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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS The 2006 budget provides $30,852 million in discretionary funding for veterans health, benefits, and other services, including $33,440 million in gross discretionary budget authority and $2,588 million in anticipated medical collections. For medical care, VA is submitting its 2006 budget request using the three-appropriation account structure enacted in P.L. 108–447, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, with a few modifications. The medical care research support funding will be realigned from each of the three medical care appropriations to the Medical and Prosthetic Research appropriation. The benefit programs are separated into seven business lines—disability compensation, pension, education, housing, vocational rehabilitation and employment, insurance, and burial. The Construction, Major, Construction, Minor, and Grants for Construction of State Veterans Cemeteries, the Grants for Construction of State Extended Care appropriations will be realigned under the corresponding appropriations. This modified budget account structure will better position VA to more readily determine the full cost of each of our programs. This will allow the Department to more effectively evaluate the program results we achieve with the total resources associated with each program. Provided further, That the implementation of the program described in the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs¿ 2007: Provided further, That øfor¿ the DOD VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by section 721 of Public Law 107–314, øa minimum of¿ shall transfer not less than $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, for øany purpose¿ the purposes authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8111. In addition, such sums as may be deposited to the Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A (except any sums in Enrollment Fee, and the Pharmaceutical Copayments, Increase from PL 7/8 subaccounts of such Fund) may be transferred to ‘‘Medical services’’, 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, 2005.) øFor an additional amount for ‘‘Medical services’’ for expenses related to recent natural disasters in the Southeast, $38,283,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That the amounts provided herein are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007 of Public Law 108–287.¿ (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005.) Unavailable Receipts (in millions of dollars) f 2004 actual Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 MEDICAL PROGRAMS 01.99 Federal Funds General and special funds: MEDICAL SERVICES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in paragraphs (1) through (8) of section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the ødepartment¿ Department, and including medical supplies and equipment and salaries and expenses of health-care employees hired under title 38, United States Code, and aid to State homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States Code; ø$19,472,777,000¿ $19,789,141,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed $1,100,000,000 shall be available until September 30, ø2006: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for treatment for veterans who are service-connected disabled, lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, the Secretary may transfer up to $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, to ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ for purposes of implementing CARES subject to a determination by the Secretary that such funds will improve access and quality of veteran’s health care needs: Provided further, That, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, the Secretary may transfer not more than $125,000,000 of the unobligated balances in this account and amounts made available under this heading to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ for costs associated with processing claims where the basis of the entitlement is claimed disability incurred as a result of a veteran’s service, subject to a determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that such additional funds are necessary: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based on requirements established by the Secretary: Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.20 First party collections, MCCF ......................................... 02.21 Third party collections, MCCF ........................................ 02.23 Enhanced-use lease proceeds, veterans health services improvemen ....................................................... 02.25 Compensated work therapy, MCCF ................................ 02.26 MCCF, Long-term care copayments ............................... 02.27 Parking fees, MCCF ....................................................... 02.28 Pharmaceutical copayments, MCCF .............................. 02.29 Enrollment fee, MCCF—Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO ................................................................... 02.30 Pharmaceutical copayments, increase from PL 7/8— Legislative proposal subject to PAYGO ..................... 02.40 Payments from compensation and pension, MCCF ....... 02.99 Total receipts and collections ................................... 2005 est. 2006 est. 115 153 137 114 960 131 1,018 166 1,175 ................... ................... ................... ................... 623 29 41 7 4 722 1 44 1 4 773 ................... ................... 248 ................... ................... ................... 1 176 1 1,953 2,589 Total: Balances and collections .................................... 1,812 2,106 Appropriations: 05.00 Medical care .................................................................. ¥1,659 ¥1,969 05.01 Enrollment fee, MCCF—Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO ............................................................ ................... ................... 05.02 Pharmaceutical copayments, increase from PL 7/8— Legislative proposal not subject to PAYGO .............. ................... ................... 1,697 2,726 04.00 ¥2,164 ¥248 ¥176 05.99 Total appropriations .................................................. ¥1,659 ¥1,969 ¥2,588 07.99 Balance, end of year ..................................................... 153 137 138 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 2005 est. 2006 est. 00.01 00.02 00.03 00.04 00.05 00.06 00.07 00.08 00.09 Obligations by program activity: Acute hospital care ........................................................ Rehabilitative care ......................................................... Psychiatric care ............................................................. Nursing home care ........................................................ Subacute care ................................................................ Residential care ............................................................. Outpatient care .............................................................. Miscellaneous benefits and services ............................. CHAMPVA ........................................................................ 4,791 297 722 1,776 133 160 11,229 510 437 5,323 301 765 1,761 117 188 11,878 539 515 5,155 303 1,000 1,414 96 208 12,418 564 627 00.91 01.01 01.02 Total operating expenses .......................................... Acute hospital care ........................................................ Rehabilitative care ......................................................... 20,055 127 15 21,387 111 14 21,785 129 15 893 VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET MEDICAL PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 894 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 Against gross budget authority only: Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) .................................. Portion of offsetting collections (cash) credited to expired accounts ................................................... General and special funds—Continued 88.95 MEDICAL SERVICES—Continued 88.96 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued ¥14 ................... ................... 14 ................... ................... Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 2005 est. 2006 est. 01.03 01.04 01.05 01.06 01.07 01.08 Psychiatric care ............................................................. Nursing home care ........................................................ Subacute care ................................................................ Residential care ............................................................. Outpatient care .............................................................. Miscellaneous benefits and services ............................. 45 56 10 15 212 25 41 50 9 14 190 23 46 46 15 10 227 26 01.91 Total capital investment ........................................... 505 452 514 02.93 09.01 Total direct program ................................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 20,560 282 21,839 172 22,299 179 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 20,842 22,011 22,478 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 22.10 Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations ....................................................................... 22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to other accounts 23.90 23.95 23.98 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 820 20,394 619 21,788 369 22,132 270 ................... ................... ¥1 ¥27 ................... 21,483 22,380 22,501 ¥20,842 ¥22,011 ¥22,478 ¥22 ................... ................... 619 369 23 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 17,309 19,272 19,789 40.20 Appropriation (special fund) ..................................... 1,659 1,969 2,164 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced (P.L. 108–199) ¥104 ................... ................... 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced (P.L. 108–447) ................... ¥154 ................... 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced (P.L. 108–447) ................... ¥16 ................... 41.00 Transferred to other accounts ................................... ¥415 ¥140 ................... 42.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. 1,663 685 ................... 43.00 68.00 68.10 68.90 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) .................................. 69.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total discretionary) .......................................... Mandatory: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... Recoveries of prior year obligations .............................. Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................ 74.10 Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (expired) ................................................ 72.40 73.10 73.20 73.40 73.45 74.00 20,112 21,616 21,953 227 172 179 14 ................... ................... 241 172 179 41 ................... ................... 20,394 21,788 22,132 3,448 2,145 3,569 20,842 22,011 22,478 ¥21,872 ¥20,587 ¥21,825 ¥3 ................... ................... ¥270 ................... ................... ¥14 ................... ................... 14 ................... ................... 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 86.90 86.93 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 21,872 20,587 21,825 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. ¥123 ¥159 ¥91 ¥81 ¥95 ¥84 88.90 ¥282 ¥172 ¥179 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 2,145 3,569 4,222 18,112 18,537 18,770 3,720 2,050 3,055 40 ................... ................... PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 3616 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 20,112 21,590 21,616 20,415 21,953 21,646 Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays (in millions of dollars) Enacted/requested: 2004 actual 2005 est. Budget Authority ..................................................................... 20,112 21,616 Outlays .................................................................................... 21,590 20,415 Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO: Budget Authority ..................................................................... .................... .................... Outlays .................................................................................... .................... .................... Total: Budget Authority ..................................................................... Outlays .................................................................................... 20,112 21,590 21,616 20,415 2006 est. 21,953 21,646 424 199 22,377 21,845 For 2006, the budget requests total resources for the VA Medical Services appropriation of $22.4 billion, an increase of $659 million ($25 million in appropriation and $635 million in collections) over the 2005 level. This includes $19.8 billion in appropriated budget authority and $2.6 billion to be collected in the Medical Care Collections Fund. The budget request also includes a comprehensive set of legislative and regulatory proposals that will continue to concentrate VA’s health care resources to meet the needs of our highest priority core veterans—those with service-connected conditions, those with lower incomes, and veterans with special health care needs. These proposals are discussed in the Medical Services legislative proposal section. Medical Services.—Provides for a comprehensive, integrated health care delivery system that addresses the needs of eligible veterans and beneficiaries (except non-service-connected veterans and veterans exceeding the income threshold) in VA medical centers, outpatient clinic facilities, contract hospitals, State homes, and outpatient programs on a fee basis. Hospital and outpatient care is also provided by the private sector for certain dependents and survivors of veterans under the Civilian Health and Medical Programs for the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA). Medical Care Collections Fund (MCCF).—VA estimates collections of more than $2.6 billion, representing 8-percent of available resources. VA has the authority to collect inpatient and outpatient co-payments, medication co-payments, and nursing home co-payments; authority for certain income verification; authority to recover third-party insurance payments from veterans for nonservice-connected conditions; and authority to collect revenue from enhanced use leases. Public Law 108–199, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, also requires revenue from the following accounts to be deposited into the MCCF beginning in FY 2004. (1) Long-Term Care Co-payments (formerly Veterans Extended Revolving Fund).—Long-term co-payments of $97 a day are collected from non-service connected veterans receiving extended care services such as geriatric evaluation; nursing home care; domiciliary services; adult day health care; other noninstitutional alternatives to nursing home care; and respite care. (2) Compensated Work Therapy Program (formerly Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Activities Fund).—These funds are derived from actual work performed by patients and members in VA health care facilities under contracts developed with private industry, non-profit organizations, and state and federal entities and are used to support the program. This program provides a transition-working environment for veterans living in community assisted living Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET MEDICAL PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS arrangements under VA psychiatric care to help them become self-sufficient. (3) Compensation and Pension Living Expenses Program (formerly Medical Facilities Revolving Fund).—Veterans who do not have either a spouse or child may have their monthly pension payments reduced to $90. The difference between the veteran’s regular monthly pension payment and the $90 is transferred from the Compensation and Pension account to the Compensation and Pension Living Expenses Program. (4) Parking Program (formerly Parking Revolving Fund).—VA collects parking fees for the use of parking facilities at VA facilities. Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 496,150 8,591 35,619 2005 est. 508,631 8,610 35,836 NUMBER OF MEDICAL VISITS AND DENTAL WORKLOADS Medical visits (in thousands): Staff visits .............................................................................. Fee visits ................................................................................. Readjustment counseling ....................................................... 2004 actual 49,966 3,779 1,031 52,817 4,170 1,050 55,857 4,623 1,075 54,776 58,037 61,555 Dental: Staff: Examinations .................................................................. Treatments ..................................................................... 530,293 158,214 550,000 165,000 570,000 172,000 Total ........................................................................... 688,507 715,000 742,000 Fee: Cases completed ........................................................ 22,589 29,000 36,000 Average employment ............................................................... 61,901 65,275 65,809 2006 est. 521,966 8,660 35,323 Rehabilitative care.—An increase of $3 million in 2006 is estimated for the provision of rehabilitative care, including spinal cord injury care. Estimated operating levels are: 2004 actual 15,280 1,215 3,259 2005 est. 15,491 1,210 3,422 2006 est. 15,588 1,210 3,593 Psychiatric care.—An increase of $240 million is estimated in 2006 for the inpatient care of veterans with problems related to mental illness, including alcohol and drug problems. Estimated operating levels are: 2004 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 110,925 4,519 7,881 2005 est. 110,925 4,519 7,881 2006 est. 130,634 5,332 8,508 Nursing home care.—In 2006, a decrease of $351 million is estimated for the care of residents in VA nursing homes, contract nursing homes and State nursing homes. Estimated operating levels are: 2004 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 93,271 33,984 14,499 2005 est. 89,961 34,302 14,499 2004 actual 25,523 2005 est. 30,118 61,110 21,189 11,200 2006 est. 35,540 2004 actual 14,676 488 1,518 2005 est. 13,942 463 1,245 2006 est. 13,384 445 1,021 Residential care.—An increase of $16 million is estimated in 2006 for the care of veterans in locations other than their own homes, such as domiciliary care programs. Estimated operating levels are: 2004 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 30,217 PO 00000 2005 est. 29,701 Frm 00003 2006 est. Miscellaneous benefits and services.—An increase of $28 million is estimated in 2006 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. 2004 actual Average employment ............................................................... 2,797 2005 est. 2,797 2006 est. 2,797 Civilian health and medical program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA).—An increase of $112 million is estimated in 2006 for private hospital and outpatient care for dependents and survivors of certain veterans. Estimated operating levels are: 2004 actual Average daily hospital census ................................................ Outpatient (in thousands) ...................................................... 210 4,503 2005 est. 228 5,554 2006 est. 249 6,659 PERFORMANCE MEASURES Provide High Quality Health Care.—Use of clinical practice guidelines in treating patients results in improved health of veterans and reduced use of services. The prevention index spotlights and summarizes a variety of evidenced based measures for high quality preventive health care. VHA’s strategy to monitor satisfaction through patient surveys will identify areas of improvement in all medical services. 2004 actual Subacute care.—A decrease of $15 million is estimated in 2006 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: Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 2005 est. 2006 est. Noninstitutional extended care.—Included in outpatient estimates in 2006 is an increase of $61 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: Average daily census .............................................................. 11,075 1,621 Total ........................................................................... 2004 actual Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 11,142 1,589 Outpatient care.—An increase of $523 million is estimated in 2006 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: WORKLOAD Provision of Veterans Health Care— Acute hospital care.—Costs for 2006 are estimated to decrease by $150 million for operating medical, neurological, surgical, contract and State home hospital beds. Estimated operating levels are: Patients treated ...................................................................... Average daily census .............................................................. Average employment ............................................................... 11,083 1,558 895 2006 est. 29,081 Fmt 3616 Clinical Practice Guidelines Index .......................................... Prevention Index II .................................................................. Percent of patients rating VA health care service as very good or excellent: ............................................................... Inpatient ............................................................................. Outpatient ........................................................................... 2005 est. 2006 est. 77% 88% 77% 88% 77% 88% 74% 72% 74% 73% 74% 73% Access to Medical Care.—VA’s strategy is to improve access and timeliness of service by reducing waiting times in specialty and primary care clinics in medical centers nationwide, and by relying more extensively on non-institutional forms of long-term care. 2004 actual Percentage of primary care appointments scheduled within 30 days of desired date ..................................................... Percentage of specialty care appointments scheduled within 30 days of desired date ..................................................... Sfmt 3647 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 2005 est. 2006 est. 94% 94% 94% 93% 93% 93% MEDICAL PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 896 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 General and special funds—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) MEDICAL SERVICES—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–0160–2–1–703 2005 est. 2006 est. (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued 2004 actual Increase non-institutional long-term care as expressed by average daily census ......................................................... 25,523 2005 est. 30,118 2006 est. 35,540 VA DoD Sharing.—VA’s strategy is to improve collaboration and exchange with DoD. 2004 actual Documented increases in the use of joint procurement contracts ............................................................................. Develop implementation guides for consolidated health informatics standards adopted by VA and DoD ................ 2005 est. 2006 est. NA NA $150M NA NA 2 of 9 standards Revenue Cycle Improvement.—VHA is seeking to improve its performance in the area of medical care collections. The revenue cycle improvement plan includes initiatives that will improve efficiency and accuracy. 2004 actual Ratio of collections to billings ............................................... 41% 2005 est. 41% 00.01 Obligations by program activity: Health care for veterans ................................................ ................... ................... 424 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ ................... ................... 424 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ ................... ................... Total new obligations .................................................... ................... ................... 424 ¥424 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.20 Enrollment fee, MCCF—Legislative proposal not subject to PAYGO .................................................. ................... ................... 40.20 Pharmaceutical copayments, increase from PL 7/ 8—Legislative proposal not subject to PAYGO ................... ................... 43.00 2006 est. 41% 72.40 73.10 73.20 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ ................... ................... 248 176 424 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... ................... ................... ................... Total new obligations .................................................... ................... ................... 