... Payment of downward reestimate to receipt account 218 Payment of excess interest earned to receipt account 76 Total new obligations ................................................ 2,283 2000 est. 2001 est. 1,992 649 117 109 1 2 1 1 1 1 54 ................... 80 ................... 21 ................... 2,267 762 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... 885 908 ................... New financing authority (gross) .................................... 2,307 1,359 762 Portion applied to repay debt ........................................ ................... ................... ................... Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. New financing authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite) ................................. 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 69.10 From Federal sources: Change in receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders .............................................. Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 3,192 2,267 762 ¥2,283 ¥2,267 ¥762 908 ................... ................... 1,944 1,599 117 2,376 109 1,000 1 ................... ................... PsN: VET 888 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 Credit accounts—Continued VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 2000 est. 2001 est. 69.47 Portion applied to repay debt ........................................ ¥1,237 ¥1,134 ¥347 69.90 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................................ 363 1,242 653 Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... 2,307 1,359 762 70.00 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ............................... ¥7 72.95 Receivables from federal sources ............................. ................... 72.99 73.10 73.20 ¥1 ................... 1 1 ¥7 ................... 2,283 2,267 ¥2,277 ¥2,266 74.40 74.95 Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................ Total new obligations .................................................... Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................ Receivables from federal sources ............................. 74.99 87.00 Total unpaid obligations, end of year .................. ................... Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 2,277 1 762 ¥762 88.95 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Against gross budget authority only: Change in receivables from program accounts ....... 89.00 90.00 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ Financing disbursements ............................................... ¥1 ................... ................... 1 1 1 1 2,266 1 762 ¥1,599 ¥2,376 ¥1,000 ¥1 ................... ................... ¥1,017 ¥110 707 678 ¥238 ¥238 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 2000 est. 2001 est. Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations: 1111 Limitation on direct loans ............................................. ................... ................... ................... 1131 Direct loan obligations exempt from limitation ............ 1,648 1,992 649 1150 Total direct loan obligations ..................................... Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury ............. Investments in US securities: 1106 Receivables, net ............................. 1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables, net ..... Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1401 Direct loans receivable, net ................ 1499 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources: 88.00 Federal sources:Payments from program account ............................................................ ¥275 ¥162 ¥12 88.00 Transfer of loan sales from LSSA .................... ................... ¥1,883 ¥731 88.00 Reimbursement and prepayments from LSSA sales for trustee reserve .............................. ¥54 ................... ................... Non-Federal sources: Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Repayments of principal .............................. ¥69 ¥52 ¥55 88.40 Proceeds from sale of loans ........................ ¥949 ................... ................... 88.40 Interest received on loans ........................... ¥99 ¥155 ¥142 88.40 Fees .............................................................. ¥27 ¥42 ¥11 88.40 Downpayment on Vendee loan/other ........... ¥19 ¥57 ¥16 88.40 Cash sale of properties ............................... ¥4 ¥25 ¥33 88.40 Other revenue ............................................... ¥103 ................... ................... 88.90 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. 1,648 1,992 649 1901 1999 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 1,169 Frm 00018 878 1,014 686 760 93 26 .................. .................. .................. .................. .................. .................. 874 1,588 1,459 1,168 874 5 1,588 .................. 1,459 .................. 1,168 .................. 1,876 2,602 2,145 1,928 1,588 1,758 1 5 103 555 84 474 92 78 2999 Total liabilities .................................... 1,876 2,602 2,146 1,928 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 1,876 2,602 2,146 1,928 f VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND GUARANTEED LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4129–0–3–704 00.01 00.02 00.03 00.04 00.05 00.06 00.07 00.09 00.10 00.11 00.12 08.02 08.04 Obligations by program activity: Acquisition of homes ..................................................... Losses on defaulted loans ............................................. Interest on Treasury borrowing ...................................... Reimburse DLFA for loan sales ..................................... Payment to trustee reserve ............................................ Reimburse Liquidating for subordination certificate .... Loan Sale Closing Costs ................................................ Property sales expense .................................................. Property management expense ...................................... Property improvement expense ...................................... Loans acquired .............................................................. Payment of downward reestimate to receipt account Payment of excess interest to receipt account ............. 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 21.40 22.00 22.60 70.00 1,459 2001 est. 1,944 1290 1,588 2000 est. 1,870 23.90 23.95 24.40 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1999 actual Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: 2104 Federal liabilities: Resources payable to Treasury ............................................... Non-Federal liabilities: 2201 Accounts payable ................................ 2204 Liabilities for loan guarantees ........... Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 1,104 1,588 1,459 Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ................... 1,648 1,992 649 Repayments: 1251 Repayments and prepayments .................................. ¥69 ¥52 ¥55 1253 Proceeds from loan asset sales to the public with recourse ................................................................. ................... ¥1,883 ¥731 Adjustments: 1261 Capitalized interest ................................................... 57 ................... ................... 1262 Discount on loan asset sales to the public or discounted ............................................................. ¥979 ¥105 ¥67 Write-offs for default: 1263 Direct loans ............................................................... ¥73 ¥81 ¥86 1264 Other adjustments, net ............................................. ¥100 ................... ................... 1210 1231 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ........................... Other Federal assets: Other assets ........ 1998 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 1,348 2,120 2,429 842 508 530 4 ................... ................... 54 1,883 731 68 19 7 232 39 37 27 28 24 86 102 127 62 46 67 53 41 47 239 102 102 199 416 ................... 126 213 ................... 3,340 5,517 4,101 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... 3,480 4,438 5,011 New financing authority (gross) .................................... 4,299 6,090 3,798 Portion applied to repay debt ........................................ ................... ................... ................... Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 7,779 ¥3,340 4,438 New financing authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite) ................................. 57 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Discretionary: 68.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ................................ 4,242 68.47 Portion applied to repay debt ............................... ................... 68.90 Fmt 3616 10,528 ¥5,517 5,011 8,809 ¥4,101 4,709 19 7 6,077 ¥6 3,799 ¥8 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total discretionary) ..................................... 4,242 6,071 3,791 Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... 4,299 6,090 3,798 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 87.00 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 72.40 139 3,340 ¥3,313 166 5,517 ¥5,299 384 4,101 ¥4,284 166 3,313 384 5,299 201 4,284 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources: Federal sources: 88.00 Payments from program account ................ ¥1,114 88.00 Recoveries from DLFA .................................. ¥1,351 88.00 Recoveries from Liquidating acct. ............... ¥232 88.25 Interest on uninvested funds ............................... ¥257 Non-Federal sources: Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Funding fees ................................................ ¥613 88.40 Cash sale of properties ............................... ¥491 88.40 Redemption of properties and other ........... ¥10 88.40 Refunds from Trust ...................................... ................... 88.40 Reimburse for prior loan sale premiums ¥166 88.45 Loan sale proceeds ............................................... ¥8 ¥1,148 ¥1,716 ¥39 ¥247 ¥154 ¥556 ¥36 ¥255 ¥625 ¥577 ¥340 ¥1,460 ¥19 ¥22 ¥6 ¥7 ¥54 ................... ¥1,883 ¥732 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥4,242 ¥6,077 ¥3,799 89.00 90.00 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ Financing disbursements ............................................... 57 ¥928 13 ¥778 ¥1 485 Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4129–0–3–704 2000 est. 2150 2199 Total guaranteed loan commitments ........................ Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loan commitments 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 ............................................. 2290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 44,061 20,361 34,104 16,440 30,334 14,089 187,388 43,091 970 ¥10,586 203,651 32,116 1,988 ¥12,220 206,298 29,535 799 ¥13,712 ¥114 ¥121 ¥136 ¥1,348 ¥2,120 ¥2,429 ¥555 ¥15,195 ¥465 ¥16,531 ¥506 ¥16,636 203,651 206,298 203,213 Memorandum: 2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loans outstanding, end of year ................................................................ 71,968 73,775 72,871 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 ................................... 103 114 ¥8 ¥12 197 121 ¥15 ¥17 286 136 ¥22 ¥23 197 286 377 2390 Outstanding, end of year ...................................... 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, and from the guarantee of loans sold through the securitization pro- VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 grams. 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 36–4129–0–3–704 ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury ............. Investments in US securities: 1106 Receivables, net ............................. Non-Federal assets: 1206 Receivables, net .................................. 1207 Advances and prepayments ................ Net value of assets related to post– 1991 acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: 1501 Defaulted guaranteed loans receivable, gross ...................................... 1504 Foreclosed property ............................. 1599 Net present value of assets related to defaulted guaranteed loans 1999 Frm 00019 1998 actual 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 3,618 4,603 5,301 4,814 358 823 .................. .................. .................. 38 38 .................. 41 .................. 24 .................. 1,154 .................. 197 966 286 846 377 776 1,154 1,163 1,132 1,153 5,168 6,627 6,474 5,991 166 403 384 413 201 405 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: Federal liabilities: 2101 Accounts payable ................................ 2105 Other ................................................... 2204 Non-Federal liabilities: Non-federal liabilities ............................................... 4,820 6,058 5,677 5,385 2999 Total liabilities .................................... 5,168 6,627 6,474 5,991 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 5,168 6,627 6,474 5,991 f 2001 est. 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 43,091 32,116 29,535 2132 Guaranteed loan commitments for loan asset sales with recourse ............................................................. 970 1,988 799 889 24 324 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND LIQUIDATING ACCOUNT Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 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 .............. 2000 est. 2001 est. 200 17 ¥43 47 184 16 ¥32 38 175 16 ¥24 36 00.91 Total capital investments ..................................... 221 206 203 01.00 Total capital investments ......................................... Operating expenses: Property management expense ................................. Sales expense ............................................................ Claims processed ...................................................... Other expenses .......................................................... 221 206 203 27 24 117 13 23 21 102 12 22 19 88 12 01.91 Total operating expenses ...................................... 181 158 141 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 33.0) ................ 402 364 344 21.40 22.00 22.40 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Capital transfer to general fund ................................... 