424 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ................... ¥199 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 74.40 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.9 12.1 13.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 23.2 23.3 24.0 25.2 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 26.0 31.0 32.0 41.0 41.0 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other than full-time permanent ........................... Other personnel compensation ............................. 7,155 163 813 2005 est. 7,740 127 883 7,652 125 872 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 20,560 282 21,839 172 22,299 179 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 20,842 22,011 22,478 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Direct: 1001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 2005 est. 225 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... ................... ................... 199 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... 424 199 2006 est. Total personnel compensation ......................... 8,131 8,750 8,649 Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... 2,158 2,241 2,215 Benefits for former personnel ................................... ................... 5 5 Employee travel ......................................................... 21 22 24 Beneficiary travel ...................................................... 170 170 167 Interagency motor pool payments ............................. 1 19 22 All other ..................................................................... 39 22 20 Transportation of things ........................................... 12 13 13 Rental payments to others ........................................ 5 ................... ................... Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. 110 112 113 Printing and reproduction ......................................... 1 1 1 Other contractual services ........................................ 1,696 1,631 1,587 Outpatient dental fees .............................................. 25 34 43 Medical and nursing fees ......................................... 710 738 751 Community nursing homes ....................................... 277 314 312 Contract hospitalization ............................................ 494 499 545 Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) ................... 437 515 627 Medical supplies and materials ............................... 5,302 5,809 6,436 Equipment ................................................................. 499 449 502 Medical land and structures ..................................... 6 2 3 Medical grants, subsidies, and contributions .......... 439 493 264 Medical grants to private organizations ................... 27 ................... ................... Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ ................... ................... 86.90 2004 actual Identification code 36–0160–0–1–703 2006 est. 127,313 130,753 125,497 1,719 1,791 Legislation will be proposed to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to collect two user fees from priority level 7 and 8 (PL7/8) veterans. The agency will be able to use the fees to the extent provided in appropriations acts. The first user fee proposal will establish an annual enrollment fee of $250, and the second will increase pharmacy copayments from $7 to $15 for a 30 day supply of drugs. Both of these user fees will be charged to PL 7/8 veterans only. These proposals will continue to concentrate VA’s health care resources to meet the needs of our highest priority core veterans—those with service-connected conditions, lower incomes, and special health care needs. The Administration proposes to offset these fees against discretionary beginning in 2007. Discretionary totals in those years will be reduced by these fees. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0160–2–1–703 2005 est. 2006 est. 11.1 11.3 11.5 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. ................... ................... Other than full-time permanent ............................... ................... ................... Other personnel compensation .................................. ................... ................... 154 3 18 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.3 25.2 25.6 25.6 25.6 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Beneficiary travel ........................................................... Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other contractual services ............................................. Medical and nursing fees .............................................. Community nursing homes ............................................ Contract hospitalization ................................................. Medical supplies and materials .................................... Equipment ...................................................................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 175 45 3 2 32 15 6 10 127 9 Total new obligations ................................................ ................... ................... 424 ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 1,865 99.9 MEDICAL SERVICES Personnel Summary (Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO) Such sums as may be deposited to the Enrollment Fee, and the Pharmaceutical Copayments, Increase from PL 7/8 subaccounts of the Medical Care Collections Fund may be transferred to ‘‘Medical Services,’’ to remain available until expended for the purposes of this account. VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 3616 2004 actual Identification code 36–0160–2–1–703 2005 est. Direct: 1001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... ................... ................... Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 2006 est. 2,510 MEDICAL PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DOD-VA HEALTH CARE SHARING INCENTIVE FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0165–0–1–703 2005 est. 2006 est. 00.01 Obligations by program activity: Direct Program Activity .................................................. ................... 17 30 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ ................... 17 30 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year ................... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 30 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation 30 Total new obligations .................................................... ................... 24.40 30 43 30 ................... 60 ¥17 43 ¥30 13 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 30 43 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 42.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. 30 30 ................... 43.00 30 30 ................... 72.40 73.10 73.20 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... ................... ................... Total new obligations .................................................... ................... 17 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... ................... ¥16 1 30 ¥15 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ ................... 1 16 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. ................... 16 897 ware; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901– 5902 of title 5, United States Code; administrative and legal expenses of the department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the department as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.); and such sums as necessary to fund cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); ƒ$4,705,000,000≈ $4,439,124,000, of which $250,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007, plus reimbursements. øFor 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; information technology hardware and software; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901–5902 of title 5, United States Code; and administrative and legal expenses of the department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the department as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.); $4,705,000,000, of which $250,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2006, plus reimbursements.¿ (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) øFor an additional amount for ‘‘Medical administration’’ for expenses related to recent natural disasters in the Southeast, $1,940,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That the amounts provided herein are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007 of Public Law 108–287.¿ (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005.) 15 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 30 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... ................... 4 8 1 3 1 6 13 3 6 2 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 .......................................................... Total new obligations ................................................ ................... 17 30 00.91 30 ................... 16 15 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 11.1 25.1 26.0 31.0 32.0 99.9 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............. Advisory and assistance services .................................. Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... Land and structures ...................................................... 2005 est. 2004 actual 1001 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... ................... 2005 est. 50 2006 est. 75 The purpose of the fund is to enable the Departments to carry out a program to identify and provide incentives to implement creative sharing initiatives at the facility, intraregional and nationwide levels. The Departments have established the fund and developed processes and criteria to solicit and select projects. Section 721 of the FY 2003 National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 107–314, established the fund and requires VA and Department of Defense (DoD) to establish a joint incentive program. Each Secretary shall annually contribute a minimum of $15 million to the fund. f MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 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; information technology hardware and soft- VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 3616 737 25 226 232 43 48 1,140 1,165 30 735 24 226 224 31 48 1,431 1,210 40 753 25 232 225 22 49 1,457 1,259 45 3,646 3,969 4,067 01.01 01.02 01.03 01.04 01.05 01.06 01.07 01.08 01.09 Total operating expenses ................................. Capital investment: Provision of veterans health care: Acute hospital care .......................................... Rehabilitative care ........................................... Psychiatric care ................................................ Nursing home care ........................................... Subacute care .................................................. Residential care ............................................... Outpatient care ................................................ Miscellaneous benefits and services ............... CHAMPVA .......................................................... 88 10 31 38 7 10 146 17 3 103 12 37 45 8 12 172 20 4 99 12 36 44 8 12 167 20 4 01.91 Total capital investment .................................. 350 413 402 02.93 09.01 Total direct program ................................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 3,996 23 4,382 25 4,469 26 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 4,019 4,407 4,495 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 3 4,050 33 4,404 30 4,465 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. 24.40 2006 est. Personnel Summary Identification code 36–0165–0–1–703 2006 est. 23.90 23.95 23.98 2004 actual Identification code 36–0165–0–1–703 2005 est. Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced (P.L. 108–199) Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 4,053 4,437 4,495 ¥4,019 ¥4,407 ¥4,495 ¥1 ................... ................... 33 30 ................... 4,932 4,648 4,439 ¥30 ................... ................... MEDICAL PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 898 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 11.9 12.1 13.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 23.3 General and special funds—Continued MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 40.35 41.00 43.00 68.00 68.10 68.90 Appropriation permanently reduced (P.L. 108–447) ................... Transferred to other accounts ................................... ¥875 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) .................................. 2005 est. 24.0 25.2 25.6 26.0 26.0 31.0 32.0 43.0 Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Benefits for former personnel ................................... Employee travel ......................................................... All other ..................................................................... Transportation of things ........................................... Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. Printing and reproduction ......................................... Other contractual services ........................................ Medical and nursing fees ......................................... Medical supplies and materials ............................... Provisions .................................................................. Equipment ................................................................. Medical land and structures ..................................... Interest and dividends .............................................. 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 3,996 23 4,382 25 4,470 25 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 4,019 4,407 4,495 2006 est. ¥37 ................... ¥232 ................... 4,027 4,379 4,439 16 25 26 7 ................... ................... Spending authority from offsetting collections (total discretionary) .......................................... 23 25 26 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 4,050 4,404 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................ 199 204 212 10 11 11 927 1,002 999 5 ................... ................... 86 137 141 6 ................... ................... 340 395 393 10 14 9 12 13 13 4,465 72.40 73.10 73.20 73.40 74.00 1,801 2,031 2,097 539 520 538 8 1 1 33 35 36 1 ................... ................... 19 19 20 74.40 Personnel Summary 13 657 1,270 4,019 4,407 4,495 ¥3,367 ¥3,794 ¥4,379 ¥1 ................... ................... ¥7 ................... ................... Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 657 1,270 1,386 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... 86.93 Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 3,358 9 3,623 171 3,367 3,794 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 2005 est. 2006 est. 1001 3,705 674 87.00 2004 actual Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 4,379 33,326 34,008 33,997 245 265 276 f MEDICAL FACILITIES Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. ¥15 ¥1 ¥23 ¥2 ¥24 ¥2 88.90 ¥16 ¥25 ¥26 88.95 89.00 90.00 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Against gross budget authority only: Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) .................................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... ¥7 ................... ................... 4,027 3,351 4,379 3,769 4,439 4,353 For 2006, the budget requests total resources for the VA Medical Administration appropriation of $4.4 billion, an increase of $62 million over the 2005 level. The Medical Administration appropriation finances the expenses of management, security, and administration of the VA health care system through the operation of VA medical centers, other facilities, Veterans Integrated Service Networks offices and facility director offices, chief of staff operations, quality of care oversight, all information technology hardware and software, legal services, billing and coding activities, procurement, financial management, and human resource management. This appropriation also finances the National Program Administration, VHA headquarters, which provides corporate leadership and support to VA’s comprehensive and integrated health care system with a Headquarters’ staff that includes a capital facilities management and development process. 2004 actual 11.1 11.3 11.5 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other than full-time permanent ........................... Other personnel compensation ............................. VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 1,585 36 180 PO 00000 TRANSFER OF FUNDS)¿ For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities and other necessary facilities for the Veterans Health Administration; for 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; for oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged to project costs; for 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; for leases of facilities; and for laundry and food services, ø$3,745,000,000¿ $3,888,469,000, of which $250,000,000 shall be available until September 30, ø2006¿ 2007: Provided, That $699,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for implementation of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services activities. In addition, That such sums as may be deposited to the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8118 may be transferred to ‘‘Medical facilities’’, 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, 2005.) øFor an additional amount for ‘‘Medical facilities’’ for expenses related to recent natural disasters, $46,909,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the amounts provided herein are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007 of Public Law 108–287.¿ (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0162–0–1–703 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0152–0–1–703 ø(INCLUDING 2005 est. 1,797 29 205 Frm 00006 2006 est. 1,856 30 211 Fmt 3616 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 ........................................... Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 782 77 339 462 2005 est. 898 84 370 463 2006 est. 929 88 389 365 MEDICAL PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 00.05 00.06 00.07 00.08 00.09 00.10 00.11 Subacute care .................................................. Residential care ............................................... Outpatient care ................................................ Miscellaneous benefits and services ............... CHAMPVA .......................................................... Construction, major projects ............................ Construction, minor projects ............................ 59 125 649 103 2 3 31 55 133 679 110 3 29 35 47 137 670 110 3 37 24 00.91 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 ............... Construction, major projects ............................ Construction, minor projects ............................ 2,632 2,859 2,799 106 13 39 47 9 13 180 21 129 171 106 13 38 46 8 13 178 21 396 211 133 16 48 59 11 16 224 27 498 141 728 1,030 1,173 02.01 Total capital investment .................................. Grant Program: Grants to States ........................................................ 147 114 12 02.93 09.01 Total direct program ............................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 3,507 11 4,003 13 3,984 14 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 3,518 4,016 3,998 21.40 22.00 22.22 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Unobligated balance transferred from other accounts 438 4,015 1 936 923 3,976 3,902 27 ................... 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 4,454 ¥3,518 4,939 ¥4,016 4,825 ¥3,998 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 936 923 827 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 4,419 4,428 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced (P.L. 108–199) ¥27 ................... 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced (P.L. 108–XXX) ................... ¥35 41.00 Transferred to other accounts ................................... ¥788 ¥452 42.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. 400 ................... 3,888 ................... ................... ................... ................... 01.01 01.02 01.03 01.04 01.05 01.06 01.07 01.08 01.10 01.11 01.91 43.00 68.00 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 4,004 3,941 3,888 11 35 14 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 4,015 3,976 3,902 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 497 3,518 ¥2,699 1,316 4,016 ¥3,574 1,758 3,998 ¥3,712 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 1,316 1,758 2,044 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 2,397 302 2,860 714 2,841 871 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 2,699 3,574 3,712 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. ¥4 ¥7 ¥5 ¥30 ¥5 ¥9 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥11 ¥35 ¥14 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 4,004 2,688 3,941 3,539 3,888 3,698 For 2006, the budget requests total resources for the VA Medical Facilities appropriation of $3.9 billion, an increase of $30.2 million over the 2005 level. The Medical Facilities appropriation finances the operations, maintenance, construction, and alteration of the VA health care systems’ vast capital infrastructure. VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 3616 899 Medical Facilities.—Provides for the operations and maintenance of the capital infrastructure required to provide health care to the Nation’s veterans. These costs include utilities, engineering, capital planning, leases, laundry and food services, grounds maintenance, trash removal, housekeeping, fire protection, pest management, facility repair, and property disposition and acquisition. The capital investment accounts necessary to ensure VA’s infrastructure is adequate to support the delivery of quality health care are within the Medical Facilities appropriation. These capital investment programs finance the following activities: (1) Major Construction.—Provides for constructing, altering, extending, and improving any VA facility for the provision of health-care services. This includes planning, architectural and engineering services, Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities, assessments, and site acquisition where the estimated cost of a project is $7,000,000 or more for major construction. (2) Minor Construction.—Provides for constructing, altering, extending, and improving any VA facility for the provision of health-care services. This includes planning, architectural and engineering services, Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities, assessments, and site acquisition where the estimated cost of a project is less than $7,000,000 for minor construction. (3) Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities.— Provides 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. VA intends to complete a nationwide infrastructure assessment study for institutional long-term care, an area that was not included in the recent study of medical care facility needs (CARES). The 2006 budget temporarily halts grants to fund construction of new state extended care facilities to ensure that future construction aligns with the conclusions of the study. (4) Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund.— Provides for costs associated with the transfer and future transfers of real property; enhancing medical care services to veterans by improving patient care facilities through construction projects; and transfer, lease, or adaptive use of a National Register of Historic Places properties. Receipts to this account will be realized from the transfer of real property in accordance with P.L. 108–422. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0162–0–1–703 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.9 12.1 13.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 25.2 25.2 25.6 26.0 26.0 31.0 32.0 32.0 32.0 41.0 Sfmt 3643 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other than full-time permanent ........................... Other personnel compensation ............................. 989 22 112 2005 est. 1,107 18 126 2006 est. 1,137 19 129 Total personnel compensation ......................... 1,123 1,251 1,285 Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... 320 321 329 Benefits for former personnel ................................... ................... 1 1 Employee travel ......................................................... 4 6 6 All other ..................................................................... 18 19 19 Transportation of things ........................................... 13 13 13 Rental payments to GSA ........................................... 14 16 16 Rental payments to others ........................................ 87 98 104 Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. 360 369 385 Other contractual services ........................................ 388 396 284 Other construction services ....................................... 32 57 54 Medical and nursing fees ......................................... 1 ................... ................... Medical supplies and materials ............................... 192 208 219 Provisions .................................................................. 79 81 83 Equipment ................................................................. 81 84 164 Medical land and structures ..................................... 347 361 370 Construction, major projects, land and structures 129 396 498 Construction, minor projects, land and structures 171 211 141 Grants for construction of State extended care facilities ................................................................... 147 114 12 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET MEDICAL PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 900 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 72.40 73.10 73.20 73.40 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 124 134 156 General and special funds—Continued MEDICAL FACILITIES—Continued ø(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)¿—Continued Object Classification (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–0162–0–1–703 2005 est. 2006 est. 123 124 134 897 853 849 ¥894 ¥843 ¥827 ¥2 ................... ................... 43.0 Interest and dividends .............................................. 1 1 1 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 787 107 705 138 710 117 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 3,507 11 4,003 13 3,984 14 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 894 843 827 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 3,518 4,016 3,998 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources ..................................................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources ............................................. ¥32 ¥11 ¥38 ¥12 ¥38 ¥12 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥43 ¥50 ¥50 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 866 850 784 793 786 777 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–0162–0–1–703 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 2005 est. 2006 est. 1001 28,023 27,006 25,931 118 138 148 f MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and prosthetic research and development as authorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, to remain available until September 30, ø2006, $405,593,000¿ 2007, $786,000,000, plus reimbursements. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 2005 est. 2006 est. Obligations by program activity: Direct program: Operating expenses: 00.01 Bio-medical laboratory science research ............. 00.02 Rehabilitation research ......................................... 00.03 Health services research ...................................... 00.04 Clinical science research ...................................... 434 93 123 129 405 87 116 122 403 87 115 121 00.91 779 730 726 01.01 01.02 01.03 01.04 Total operating expenses ................................. Capital investment: Bio-medical laboratory science research ............. Rehabilitation research ......................................... Health services research ...................................... Clinical science research ...................................... 52 12 5 8 49 12 5 7 49 12 5 7 01.91 Total capital investment .................................. 77 73 73 01.92 09.01 Total direct program ............................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 856 41 803 50 799 50 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 897 853 849 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 47 909 57 834 38 836 23.90 23.95 23.98 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 57 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced .......................... 868 ¥2 790 786 ¥6 ................... Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 866 784 786 43 50 50 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 909 834 836 43.00 68.00 70.00 VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 956 891 874 ¥897 ¥853 ¥849 ¥2 ................... ................... PO 00000 38 Frm 00008 25 Fmt 3616 For 2006, the total budgetary resources of $1.7 billion remain essentially unchanged. These resources are comprised of direct appropriations of $786 million and federal and private sector grants of $866 million, which represents 52 percent of the total resources. The 2006 budget request reflects a new account structure that will better position VA to more readily determine the full cost of a comprehensive research program leading the Nation’s efforts to promote the health care of veterans. The Medical and Prosthetic Research Business Line includes the consolidation of what was the Medical and Prosthetic Research appropriation and the medical care research support funding formerly appropriated in the Medical Care appropriation. This account is an intramural program whose mission is to acquire 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 and the medical care research support required for these programs: Bio-medical Laboratory Research and Development Service.—This 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 and Development Service.—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 and Development Service.—Health Services Research is directed toward improving the outcome effectiveness and cost efficiency of health care delivery for the veteran population. The program supports investigatorinitiated 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 prac- Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET MEDICAL PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS tices for all veteran patients. Particular contributions are made in the areas of aging, substance abuse, health systems, and special populations. Clinical Science Research and Development Service.—Clinical Science Research will encompass interventional and observational studies in humans, including pharmacological and surgical studies. Medical Research Support.—Provides the indirect costs of the VA Research and Development program which includes such costs as the facility utility costs associated with laboratory space; administrative costs of human resources support, fiscal service, and supply service attributable to research; research’s portions of a medical center’s hazardous waste disposal and nuclear medicine licenses; and, most importantly, the funding for the time clinicians devote to their research activities. VA’s Medical and Prosthetic Research programs are included in the Federal Science & Technology (FS&T) budget. Focus on Training Clinical Researchers.—The objective of the Career Development program is to train an appropriate number of VA clinicians who can conduct research in areas of high relevance to the health care of veterans. 901 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 856 41 803 50 799 50 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 897 853 849 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 2005 est. 2006 est. 1001 6,538 5,941 5,671 260 260 260 In addition to research staff shown above, 5,100 staff carry out research at VA supported by other Federal and non-Federal resources. f CANTEEN SERVICE REVOLVING FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 2005 est. 2006 est. PERFORMANCE MEASURES The VA Research program has adopted three new performance measures to assess its effectiveness in both retaining clinicians and transferring research results to advance veterans’ health care. • The percentage of clinicians who remain paid VA employees at least three years after completion of their career development award. • The annual number of patent disclosures filed by VA investigators. • The annual number of peer-review publications that show VA listed as the affiliated institution. 2004 2005 NA NA NA Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable operating expenses ................................. Reimbursable direct operations ..................................... Reimbursable capital investment: Sales program: Purchase of equipment and leasehold .......................... 146 97 148 98 150 99 6 5 5 2006 Baseline Baseline Baseline 58% 169 2,590 Strategic Target 70% 217 2,700 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 249 251 254 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 18 240 9 243 1 254 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 258 ¥249 252 ¥251 255 ¥254 24.40 Performance Measure Percentage of paid clinicians .......................... Number of patents filed ................................... Number of published peer-reviews .................. 09.01 09.02 09.10 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 9 1 1 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 240 243 69.00 Offsetting collections (from investment) .................. ................... ................... 246 8 69.90 SUMMARY OF PROGRAM RESOURCES Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................. 240 243 254 [In millions of dollars] Medical and prosthetic research appropriation .......................... Federal resources ........................................................................ Other non-federal resources ........................................................ 866 610 177 784 625 195 786 662 204 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 17 249 ¥243 22 251 ¥245 28 254 ¥254 Total program resources ................................................ 1,612 1,604 1,652 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 22 28 28 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 240 3 242 3 253 1 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 243 245 254 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources .................................................................. ¥240 ¥243 ¥254 2004 actual 2005 est. 2006 est. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0161–0–1–703 11.1 11.3 11.5 11.9 12.1 13.0 21.0 21.0 23.1 23.3 24.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 92.0 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other than full-time permanent ........................... Other personnel compensation ............................. 334 36 69 2005 est. 312 33 65 2006 est. 311 31 64 Total personnel compensation ......................... 439 410 406 Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... 113 106 105 Benefits for former personnel ................................... 1 1 1 Employee travel ......................................................... 6 5 5 Travel and transportation of persons ....................... 1 ................... ................... Rental payments to GSA ........................................... 3 2 2 Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. 2 2 2 Printing and reproduction ......................................... ................... 1 1 Other services ............................................................ 194 179 179 Supplies and materials ............................................. 56 55 55 Equipment ................................................................. 41 41 41 Land and structures .................................................. ................... 1 1 Undistributed ............................................................. ................... ................... 1 VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 3616 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 3 2 ................... Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 92.01 31 30 30 30 30 22 The Veterans Canteen Service was established to furnish, at reasonable prices, merchandise and services necessary for Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET MEDICAL PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 902 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 General and special funds—Continued Federal and non-Federal sources. No appropriation is required to support these activities. CANTEEN SERVICE REVOLVING FUND—Continued the comfort and well-being of veterans in VA medical facilities. Financing.—Operations will be financed from current revenues. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 2005 est. 2006 est. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other than full-time permanent ............................... 37 36 38 36 11.9 12.1 21.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 73 18 2 4 149 3 74 18 2 4 149 4 75 19 2 4 150 4 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 249 251 254 2 111 46 20 2 113 47 19 2 112 47 19 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 179 181 180 Trust Funds GENERAL POST FUND, NATIONAL HOMES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Unavailable Receipts (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8180–0–7–705 2004 actual 2,890 2005 est. 2,900 2006 est. 2,900 f 01.99 2006 est. 1 1 4 29 31 32 2 3 3 Total receipts and collections ................................... 31 34 35 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriations: 05.00 General post fund, national homes ............................... 32 35 39 ¥31 ¥31 ¥32 1 4 7 04.00 07.99 Balance, end of year ..................................................... MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8180–0–7–705 2004 actual Identification code 36–4026–0–3–703 2005 est. Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.00 General post fund, national homes, Deposits ............... 02.40 General post fund, national homes, Interest on investments ......................................................................... 02.99 Personnel Summary Reimbursable: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 2006 est. Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 39 36 2001 2005 est. 21.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 f 11.1 11.3 Identification code 36–4014–0–3–705 2004 actual Identification code 36–4026–0–3–703 2005 est. 2005 est. 2006 est. 2006 est. 161 19 00.01 00.02 00.03 Obligations by program activity: Religious, recreational, and entertainment activities Research activities ........................................................ Therapeutic residence maintenance .............................. 25 2 1 28 2 1 28 3 1 181 180 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 28 31 32 16 179 16 181 16 180 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 59 31 62 31 62 32 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 195 ¥179 197 ¥181 196 ¥180 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 90 ¥28 93 ¥31 94 ¥32 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 16 16 16 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 62 62 62 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.26 Appropriation (trust fund) ......................................... 31 31 32 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 5 28 ¥27 5 31 ¥31 5 32 ¥35 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 5 5 2 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 27 Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ ................... 28 3 32 3 Obligations by program activity: 09.01 Operating expenses ........................................................ 09.02 Capital investments ....................................................... 160 19 162 19 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 179 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 23.90 23.95 24.40 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 179 181 180 Change in obligated balances: 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 179 ¥179 181 ¥181 180 ¥180 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 179 181 180 86.97 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources .................................................................. 89.00 90.00 86.97 86.98 ¥180 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 27 31 35 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ................... ................... ................... 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 31 27 31 31 32 35 62 67 63 67 63 63 ¥179 ¥181 These nonprofit corporations provide a flexible funding mechanism for the conduct of approved research at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. These organizations will derive funds to operate various research activities from VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 3616 Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 92.01 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS Federal Funds DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 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. (38 U.S.C. chs. 83 and 85.) 2004 actual 2005 est. Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... Land and structures ...................................................... 2 13 9 3 1 2 15 10 3 1 2 17 10 2 1 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 28 31 32 f BENEFITS PROGRAMS Federal Funds DISABILITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors, and for other benefits as authorized by law $29,771,942,000; of which, not to exceed $1,656,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Disability Compensation Administration’’ and ‘‘Medical Administration’’ for the administrative expenses authorized by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992. In addition, for making payments after June 30, 2006 for the disability compensation program administered by the Department, such sums as may be necessary. (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 42 U.S.C. 402, chapter 7; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198). 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 (50 U.S.C. App. 540 et seq.) 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), $32,607,688,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $20,703,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical services’’ 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, 2005.) Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00011 2005 est. 2006 est. 01.01 01.02 Obligations by program activity: Veterans ......................................................................... Survivors ........................................................................ 22,323 4,008 24,619 4,269 26,015 4,464 01.91 Direct Program by Activities—Subtotal .................... 26,331 28,888 30,479 02.93 03.01 03.02 03.04 03.05 03.06 03.07 Total compensation ................................................... 26,331 28,888 Chapter 18 ..................................................................... 16 17 Clothing allowance ........................................................ 49 51 Misc Assistance (EAJ, SAFD) ......................................... 5 6 Medical exam pilot program .......................................... 63 67 OBRA payment to VBA ................................................... 1 2 Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors .............. ................... ................... 30,479 18 54 6 81 2 6 03.91 09.02 Total other compensation expenses .......................... Reinstated Entitlement for Suvivors .............................. 134 7 143 167 7 ................... 09.99 Total reimbursable program ...................................... 7 7 ................... 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 26,472 29,038 30,646 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 1,112 26,306 945 28,967 874 29,772 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 27,418 29,912 30,646 ¥26,472 ¥29,038 ¥30,646 ¥1 ................... ................... 945 874 ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 26,301 29,246 29,294 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. ................... ................... 478 61.00 Transferred to other accounts ................................... ¥3 ¥286 ................... General and special funds: 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 2004 actual Identification code 36–0102–0–1–701 24.40 2006 est. 21.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 VerDate jul 14 2003 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 23.90 23.95 23.98 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–8180–0–7–705 903 Fmt 3616 62.50 69.00 Appropriation (total mandatory) ........................... Offsetting collections (cash) REPS ................................ 26,298 8 28,960 29,772 7 ................... 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 26,306 28,967 72.40 73.10 73.20 73.40 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 2,171 49 52 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 23,191 3,114 28,045 3,115 29,720 923 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 26,305 31,160 30,643 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥8 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 26,298 26,297 89.00 90.00 29,772 2,002 2,171 49 26,472 29,038 30,646 ¥26,305 ¥31,160 ¥30,643 2 ................... ................... ¥7 ................... 28,960 31,153 29,772 30,643 This appropriation provides for the payment of compensation 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 service-connected disabilities. Compensation and vocational rehabilitation is provided to the children of Vietnam veterans who were born with certain birth defects. 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. Miscellaneous benefits provided for are: Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 904 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 General and special funds—Continued DISABILITY COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION DISABILITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS—Continued (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued (a) payments for claims made pursuant to the provision of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924, as amended; (b) 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 (c) payments authorized by the Equal Access to Justice Act. The appropriation also provides for a pilot program authorizing VA to contract out medical examinations to determine service-connected disabilities of veterans who are potential applicants of compensation benefits and a program to allow VA to perform income matches for certain compensation recipients. In accordance with Public Law 97–377, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors (REPS) program restores social security benefits to certain surviving spouses or children of veterans who died of service-connected causes. Legislation is proposed to provide a cost-of-living adjustment comparable to the annual social security increase to recipients of disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and clothing allowances. The increase, effective with payments made on January 1, 2006, is expected to be 2.3 percent. For operating expenses associated with the provision of compensation benefits; reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail; and purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for use by the Veterans Benefits Administration in Manila, Philippines, $701,343,700, including no more than $11,892,000 for construction. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0134–0–1–701 03.01 03.02 03.03 Obligations by program activity: Administrative expenses ................................................ 698 Construction, major projects ......................................... ................... Construction, minor projects ......................................... 13 2004 actual 2005 est. 2006 est. 2,518,464 $8,863 2,593,783 $9,492 2,688,248 $9,677 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $22,322 $24,619 $26,015 Survivors: Total ........................................................................................ Average payment per case, per year ...................................... 315,800 $12,692 327,735 $13,026 335,081 $13,322 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $4,008 $4,269 2006 est. 760 739 2 ................... 13 12 03.92 09.02 Total other direct expenses ....................................... Administrative expense .................................................. 711 78 775 78 751 97 09.99 Total reimbursable program ...................................... 78 78 97 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 789 853 848 40 738 53 850 50 798 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Unobligated balance of FY2003 emergency sup transferred from Gen Ad ................................................... 