41 938 ¥463 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 516 363 344 ¥402 ¥364 ¥344 114 ................... ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 69.10 From Federal sources: Change in receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders .............................................. 154 ................... ................... 700 514 440 01.02 01.03 01.04 01.05 69.90 70.00 Fmt 3616 114 ................... 514 440 ¥265 ¥96 84 ................... ................... Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................................ 784 514 440 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 938 514 440 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 890 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 2263 Credit accounts—Continued VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND LIQUIDATING ACCOUNT—Continued Terminations for default that result in claim payments .................................................................... ¥117 ¥102 ¥88 2290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 17,638 13,213 9,841 2299 Memorandum: Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loans outstanding, end of year ................................................................ 7,709 5,775 4,301 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 ................................... 620 103 ¥48 ¥101 574 87 ¥40 ¥66 555 75 ¥33 ¥56 574 555 541 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 2000 est. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ............................... 57 72.95 From Federal sources: Receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders ........................................................... ................... 72.99 73.10 73.20 2001 est. 45 33 84 84 Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................ Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................ From Federal sources: Receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders ........................................................... 57 402 ¥330 129 364 ¥376 117 344 ¥350 45 33 27 84 84 84 74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end of year .................. 129 117 111 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 74.40 74.95 2390 273 376 350 57 ................... ................... 330 376 ¥276 ¥93 ¥66 ¥101 ¥59 ¥49 ¥204 62 ¥53 ¥73 ¥47 ¥40 ¥38 13 ¥42 ¥209 ¥38 ¥33 ¥36 11 88.90 ¥700 ¥514 ¥440 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... VerDate 04-JAN-2000 2000 est. 317 1999 actual 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 –6 –146 45 –129 0105 Net income or loss (–) ............................ –83 225 –152 –84 ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury ............. Investments in US securities: 1106 Investments .................................... Non-Federal assets: 1201 Investments in non-Federal securities, net .................................................. 1206 Accounts Receivable, net .................... Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1401 Direct loans receivable, gross ............ 154 ................... ................... ¥371 ¥138 ¥90 2001 est. 289 1998 actual 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 98 160 144 130 9 93 84 75 239 1 239 1 201 .................. 164 .................. 529 377 289 265 529 377 289 265 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: 2105 Federal liabilities: Federal liabilities: Other ................................................... Non-Federal liabilities: 2201 Accounts payable ................................ 2207 Other ................................................... 876 870 718 634 811 731 548 408 67 –2 149 –10 179 –9 233 –7 2999 Total liabilities .................................... 876 870 718 634 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 876 870 718 634 f 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 and loan guarantees committed prior to 1992. All new activity in this program in 1992 and beyond is recorded in the corresponding program and financing accounts. MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS HOUSING LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 2000 est. 2001 est. 23,408 17,638 13,213 38 ................... ................... ¥5,444 ¥4,101 ¥3,073 ¥47 ¥38 ¥36 ¥200 ¥184 ¥175 Jkt 186484 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ........................... 264 Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars) Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans outstanding: 2210 Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 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 ............................................................. 2001 est. 393 –168 1999 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 327 317 289 Disbursements: 1231 Direct loan disbursements ........................................ ................... ................... ................... 1232 Purchase of loans assets from the public ............... 10 9 9 Repayments: 1251 Repayments and prepayments .................................. ¥37 ¥36 ¥33 1253 Proceeds from loan asset sales to the public with recourse ................................................................. ¥38 ................... ................... Write-offs for default: 1263 Direct loans ............................................................... ¥1 ¥1 ¥1 1264 Other adjustments, net ............................................. 56 ................... ................... Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 2000 est. 469 –552 1499 1999 actual Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1999 actual Revenue ................................................... Expense .................................................... ¥84 ................... ................... 1210 1290 1998 actual 0101 0102 Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) ¥283 88.95 Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars) 350 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 Sale of homes, cash .................................... 88.40 Interest on loans .......................................... 88.40 Collection of claims (veteran indebtedness) 88.40 Interest—Subordinate Certificates ............. 88.40 Other revenue ............................................... Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Against gross budget authority only: From Federal sources: Change in receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders ......................................... Outstanding, end of year ...................................... PO 00000 Frm 00020 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, ø$520,000¿ $532,000, 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, 2000.) Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2329 Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority: 2330 Subsidy budget authority ............................................... GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) øFor the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of guaranteed loans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37 subchapter VI, $48,250,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than five loans may be guaranteed under this program prior to November 11, 2001: Provided further, That no more than 15 loans may be guaranteed under this program: Provided further, That the total principal amount of loans guaranteed under this program may not exceed $100,000,000: Provided further, That not¿ Not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ may be expended for the administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter VI. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0128–0–1–704 00.02 00.09 Obligations by program activity: Guaranteed loan subsidy ............................................... ................... Administrative expenses ................................................ 1 2000 est. 2001 est. 10 1 6 1 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 1 11 7 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 3 4 6 46 41 1 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 7 ¥1 6 52 ¥11 41 42 ¥7 35 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 1 1 1 3 45 ................... 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 4 46 1 73.10 73.20 Change in unpaid obligations: Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 1 ¥1 11 ¥11 7 ¥7 86.90 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... 1 Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... ................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ ................... 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1 1 1 7 ................... 3 6 11 7 48.25 48.25 48.25 3 10 6 Total subsidy budget authority ................................. 3 Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays: 2340 Subsidy outlays .............................................................. ................... 10 6 10 6 2349 10 6 1 1 1 1 2339 3510 3590 4 1 46 11 1 7 Identification code 36–0128–0–1–704 2000 est. Identification code 36–0128–0–1–704 25.3 Total new obligations ................................................ 1 2000 est. 2001 est. 1 10 1 6 11 7 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2 2 1159 2 2 2 1 2 1 7.72 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 4 3 3 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New financing authority (gross) .................................... 1 4 1 3 1 3 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 5 ¥4 1 4 ¥3 1 4 ¥3 1 2 7.72 7.72 1329 7.72 7.72 Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 2150 Loan guarantee levels ................................................... ................... 20 13 2159 20 13 48.25 48.25 PO 00000 2001 est. 7.72 2 Jkt 186484 2000 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct loans .................................................................... Interest on Treasury borrowing ...................................... 2 Total loan guarantee levels ...................................... ................... Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent): 2320 Subsidy rate ................................................................... 48.25 1999 actual Identification code 36–4130–0–3–704 00.01 00.02 Total direct loan levels ............................................. Direct loan subsidy (in percent): 1320 Subsidy rate ................................................................... 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 f 1999 actual MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS HOUSING LOANS DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT 2 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 1 1 Purchases of goods and services from Government accounts .................................................................... 1 Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ ................... 99.9 2001 est. Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 1150 Direct loan levels ........................................................... Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. Administrative expense data: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays from new authority ........................................... Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Total subsidy outlays ................................................ ................... All information from the Native American Veterans Housing Loan Program and the Guaranteed Transitional Housing Loans for Homeless Veterans Program is consolidated in a single housing fund called the Miscellaneous Veterans Housing Loans 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. This is a pilot program that began in 1993 and is authorized through December 31, 2001. Public Law 105–368, the ‘‘Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 1998,’’ established a pilot project designed to expand the supply of transitional housing for homeless veterans and to guarantee up to 15 investment loans with a maximum aggregate value of $100 million. Not more than five loans may be guaranteed in the first three years of the program. The project must enforce sobriety standards and provide a wide range of supportive services such as counseling for substance abuse and job readiness skills. Residents will be required to pay a reasonable fee. 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 and the guaranteed loans committed 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. 41.0 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... 891 Frm 00021 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 892 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 Credit accounts—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–4130–0–3–704 New financing authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite) ................................. Spending authority from offsetting collections: Discretionary: 68.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ................................ 68.47 Portion applied to repay debt ............................... 2000 est. 10 2001 est. 2 f This account contains information on the Native American Veterans Housing Loan program. 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 obligation in 1992 and beyond. The amounts in the account are means of financing and are not included in the budget totals. MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS HOUSING LOANS DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT—Continued 2 3 ¥9 2 ¥1 2 ¥1 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total discretionary) ..................................... ¥6 1 1 Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... 4 3 3 MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS HOUSING LOANS GUARANTEED LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 68.90 70.00 Change in unpaid obligations: 72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. ................... ................... 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 4 3 73.20 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... ¥4 ¥6 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ ................... ¥3 87.00 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 4 6 21.40 22.00 ¥3 3 ¥3 ¥3 3 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources: 88.40 Repayment of principal .................................... ¥2 ................... ................... 88.40 Interest received on loans ................................ ¥1 ¥1 ¥1 88.40 Other revenue ................................................... ................... ¥1 ¥1 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥3 ¥2 ¥2 89.00 90.00 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ Financing disbursements ............................................... 1 1 1 4 1 1 1999 actual Identification code 36–4130–0–3–704 2000 est. Total direct loan obligations ..................................... 1210 1231 1264 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ................... Write-offs for default: Other adjustments, net ............. 1290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 2 2 2 16 17 19 2 2 1 ¥1 ................... ................... 17 19 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, gross ............ 1499 1998 actual 1999 actual 2000 est. 1 .................. 1 .................. 1 .................. Net present value of assets related to direct loans ........................... 1999 2001 est. 14 17 19 20 14 17 19 20 18 20 22 15 18 20 22 2999 Total liabilities .................................... 15 18 20 22 4999 Total liabilities and net position ............ 15 18 20 22 Jkt 186484 17 16 New financing authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ................... ................... 10 7 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal Sources: Payments from Program Account ................................................................. ................... ¥10 88.25 Interest on uninvested funds ............................... ................... ................... ¥6 ¥1 ¥10 ¥7 88.90 PO 00000 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ................... Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ ................... ................... ................... Financing disbursements ............................................... ................... ¥10 ¥7 Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars) Frm 00022 1999 actual Identification code 36–4258–0–3–704 2000 est. 2001 est. 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 ................... 20 13 2150 Total guaranteed loan commitments ........................ ................... Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. Disbursements of new guaranteed loans ...................... Repayments and prepayments ...................................... Adjustments: Terminations for default that result in claim payments ......................................................... 20 13 ................... ................... ................... 20 ................... ................... 20 13 ¥2 ................... ................... ................... 2290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... ................... 20 31 2299 Memorandum: Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loans outstanding, end of year ................................................................ ................... 18 25 1 1 15 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 10 7 10 10 2210 2231 2251 2263 Total assets ........................................ LIABILITIES: 2104 Federal liabilities: Resources payable to Treasury ............................................... VerDate 04-JAN-2000 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... ................... ................... New financing authority (gross) .................................... ................... 10 2001 est. Total budgetary resources available for obligation ................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. ................... 20 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4130–0–3–704 2000 est. 2001 est. Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations: 1111 Limitation on direct loans ............................................. ................... ................... ................... 1131 Direct loan obligations exempt from limitation ............ 2 2 2 1150 23.90 24.40 89.00 90.00 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4258–0–3–704 This account contains information on the Guaranteed Transitional Housing Loans for Homeless Veterans program. 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. Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS PROGRAMS LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 3510 3590 Administrative expense data: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 893 1 1 1 1 1 1 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the cost of direct loans, ø$57,000¿ $52,000, 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$2,531,000¿ $2,726,000. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, ø$415,000¿ $432,000, 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, 2000.) 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 ø$3,000¿ $3,400. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, ø$214,000¿ $220,000, 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, 2000.) 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 00.09 Obligations by program activity: Administrative expenses ................................................ 1 1 1 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 25.3) ................ 1 1 1 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 22.40 Capital transfer to general fund ................................... 1 ................... ................... 1 1 1 ¥1 ................... ................... 23.90 23.95 1 ¥1 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 1 ¥1 1 ¥1 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 1 1 1 Change in unpaid obligations: Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 1 ¥1 1 ¥1 1 ¥1 73.10 73.20 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... 1 1 1 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1 1 1 1 1 1 89.00 90.00 f MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS PROGRAMS LOAN FUND DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual 2000 est. Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 1150 Direct loan levels, vocational rehabiliation ................... 2 3 3 1150 Direct loan levels, education loan ................................. ................... ................... ................... 1159 2001 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct loans .................................................................... 2 2 2 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 2 2 2 22.00 22.60 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New financing authority (gross) .................................... Portion applied to repay debt ........................................ 2 ¥2 2 ¥2 2 ¥2 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation ................... ................... ................... Total new obligations .................................................... ¥2 ¥2 ¥2 Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. ................... ................... ................... New financing authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite) ................................. Spending authority from offsetting collections: Discretionary: 68.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ................................ 68.47 Portion applied to repay debt ............................... 2 2 2 2 ¥2 2 ¥2 2 ¥2 2 2 2 in unpaid obligations: new obligations .................................................... financing disbursements (gross) ......................... financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 2 ¥2 2 2 ¥2 2 2 ¥2 2 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Interest on loans ¥2 ¥2 ¥2 70.00 73.10 73.20 87.00 89.00 90.00 2001 est. 2000 est. 00.01 Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0140–0–1–702 1999 actual Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0140–0–1–702 All information from the Vocational Rehabilitation Loan Program and Education Loan Fund is consolidated in a single housing fund called the Miscellaneous Veterans Programs Loan Fund. The Vocational Rehabilitation Loan Fund provides loans of up to $840 (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. Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... Change Total Total Total Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ ................... ................... ................... Financing disbursements ............................................... ................... ................... ................... Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 2000 est. 2001 est. Total direct loan levels ............................................. Direct loan subsidy (in percent): 1320 Voc. Rehab. Loan subsidy rate ...................................... 1320 Education Loan subsidy rate ......................................... 2 3 3 2.27 32.75 2.23 29.68 1.88 18.89 Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations: 1111 Limitation on direct loans ............................................. ................... ................... ................... 1131 Direct loan obligations exempt from limitation ............ 2 3 3 1329 36.05 35.02 35.02 1150 Weighted average subsidy rate ................................. VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 3616 Total direct loan obligations ..................................... Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 2 PsN: VET 3 3 894 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 62.50 Credit accounts—Continued MISCELLANEOUS VETERANS PROGRAMS LOAN FUND DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT—Continued 1999 actual 2000 est. 5 2 1 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 3 19 ¥20 2 19 ¥20 1 18 ¥18 2 1 1 72.40 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)—Continued Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 Appropriation (total mandatory) ........................... 2001 est. 1210 1251 1264 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. Repayments: Repayments and prepayments ................. Write-offs for default: Other adjustments, net ............. 1 ¥2 2 1 ¥2 2 1 ¥2 2 1290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1 1 1 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 5 15 2 18 1 17 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 20 20 18 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 5 20 2 20 1 18 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 1998 actual 1999 actual –1 –1 –1 –1 1 1 1 1 ASSETS: Investments in US securities: 1106 Federal assets: Receivables, net ........ 1401 Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: Direct loans receivable, gross ....................... 2000 est. 2001 est. f This account contains information on the Vocational Rehabilitation Loan Program and Education Loan Fund. 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. 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] 1999 actual Trust Funds POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS EDUCATION ACCOUNT Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 Balance, start of year: 01.99 Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.01 Deductions from military pay ........................................ 02.02 Contributions .................................................................. 2000 est. 65 2001 est. 66 66 3 2 1 3 ................... ................... Total budget authority ................................................................. Servicepersons ........................................................................ Transferred from Department of Defense (matching) ............ Total participants (end of year) .................................................. Total contributors (end of year) .................................................. Average contribution per contributor (actual dollars) ................ Number of disenrollments ........................................................... Total refunds ............................................................................... Total trainees .............................................................................. Total trainee cost ........................................................................ Average cost per trainee (actual dollars) ................................... Section 901 trainees ................................................................... f 2000 est. 2001 est. 5 2 1 3 2 1 2 .................... .................... 231,785 209,785 189,185 2,528 1,800 900 1,011 1,011 1,011 22,553 22,000 21,500 15 15 15 3,939 2,800 1,900 5 5 4 928 1,359 1,576 36 40 30 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 02.99 Total receipts ............................................................. 6 2 1 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriation: 05.01 Post-Vietnam era veterans education account ............. 71 68 67 ¥5 ¥2 ¥1 41.0 44.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ Refunds .......................................................................... 4 15 4 15 3 15 05.99 Subtotal appropriation ................................................... ¥5 ¥2 ¥1 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 19 19 18 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 66 66 66 04.00 Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 2001 est. 4 15 4 15 3 15 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 19 19 18 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 120 5 106 2 88 1 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 125 ¥19 106 108 ¥19 88 89 ¥18 72 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 20 ¥15 Jkt 186484 2000 est. 2001 est. NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE FUND 2000 est. Obligations by program activity: 00.01 Payment to post-Vietnam era trainees ......................... 00.03 Participant disenrollments ............................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.27 Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ....................... 60.45 Portion precluded from obligation ............................ 1999 actual 17 ¥15 PO 00000 16 ¥15 Frm 00024 Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 Balance, start of year: Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.01 Premium and other receipts .......................................... 