22.30 Expired unobligated balance transfer to unexpired account .......................................................................... 21.40 22.00 22.22 23.90 23.95 23.98 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. 24.40 AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMPENSATION CASES AND PAYMENTS 2005 est. Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 63 ................... ................... 5 ................... ................... 846 903 848 ¥789 ¥853 ¥848 ¥4 ................... ................... 53 50 ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 664 658 701 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced pursuant to H.R. 2673 .............................................................. ¥4 ................... ................... 40.35 Appropriation reduced pursuant to P.L. 108–447 ................... ¥5 ................... 42.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. ................... 119 ................... $4,464 Veterans: Cases ...................................................................................... Average payment per case, per year ...................................... 1,147 $14,037 1,194 $14,388 1,219 $14,728 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $16 $17 $18 Clothing allowance: Number of veterans ................................................................ Average payment per case, per year ...................................... 82,074 $597 82,945 $615 85,273 $633 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $49 $51 $54 Other compensation caseload: Special allowance dependents ............................................... Equal Access to Justice payments ......................................... 76 1,097 68 1,363 60 1,363 REPS: Spouses ................................................................................... Average benefit ....................................................................... 15 $56,722 22 $28,678 12 $34,510 Children ................................................................................... Average benefit ....................................................................... 291 $20,945 345 $17,590 257 $18,201 Obligations (in millions) ................................................ $7 $7 $6 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0102–0–1–701 2005 est. 2006 est. 42.0 99.0 Direct obligations: Insurance claims and indemnities Reimbursable obligations: Reimbursable obligations ... 26,465 7 29,031 30,646 7 ................... 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 26,472 29,038 VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00012 30,646 Fmt 3616 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 660 772 701 78 78 97 70.00 Chapter 18: Children ................................................................................... Average payment per case, per year ...................................... 43.00 68.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 738 850 798 72.40 73.10 73.20 73.40 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 87 146 172 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 601 145 664 130 653 169 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 746 794 822 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥78 ¥78 ¥97 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 660 668 772 716 701 725 89.00 90.00 53 87 146 789 853 848 ¥746 ¥794 ¥822 ¥9 ................... ................... This appropriation provides for the corporate leadership and operational support to VA’s Disability Compensation business line. Additionally, funding is provided for capital asset investments. The Veterans Benefits Administration determines eligibility and adjudicates all claims for compensation awards. Workload data for this program are shown below. Specific performance goals relating to the processing of veterans benefits are contained in VA’s congressional budget. The Disability Com- Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WORKLOAD 2004 actual Compensation: Rating-Related Actions ........................................................... Non Rating Actions ................................................................. 683,758 261,551 2005 est. 704,272 269,398 2006 est. 725,399 277,480 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0134–0–1–701 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other personnel compensation ............................. 2005 est. 2006 est. Direct Program by Activities—Subtotal ............... 2,141 2,391 2,578 01.92 02.02 Total education program ........................................... Administrative expenses ................................................ 2,141 1 2,391 8 2,578 2 03.93 Total Direct Program ................................................. 2,142 2,399 Reimbursable education program: Veterans’ basic benefits ........................................... 7 8 Veterans’ supplementary benefits ............................. 87 89 Reservists benefits .................................................... 124 251 Reservists supplementary benefits ........................... 53 37 National Call to Service ............................................ ................... ................... 2,580 09.01 09.02 09.03 09.04 09.05 8 99 284 36 1 271 385 428 2,413 2,784 3,008 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 401 2,239 227 ................... 2,557 3,008 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 2,640 ¥2,413 21 1 18 4 5 12 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 1,968 62.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. ................... 1,991 2,580 181 ................... 775 78 751 97 62.50 69.00 Appropriation (total mandatory) ........................... Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 1,968 271 2,172 385 2,580 428 853 848 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 2,239 2,557 3,008 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 56 2,413 ¥2,404 65 2,784 ¥2,836 13 3,008 ¥2,998 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 65 13 23 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 1,947 457 2,544 292 2,985 13 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 2,404 2,836 2,998 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥271 ¥385 ¥428 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1,968 2,133 2,172 2,451 2,580 2,570 436 101 5 1 55 7 450 119 6 1 62 6 477 133 5 2 67 6 24.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 23 2 59 4 5 13 20 1 82 4 9 15 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 711 78 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 789 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–0134–0–1–701 Direct: 1001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 7,316 252 2005 est. 7,269 246 2006 est. 7,380 248 f EDUCATION BENEFITS TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the payment of education and training benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law, including any payment for associated activities authorized by 38 U.S.C. 3034(e), 3674, 3684(c), and 3697, $2,580,115,000. In addition, for making payments after June 30, 2006 for the education program administered by the Department, such sums as may be necessary. (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61). øFor the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61), $2,556,232,000, 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) of that section, shall be charged to this account.¿ (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0137–0–1–702 Obligations by program activity: Direct program: 01.01 Veterans/servicepersons ............................................ 01.03 Dependents ................................................................ 01.04 Tuition Assistance ..................................................... 01.05 Licensing and Certification ....................................... 01.06 Work study ................................................................. Jkt 205782 19 3 96 Reimbursable program—subtotal line ................. Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Employee travel ......................................................... 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 ................................................................. Land and structures .................................................. 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 18 3 95 Total new obligations ................................................ 395 82 VerDate jul 14 2003 18 3 76 10.00 376 74 (INCLUDING Payments to states ................................................... Reporting fees ........................................................... Special Assistance .................................................... 09.09 386 50 11.9 12.1 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 01.07 01.08 01.09 01.91 pensation business line provides processing of claims for veterans and dependents relating to compensation benefits under the various laws enacted by Congress. 11.1 11.5 905 1,674 332 17 2 19 PO 00000 2005 est. 1,829 405 18 2 21 Frm 00013 2006 est. 1,976 443 18 2 21 Fmt 3616 89.00 90.00 2,784 ¥2,784 3,008 ¥3,008 227 ................... ................... This appropriation finances educational assistance allowances for certain service persons, veterans and for eligible dependents of those veterans: (a) who died from service-connected causes or have a total and permanent rated serviceconnected disability; and (b) servicepersons who were captured or missing in action. Voluntary contributions by eligible servicepersons and matching contributions provided by the Department of Defense are included in the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education Account. All Volunteer Force educational assistance (Montgomery GI Bill).—Public Law 98–525, enacted October 19, 1984, established two new 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. Public Law 108–375 established a program to provide educational assistance to members of the reserve components called or ordered to active service in response to a war or national emergency declared by the President or the Congress, in recognition of the sacrifices that those members make in answering the call to duty. The Education appropriation pays the basic benefit al- Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 906 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 General and special funds—Continued EDUCATION BENEFITS—Continued (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued lowance for veterans, except for certain Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education participants who transferred to the Montgomery GI Bill program. Supplementary educational assistance, Post-Vietnam Era Veterans Education converters, reservists, and the National Call to Service Program are financed by payments from the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. The following table shows a caseload and cost comparison for these beneficiaries under existing legislation. CASELOAD AND AVERAGE COST DATA 2004 actual 2005 est. 2006 est. Veterans/Servicemembers: Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee ........................................................ 332,031 $5,326 351,450 $5,421 367,658 $5,603 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $1,768 $1,905 $2,060 Reservists (1606): Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee ........................................................ 89,136 $1,958 59,934 $1,997 a service member eligible for the Montgomery GI Bill—Activeduty (MGIB) can elect to receive MGIB benefits for all or a portion of the remaining expenses. Public Law 108–454 established a program that provides availability of education benefits for payment for national admissions exams and national exams for credit at institutions of higher education. Licensing and certification test payments.—Under Public Law 106–419, veterans and other eligible persons may receive up to $2,000 to pay fees required for civilian occupational licensing and certification examinations needed to enter, maintain, or advance in employment in a vocation or profession—effective March 1, 2001. National Call to Service.—The 2003 National Defense Authorization Act directs the Department of Defense to offer an active duty enlistment option of 15 months plus training time to facilitate interest in National Service. Program participants will be given the opportunity to select one of the following incentives: a $5,000 enlistment bonus, repayment of student loans up to $18,000, or one of two education allowances. 57,725 $2,068 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $175 CASELOAD AND AVERAGE COST DATA 2004 actual $119 46,346 $3,559 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. .................... $165 $197 1,585 1,585 1,585 $9,253 $11,000 $11,000 Obligations (in millions) ................................................ $15 $17 $17 Adaptive equipment (including maintenance, repair: and installation for automobiles) Number of items ..................................................................... Average benefit ....................................................................... 8,133 $4,059 8,133 $4,278 8,133 $4,510 Obligations (in millions) ................................................ $33 $35 $37 Housing grants: Number of housing grants ..................................................... Average cost per grant ........................................................... 846 $33,043 846 $50,000 846 $50,000 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $28 $42 $42 Tuition Assistance: Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee ........................................................ 21,277 $792 22,000 $808 22,000 $831 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $17 $18 $18 Education Benefits for Payment for National Admissions Exams: Number of trainees ................................................................. .................... Total cost (in millions) .................................................. .................... 102,516 $12 106,180 $12 6,424 $283 6,745 $311 7,082 $342 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. National Call to Service: Number of trainees ................................................................. $2 $2 $2 0 50 200 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $0 $0 $1 54,103 $3,648 Dependents’ education and training.—This program provides benefits to children and spouses of veterans who died of a service-connected disability or whose service-connected disability is rated permanent and total. In addition, dependents of servicepersons missing in action or interned by a hostile foreign government for more than 90 days are also eligible. The following table provides a comparison of trainees and costs for the Dependents Educational Assistance program. NUMBER OF TRAINEES AND COST 2005 est. 2006 est. Sons and daughters: Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee (in dollars) ..................................... 59,372 $4,966 64,479 $5,564 68,809 $5,701 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $295 $359 $392 Spouses and widow(ers): Number of trainees ................................................................. Average cost per trainee (in dollars) ..................................... 9,644 $3,868 10,593 $4,340 11,285 $4,450 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $37 $46 $50 Special Assistance to Disabled Veterans.—Certain disabled veterans are provided with automobile grants with the associated approved adaptive equipment. An allowance, up to a maximum of $11,000 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. Specially adapted housing grants.—Specially adapted housing grants, up to a maximum of $50,000, 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 $10,000. The following table shows caseload for this program. Specific performance goals are contained in VA’s congressional budget. Tuition Assistance.—Public Law 106–398, enacted October 30, 2000, allows the military services to pay up to 100 percent of tuition and expenses charged by a school for service members. If a service department pays less than 100 percent, VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 2006 est. Average benefit ....................................................................... $120 Reservists (1607): Number of trainees ................................................................. .................... Average cost per trainee ........................................................ .................... 2004 actual 2005 est. Automobiles or other conveyances: Number of Conveyances ......................................................... Frm 00014 Fmt 3616 Licensing and Certification: Number of payments .............................................................. Average cost per trainee ........................................................ Work-Study.—Certain veterans, reservists, and dependents pursuing a program of education or training, who are enrolled as a full-time student, can work up to 250 hours per semester, receiving the Federal ($5.15 on September 1, 1997) or state minimum wage rate, whichever is higher. 2004 actual 2005 est. 2006 est. Number of contracts ............................................................... 14,815 14,855 14,855 Total cost (in millions) .................................................. $22 $24 $25 Payments to States.—State approving agencies are reimbursed for the costs of inspecting, approving, and supervising programs of education and training offered by educational Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS institutions and training establishments in which veterans, dependents, and reservists are enrolled or are about to enter. Reporting fees.—Reporting fees are paid to education and training institutions to help defray the costs of certifying education enrollment for veterans enrolled in training during a calendar year. 2004 actual Identification code 36–0137–0–1–702 41.0 99.0 99.9 Direct obligations: Grants, subsidies, and contributions ........................................................................... Reimbursable obligations: Reimbursable obligations ... Total new obligations ................................................ 2,142 271 2,413 This appropriation provides for the corporate leadership and operational support to VA’s Education business line. Additionally, funding is provided for capital asset investments. WORKLOAD 2004 actual Original claims ............................................................................ Adjustments/supplemental claims .............................................. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2005 est. 2006 est. 2,399 385 2,784 2,580 428 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other personnel compensation ............................. 3,008 211,874 1,202,529 2005 est. 2006 est. For operating expenses of education and training benefits and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $100,340,000, including no more than $775,000 for construction. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2006 est. 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 39 6 43 8 44 8 45 12 1 7 ................... 51 14 3 7 1 52 15 1 8 1 24.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION 2005 est. 2006 est. 194,619 1,104,594 2004 actual Identification code 36–0133–0–1–702 11.1 11.5 2004 actual 2005 est. 192,948 1,070,203 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) f Identification code 36–0133–0–1–702 907 Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Employee travel ......................................................... Rental payments to GSA ........................................... Rental payments to others ........................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. Printing and reproduction ......................................... Other services ............................................................ Supplies and materials ............................................. Equipment ................................................................. Land and structures .................................................. 2 ................... 9 ................... ................... 1 3 3 1 ................... 8 17 1 1 3 1 1 1 03.01 03.03 Obligations by program activity: Administrative expenses ................................................ Construction, minor projects ......................................... 76 1 92 1 99 1 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 77 1 93 8 100 3 03.92 09.02 Total other direct expenses ....................................... Administrative expense .................................................. 77 1 93 8 100 3 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 78 101 103 09.99 Total reimbursable program ...................................... 1 8 3 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 78 101 103 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 4 77 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 81 ¥78 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 3 ................... 98 103 101 ¥101 3 ................... ................... 70.00 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 76 90 1001 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 8 3 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 77 98 841 2005 est. 2006 est. 888 874 f VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS For the provision of vocational rehabilitation and employment benefits (including independent living services and assistance) to or on behalf of veterans, as authorized by law, $634,130,000. In addition, for making payments after June 30, 2006 for the vocational rehabilitation and employment program administered by the Department, such sums as may be necessary. (38 U.S.C. chapters 31, 36, 51, 53, 55, and 61). 100 1 2004 actual Identification code 36–0133–0–1–702 103 ¥103 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 77 91 100 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced pursuant to H.R. 2673 .............................................................. ¥1 ................... ................... 40.35 Appropriation reduced pursuant to P.L. 108–447 ................... ¥1 ................... 43.00 68.00 Personnel Summary 103 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0135–0–1–702 2005 est. 2006 est. 74.40 7 78 ¥73 12 101 ¥94 19 103 ¥98 12 19 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... 86.93 Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 62 11 80 14 83 15 87.00 73 94 98 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. ¥1 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 Obligations by program activity: Vocational rehabilitation training .................................. Subsistence allowance ................................................... Work study ..................................................................... 314 228 10 342 239 9 372 252 10 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 41.0) ................ 552 590 634 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 11 561 20 ................... 570 634 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 572 ¥552 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 24 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources 01.01 01.02 01.04 24.40 Change in obligated balances: 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ................................... 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... PO 00000 76 72 ¥8 90 86 Frm 00015 ¥3 100 95 Fmt 3616 590 ¥590 634 ¥634 20 ................... ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 561 62.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. ................... 565 634 5 ................... 62.50 570 Sfmt 3643 Appropriation (total mandatory) ........................... E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 561 634 BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 908 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 General and special funds—Continued VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS— Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–0135–0–1–702 2005 est. 2006 est. 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 16 552 ¥551 17 590 ¥604 3 634 ¥632 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 17 3 5 For the cost of direct loans, ø$47,000¿ $53,000, 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 under this heading are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed ø$4,108,000¿ $4,242,000. øIn addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $311,000, 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, 2005.