02.02 Interest ........................................................................... 02.03 Payments from general and special funds ................... 01.99 2000 est. 2001 est. 10,675 10,572 10,369 204 936 6 189 907 2 179 879 1 Total receipts ............................................................. 1,146 1,098 1,059 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriation: 05.01 National Service Life Insurance fund ............................ 11,821 11,670 11,428 ¥1,249 ¥1,301 ¥1,292 05.99 Subtotal appropriation ................................................... ¥1,249 ¥1,301 ¥1,292 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 10,572 10,369 10,136 02.99 04.00 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 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 .............. 2000 est. 2001 est. 608 16 11 25 422 56 22 623 14 7 26 395 57 21 Total operating expenses ................................. Capital investment: Policy loans ................................... 1,141 111 1,160 113 1,143 110 02.93 1,252 1,273 1,253 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 Total direct obligations ............................................. Reimbursable program: Death claims ............................................................. Disability claims ........................................................ Matured endowments ................................................ Cash surrenders ........................................................ Dividends ................................................................... Interest paid on dividend credits and deposits ....... Payment to general operating expenses ................... 269 7 5 11 200 25 10 276 7 5 12 191 25 10 290 7 3 12 183 26 10 09.09 Reimbursable program ......................................... 527 526 531 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 1,779 1,799 1,784 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... 1,780 ¥1,779 1,798 ¥1,799 1,784 ¥1,784 69.90 70.00 Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 1,059 492 233 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................................ 634 700 725 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 1,780 1,798 1,784 72.40 1,343 1,779 ¥1,732 1,390 1,799 ¥1,756 1,432 1,784 ¥1,759 1,390 1,432 1,459 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 531 1,201 497 1,259 491 1,268 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1,732 1,756 1,759 2000 est. 2001 est. 1,802,101 17,662 1,694,591 16,921 1,586,821 16,177 Status of Funds (in millions of dollars) 0100 0101 1,098 497 203 1999 actual 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 $12,825 million as of September 30, 2000 to $12,609 million as of September 30, 2001. The actuarial estimate of policy obligations as of September 30, 2001, total $12,205 million, leaving a balance of $404 million for contingency reserves. The status of the fund, excluding noncash transactions, is as follows: 1999 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 1,146 531 103 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ lion 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: POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE 581 16 12 25 432 54 21 00.91 02.01 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.27 Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ....................... 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 69.26 Offsetting collections (unavailable balances) ............... 895 Unexpended balance, start of year: Uninvested balance [unavailable collections] ............... U.S. Securities: Par value .............................................. 0199 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 ..................................................................... Offsetting collections: 0280 NSLI fund, offsetting collections ............................... 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 Total balance, end of year ........................................ 2000 est. 2001 est. 10 12,008 9 11,954 9 11,793 12,018 11,962 11,801 204 189 179 936 907 879 6 2 1 531 497 492 1,677 1,595 1,551 ¥1,732 ¥1,756 ¥1,759 9 11,954 9 11,793 9 11,584 11,962 11,801 11,595 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 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 ...................... ¥127 ¥3 ¥401 ¥125 ¥3 ¥369 ¥123 ¥3 ¥366 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥531 ¥497 ¥492 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1,249 1,201 1,301 1,259 1,292 1,267 12,008 11,954 11,793 11,954 11,793 11,584 Memorandum (non-add) entries: 92.01 Total investments, start of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... f 33.0 42.0 43.0 111 634 507 113 661 500 110 669 473 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 1,252 527 1,274 525 1,252 532 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 1,779 1,799 1,784 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE FUND 1999 actual 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 ................................................................... 01.99 This fund was established in 1940 for the World War II servicemen’s and veterans’ insurance program. Over 22 mil- 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 2001 est. Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 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. VerDate 04-JAN-2000 2000 est. Direct obligations: Investments and loans .............................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ........................... Interest and dividends .............................................. Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00025 04.00 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 2000 est. 2001 est. 66 61 56 6 5 5 72 66 61 PsN: VET 896 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE FUND—Continued 1999 actual Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 2000 est. 2001 est. Appropriation: 05.01 United States government life insurance fund ............. ¥11 ¥10 ¥10 05.99 Subtotal appropriation ................................................... ¥11 ¥10 ¥10 07.99 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 61 56 51 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 2000 est. 2001 est. Obligations by program activity: Operating expenses: 00.01 Death claims ............................................................. 00.05 Dividends ................................................................... 00.06 Interest paid on dividend credits and deposits ....... 00.07 Other costs ................................................................ 09.01 Death Claims ................................................................. 09.02 Dividends ....................................................................... 4 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 09.09 4 5 5 Reimbursable program .............................................. 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 12 11 11 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... 12 ¥12 11 ¥11 11 ¥11 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.27 Appropriation (trust fund, indefinite) ....................... 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 69.26 Offsetting collections (unavailable balances) ............... 6 1 5 5 1 5 5 1 5 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................................ 6 6 6 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 12 11 11 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 19 12 ¥12 19 11 ¥13 18 11 ¥13 19 18 17 69.90 70.00 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 2 10 1 11 1 11 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 12 13 13 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Repayments of loans ..................................................................... ¥1 ¥1 ¥1 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 11 12 10 12 10 12 86 80 74 80 74 69 Status of Funds (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 2000 est. 2001 est. Unexpended balance, start of year: 0101 U.S. Securities: Par value .............................................. 86 80 74 0199 85 80 74 6 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 ¥12 ¥13 ¥13 80 74 69 80 74 68 Total balance, start of year ...................................... Cash income during the year: Intragovernmental transactions: 0240 Interest and profits on investments in public debt securities, USGLI, VA ............................................ Offsetting collections: 0280 Offsetting collections, USGLI ..................................... 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 .............................................. 0799 Total balance, end of year ........................................ Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 f 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 42.0 43.0 Direct obligations: Insurance claims and indemnities ........................... Interest and dividends .............................................. 4 3 4 2 4 2 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 7 5 6 5 6 5 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 12 11 11 Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8455–0–8–701 Balance, start of year: 01.99 Balance, start of year .................................................... 03.00 Offsetting Collections .................................................... 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: Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00026 2000 est. 2001 est. 1,420 1,439 1,454 19 ................... ................... 04.00 Total: Balances and collections .................................... 1,439 Appropriation: 05.01 Veterans special life insurance fund ............................ ................... 1,439 1,454 15 22 07.99 1,454 1,476 Total balance, end of year ............................................ 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. 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 14,583 48 VETERANS SPECIAL LIFE INSURANCE FUND 92.01 VerDate 04-JAN-2000 2001 est. 16,263 53 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 86.97 86.98 Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 2000 est. 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 because 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 $78 million as of September 30, 2000, to $72 million as of September 30, 2001, as an increasing number of policies mature through death or disability. The actuarial evaluation of policy obligations as of September 30, 2001, totals $69 million, leaving a balance of $3 million for contingency reserves. The status of the fund, excluding noncash transactions, is as follows: 72.40 89.00 90.00 17,973 59 1,439 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–8455–0–8–701 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Death claims .................................................................. Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 50 PsN: VET 2000 est. 57 2001 est. 58 CONSTRUCTION Federal Funds DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.01 09.02 Cash surrenders ............................................................. Dividends ....................................................................... All other ......................................................................... Payment to general operating expenses account ......... Capital investment ........................................................ 5 101 41 5 18 5 100 36 5 20 5 96 30 5 20 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 220 223 214 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... 220 ¥220 223 ¥223 214 ¥214 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 239 69.26 Offsetting collections (unavailable balances) .......... ................... 238 ¥15 236 ¥22 223 214 69.90 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 87.00 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 210 220 ¥201 229 223 ¥207 244 214 ¥199 229 244 259 17 184 17 190 19 180 201 207 199 ¥6 ¥70 ¥1 ¥17 ¥6 ¥68 ¥1 ¥18 ¥7 ¥66 ¥1 ¥19 ¥145 ¥145 ¥143 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥239 ¥238 ¥236 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... ¥19 ¥37 ¥15 ¥31 ¥22 ¥37 Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: U.S. securities: Par value .......................................................................... 1,628 1,666 1,696 1,666 1,696 1,733 92.01 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. 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: 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 1999 actual Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 233,893 2,699 2000 est. 228,143 2,668 2001 est. 222,393 2,630 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. Identification code 36–8455–0–8–701 f 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 33.0 42.0 43.0 Investments and loans .................................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ Interest and dividends ................................................... 19 82 119 20 84 119 20 79 115 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 220 223 214 CONSTRUCTION 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 from the public ................................................................ VerDate 04-JAN-2000 POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 220 72.40 86.97 86.98 897 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00027 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 title 38, United States Code, 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$65,140,000¿ $62,140,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That except for advance planning of projects (including marketbased assessments of health care needs which may or may not lead to capital investments) 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 ø2000¿ 2001, for each approved project, shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, ø2000¿ 2001; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, ø2001¿ 2002: 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 ø1¿ 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, 2000.