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 86.98 Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 525 26 567 37 629 3 Identification code 36–0132–0–1–702 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 551 604 632 03.01 03.03 Obligations by program activity: Administrative expenses ................................................ Construction, minor projects ......................................... 122 2 146 3 145 2 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 561 551 570 604 634 632 03.92 Total other direct expenses ....................................... 124 149 147 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 124 149 147 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 3 124 4 ................... 145 147 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 127 ¥124 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year This appropriation finances assistance allowances for certain disabled veterans who are provided with vocational rehabilitation and employment services. In compliance with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, the Vocational Rehabilitation Loan Fund Program account is reported separately under the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program Account. The Vocational Rehabilitation Loans program provides loans (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. Special assistance to disabled veterans.—Service-disabled veterans requiring vocational rehabilitation receive assistance to cover the costs of subsistence, tuition, books, supplies, and equipment. Work-Study.—Certain veterans pursuing a program of rehabilitation, who are enrolled as a full-time student, can work up to 250 hours per semester, receiving the Federal ($5.15 on September 1, 1997) or state minimum wage rate, whichever is higher. The following table shows caseload for this program. We are now including individuals in the category of Rehabilitation Evaluation Planning and Service Delivery. Although these cases are receiving VR&E services, they are not receiving monetary benefits. Specific performance goals are contained in VA’s congressional budget. 2004 actual 2005 est. 24,782 70,069 $7,728 25,464 71,956 $8,062 26,164 73,935 $8,443 Work-study: Number of contracts ............................................................... Cost (in millions) .................................................................... Total cost (in millions) .................................................. 6,924 $10 $552 6,884 $91 $590 6,884 $10 $634 EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION For operating expenses of vocational rehabilitation and employment benefits (including administrative expenses incurred under section 3104(a) (1), (2), (5), and (11) of title 38, United States Code); and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $147,079,000, including no more than $1,886,000 for construction, and including no more than $305,000 for administering the direct loan program. 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 149 ¥149 147 ¥147 4 ................... ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 125 140 147 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced pursuant to H.R. 2673 .............................................................. ¥1 ................... ................... 40.35 Appropriation reduced pursuant to P.L. 108–447 ................... ¥1 ................... 42.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. ................... 6 ................... 43.00 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ 124 145 147 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 10 124 ¥117 17 149 ¥134 32 147 ¥141 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 17 32 38 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 97 20 115 19 117 24 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 117 134 141 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 124 117 145 134 147 141 Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0132–0–1–702 Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 115001 Direct loan levels ........................................................... 115901 Total direct loan levels .................................................. Direct loan subsidy (in percent): 132001 Subsidy rate ................................................................... f VerDate jul 14 2003 2006 est. 2006 est. Special assistance to disabled veterans: Rehabilitation Evaluation Planning and Service cases ......... Number of participants .......................................................... Average cost ........................................................................... AND 2005 est. 89.00 90.00 CASELOAD AND AVERAGE COST DATA VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 2004 actual Frm 00016 Fmt 3616 2005 est. 2006 est. 3 4 4 3 4 4 1.33 1.14 1.59 132901 Weighted average subsidy rate ..................................... 0.00 1.14 1.59 Direct loan subsidy budget authority: 133001 Subsidy budget authority ............................................... ................... ................... ................... 133901 Total subsidy budget authority ...................................... ................... ................... ................... Direct loan subsidy outlays: 134001 Subsidy outlays .............................................................. ................... ................... ................... 134901 Total subsidy outlays ..................................................... ................... ................... ................... Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS This appropriation provides for the corporate leadership and operational support to VA’s VR&E business line. Additionally, funding is provided for capital asset investments. The VBA VR&E service 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. 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 in 1992 and beyond, as well as the administrative expenses of this program. The subsidy amounts are estimated on a net present value basis. 909 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 34 46 48 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 35 ¥34 47 ¥47 48 ¥47 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 1 ................... 1 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 62.00 Transferred from Compensation Benefits accounts 29 44 46 3 ................... ................... 62.50 69.00 Appropriation (total mandatory) ........................... Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 32 2 44 2 46 2 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 34 46 48 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 34 ¥34 47 ¥47 47 ¥48 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 33 1 46 48 1 ................... 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 34 47 48 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: VMLI premiums ¥2 ¥2 ¥2 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 32 32 44 45 46 46 WORKLOAD 1 2004 actual Evaluation and planning ........................................................ Rehabilitation services ........................................................... Employment services status ................................................... Vocational/educational counseling ......................................... 1 Veterans 28,183 61,346 6,480 12,500 2005 est. 2006 est. 30,438 66,254 6,998 13,500 31,960 69,567 7,348 14,175 may be in more than one category. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0132–0–1–702 2005 est. 2006 est. 11.1 11.5 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other personnel compensation .................................. 58 7 62 10 65 11 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Employee travel .............................................................. Rental payments to GSA ................................................ Rental payments to others ............................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... Land and structures ...................................................... 65 22 1 8 1 3 20 1 1 2 72 21 2 8 1 3 35 1 3 3 76 23 2 9 1 4 27 1 2 2 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 124 149 147 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–0132–0–1–702 1001 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 1,105 2005 est. 2006 est. 1,102 1,123 f INSURANCE BENEFITS 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$44,380,000¿ $45,907,000, to remain available until expended. In addition, for making payments after June 30, 2006 for the insurance program administered by the Department, such sums as may be necessary. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0120–0–1–701 2005 est. 2006 est. 00.01 00.10 00.12 Obligations by program activity: Payment to NSLI ............................................................ VMLI death claims ......................................................... Payment to service-disabled veterans insurance ......... 1 8 25 1 9 37 1 9 37 01.00 Total direct expenses ................................................ 34 47 47 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 34 47 47 21.40 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year 1 VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00017 1 ................... Fmt 3616 89.00 90.00 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. The Insurance business line administers six life insurance programs, including two trust funds, two public enterprise funds, a trust revolving fund, and Veteran’s Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI), and supervises two additional programs for the benefit of servicepersons, veterans, and their beneficiaries through contracts with a commercial company. All programs are operated on a commercial basis, to the extent possible, consistent with all applicable statutes. The Insurance appropriation is the funding mechanism for the following administration of the Government life insurance activities: U.S. Government Life Insurance Fund (USGLI); National Service Life Insurance (NSLI); Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance Fund (S–DVI); and Veterans Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI). Military and naval insurance.—Payments are made to the USGLI 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 (NSLI).—Payments are made to the NSLI 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. Payment to service-disabled veterans insurance fund (S– DVI).—Payments are made to the S–DVI 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. 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 2006 as indicated in the following table. Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 910 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 General and special funds—Continued WORKLOAD 2004 actual INSURANCE BENEFITS—Continued Policy service actions ............................................................. Collections ............................................................................... Disability claims ..................................................................... Insurance awards ................................................................... POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE 2004 actual VMLI policies: Number of policies .................................................................. Amount of insurance (dollars in millions) ............................. 2,625 $170 2005 est. 2006 est. 2,560 $170 2,470 $169 756,270 2,137,372 35,551 532,169 2005 est. 2006 est. 739,000 2,071,00 38,000 530,000 716,990 2,004,628 37,280 523,640 Note.—The Department of Veterans Affairs insurance policy loans are not an extension of Federal credit. Credit schedules previously shown for this account have been discontinued. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0141–0–1–701 2004 actual Identification code 36–0120–0–1–701 42.0 99.0 99.9 2006 est. 34 45 2 45 2 47 47 f INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION For operating expenses associated with the provision of insurance programs; and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $4,632,000, including no more than $211,000 for construction. 2004 actual Obligations by program activity: 03.01 Administrative expenses ................................................ 2006 est. 11.1 11.5 2 1 2 1 3 1 11.9 12.1 Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... 3 1 3 1 4 1 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 4 38 4 41 5 41 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 42 45 46 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–0141–0–1–701 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0141–0–1–701 2005 est. Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other personnel compensation ............................. 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations: Insurance claims and indemnities 34 Reimbursable obligations: Reimbursable obligations ... ................... Total new obligations ................................................ 2005 est. 2005 est. 2006 est. 4 4 5 4 41 Direct: 1001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 5 41 2005 est. 2006 est. 45 45 65 445 468 442 03.92 09.02 Total other direct expenses ....................................... Administrative expense .................................................. 4 38 09.99 Total reimbursable program ...................................... 38 41 41 PENSIONS BENEFITS 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 42 45 46 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 1 ................... ................... 42 45 46 43 ¥42 45 ¥45 46 ¥46 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year ................... ................... ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 68.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 4 4 38 41 41 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 42 45 46 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 2 42 ¥40 3 45 ¥44 4 46 ¥45 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 3 4 5 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 34 6 38 6 39 6 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 40 44 45 5 ¥38 ¥41 ¥41 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 4 3 4 3 5 4 This appropriation provides for the corporate leadership and operational support to VA’s Insurance business line. Additionally, funding is provided for capital asset investments. VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 For the payment of pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans, a pilot program for disability examinations, payment of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies, and for other benefits as authorized by law, $3,470,360,000; of which not to exceed $21,835,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Pension Administration’’ and ‘‘Medical Administration’’ for the administrative expenses authorized by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992: Provided, That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Services’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. In addition, for making payments after June 30, 2006 for the pension programs administered by the Department, such sums as may be necessary. (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 15, 23, 51, 53, 55, 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198; 92 Stat. 2508). Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0154–0–1–701 2005 est. 2006 est. PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 3616 01.03 01.04 Obligations by program activity: Improved law ................................................................. Prior law ......................................................................... 2,579 24 2,631 20 2,685 17 01.91 02.01 02.02 02.03 Total veterans ............................................................ Improved law ................................................................. Prior law ......................................................................... Old law ........................................................................... 2,603 667 54 1 2,651 685 50 1 2,702 698 46 1 02.91 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources 89.00 90.00 f Total survivors ........................................................... 722 736 745 02.92 03.01 03.02 03.03 Total pensions ........................................................... OBRA payment to VBA ................................................... OBRA payment to VHA ................................................... Contract Medical exams ................................................ 3,325 7 9 1 3,387 8 11 1 3,447 8 14 1 03.91 Direct Program by Activities ..................................... 17 20 23 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 42.0) ................ 3,342 3,407 3,470 21.40 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year 65 114 1 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 3,391 3,294 3,470 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 3,456 ¥3,342 3,408 ¥3,407 3,471 ¥3,470 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 114 1 911 1 Construction, major projects ......................................... ................... Construction, minor projects ......................................... 4 03.92 09.02 Total other direct expenses ....................................... Administrative expense .................................................. 146 7 139 9 148 9 09.99 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 3,391 62.00 Transferred from other accounts .............................. ................... 03.02 03.03 Total reimbursable program ...................................... 7 9 9 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 153 148 157 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 4 150 1 ................... 147 157 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 154 ¥153 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 3,194 3,470 100 ................... 62.50 Appropriation (total mandatory) ........................... 3,391 3,294 3,470 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 264 3,342 ¥3,334 272 3,407 ¥3,674 5 3,470 ¥3,470 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 272 5 5 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 3,005 329 3,288 386 3,464 6 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 3,334 3,674 1 ................... 3 3 3,470 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... 3,294 3,674 3,470 3,470 This appropriation provides for the payment of pensions 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 or veterans age 65 or older. Income support is provided at established benefit levels. 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, 2006, is expected to be 2.3 percent. 2005 est. 2006 est. Veterans: Improved law .......................................................................... Prior law .................................................................................. Old law and service ................................................................ 329,662 13,026 173 324,500 11,125 153 320,082 9,513 135 Total ............................................................................... Average payment per case, per year (in dollars) .................. 342,861 $7,594 335,778 $7,896 329,730 $8,195 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $2,604 $2,651 $2,702 Survivors: Improved law .......................................................................... Prior law .................................................................................. Old law and service ................................................................ 166,415 51,521 584 163,544 46,438 470 160,404 41,900 379 Total ............................................................................... Average payment per case, per year (in dollars) .................. 218,520 $3,304 210,452 $3,498 202,683 $3,676 Total obligations (in millions) ....................................... $722 $736 143 138 148 7 9 9 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 150 147 157 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 15 153 ¥142 26 148 ¥141 33 157 ¥151 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 26 33 39 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 110 32 118 23 127 24 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 142 141 151 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥7 ¥9 ¥9 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 143 135 138 132 148 142 89.00 90.00 $745 This appropriation provides for the corporate leadership and operational support to VA’s Pension business line. Additionally, funding is provided for capital asset investments. The Veterans Benefits Administration determines eligibility and adjudicates all claims for pensions awards. Workload data for this program are shown below. Specific performance goals relating to the processing of veterans benefits are contained in VA’s congressional budget. The Pension business line provides processing of claims for veterans and dependents relating to pension benefits under the various laws enacted by Congress. WORKLOAD 2004 actual f Pension: Rating-Related Actions ........................................................... Non Rating Actions ................................................................. PENSIONS ADMINISTRATION For operating expenses associated with the provision of pension benefits and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $147,742,800, including no more than $3,093,000 for construction. 2004 actual Identification code 36–0143–0–1–701 Obligations by program activity: Administrative expenses ................................................ VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 142 PO 00000 2005 est. 135 Frm 00019 2006 est. 145 Fmt 3616 87,357 283,233 2005 est. 89,978 291,730 2006 est. 92,677 300,481 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0143–0–1–701 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 03.01 1 ................... ................... Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. AVERAGE NUMBER OF PENSION CASES AND PAYMENTS 2004 actual 157 ¥157 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 144 139 148 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced pursuant to HR 2673. ..................................................................... ¥1 ................... ................... 40.35 Appropriation reduced pursuant to P.L. 108–447 ................... ¥1 ................... 43.00 68.00 3,391 3,334 148 ¥148 2005 est. 2006 est. 11.1 11.5 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. Other personnel compensation ............................. 75 9 67 14 71 16 11.9 Total personnel compensation ......................... 84 81 87 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 912 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.00 Appropriation ............................................................. General and special funds—Continued PENSIONS ADMINISTRATION—Continued 153 168 171 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 153 ¥153 168 ¥168 171 ¥171 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 153 168 171 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 153 153 168 168 171 171 Object Classification (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–0143–0–1–701 12.1 21.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 2005 est. 2006 est. 20 1 10 1 21 2 11 2 23 1 12 2 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Employee travel ......................................................... Rental payments to GSA ........................................... Rental payments to others ........................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. Other services ............................................................ Supplies and materials ............................................. Equipment ................................................................. Land and structures .................................................. 2 22 1 1 4 4 11 1 2 4 5 12 1 2 3 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 146 7 139 9 148 9 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 153 148 157 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–0143–0–1–701 Direct: 1001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 2005 est. 2006 est. 1,435 1,344 1,351 100 100 108 f BURIAL BENEFITS øNATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION¿ For the provision of burial benefits and payments as authorized by law, $170,577,000. In addition, for making payments after June 30, 2006 for the burial benefits program administered by the Department, such sums as may be necessary. (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61). øFor necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $148,925,000: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed $7,400,000 shall be available until September 30, 2006.¿ (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) øFor an additional amount for ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’, for expenses related to recent natural disasters in the Southeast, $50,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That the amounts provided herein are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007 of Public Law 108–287.¿ (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0139–0–1–701 Total new obligations (object class 42.0) ................ Budgetary resources available for obligation: 22.00 New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 23.95 Total new obligations .................................................... VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 NUMBER OF BURIAL BENEFITS 2004 actual Burial allowance .......................................................................... Burial plot ................................................................................... Service-connected death ............................................................. Burial flags ................................................................................. Headstone markers ...................................................................... Graveliners ................................................................................... Preplaced crypts .......................................................................... 36 19 27 18 36 9 23 37 20 28 19 36 8 23 153 168 PO 00000 168 ¥168 Frm 00020 171 ¥171 Fmt 3616 2006 est. 81,254 63,769 13,578 540,000 341,000 43,648 69,000 82,033 65,581 13,938 542,415 343,000 39,038 67,000 BURIAL ADMINISTRATION Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 171 153 ¥153 2005 est. For operating expenses for burial benefits, for administrative expenses of the National Cemetery Administration, and for cemeterial expenses, including purchase of one passenger motor vehicle, $289,709,000; of which no more than $32,000,000, to remain available until expended, is for grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improving State veterans cemeteries, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2408; and of which no more than $90,300,000 for construction. 2006 est. 32 18 22 17 43 10 11 75,731 62,152 13,323 499,470 355,054 54,579 29,802 f 2004 actual Identification code 36–0129–0–1–700 Obligations by program activity: 01.01 Burial allowance ............................................................ 01.02 Burial plots .................................................................... 01.03 Service-connected deaths .............................................. 01.04 Burial flags .................................................................... 01.05 Headstones and markers ............................................... 01.06 Graveliners ..................................................................... 01.07 Pre-placed crypts ........................................................... 10.00 2005 est. The Department of Veterans Affairs administers a range of burial programs to benefit eligible veterans and family members. The responsibility for these programs is divided between two VA organizations. Most monetary benefits and the burial flags program are administered by the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). Cemetery programs and other in-kind benefits are administered by the National Cemetery Administration (NCA). Funding for the provision of burial benefits and services in VA is provided from the Burial Benefits Appropriation and the National Cemetery Gift Fund. This appropriation provides burial benefits 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 $300 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 $2,000 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 Administration. 2005 est. 2006 est. 02.01 02.02 02.03 02.04 Obligations by program activity: Administrative expenses ................................................ Construction, major projects ......................................... Construction, minor projects ......................................... Grants to states ............................................................. 155 49 14 34 162 111 35 36 168 65 25 32 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 252 344 290 21.40 22.00 22.10 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Resources available from recoveries of prior year obligations ....................................................................... 175 265 188 273 118 290 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 1 1 ................... BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 23.90 23.95 23.98 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 441 462 408 ¥252 ¥344 ¥290 ¥1 ................... ................... 913 118 Land and structures ...................................................... Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ 63 34 146 36 90 32 99.9 188 32.0 41.0 Total new obligations ................................................ 252 344 290 118 Personnel Summary New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced pursuant to P.L. 108–447 ................................................................ 267 275 ¥2 ¥2 ................... 43.00 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ 265 273 72.40 73.10 73.20 73.45 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Recoveries of prior year obligations .............................. 126 252 ¥233 ¥1 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 144 234 265 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 160 73 151 102 157 102 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 233 253 259 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 265 233 273 253 290 259 290 2004 actual 1,553 1,566 SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual 2005 est. 70 4 72 4 11.9 12.1 13.0 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Benefits for former personnel ........................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Transportation of things ................................................ Rental payments to GSA ................................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 69 19 2 2 1 1 5 43 7 6 74 21 3 3 1 1 5 40 7 7 76 22 2 3 1 1 6 42 8 7 Frm 00021 2006 est. Obligations by program activity: Capital investment ........................................................ Death Claims ................................................................. All Other ......................................................................... 12 54 6 12 62 8 13 64 7 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 72 82 84 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 9 68 5 82 5 84 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 77 ¥72 87 ¥82 89 ¥84 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 5 5 5 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 68 82 84 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 9 72 ¥71 10 82 ¥82 10 84 ¥84 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 10 10 10 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 68 3 78 84 4 ................... 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 71 82 84 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources: Insurance account ..................... 88.40 Interest on loans ................................................... 88.40 Insurance premiums earned ................................. 88.40 Repayments of loans ............................................ 88.40 Other income ......................................................... ¥25 ¥3 ¥28 ¥11 ¥1 ¥38 ¥3 ¥30 ¥10 ¥1 ¥37 ¥3 ¥32 ¥11 ¥1 88.90 ¥68 ¥82 ¥84 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 3 ................... ................... 2006 est. 65 4 PO 00000 2005 est. 09.01 09.02 09.03 89.00 90.00 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other than full-time permanent ............................... Jkt 205782 1,492 2006 est. Public enterprise funds: Identification code 36–4012–0–3–701 11.1 11.3 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 2005 est. f 144 234 344 290 ¥253 ¥259 ¥1 ................... Object Classification (in millions of dollars) VerDate jul 14 2003 1001 290 This appropriation provides for the corporate leadership and support to VA’s Burial business line and for 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 veterans 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. Additionally, funding is provided for capital asset investments. Specific performance goals relating to the Burial business line are contained in VA’s congressional budget. 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. 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. Identification code 36–0129–0–1–700 2004 actual Identification code 36–0129–0–1–700 Fmt 3616 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. 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. Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 914 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 88.40 88.40 Public enterprise funds—Continued SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS INSURANCE FUND—Continued Capital investment.—A policyholder may borrow up to 94 percent of the value of his policy. The trend in the number and amount of policies in force is indicated in the following table. POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE 2005 est. 165,651 $1,615 175,944 $1,692 2006 est. 183,047 $1,761 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 $552 million by September 30, 2006. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–4012–0–3–701 2005 est. 2006 est. 33.0 42.0 Investments and loans .................................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ 12 60 12 70 13 71 99.0 Reimbursable obligations ..................................... 72 82 84 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 72 82 84 f VETERANS REOPENED INSURANCE FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 09.01 09.02 09.03 09.04 Obligations by program activity: Death claims .................................................................. Dividends ....................................................................... All other ......................................................................... Capital investment: policy loans ................................... ¥9 ¥5 ¥8 ¥5 ¥7 ¥4 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥45 ¥41 ¥37 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 18 24 26 Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 92.01 2004 actual Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... Insurance premiums earned ................................. Repayments of loans ............................................ 38 15 7 3 2005 est. 41 13 7 3 2006 est. Total new obligations ................................................ 63 64 63 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 409 45 391 41 368 37 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 454 ¥63 432 ¥64 405 ¥63 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 391 368 41 37 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 51 63 ¥63 52 64 ¥65 51 63 ¥63 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 52 51 45 18 41 24 37 26 87.00 63 65 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 57,757 $523 2005 est. 52,820 $485 2006 est. 47,900 $448 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. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 63 VerDate jul 14 2003 393 2004 actual 2005 est. 2006 est. 33.0 42.0 43.0 Investments and loans .................................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ Interest and dividends ................................................... 3 42 18 3 45 16 3 47 13 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 63 64 63 f SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.20 Interest on Federal securities ............................... 88.40 Interest on loans ................................................... 418 2004 actual Number of policies .................................................................. Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ................................. 51 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 86.98 Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 442 POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE Identification code 36–4010–0–3–701 45 418 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 resources 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: 342 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 442 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. 41 11 8 3 10.00 460 2004 actual Identification code 36–4009–0–3–701 2005 est. 2006 est. 09.01 09.02 09.03 ¥30 ¥1 PO 00000 ¥27 ¥1 Frm 00022 ¥25 ¥1 Fmt 3616 Obligations by program activity: Premium payments ........................................................ Payments to carrier ....................................................... Payment to GOE ............................................................. 532 13 1 543 541 100 ................... 1 1 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 41.0) ................ 546 644 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 542 BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... 546 ¥546 644 ¥644 542 ¥542 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 546 644 542 22.00 23.95 72.40 73.10 73.20 74.40 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Non-Federal sources: Withholdings from serviceman’s pay ..... the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2005, within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.¿ øIn addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $154,075,000, 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, 2005.) øNATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT¿ ø(INCLUDING Obligated balance, end of year ................................ ................... ................... ................... 86.97 86.98 89.00 90.00 5 ................... ................... 546 644 542 ¥551 ¥644 ¥542 546 644 542 5 ................... ................... 551 644 542 ¥644 ¥542 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... 5 ................... ................... Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 5 ................... ................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... ................... ................... ................... 92.01 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. TRANSFER OF FUNDS)¿ øFor administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amended, $571,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’: Provided, That no new loans in excess of $50,000,000 may be made in fiscal year 2005.¿ (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) øGUARANTEED ¥546 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT¿ øFor the administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed transitional housing loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter VI, not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical administration’’ may be expended.¿ (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) Unavailable Receipts (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 Appropriations: 05.00 Housing program account ............................................. 2004 actual Identification code 36–4009–0–3–701 0101 0102 2005 est. Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ 546 644 2004 actual Negative subsidies/subsidy reestimates ....................... Negative subsidies/subsidy reestimates ....................... 99.0 Reimbursable obligations ..................................... 546 644 542 Credit accounts: HOUSING 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, subchapters I through III, 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 2006, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans for specially adapted housing loans, 38 U.S.C. 3711(i): Provided further, That no new Native American housing loans in excess of $30,000,000 may be made in 2006, including interest rate refinancing, 38 U.S.C. 3762(h). For operating expenses associated with the housing program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C., chapter 37, $156,675,500 to carry out the grant program and the direct and guaranteed loan programs, of which $4,815,500 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation, ‘‘General Administration’’, and of which no more than $1,771,000 is available for construction: Provided, That of the amount provided for housing operating expenses, (1) $750,000 is for administering the Transitional Housing program as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 20, subchapter VI; and (2) $579,500 is for administering the Native American housing program as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amended. øFor 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 PO 00000 Frm 00023 2,259 3 Fmt 3616 2004 actual Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 f Jkt 205782 ¥1,889 ................... 2005 est. 2006 est. 1,020 ................... 187 229 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 542 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 2006 est. 2006 est. 41.0 VerDate jul 14 2003 ¥1 2005 est. General Fund Credit Receipt Accounts (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 915 00.01 00.02 00.05 00.06 00.07 00.08 00.09 Obligations by program activity: Direct loan subsidy ........................................................ 3 Guaranteed loan subsidy ............................................... 199 Reestimates of direct loan subsidy ............................... 1 Interest on reestimates of the direct loan subsidy ................... Reestimates of guaranteed loan subsidy ...................... ................... Interest on reestimates of guaranteed loan subsidy ................... Administrative expenses ................................................ 155 2005 est. 2006 est. 22 15 1,066 604 111 107 154 37 43 ................... ................... ................... ................... 155 00.91 01.12 Direct Program by Activities—Subtotal (1 level) Construction, minor projects ......................................... 358 3 2,079 2 235 2 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 361 2,081 237 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 52 361 52 2,060 31 222 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 413 ¥361 2,112 ¥2,081 253 ¥237 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 52 31 16 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced pursuant to H.R. 2673 .............................................................. 158 157 157 ¥1 ¥1 ................... 43.00 157 156 60.00 60.20 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Mandatory: Appropriation ............................................................. Appropriation (special fund) ..................................... 203 1 15 65 1,889 ................... 62.50 Appropriation (total mandatory) ........................... 204 1,904 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 157 65 BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 916 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 232002 Guaranteed Loan Sale Securities .................................. HOUSING PROGRAM ACCOUNT—Continued øGUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT¿—Continued Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... Change in obligated balances: 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ................................... 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 361 2005 est. 2,060 2006 est. 32 361 ¥374 19 2,081 ¥2,050 50 237 ¥216 19 50 71 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 86.90 86.93 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 374 2,050 216 Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority ............................................................ 90.00 Outlays ........................................................................... 361 375 2,060 2,050 222 216 140 131 131 16 15 20 204 1,904 65 14 ................... ................... Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 115001 Acquired Direct Loans .................................................... 121 115002 Native American Direct Loans ....................................... 6 115003 Transitional Housing Direct Loan .................................. ................... 115004 Vendee Direct Loans ...................................................... ................... 115901 Total direct loan levels .................................................. Direct loan subsidy (in percent): 132001 Acquired Direct Loans .................................................... 132002 Native American Direct Loan ......................................... 132003 Transitional Housing Direct Loan .................................. 132004 Vendee Direct Loans ...................................................... 2005 est. 2006 est. 214 2 26 699 239 2 21 1,434 127 941 1,696 0.86 0.28 0.00 0.86 ¥5.12 ¥7.75 82.16 ¥5.12 9.18 ¥13.79 71.55 ¥5.64 132901 Weighted average subsidy rate ..................................... 0.83 ¥2.71 ¥2.61 Direct loan subsidy budget authority: 133001 Acquired Direct Loans .................................................... 3 ¥47 22 133002 Native American Direct Loans ....................................... ................... ................... ................... 133003 Transitional Housing Direct Loans ................................ ................... 22 15 133004 Vendee Direct Loans ...................................................... ¥2 ................... ¥81 133901 Total subsidy budget authority ...................................... 1 ¥25 ¥44 Direct loan subsidy outlays: 134001 Acquired Direct Loans .................................................... 3 ¥47 22 134002 Native American Direct Loans ....................................... ................... ................... ................... 134003 Transitional Housing Direct Loan .................................. ................... 5 18 134004 Vendee Direct Loans ...................................................... ¥2 ................... ¥81 134901 Total subsidy outlays ..................................................... 1 Direct loan upward reestimate subsidy budget authority: 135001 Acquired Direct Loan ..................................................... ................... 135002 Native American Direct Loan ......................................... 1 ¥42 ¥41 1,668 ................... 3 ................... 135901 Total upward reestimate budget authority .................... 1 Direct loan downward reestimate subsidy budget authority: 137001 Acquired Direct Loans .................................................... ¥222 137002 Native American Direct Loan ......................................... ¥1 137004 Vendee Direct Loans ...................................................... ................... ¥181 ................... ¥2 ................... ¥19 ................... 137901 Total downward reestimate budget authority ............... ¥223 ¥202 ................... Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy budget authority: 215001 Veterans Housing Benefit Program ............................... 215002 Guaranteed Loan Sale Securities .................................. 35,315 298 43,802 404 46,173 1,035 35,613 44,206 47,208 0.50 ¥0.32 ¥0.32 215901 Total loan guarantee levels ........................................... Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent): 232001 Veterans Housing Benefit Program ............................... VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 1,671 ................... Frm 00024 3.69 4.12 0.54 ¥0.28 ¥0.22 183 17 ¥140 15 ¥148 43 233901 Total subsidy budget authority ...................................... Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays: 234001 Veterans Housing Benefit Program ............................... 234002 Guaranteed Loan Sale Securities .................................. 200 ¥125 ¥105 197 17 ¥140 15 ¥148 43 234901 Total subsidy outlays ..................................................... 214 Guaranteed loan upward reestimate subsidy budget authority: 235001 Guaranteed Loan ............................................................ ................... 235002 Guaranteed Loan Sales .................................................. ................... ¥125 ¥105 222 74.40 Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 5.65 232901 Weighted average subsidy rate ..................................... Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority: 233001 Veterans Housing Benefit Program ............................... 233002 Guaranteed Loan Sale Securities .................................. Credit accounts—Continued Fmt 3616 4 ................... 214 ................... 235901 Total upward reestimate budget authority .................... ................... Guaranteed loan downward reestimate subsidy budget authority: 237001 Veterans Housing Benefit Program ............................... ¥1,878 237002 Guaranteed Loan Sale Securities .................................. ¥159 218 ................... ¥787 ................... ¥31 ................... 237901 Total downward reestimate subsidy budget authority ¥2,037 ¥818 ................... Administrative expense data: 351001 Budget authority ............................................................ 359001 Outlays from new authority ........................................... 157 157 156 147 157 131 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 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 these programs. The subsidy amounts are estimated on a net present value basis. Veterans housing benefit program fund program account.— 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, an amount equal to 25 percent of the Freddie Mac conforming loan limit limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)) for a single family residence, as adjusted for the year involved. Native American veterans housing loan program account.— 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, 2008. Guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans program account.—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. 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. This appropriation provides for the corporate leadership and operational support to VA’s housing business line. Additionally, funding is provided for capital asset investments. The Housing program facilitates the extension of private capital, on more liberal terms than generally available to nonveterans, to: assist veterans and servicepersons in obtain- Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WORKLOAD [In thousands] 2004 actual Construction and valuation .................................................... Loan processing ...................................................................... Loan service and claims ........................................................ 2005 est. 219 628 349 210 600 340 2006 est. 200 580 320 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 2005 est. 2006 est. 11.1 11.5 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other personnel compensation .................................. 64 10 68 11 60 11 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 41.0 Total personnel compensation .............................. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Rental payments to GSA ................................................ Rental payments to others ............................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... Land and structures ...................................................... Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ 74 19 3 7 2 7 40 1 2 3 203 79 21 3 10 1 4 34 1 2 2 1,924 71 19 3 11 1 4 43 1 2 2 80 Total new obligations ................................................ 361 2,081 237 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–1119–0–1–704 1001 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 1,256 2005 est. 1,281 2006 est. 1,076 f HOUSING DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 00.01 00.02 00.03 00.04 00.05 Obligations by program activity: Direct loans .................................................................... 122 Interest on Treasury borrowing ...................................... 214 Property sales expense .................................................. 5 Property management/other expense ............................. 6 Property improvement expense ...................................... ................... 2005 est. 2006 est. 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 78 570 ¥577 71 1,353 ¥1,353 71 1,967 ¥1,991 74.40 87.00 ing housing credits; and assist veterans in retaining their homes during periods of temporary economic difficulty through intensive supplemental mortgage loan servicing. 99.9 917 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 71 577 71 1,353 47 1,991 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources:Payments from program account ¥3 ¥1,668 ¥22 88.00 Transfer of loan sales from LSSA ........................ ¥297 ¥404 ¥1,034 88.00 Reimbursements from DLFA ................................. ................... ¥98 ¥169 88.25 Interest on uninvested funds ............................... ¥73 ................... ................... 88.40 Repayments of principal ....................................... ¥282 ¥357 ¥408 88.40 Interest received on loans .................................... ¥68 ¥88 ¥104 88.40 Fees ....................................................................... ................... ¥15 ¥31 88.40 Cash sale of properties ........................................ ¥56 ¥206 ¥213 88.40 Other ..................................................................... ¥2 ¥3 ¥3 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥781 ¥2,839 ¥1,984 89.00 90.00 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ Financing disbursements ............................................... ¥228 ¥204 ¥1,689 ¥1,486 ¥17 7 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) 1,673 202 5 4 2 00.91 08.01 08.02 08.04 Direct Program by Activities—Subtotal (1 level) Payment of negative subsidy to receipt account .......... Payment of downward reestimate to receipt account Payment of excess interest earned to receipt account 347 2 178 43 1,106 1,886 47 81 78 ................... 122 ................... 08.91 Direct Program by Activities—Subtotal (1 level) 223 247 Total new obligations ................................................ 570 1,353 2006 est. 1150 Total direct loan obligations ..................................... 122 913 1,673 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 1,567 1,032 1,118 Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ................... 121 913 1,673 Repayments: 1251 Repayments and prepayments .................................. ¥282 ¥357 ¥408 1253 Proceeds from loan asset sales to the public with recourse ................................................................. ¥297 ¥404 ¥1,035 1262 Adjustments: Discount on loan asset sales to the public or discounted ................................................. ................... ................... ................... Write-offs for default: 1263 Direct loans ............................................................... ¥5 ¥3 ¥4 1264 Other adjustments, Data Reconciliation ................... ¥72 ¥63 ¥50 1210 1231 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1,032 1,118 1,294 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. 81 10.00 2005 est. Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations: 1111 Limitation on direct loans ............................................. ................... ................... ................... 1131 Direct loan obligations exempt from limitation ............ 122 913 1,673 1290 913 182 5 4 2 2004 actual Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 1,967 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) 2003 actual Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 21.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year 22.00 New financing authority (gross) .................................... 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year New financing authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 67.10 Authority to borrow .................................................... 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 69.47 Portion applied to repay debt ........................................ 220 553 773 ¥570 203 ................... 1,150 1,967 1,353 ¥1,353 1,967 ¥1,967 203 ................... ................... 1,111 781 ¥1,339 ¥757 2,839 ¥932 1,652 1,984 ¥1,669 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................................ ¥558 1,907 315 Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... 553 1,150 1,967 ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury .................................. Investments in US securities: 1106 Receivables, net ................................................. Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1401 Direct loans receivable, gross ................................. 1402 Interest receivable ..................................................... 1405 Other .......................................................................... 1499 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ............................................................. 1999 69.90 70.00 VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 3616 Total assets ............................................................... LIABILITIES: Federal liabilities: 2103 Debt ............................................................................ 2105 Other .......................................................................... Sfmt 3633 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 2004 actual 299 274 ........................ 2,208 1,567 28 1,217 1,032 19 –680 2,812 371 3,111 2,853 2,811 300 2,582 271 BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 918 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 88.95 Against gross financing authority only: Change in receivables from program accounts ....... 8 ................... ................... 89.00 90.00 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ Financing disbursements ............................................... ¥9 ................... ................... 1,679 771 ¥584 Credit accounts—Continued HOUSING DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT—Continued Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2003 actual Identification code 36–4127–0–3–704 2004 actual 2999 Total liabilities .......................................................... 3,111 4999 Total liabilities and net position ................................... 3,111 2,853 Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars) 2,853 HOUSING GUARANTEED LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Obligations by program activity: 00.01 Acquisition of homes ..................................................... 00.02 Losses on defaulted loans ............................................. 00.03 Interest on Treasury borrowing ...................................... 00.04 Reimburse DLFA for loan sales ..................................... 00.05 Payment to trustee reserve ............................................ 00.06 Reimburse Liquidating for subordination certificate .... 00.07 Loan Sale Closing Costs ................................................ 00.09 Property sales expense .................................................. 00.10 Property management expense ...................................... 00.11 Property improvement expense ...................................... 00.12 Loans acquired .............................................................. 00.91 08.01 08.02 08.04 2005 est. Direct Program by Activities—Subtotal (1 level) 1,818 Payment of negative subsidy to receipt account .......... ................... Payment of downward reestimate to receipt account 1,515 Payment of excess interest to receipt account ............. 522 1,917 594 1 404 27 21 22 120 103 37 210 2006 est. 2006 est. 2150 2199 918 284 1 298 33 18 16 70 53 4 123 2005 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 35,315 43,802 46,173 2132 Guaranteed loan commitments for loan asset sales with recourse ............................................................. 298 404 1,035 f Identification code 36–4129–0–3–704 2004 actual Identification code 36–4129–0–3–704 1,908 591 1 1,035 69 19 56 120 102 37 236 3,456 4,174 140 148 573 ................... 246 ................... Total guaranteed loan commitments ........................ Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loan commitments 35,613 11,632 44,206 14,462 47,208 15,854 Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 318,222 347,251 383,675 Disbursements of new guaranteed loans ...................... 35,315 43,802 46,173 Guarantees of loans sold to the public with recourse 149 404 1,035 Repayments and prepayments ...................................... ¥5,078 ¥5,034 ¥5,538 Adjustments: 2261 Terminations for default that result in loans receivable ....................................................................... ¥283 ¥594 ¥592 2262 Terminations for default that result in acquisition of property ............................................................. ¥918 ¥1,917 ¥1,908 2263 Terminations for default that result in claim payments .................................................................... ¥156 ¥237 ¥305 2264 Other adjustments, net ............................................. ................... ................... ................... 2210 2231 2232 2251 Direct Program by Activities—Subtotal (1 level) 2,037 959 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 347,251 383,675 422,540 2299 08.91 2290 Memorandum: Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loans outstanding, end of year ................................................................ 116,355 127,668 140,094 148 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 3,855 4,415 4,322 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New financing authority (gross) .................................... 5,962 2,166 4,273 3,643 3,501 4,910 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 8,128 ¥3,855 7,916 ¥4,415 8,411 ¥4,322 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 4,273 3,501 4,089 New financing authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 69.10 Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) .................................. 69.47 Portion applied to repay debt ................................... 69.90 72.40 73.10 73.20 74.00 74.40 87.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................. Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................ Obligated balance, end of year ................................ Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 3,643 4,910 ¥8 ................... ................... ¥9 ................... ................... 2,166 3,643 4,910 20 3,855 ¥3,862 21 4,415 ¥4,414 22 4,322 ¥4,326 8 ................... ................... 21 3,862 22 4,414 18 4,326 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Payments from program account ......................... ¥214 ¥233 ¥43 88.00 Recoveries from DLFA ........................................... ¥123 ¥888 ¥1,653 88.25 Interest on uninvested funds ............................... ¥257 ¥210 ¥211 88.40 Funding fees ......................................................... ¥482 ¥777 ¥822 88.40 Cash sale of properties ........................................ ¥762 ¥1,095 ¥1,090 88.40 Refunds from Trust ............................................... ¥31 ¥11 ¥28 88.40 Redemption of properties and other .................... ¥6 ................... ................... 88.40 Subordinate Certificate Deposits .......................... ................... ¥21 ¥19 88.45 Loan sale proceeds ............................................... ¥308 ¥408 ¥1,044 88.90 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 ¥2,183 PO 00000 ¥3,643 Frm 00026 ¥4,910 Fmt 3616 841 1,071 1,482 283 594 592 ¥52 ¥66 ¥92 ¥79 ¥117 ¥146 78 ................... ................... 2390 2,183 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 ................................... 2364 Other adjustments, net ............................................. 1,071 Outstanding, end of year ...................................... 1,482 1,836 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 programs. The amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not included in the budget totals. Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) 2003 actual Identification code 36–4129–0–3–704 ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury .................................. Investments in US securities: 1106 Receivables, net ................................................. Net value of assets related to post– 1991 acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: 1501 Defaulted guaranteed loans receivable, gross ....... 1504 Accounts receivable from foreclosed property ........ 1505 Other Assets (LSSA Cash) ....................................... 1599 Net present value of assets related to defaulted guaranteed loans ............................ 1999 Total assets ............................................................... LIABILITIES: Federal liabilities: 2103 Debt ............................................................................ Sfmt 3633 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 2004 actual 5,733 4,276 87 296 840 5 ........................ 1,071 4 19 845 1,094 6,665 5,666 ........................ 6 BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2105 1,959 1,158 2201 2204 Other liabilities ......................................................... Non-Federal liabilities: Accounts payable ...................................................... Non-federal liabilities for loan guarantees ............ 27 4,679 17 4,485 2999 Total liabilities .......................................................... 6,665 5,666 4999 Total liabilities and net position ................................... 6,665 5,666 f HOUSING LIQUIDATING ACCOUNT Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. Disbursements: Purchase of loans assets from the public ......................................................................... 1251 Repayments: Repayments and prepayments ................. Write-offs for default: 1263 Direct loans ............................................................... 1264 Other adjustments, net1 ........................................... 1210 1232 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 17 4 2 14 3 2 00.91 Total capital investments ......................................... 28 23 19 01.00 01.02 01.03 01.04 01.05 Total capital investments ......................................... Property management expense ...................................... Sales expense ................................................................ Claims processed ........................................................... Other operating expenses .............................................. 28 4 6 ¥7 1 23 3 6 ¥6 1 19 3 5 ¥6 1 01.91 Total operating expenses .......................................... 4 4 3 10.00 Total new obligations (object class 33.0) ................ 32 27 22 2290 21.40 22.00 22.40 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Capital transfer to general fund ................................... 28 60 ¥28 28 ................... 27 22 ¥28 ................... 2299 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 60 ¥32 27 ¥27 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 72.40 73.10 73.20 74.00 74.40 125 82 ¥23 32 ¥33 27 22 2 ................... 27 22 ¥29 ¥22 25 ................... ................... 2 ................... ................... 27 22 2 ................... 87.00 33 29 88.95 89.00 90.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. 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 .................................................................... 2210 2251 2 ¥27 2 ¥20 2 ¥15 ¥8 ¥5 ¥4 ¥1 ................... ................... 79 56 39 2005 est. 2006 est. 4,908 ¥1,290 3,601 ¥946 2,640 ¥694 ¥4 ¥4 ¥3 ¥20 ¥17 ¥14 7 6 6 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 3,601 2,640 1,935 Memorandum: Guaranteed amount of guaranteed loans outstanding, end of year ................................................................ 1,629 1,194 875 Addendum: Cumulative balance of defaulted guaranteed loans that result in loans receivable: 2310 Outstanding, start of year ........................................ 2331 Disbursements for guaranteed loan claims ............. 2361 Write-offs of loans receivable ................................... 284 5 ¥4 285 4 ¥3 286 3 ¥2 285 286 287 Outstanding, end of year ...................................... Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) 2003 actual Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 60 10 23 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. Against gross budget authority only: Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) .................................. 56 64 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 86.98 Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 88.90 79 2004 actual Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 ¥25 ................... ................... ¥40 ¥55 ¥42 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources: Payments from direct loan financing account ............................................... 88.40 Loan and other repayments .................................. 88.40 Sale of homes, cash ............................................. 88.40 Interest on loans ................................................... 88.40 Other revenues ...................................................... 113 2390 22 ¥22 28 ................... ................... Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................. Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................ 2006 est. Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars) 21 5 2 69.90 2005 est. 2006 est. Obligations by program activity: 00.01 Acquisition of homes ..................................................... 00.04 Acquisition of defaulted guaranteed loans ................... 00.05 Repurchase of loans sold .............................................. New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 69.10 Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) .................................. 69.27 Capital transfer to general fund .............................. 2004 actual Identification code 36–4025–0–3–704 1290 2005 est. 919 22 ASSETS: Federal assets: 1101 Fund balances with Treasury .................................. Investments in US securities: 1106 Receivables, net ................................................. 1201 Non-Federal assets: Investments in non-Federal securities, net ..................................................................... Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1401 Direct loans receivable, gross ................................. 1402 Interest receivable ..................................................... 1405 Other .......................................................................... 1499 1602 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ............................................................. Net value of assets related to pre–1992 direct loans receivable and acquired defaulted guaranteed loans receivable: Interest receivable ......................... 1999 ¥46 ¥27 ¥34 ¥15 ¥3 ¥15 ¥20 ¥31 ¥13 ¥3 ¥11 ¥15 ¥24 ¥12 ¥2 ¥125 ¥82 Total assets ............................................................... LIABILITIES: 2103 Federal liabilities: Debt ................................................... 2207 Non-Federal liabilities: Other .......................................... 2004 actual 5 28 27 5 191 186 184 5 ........................ 84 4 –2 189 86 ........................ 66 412 371 405 7 364 7 ¥64 25 ................... ................... ¥40 ¥93 PO 00000 ¥55 ¥53 Frm 00027 ¥42 ¥42 Fmt 3616 2999 Total liabilities .......................................................... 412 371 4999 Total liabilities and net position ................................... 412 371 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. Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Federal Funds—Continued 920 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 Credit accounts—Continued NATIVE AMERICAN Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FINANCING ACCOUNT DIRECT LOAN 2003 actual Identification code 36–4130–0–3–704 ASSETS: Investments in US securities: 1106 Federal assets: Receivables, net ............................. Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1401 Direct loans receivable, gross ................................. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual 2005 est. 2006 est. 00.01 00.03 Obligations by program activity: Direct loans1 .................................................................. Interest on Treasury borrowing ...................................... 6 4 00.91 08.02 Direct Program by Activities—Subtotal .................... Payment of downward reestimate to receipt account 10 1 30 25 2 ................... 