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0110–0–1–703 00.01 00.02 00.06 00.07 00.08 Obligations by program activity: Replacement and modernization ................................... 30 Nursing home care ........................................................ 1 Other improvements ....................................................... 136 National cemeteries ....................................................... 3 Replacement or renovation of regional offices ............. ................... 10.00 Fmt 3616 Total new obligations ................................................ Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 170 PsN: VET 2000 est. 2001 est. 32 1 130 21 1 27 1 140 27 3 185 198 898 CONSTRUCTION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 General and special funds—Continued CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–0110–0–1–703 2000 est. 2001 est. 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 592 142 565 65 445 62 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 734 ¥170 565 630 ¥185 445 507 ¥198 309 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 142 65 62 378 170 ¥290 258 185 ¥184 259 198 ¥142 258 259 315 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 72.40 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, øand¿ 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than $4,000,000, ø$160,000,000¿ $162,000,000, 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, 2000.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0111–0–1–703 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... 86.93 Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 8 282 3 181 3 139 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 290 184 142 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 142 290 65 184 62 142 Funds are requested for a seismic corrections project at Palo Alto, CA and a gravesite development project at Ft. Logan National Cemetery. Additional funds are provided to remove asbestos from Department-owned buildings and to support advanced planning (including market based assessments of health care needs) and design activities. Budget Authority by Program Activity 2000 est. 2001 est. 00.01 00.06 00.07 00.08 Obligations by program activity: Medical programs .......................................................... National cemeteries ....................................................... Staff Offices ................................................................... Replacement or renovation of regional offices ............. 159 18 3 4 144 22 5 5 132 18 5 8 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 184 176 163 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 53 175 44 160 28 162 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 228 ¥184 44 204 ¥176 28 190 ¥163 27 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 175 160 162 223 184 ¥176 231 176 ¥171 236 163 ¥166 231 236 233 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 72.40 [In millions of dollars] 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. Clinical improvements ................................................................. .................... 30,500 .................... Ambulatory care .......................................................................... 46,000 .................... .................... Seismic corrections ..................................................................... 73,200 .................... 26,600 Patient environment .................................................................... .................... 12,700 .................... Other departments ...................................................................... 42,560 29,685 37,675 Design fund offset ...................................................................... (1,760) (1,245) (2,135) Less rescission ............................................................................ (13) .................... .................... Reprogramming ........................................................................... (17,700) (6,500) .................... Total budget authority ................................................... 142,287 65,140 62,140 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0110–0–1–703 2000 est. 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 46 130 42 129 42 124 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 176 171 166 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 175 176 160 171 162 166 2001 est. 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 Personnel compensation: Other than full-time permanent ........................................................................... Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... Land and structures ...................................................... 2 42 2 1 123 2 45 2 2 134 2 43 3 2 148 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. 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 170 185 198 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 11.3 11.3 1999 actual Identification code 36–0110–0–1–703 1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 1999 actual Identification code 36–0111–0–1–703 Personnel Summary 34 Jkt 186484 2000 est. 50 PO 00000 2001 est. 50 Frm 00028 25.2 26.0 32.0 Personnel compensation: Other than full-time permanent ........................................................................... Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Land and structures ...................................................... Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 2 19 1 162 PsN: VET 2000 est. 2 17 1 156 2001 est. 2 14 1 146 CONSTRUCTION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 99.9 f Total new obligations ................................................ 184 176 163 Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0111–0–1–703 1001 1999 actual Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 2000 est. 45 80 2001 est. 80 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$90,000,000¿ $60,000,000, to remain available until expended. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0181–0–1–703 2000 est. 37 143 60 10.00 37 143 60 21.40 22.00 23.90 23.95 24.40 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... ................... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 90 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 53 ................... 90 60 90 143 60 ¥37 ¥143 ¥60 53 ................... ................... 4 10 9 ................... 25 25 14 34 25 ¥5 ¥34 ¥25 9 ................... ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 10 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 25 25 72.40 16 15 43 5 34 25 ¥4 ¥8 ¥17 ¥2 ................... ................... 15 43 51 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 4 8 17 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 10 4 25 8 25 17 2001 est. Obligations by program activity: 00.01 Grants to States ............................................................ Total new obligations (object class 41.0) ................ 21.40 22.00 899 f This program enables the Department to assist States in establishing, expanding, or improving State-operated veterans cemeteries. Public enterprise funds: PARKING REVOLVING FUND 90 90 60 72.40 155 150 229 37 143 60 ¥40 ¥64 ¥85 ¥2 ................... ................... 150 229 204 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, 2000.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4538–0–3–703 2000 est. 2001 est. 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 40 64 85 00.01 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Operating expenses: parking leases .............................. Capital Investment: parking construction program ...... 2 16 2 3 2 6 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 90 40 90 64 60 85 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 18 5 8 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 30 3 14 3 12 3 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 33 ¥18 14 17 ¥5 12 15 ¥8 7 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections (gross): Offsetting collections (cash) ................... 3 3 3 12 18 ¥15 16 5 ¥7 14 8 ¥7 16 14 15 f In 2000, the Department plans to obligate $143 million 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, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0183–0–1–705 2000 est. Obligations by program activity: 00.01 Grants to States ............................................................ 5 34 10.00 5 34 Total new obligations (object class 41.0) ................ VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 72.40 2001 est. 25 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 3 12 3 4 3 4 25 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 15 7 7 Frm 00029 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 900 CONSTRUCTION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 Public enterprise funds—Continued $53,093,000 shall be available until September 30, ø2001¿ 2002: Provided further, That funds under this heading shall be available to administer the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) PARKING REVOLVING FUND—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–4538–0–3–703 2001 est. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources .................................................................. 89.00 90.00 2000 est. ¥3 ¥3 ¥3 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 12 4 4 The Parking Revolving Fund provides funding for the construction and lease of parking facilities at various medical centers. f Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4538–0–3–703 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 23.2 32.0 Direct obligations: Rental payments to others ............. Reimbursable obligations: Land and structures ........... 2 16 2 3 2 6 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 18 5 8 PERSHING HALL REVOLVING FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4018–0–3–705 2000 est. 2001 est. 21.40 23.95 24.40 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... 1 1 1 Total new obligations .................................................... ................... ................... ................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 1 1 1 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... 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. 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. f DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed ø$25,000¿ $35,000 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$912,594,000¿ $1,061,854,000: Provided, That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(1), (2), (5) and (11) that the Secretary determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed ø$45,600,000¿ 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00030 2000 est. 2001 est. 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 ......................................... 510 68 72 3 227 555 65 82 3 236 645 69 118 3 227 01.00 880 941 1,062 09.01 09.02 09.03 09.04 Total Direct Program ................................................. Reimbursable program: Administration of housing credit programs .............. Administration of other credit programs .................. Administration of insurance programs ..................... Other reimbursable programs ................................... 160 1 35 99 157 1 37 120 167 1 37 91 09.99 Total reimbursable program ................................. 295 315 296 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 1,175 1,256 1,358 22.00 23.95 23.98 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. 1,177 1,256 1,358 ¥1,175 ¥1,256 ¥1,358 ¥2 ................... ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: Appropriation: 40.00 Appropriation ......................................................... 856 913 1,032 40.00 Discretionary appropriation for certain vocational rehabilitation and employment activities ........ ................... ................... 30 40.75 Reduction pursuant to P.L. 106–51 ......................... ¥2 ................... ................... 42.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. 28 28 ................... 43.00 68.00 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 882 295 315 296 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 1,177 1,256 1,358 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 941 1,062 72.40 136 142 139 1,175 1,256 1,358 ¥1,161 ¥1,261 ¥1,369 ¥8 ................... ................... 142 139 127 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 1,034 128 1,118 142 1,231 138 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 1,161 1,261 1,369 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥295 ¥315 ¥296 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 882 867 941 946 1,062 1,073 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES VerDate 04-JAN-2000 1999 actual Identification code 36–0151–0–1–705 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. A summary Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 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 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. 901 WORKLOAD [In thousands] 1999 actual Insurance: Policy service actions ............................................................. Collections ............................................................................... Disability claims ..................................................................... Insurance awards ................................................................... 1,080 3,217 12 930 2000 est. 1,084 3,085 11 1,201 2001 est. 1,013 2,911 11 558 General administration.—Includes Departmental executive direction and supporting offices, the General Counsel, the Board of Veterans Appeals, and the Board of Contract Appeals. WORKLOAD Object Classification (in millions of dollars) [Claims completed in thousands] 1999 actual Compensation: Rating-Related Actions 1 ........................................................ Non Rating Actions 2 ............................................................... Pension: Rating-Related Actions 1 ........................................................ Non Rating Actions 2 ............................................................... 2000 est. 2001 est. 520 234 515 233 510 232 110 599 109 596 107 593 1 Rating related actions include original compensation claims (EP 010/110), original DIC claims (EP 140), original pensions claims (EP 180), reopened compensation claims (EP 020), reopened pension claims (EP 120), routine examinations (EP 310), and reviews due to hospitalizations (EP 320). 2 Non Rating actions include dependency issues (EP 130), income issues (EP 150), IVM (EP 154), EVR (EP 155, burial/plot claims (EP 160), claims for accrued benefits (EP 165), original death pension claims (EP 190), and special eligibility determinations (EP 290). 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 ......................................... 1999 actual 140 872 2000 est. 137 851 2001 est. 149 937 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 11.1 11.5 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other personnel compensation ............................. 11.9 12.1 13.0 334 1,039 265 62 2000 est. 315 821 275 64 494 12 543 12 580 12 506 110 1 555 122 1 592 136 2 15 2 2 77 7 14 2 2 79 6 24.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 23 2 101 11 29 37 2 97 11 13 47 3 140 10 29 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 880 295 941 315 1,062 296 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 1,175 1,256 1,358 Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0151–0–1–705 f Direct: Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment1 .............................................................. Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 1001 1999 actual 2000 est. 2001 est. 10,510 10,907 11,317 3,125 3,157 2,941 FTE treated as reimbursements in all years and the effects of Credit Reform, per P.L. 101–508. 2001 est. 290 790 290 65 2001 est. 10 2 2 69 14 21.0 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 [In thousands] 1999 actual 2000 est. 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 ......................................... Other services ............................................................ Supplies and materials ............................................. Equipment ................................................................. 1 Reflects Loan guaranty: Construction and valuation .................................................... Loan processing ...................................................................... Loan service and claims ........................................................ Property management ............................................................. 1999 actual Identification code 36–0151–0–1–705 OFFICE OF ø(INCLUDING INSPECTOR GENERAL TRANSFER OF FUNDS)¿ 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. For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, ø$43,200,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $30,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’¿ $46,464,000. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) WORKLOAD Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) [In thousands] 1999 actual 50 52 11 12 2000 est. 50 52 12 12 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 2000 est. 2001 est. 2001 est. 49 51 12 12 Insurance.—Provides life insurance protection for servicepersons and veterans. The VA administers six life insurance programs and supervises two others through a contractual agreement with a commercial company. VerDate 04-JAN-2000 1999 actual Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 Vocational rehabilitation and counseling: Evaluation and planning ........................................................ Rehabilitation services ........................................................... Employment services status ................................................... Vocational/educational counseling ......................................... Frm 00031 00.10 09.00 Obligations by program activity: Direct program ............................................................... Reimbursable program .................................................. 36 2 43 3 46 3 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 38 46 49 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... 38 ¥38 46 ¥46 49 ¥49 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 902 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued OFFICE OF ø(INCLUDING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 INSPECTOR GENERAL—Continued NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION ø(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)¿—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 2000 est. 2001 est. New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 36 43 46 2 3 3 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 38 46 49 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 7 38 ¥37 8 46 ¥46 8 49 ¥50 8 8 7 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 72.40 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... 86.93 Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 34 3 43 2 47 3 87.00 37 46 50 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥2 ¥3 ¥3 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 36 35 43 43 46 47 89.00 90.00 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 as well as contract audit services for all applicable Department contracts. The investigative function conducts proactive and reactive criminal and administrative investigations of improper and illegal activities involving VA programs, personnel, beneficiaries, and other third parties. The healthcare inspection function performs legislatively mandated medical care quality assurance reviews and oversight. The support function provides normal office administrative support. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 2000 est. 2001 est. 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 ................................................................. 23 27 29 5 6 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 2 ................... ................... 99.0 99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations .................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 36 2 43 3 46 3 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 38 46 49 Personnel Summary 1999 actual Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 Direct: 1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 TRANSFER OF FUNDS)¿ For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of the National Cemetery Administration, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, ø$97,256,000: Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading, not to exceed $117,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’¿ $109,889,000. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) 2000 est. 2001 est. 319 360 369 23 24 24 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00032 1999 actual Identification code 36–0129–0–1–705 2000 est. 2001 est. 00.10 Obligations by program activity: Direct obligations ........................................................... 92 97 110 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 92 97 110 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... 92 ¥92 97 ¥97 110 ¥110 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 92 97 110 13 92 ¥89 15 97 ¥94 17 110 ¥111 15 17 17 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ 72.40 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 79 10 83 11 97 14 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 89 94 111 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 92 89 97 94 110 111 Specific performance goals relating to the National Cemetery Administration are contained in VA’s annual performance plan. The mission of the National Cemetery Administration is to honor veterans with a final resting place and lasting memorials that commemorate their service to our Nation. The National Cemetery Administration’s vision is to provide a lasting tribute to our Nation’s veterans by being mission-driven, results-oriented, and customer-focused. There are four related programs managed by the National Cemetery Administration 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. The National Cemetery Administration 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. Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–0129–0–1–705 2000 est. 2001 est. 11.1 11.3 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other than full-time permanent ............................... 41 7 44 8 47 9 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.1 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 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 ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 48 13 1 1 5 9 7 8 52 14 1 1 6 12 7 4 56 15 1 1 5 19 8 5 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 92 97 110 f Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0129–0–1–705 1001 1999 actual Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... Intragovernmental funds: 2000 est. 1,357 2001 est. 1,406 1,453 SUPPLY FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4537–0–4–705 Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable program-COGS-Merchandizing ................ Reimbursable program-Other-Operations ...................... Reimbursable program-COGS-Printing and Publications ........................................................................... 09.04 Reimbursable program-Other ........................................ 09.05 Reimbursable program-Equipment-Procurement Services and Distribution ................................................. 09.01 09.02 09.03 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 2000 est. 2001 est. 425 40 603 48 627 48 6 1 10 1 10 1 5 2 2 477 664 688 132 495 152 664 152 688 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 627 ¥477 152 816 ¥664 152 840 ¥688 152 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 69.10 From Federal sources: Change in receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders ......................................... 573 664 688 23.90 23.95 24.40 69.90 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................. Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ............................... 72.95 From Federal sources: Receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders ........................................................... ¥78 ................... ................... 495 664 ¥23 366 288 288 Total unpaid obligations, start of year ................ Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................ From Federal sources: Receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders ........................................................... 334 477 ¥546 265 664 ¥664 265 688 ¥688 ¥23 ¥23 ¥23 288 288 288 74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end of year .................. 265 265 265 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 ¥573 ¥664 ¥688 78 ................... ................... Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ¥28 ................... ................... 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 2001, Supply Fund sales are estimated to reach $650 million. Average inventory needed to support those sales will be $30 million. Operating results.—The Fund operated at a loss of $4 million in 1999. The new total of retained earnings is $67 million. Operating expense as related to sales was 9 percent. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4537–0–4–705 2000 est. 2001 est. 11.1 11.5 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other personnel compensation .................................. 19 1 22 1 22 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 ...................................................................... 20 4 3 1 1 3 6 10 277 152 23 4 3 1 1 3 10 12 327 280 23 5 3 2 1 3 10 11 340 290 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 477 664 688 f Personnel Summary Identification code 36–4537–0–4–705 ¥23 74.40 74.95 89.00 90.00 688 ¥32 72.99 73.10 73.20 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources Against gross budget authority only: 88.95 From Federal sources: Change in receivables and unpaid, unfilled orders ......................................... 903 2001 1999 actual Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 357 2000 est. 385 2001 est. 385 FRANCHISE FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Jkt 186484 664 PO 00000 688 Frm 00033 2000 est. 2001 est. 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable program .................................................. 102 135 150 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 102 135 150 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance available, start of year ............... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 7 113 18 135 18 150 495 664 688 51 ................... ................... 546 1999 actual Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 904 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued Federal Funds—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 36–247300 Contributions from military personnel, Veteran’s Educational Assistance Act of 1984 ...................... 168 186 189 36–273330 GIF direct loans, downward reestimate of subsidies ............................................................................ 619 730 ................... 36–310400 Medical care collections .................................. ................... ................... 116 Intragovernmental funds—Continued FRANCHISE FUND—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 1999 actual Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 23.90 23.95 24.40 2000 est. 2001 est. Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance available, end of year ................. 120 ¥102 18 153 ¥135 18 168 ¥150 18 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 113 135 150 26 102 ¥111 16 135 ¥135 16 150 ¥150 16 16 16 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 111 135 150 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥113 ¥135 ¥150 Change in unpaid obligations: Unpaid obligations, start of year: Obligated balance, start of year .............................................................. 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: Obligated balance, end of year ................................................................ f General Fund Offsetting receipts from the public ..................... 916 472 Intragovernmental payments: 36–246400 DOD tricare reimbursement ............................. ................... ................... 67 General Fund Intragovernmental payments ................................ ................... ................... 67 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 72.40 86.97 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ¥1 ................... ................... VA was chosen as a pilot Franchise Fund agency under the Government Management and Reform Act, P.L. 103–356, of 1994. Established in 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. Enterprise Centers are the lines of business within the VA Franchise Fund and are expected to have net billings of about $150 million and employ 1,034 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) 1999 actual Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 11.1 12.1 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 99.9 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............. 31 Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ 6 Travel and transportation of persons ............................ 1 Transportation of things ................................................ ................... Rental payments to GSA ................................................ 3 Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges 21 Other services ................................................................ 34 Supplies and materials ................................................. 1 Equipment ...................................................................... 5 f Total new obligations ................................................ 102 2000 est. 2001 est. 41 8 1 1 4 27 45 2 6 46 9 1 1 4 30 50 2 7 135 150 Personnel Summary Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 2001 1999 actual Total compensable workyears: Full-time equivalent employment ............................................................... 644 2000 est. 2001 est. 679 1,034 GENERAL FUND RECEIPT ACCOUNTS (in millions of dollars) 1999 actual 2000 est. Offsetting receipts from the public: 36–246800 Pharmaceutical copayments ............................ ................... ................... VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 787 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 2001 est. 167 Frm 00034 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year ø2000¿ 2001 for ø‘‘Compensation and pensions’’,¿ ‘‘Compensation’’, ‘‘Pension’’, ‘‘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 ø2000¿ 2001 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 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 ø2000¿ 2001 for ø‘‘Compensation and pensions’’,¿ ‘‘Compensation’’, ‘‘Pension’’, ‘‘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 ø1999¿ 2000. SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year ø2000¿ 2001 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’’ øand pensions’’¿ and ‘‘Pension’’. SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year ø2000¿ 2001, 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 ø2000¿ 2001, 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 ø2000¿ 2001, 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. SEC. 108. Beginning in fiscal year 2001, 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. Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS øSEC. 108. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Congress supports efforts to implement improvements in health care services for veterans in rural areas. (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—(1) Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the impact of the allocation of funds under the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) funding formula on the rural subregions of the health care system administered by the Veterans Health Administration. (2) The report shall include the following: (A) An assessment of impact of the allocation of funds under the VERA formula on— (i) travel times to veterans health care in rural areas; (ii) waiting periods for appointments for veterans health care in rural areas; (iii) the cost associated with additional community-based outpatient clinics; (iv) transportation costs; and (v) the unique challenges that Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers in rural, low-population subregions face in attempting to increase efficiency without large economies of scale. (B) The recommendations of the Secretary, if any, on how rural veterans’ access to health care services might be enhanced.¿ øSEC. 109. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a major medical facility project to renovate and construct facilities at the Olin E. Teague Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Temple, Texas, for a joint venture Cardiovascular Institute, in an amount not to exceed $11,500,000. In order to carry out that project, the amount of $11,500,000 appropriated for fiscal year 1998 and programmed for the renovation of Building 9 at the Waco, Texas, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is hereby made available for that project.¿ øSEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act for the Medical Care appropriation of the Department of Veterans Affairs may be obligated for the realignment of the health care delivery system in VISN 12 until 60 days after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that the department has: (1) consulted with veterans organizations, medical school affiliates, employee representatives, State veterans and health associations, and other interested parties with respect to the realignment plan to be implemented; and (2) made available to the Congress and the public information from the consultations regarding possible impacts on the accessibility of veterans health care services to affected veterans.¿ SEC. 109. Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: (a) Section 1710B(e) is amended to read: ‘‘(e) All amounts received by the Department under this section shall be deposited in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund.’’. (b) Section 1722A(c), as amended, is further amended by deleting the second sentence. (c) Section 1729A is amended: (1) in subsection (b) by: (A) redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) as (4), (5), (6), and (8) respectively: (B) inserting a new paragraph (3) to read: ‘‘(3) Section 1710B of this title.’’; (C) inserting a new paragraph (7) after paragraph (6) (as redesignated above), to read: ‘‘(7) Section 8165(a) of this title.’’; and (D) inserting a new paragraph (9) at the end, to read: ‘‘(9) Section 113 of Public Law 106–117, the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act.’’. (2) in subsection (c)(1) by: (a) deleting the phrase, ‘‘Subject to the provisions of appropriation Acts, amounts’’; (b) inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘Fifty percent of the first $700,000,000 received or collected each fiscal year under the provisions referred to in subsection (b), shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury. Remaining amounts’’; and (c) inserting ‘‘and without further appropriation’’ after ‘‘limitation.’’ (3) deleting subsection (f). (d)(1) Section 1729B is repealed. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 is amended by striking out the item relating to section 1729B. (e) Section 8165(a) is amended to read: VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00035 905 ‘‘(a)(1) Funds received by the Department under an enhanced-use lease and remaining after any deduction from those funds under subsection (b) shall be deposited in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund. ‘‘(2) Funds received by the Department from a disposal of leased property under section 8164 of this title and remaining after any deduction from such funds under the laws referred to in subsection (c) shall be deposited in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund.’’. (f) Section 113(b) of the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act, Pub. L. No. 106–117, is amended by striking ‘‘Health Services Improvement Fund established under section 1729B of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 202’’ and inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund’’. (g) Any amounts deposited in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Improvement Fund or the Extended Care Fund shall be transferred to and merged with the Medical Care Collections Fund, to be available subject to the terms and conditions of such Fund. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) f 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. Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 906 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS—Continued THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 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 their domicile and their 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. 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. øSEC. 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. ø415¿ 414. (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. (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. ø416¿ 415. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00036 indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–21. SEC. ø417¿ 416. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year ø2000¿ 2001 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. SEC. ø418¿ 417. 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. ø419¿ 418. 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 ø2000¿ 2001 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. ø420¿ 419. 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 ø2000¿ 2001 may be used for implementing comprehensive conservation and management plans. SEC. ø421¿ 420. 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. SEC. ø422¿ 421. It is the sense of the Congress that, along with health care, housing, education, and other benefits, the presence of an honor guard at a veteran’s funeral is a benefit that a veteran has earned, and, therefore, the executive branch should provide funeral honor details for the funerals of veterans when requested, in accordance with law. SEC. ø423¿ 422. Notwithstanding any other law, funds made available by this or any other Act or previous Acts for the George E. Brown United States/Mexico Foundation for Science may be used for the endowment of such Foundation: Provided, That funds from the United States Government shall be matched in equal amounts with funds from Mexico: Provided further, That the accounts of such Foundation shall be subject to United States Government administrative and audit requirements concerning grants and requirements concerning cost principles for nonprofit organizationsø: Provided further, That the United States/Mexico Foundation for Science is renamed the ‘‘George E. Brown United States/Mexico Foundation for Science’’¿. SEC. 423. NASA Full Cost Accounting. Title III of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, P.L. 85–568, is amended by adding the following new section at the end: ‘‘Section 312. (a) Appropriations for the Administration for fiscal year 2002 and thereafter shall be made in three accounts, ‘‘Human Space Flight’’, ‘‘Science, Aeronautics and Technology,’’ and an account for amounts appropriated for the necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General. Appropriations shall remain available for two fiscal years. Each account shall include the planned full costs of the Administration’s related activities. ‘‘(b) To ensure the safe, timely, and successful accomplishment of Administration missions, the Administration may transfer amounts for Federal salaries and benefits; training, travel and awards; facility and related costs; information technology services; publishing services; science, engineering, fabricating and testing services; and other administrative services among accounts, as necessary. ‘‘(c) The Administrator, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine what balances from the ‘‘Mission Support’’ account are to be transferred to the ‘‘Human Space Flight’’ and ‘‘Science, Aeronautics, and Technology’’ accounts. Such balances shall be transferred and merged with the Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ‘‘Human Space Flight’’ and ‘‘Science, Aeronautics, and Technology’’ accounts, and remain available for the period of which originally appropriated.’’ øSEC. 424. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to carry out Executive Order No. 13083.¿ øSEC. 425. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, no part of any appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations.¿ øSEC. 426. Except in the case of entities that are funded solely with Federal funds or any natural persons that are funded under this Act, none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties to lobby or litigate in respect to adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. A chief executive officer of any entity receiving funds under this Act shall certify that none of these funds have been used to engage in the lobbying of the Federal Government or in litigation against the United States unless authorized under existing law.¿ øSEC. 427. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NOT INCLUDED AS OWNER OR OPERATOR. Section 101(20)(D) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(20)(D)) is amended by inserting ‘‘through seizure or otherwise in connection with law enforcement activity’’ before ‘‘involuntary’’ the first place it appears.¿ øSEC. 428. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.¿ øSEC. 429. The comment period on the proposed rules related to section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act published at 64 Federal Register 46012 and 46058 (August 23, 1999) shall be extended from October 22, 1999, for a period of 90 additional calendar days.¿ øSEC. 430. Section 4(a) of the Act of August 9, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 777c(a)), is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.¿ øSEC. 431. PROMULGATION OF STORMWATER REGULATIONS. (a) STORMWATER REGULATIONS.—The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not promulgate the Phase II stormwater regulations until the Administrator submits to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing— (1) an in-depth impact analysis on the effect the final regulations will have on urban, suburban, and rural local governments subject to the regulations, including an estimate of— (A) the costs of complying with the six minimum control measures described in the regulations; and (B) the costs resulting from the lowering of the construction threshold from 5 acres to 1 acre; (2) an explanation of the rationale of the Administrator for lowering the construction site threshold from 5 acres to 1 acre, including— (A) an explanation, in light of recent court decisions, of why a 1-acre measure is any less arbitrarily determined than a 5-acre measure; and (B) all qualitative information used in determining an acre threshold for a construction site; (3) documentation demonstrating that stormwater runoff is generally a problem in communities with populations of 50,000 to 100,000 (including an explanation of why the coverage of the regulation is based on a census-determined population instead of a water quality threshold); and (4) information that supports the position of the Administrator that the Phase II stormwater program should be administered as part of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342).¿ ø(b) PHASE I REGULATIONS.—No later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Environment and Public Works Committee of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report containing a detailed explanation of the impact, if any, that the Phase I program has had in improving water quality in the United States (including a description of specific VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00037 907 measures that have been successful and those that have been unsuccessful). (c) FEDERAL REGISTER.—The reports described in subsections (a) and (b) shall be published in the Federal Register for public comment. SEC. 432. PESTICIDE TOLERANCE FEES. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to promulgate a final regulation to implement changes in the payment of pesticide tolerance processing fees as proposed at 64 Fed. Reg. 31040, or any similar proposals. The Environmental Protection Agency may proceed with the development of such a rule. SEC. 433. COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH INDEMNIFICATION EXTENSION. Section 70113(f ) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1999’’, and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’. 434. SPACE STATION COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SEC. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to establish a demonstration regarding the commercial feasibility and economic viability of private sector business operations involving the International Space Station and its related infrastructure. The goal will be furthered by the early use of the International Space Station by United States commercial entities committing private capital to commercial enterprises on the International Space Station. In conjunction with this demonstration program, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall establish and publish a price policy designed to eliminate price uncertainty for those planning to utilize the International Space Station and its related facilities for United States commercial use. (b) USE OF RECEIPTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE.—Any receipts collected by NASA from the commercial use of the International Space Station shall first be used to offset any costs incurred by NASA in support of the United States commercial use of the International Space Station. Any receipts collected in excess of the costs identified pursuant to the prior sentence may be retained by NASA for use without fiscal year limitation in promoting the commercial use of the International Space Station.¿ ø(c) REPORT.—NASA shall submit an annual report to the Congress that identifies all receipts that are collected under this section, the use of the receipts and the status of the demonstration. NASA shall submit a final report on the status of the demonstration, including any recommendation for expansion, within 120 days of the completion of the assembly of the International Space Station or the end of fiscal year 2004, whichever is earlier.¿ ø(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘United States commercial use’’ means private commercial projects that are designed to benefit the United States through the sales of goods or services or the creation of jobs, or both.¿ ø(e) TERMINATION.—The demonstration program established under this section shall apply to United States commercial use agreements that are entered into prior to the date of the completion of the International Space Station or the end of the fiscal year 2004, whichever is earlier.¿ øSEC. 435. INSURANCE; INDEMNIFICATION; LIABILITY. (A) AMENDMENT.—The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 308 the following new section:¿ ø‘‘EXPERIMENTAL AEROSPACE VEHICLE¿ ø‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may provide liability insurance for, or indemnification to, the developer of an experimental aerospace vehicle developed or used in execution of an agreement between the Administration and the developer.¿ ø‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— ø‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, the insurance and indemnification provided by the Administration under subsection (a) to a developer shall be provided on the same terms and conditions as insurance and indemnification is provided by the Administration under section 308 of this Act to the user of a space vehicle.¿ ø‘‘(2) INSURANCE.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A developer shall obtain liability insurance or demonstrate financial responsibility in amounts to compensate for the maximum probable loss from claims by— ‘‘(i) a third party for death, bodily injury, or property damage, or loss resulting from an activity carried out in connection with the development or use of an experimental aerospace vehicle; and ‘‘(ii) the United States Government for damage or loss to Government property resulting from such an activity.¿ ø‘‘(B) MAXIMUM REQUIRED.—The Administrator shall determine the amount of insurance required, but, except as provided Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX pfrm02 PsN: VET 908 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS—Continued ø‘‘EXPERIMENTAL THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 AEROSPACE VEHICLE¿—Continued in subparagraph (C), that amount shall not be greater than the amount required under section 70112(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, for a launch. The Administrator shall publish notice of the Administrator’s determination and the applicable amount or amounts in the Federal Register within 10 days after making the determination.¿ ø‘‘(C) INCREASE IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS.—The Administrator may increase the dollar amounts set forth in section 70112(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, for the purpose of applying that section under this section to a developer after consultation with the Comptroller General and such experts and consultants as may be appropriate, and after publishing notice of the increase in the Federal Register not less than 180 days before the increase goes into effect. The Administrator shall make available for public inspection, not later than the date of publication of such notice, a complete record of any correspondence received by the Administration, and a transcript of any meetings in which the Administration participated, regarding the proposed increase.¿ ø‘‘(D) SAFETY REVIEW REQUIRED BEFORE ADMINISTRATOR PROVIDES INSURANCE.—The Administrator may not provide liability insurance or indemnification under subsection (a) unless the developer establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrator that appropriate safety procedures and practices are being followed in the development of the experimental aerospace vehicle.¿ INDEMNIFICATION WITHOUT CROSS-WAIVER.— ø‘‘(3) NO Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Administrator may not indemnify a developer of an experimental aerospace vehicle under this section unless there is an agreement between the Administration and the developer described in subsection (c).¿ ø‘‘(4) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROCEDURES.—If the Administrator requests additional appropriations to make payments under this section, like the payments that may be made under section 308(b) of this Act, then the request for those appropriations shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by subsections (d) and (e) of section 70113 of title 49, United States Code. ‘‘(c) CROSS-WAIVERS.—¿ ø‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE.—The Administrator, on behalf of the United States, and its departments, agencies, and related entities, may reciprocally waive claims with a developer or cooperating party and with the related entities of that developer or cooperating party under which each party to the waiver agrees to be responsible, and agrees to ensure that its own related entities are responsible, for damage or loss to its property for which it is responsible, or for losses resulting from any injury or death sustained by its own employees or agents, as a result of activities connected to the agreement or use of the experimental aerospace vehicle.¿ ø‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— ‘‘(A) CLAIMS.—A reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) may not preclude a claim by any natural person (including, but not limited to, a natural person who is an employee of the United States, the developer, the cooperating party, or their respective subcontractors) or that natural person’s estate, survivors, or subrogees for injury or death, except with respect to a subrogee that is a party to the waiver or has otherwise agreed to be bound by the terms of the waiver.¿ ø‘‘(B) LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE.—A reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) may not absolve any party of liability to any natural person (including, but not limited to, a natural person who is an employee of the United States, the developer, the cooperating party, or their respective subcontractors) or such a natural person’s estate, survivors, or subrogees for negligence, except with respect to a subrogee that is a party to the waiver or has otherwise agreed to be bound by the terms of the waiver.¿ ø‘‘(C) INDEMNIFICATION FOR DAMAGES.—A reciprocal waiver under paragraph (1) may not be used as the basis of a claim by the Administration, or the developer or cooperating party, VerDate 04-JAN-2000 11:38 Jan 28, 2000 Jkt 186484 PO 00000 Frm 00038 for indemnification against the other for damages paid to a natural person, or that natural person’s estate, survivors, or subrogees, for injury or death sustained by that natural person as a result of activities connected to the agreement or use of the experimental aerospace vehicle.¿ ø‘‘(3) EFFECT ON PREVIOUS WAIVERS.—Subsection (c) applies to any waiver of claims entered into by the Administration without regard to whether it was entered into before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.¿ ø‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: ‘‘(1) COOPERATING PARTY.—The term ‘cooperating party’ means any person who enters into an agreement with the Administration for the performance of cooperative scientific, aeronautical, or space activities to carry out the purposes of this Act. ‘‘(2) DEVELOPER.—The term ‘developer’ means a United States person (other than a natural person) who—¿ ø‘‘(A) is a party to an agreement with the Administration for the purpose of developing new technology for an experimental aerospace vehicle; ‘‘(B) owns or provides property to be flown or situated on that vehicle; or ‘‘(C) employs a natural person to be flown on that vehicle.¿ ø‘‘(3) EXPERIMENTAL AEROSPACE VEHICLE.—The term ‘experimental aerospace vehicle’ means an object intended to be flown in, or launched into, orbital or suborbital flight for the purpose of demonstrating technologies necessary for a reusable launch vehicle, developed under an agreement between the Administration and a developer.¿ ø‘‘(4) RELATED ENTITY.—The term ‘related entity’ includes a contractor or subcontractor at any tier, a supplier, a grantee, and an investigator or detailee.¿ ø‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.— ‘‘(1) SECTION 308.—This section does not apply to any object, transaction, or operation to which section 308 of this Act applies. ‘‘(2) CHAPTER 701 OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.—The Administrator may not provide indemnification to a developer under this section for launches subject to license under section 70117(g)(1) of title 49, United States Code.’’.¿ (b) REPEAL.—Section 431 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–276) is repealed. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000.) øSEC. 242. (a) The seventh paragraph under the heading ‘‘Community Development Block Grants’’ in title II of H.R. 2684 (Public Law 106–74) is amended by striking the figure making individual grants for targeted economic investments and inserting ‘‘$250,175,000’’ in lieu thereof.¿ ø(b) The statement of the managers of the committee of conference accompanying H.R. 2684 (Public Law 106–74; House Report No. 106– 379) is deemed to be amended under the heading ‘‘Community Development Block Grants’’ to include in the description of targeted economic development initiatives the following: ‘‘—$500,000 to Saint John’s County, Florida for water, wastewater, and sewer system improvements; ‘‘—$1,000,000 to the City of San Dimas, California for structural improvements, earthquake reinforcement, and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, to the Walker House; ‘‘—$2,000,000 to the City of Youngstown in Youngstown, Ohio for site acquisition, planning, architectural design, and preliminary construction activities of a convocation/community center; ‘‘—$875,000 to Chippewa County, Wisconsin for development of the Lake Wissota Business Park; ‘‘—$1,500,000 to Lake Marion Regional Water Agency in South Carolina, for continued development of water supply needs; ‘‘—$650,000 to Santa Fe County, New Mexico, for the Santa Fe Regional Water Management and River Restoration Strategy (including activities of partner governments and agencies); ‘‘—$650,000 to the Dunbar Community Center in Springfield, Massachusetts to expand its facilities’’.¿ (Miscellaneous Appropriations, 2000 as enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000 (P.L. 106–113.). 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