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 11 32 Budgetary resources available for obligation: 22.00 New financing authority (gross) .................................... 23.95 Total new obligations .................................................... New financing authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 47.00 Authority to borrow .................................................... Spending authority from offsetting collections: 68.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 68.47 Portion applied to repay debt ................................... 68.90 70.00 72.40 73.10 73.20 74.40 87.00 11 ¥11 55 29 1 32 ¥32 23 2 25 25 ¥25 22 5 8 10 20 ¥52 ................... ................... Spending authority from offsetting collections (total discretionary) .......................................... ¥44 10 20 Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... 11 32 25 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... ................... ................... Total new obligations .................................................... 11 32 Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... ¥11 ¥12 20 25 ¥28 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ ................... Total financing disbursements (gross) ......................... 11 20 12 17 28 Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.00 Federal sources: Reimbursements from NADL ..... ¥2 ¥8 ¥18 88.25 Interest on uninvested funds ............................... ¥3 ................... ................... 88.40 Non-federal sources—Repayments and prepayments of principal ............................................ ¥2 ................... ................... 88.40 Non-Federal sources—Interest received on loans ¥1 ¥2 ¥2 88.40 Cash sale of property ........................................... ................... ................... ................... ¥8 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: 89.00 Financing authority ........................................................ 90.00 Financing disbursements ............................................... 3 3 2004 actual 1150 Total direct loan obligations ..................................... ................... 1150 Total direct loan obligations ..................................... 1210 1231 1251 1264 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ................... Repayments: Repayments and prepayments ................. Write-offs for default: Data Reconciliation ................... 1290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 22 25 1 22 5 Total assets ............................................................... LIABILITIES: Federal liabilities: 2103 Federal liabilities debt ............................................. 2105 Other liabilities ......................................................... 27 30 25 2 28 2 2999 Total liabilities .......................................................... 27 30 Total liabilities and net position ................................... 27 30 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ............................................................. Other Federal assets: Other assets ............................... 1901 1999 This account contains information on the Native American Veterans Housing Loan program and the Guaranteed Transitional Housing Loans for Homeless Veterans program. The Transitional Housing loans are 100% guaranteed and use the Federal Financing Bank (FFB) as the lending institution. For budget purposes, all FFB loans shall be treated as direct loans. 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 the account are means of financing and are not included in the budget totals. f VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION DIRECT LOAN FINANCING ACCOUNT Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 2005 est. 2006 est. 22 2 2005 est. 5 8 21 2 2 25 23 32 6 9 26 ¥1 ................... ................... ¥7 ................... ................... PO 00000 23 32 Frm 00028 3 4 4 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 3 4 4 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New financing authority (gross) .................................... Portion applied to repay debt ........................................ 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 4 ¥3 5 ¥4 5 ¥4 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 ¥3 4 ¥4 4 ¥4 4 1 1 3 4 4 ¥3 ................... ................... 2006 est. 27 6 Obligations by program activity: Direct loans .................................................................... ¥20 Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations: 1111 Limitation on direct loans ............................................. ................... 50 30 1121 Limitation available from carry-forward ....................... 100 100 73 1121 Limitation available from carry-forward ....................... 2 2 2 1131 Direct loan obligations exempt from limitation ............ 6 ................... ................... 1142 Unobligated direct loan limitation (¥) ........................ ................... ¥48 ¥28 1143 Unobligated limitation carried forward (P.L. 105–368) ¥100 ¥73 ¥52 1143 Unobligated limitation carried forward (P.L. 102–389) (¥) ........................................................................... ¥2 ¥2 ¥2 VerDate jul 14 2003 25 1499 21.40 22.00 22.60 ¥10 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–4130–0–3–704 3 00.01 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. 88.90 1 4999 2004 actual Identification code 36–4130–0–3–704 58 Fmt 3616 New financing authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 67.10 Authority to borrow (indefinite) ................................. Spending authority from offsetting collections: Discretionary: 68.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ................................ 68.47 Portion applied to repay debt ............................... 68.90 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total discretionary) ..................................... ................... ................... ................... 70.00 73.10 73.20 87.00 Total new financing authority (gross) ...................... Change Total Total Total Sfmt 3643 in obligated balances: new obligations .................................................... financing disbursements (gross) ......................... financing disbursements (gross) ......................... E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 3 4 4 3 ¥3 3 4 ¥4 4 4 ¥4 4 BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Trust Funds DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Offsets: Against gross financing authority and financing disbursements: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Repayments and prepayments of principal ...................................... 89.00 90.00 21.40 22.00 ¥4 ¥4 Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual 2005 est. Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 76 1 73 1 71 1 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 77 ¥3 74 ¥3 72 ¥10 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 73 71 62 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.26 Appropriation (trust fund) ......................................... 1 1 1 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 1 3 ¥4 1 3 ¥3 1 10 ¥9 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 1 1 2 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 1 3 1 2 1 8 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 4 3 9 89.00 90.00 ¥3 Net financing authority and financing disbursements: Financing authority ........................................................ ................... ................... ................... Financing disbursements ............................................... ................... ................... ................... Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1 4 1 3 1 9 2006 est. Position with respect to appropriations act limitation on obligations: 1111 Limitation on direct loans ............................................. 3 4 4 1150 Total direct loan obligations ..................................... 3 4 4 1210 1231 1251 Cumulative balance of direct loans outstanding: Outstanding, start of year ............................................. Disbursements: Direct loan disbursements ................... Repayments: Repayments and prepayments (¥) ........ 1 3 ¥3 1 4 ¥4 1 4 ¥4 1290 Outstanding, end of year .......................................... 1 1 1 Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars) 2003 actual Identification code 36–4259–0–3–702 ASSETS: Investments in US securities: 1106 Federal assets: Fund assets: Fund Balance with Treasury ................................................................. Net value of assets related to post– 1991 direct loans receivable: 1401 Direct loans receivable, gross ................................. 2004 actual 4 1 1 1 1 1 Total assets ............................................................... LIABILITIES: 2103 Federal liabilities: Debt ................................................... 5 2 5 2 2999 Total liabilities .......................................................... 5 2 4999 Total liabilities and net position ................................... 5 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. Public Law 106–419, enacted November 1, 2000, provides qualified participants in this program another opportunity (through October 31, 2001) to convert to the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance program (Montgomery GI Bill). The estimated activity in the fund follows: 2 1499 Net present value of assets related to direct loans ............................................................. 1999 CONTRIBUTIONS, PARTICIPANTS, DISENROLLMENTS, REFUNDS AND TRAINEES [In millions of dollars] f 2004 actual Trust Funds POST-VIETNAM ERA VETERANS EDUCATION ACCOUNT Unavailable Receipts (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 2005 est. 2006 est. 01.99 Balance, start of year .................................................... 1 1 1 Receipts: 02.20 Deductions from military pay, Post-Vietnam era veterans educatio ........................................................... 1 ................... ................... 02.40 Contributions, Post-Vietnam era veterans education account ...................................................................... ................... 1 1 02.99 Total receipts and collections ................................... 1 1 1 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriations: 05.00 Post-Vietnam era veterans education account ............. 2 2 2 ¥1 ¥1 ¥1 1 1 1 04.00 07.99 921 Balance, end of year ..................................................... Total budget authority ................................................................. Servicepersons contributions .................................................. Transferred from Department of Defense (bonus) ................. Transferred from Department of Defense (matching) ............ Transferred from Department of Defense (section 901) ........ 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 ................................................................... $1 $1 $0 $0 $0 197,774 382 $1,832 1,853 $3 796 $1 $1,312 32 2005 est. 2006 est. $1 $0 $1 $0 $0 195,738 264 $989 1,600 $3 712 $1 $1,360 30 $1 $0 $1 $0 $0 193,257 269 $923 1,400 $9 1,335 $1 $1,335 28 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 2005 est. 2006 est. 41.0 44.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions ............................ Refunds .......................................................................... 1 2 1 2 8 2 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 3 3 10 f Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE FUND 2004 actual Identification code 36–8133–0–7–702 2005 est. 2006 est. Unavailable Receipts (in millions of dollars) Obligations by program activity: 00.01 Payment to post-Vietnam era trainees ......................... 00.03 Participant disenrollments ............................................. 1 2 1 2 8 2 10.00 3 3 10 Total new obligations ................................................ VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 3616 2004 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 01.99 Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.20 NSLI fund, Premium and other receipts ........................ Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 2005 est. 2006 est. 9,795 9,492 9,100 204 176 163 BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Trust Funds—Continued 922 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 88.40 88.40 Unavailable Receipts (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 2005 est. NSLI fund, Interest ......................................................... NSLI fund, Payments from general and special funds 730 1 672 1 621 1 02.99 Total receipts and collections ................................... 935 849 785 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriations: 05.00 National service life insurance fund ............................. 05.01 National service life insurance fund ............................. 10,730 10,341 9,885 ¥934 ¥304 ¥852 ¥389 ¥785 ¥461 05.99 Total appropriations .................................................. ¥1,238 ¥1,241 ¥1,246 07.99 Balance, end of year ..................................................... 9,492 9,100 8,639 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 2005 est. 2006 est. 00.01 00.02 00.03 00.04 00.05 00.06 00.07 Obligations by program activity: Death claims .................................................................. Disability claims ............................................................ Matured endowments ..................................................... Cash surrenders ............................................................. Dividends ....................................................................... Interest paid on dividend credits and deposits ............ Payment to Insurance account ...................................... 675 11 7 28 305 59 22 698 10 8 27 262 56 23 714 9 11 27 232 55 23 00.91 02.01 Total operating expenses .......................................... Capital investment: Policy loans ................................... 1,107 64 1,084 65 1,071 65 02.93 09.01 09.02 09.03 09.04 09.05 09.06 09.07 Total direct obligations ............................................. Death claims .................................................................. Disability Claims ............................................................ Matured Endowments .................................................... Cash Surrenders ............................................................ Dividends ....................................................................... Interest paid on dividend credits and deposits ............ Payment to Insurance account ...................................... 1,171 264 4 3 11 119 23 8 1,149 271 4 3 11 101 22 9 1,136 273 4 4 10 89 20 9 09.09 Reimbursable program .............................................. 432 421 409 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 1,603 1,570 1,545 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year ................... ................... New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 1,603 1,571 1 1,546 21.40 22.00 23.90 23.95 24.40 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 1,603 ¥1,603 1,571 ¥1,570 1,547 ¥1,545 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year ................... 1 70.00 ¥3 ¥200 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. ¥365 ¥330 ¥300 89.00 90.00 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 1,238 1,231 1,241 1,246 1,246 1,262 11,246 10,949 10,554 10,949 10,554 10,078 Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 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 was established in 1940. It is for the World War II servicemen’s and veterans’ insurance program. Over 22 million policies were 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 2004 actual Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 852 330 389 785 300 461 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................................ 669 719 761 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 1,603 1,571 1,546 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 1,461 1,603 ¥1,595 1,469 1,570 ¥1,576 1,463 1,545 ¥1,562 1,469 1,463 2005 est. 2006 est. 1,300,404 $14,013 1,198,010 $13,112 1,097,110 $12,215 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 $11,157 million as of September 30, 2005 to $10,631 million as of September 30, 2006. The actuarial estimate of policy obligations as of September 30, 2006, totals $10,401 million, leaving a balance of $230 million for contingency reserves. The status of the fund, excluding noncash transactions, is as follows: Status of Funds (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 0100 934 365 304 Change in obligated balances: 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ................................... 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 74.40 ¥2 ¥223 2 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.26 Appropriation (trust fund) ......................................... 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 69.26 From offsetting collections (unavailable balances) ...... 69.90 ¥2 ¥251 2006 est. 02.40 02.41 04.00 Optional settlements ............................................. Net income offsets adjustments .......................... 88.90 NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE FUND—Continued Balance, start of year: Uninvested balance ....................................................... 0199 Total balance, start of year ...................................... Cash income during the year: Current law: Offsetting receipts (proprietary): 1220 NSLI fund, premium and other receipts ............... Offsetting receipts (intragovernmental): 1240 NSLI fund,interest ................................................. 1241 NSLI fund, payments from general and special funds ................................................................ Offsetting collections: 1280 NSLI fund, offsetting collections .......................... 1281 Offsetting collections ............................................ 1282 Offsetting collections ............................................ 1299 Income under present law ........................................ 2005 est. 2006 est. 11,256 10,961 10,564 11,256 10,961 10,564 204 176 163 730 672 621 1 1 1 251 2 112 1,300 223 2 105 1,179 200 3 97 1,085 1,446 3299 1,182 394 1,085 477 87.00 1,595 1,576 1,562 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.40 Repayments of loans ............................................ VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 ¥112 PO 00000 ¥105 Frm 00030 1,300 1,179 1,085 ¥1,595 ¥1,595 ¥1,576 ¥1,576 ¥1,562 ¥1,562 Total cash outgo (¥) ............................................... Unexpended balance, end of year: ¥1,595 ¥1,576 ¥1,562 8799 1,299 296 Total cash income ..................................................... Cash outgo during year: Current law: 4500 National service life insurance fund ........................ 4599 Outgo under current law (¥) .................................. 6599 Outlays (gross), detail: 86.97 Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 86.98 Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ Total balance, end of year ........................................ 10,961 10,564 10,087 ¥97 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Trust Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 90.00 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8132–0–7–701 2005 est. 2006 est. Outlays ........................................................................... 9 9 9 Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 56 50 44 50 44 44 92.01 33.0 42.0 43.0 Direct obligations: Investments and loans .............................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ........................... Interest and dividends .............................................. 64 721 386 65 743 341 65 761 310 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 1,171 432 1,149 421 1,136 409 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 1,603 1,570 1,545 f UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE FUND Note.—The Department of Veterans Affairs insurance policy loans are not an extension of Federal credit. Credit schedules previously shown for this account have been discontinued. This fund was established in 1919 to receive premiums and pay claims on insurance issued under the provisions of the War Risk Insurance Act. The general decline in the activity of the fund is indicated in the following table: POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE Unavailable Receipts (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual 2004 actual Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 01.99 2005 est. 2006 est. Balance, start of year .................................................... Receipts: 02.40 Interest and profits on investments in public debt securities, U .............................................................. 39 34 29 3 3 3 04.00 Total: Balances and collections .................................... Appropriations: 05.00 United States Government life insurance fund ............. 05.01 United States Government life insurance fund ............. 42 37 32 ¥5 ¥3 ¥5 ¥3 ¥4 ¥3 05.99 Total appropriations .................................................. ¥8 ¥8 ¥7 07.99 Balance, end of year ..................................................... 34 29 25 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 2005 est. 2006 est. 00.01 00.06 00.07 09.01 09.02 Obligations by program activity: Death claims .................................................................. Interest paid on dividend credits and deposits ............ Other Costs .................................................................... Death Claims ................................................................. Dividends ....................................................................... 4 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 09.09 Reimbursable program .............................................. 3 3 3 Total new obligations ................................................ 9 9 9 22.00 23.95 Budgetary resources available for obligation: New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Total new obligations .................................................... 9 ¥9 9 ¥9 7 ¥9 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 60.26 Appropriation (trust fund) ......................................... 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ......................................... 69.26 Offsetting collections (previously unavailable) ............. 3 1 5 3 3 1 ................... 5 4 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................................ 6 6 4 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 9 9 7 Change in obligated balances: 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ................................... 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 17 9 ¥10 16 9 ¥10 70.00 Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 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 $46 million as of September 30, 2005, to $44 million as of September 30, 2006, as an increasing number of policies mature through death or disability. The actuarial evaluation of policy obligations as of September 30, 2006, totals $40 million, leaving a balance of $1 million for contingency reserves. The status of the fund, excluding noncash transactions, is as follows: Status of Funds (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 2005 est. 2006 est. Balance, start of year: 0100 Uninvested balance ....................................................... 56 50 44 56 50 44 3 3 3 1 4 1 ................... 4 3 Total balance, start of year ...................................... Cash income during the year: Current law: Offsetting receipts (intragovernmental): 1240 Interest and profits on investments in public debt securities, USGLI, VA ............................... Offsetting collections: 1280 Offsetting collections, USGLI ................................ 1299 Income under present law ........................................ 3 ¥10 ¥10 ¥10 ¥10 ¥9 ¥9 15 9 ¥9 6599 Total cash outgo (¥) ............................................... Unexpended balance, end of year: ¥10 ¥10 ¥9 8799 Total balance, end of year ........................................ 50 44 38 15 15 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 4 6 4 6 3 6 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 10 10 3299 9 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8150–0–7–701 2005 est. 2006 est. 42.0 43.0 ¥1 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ 8 PO 00000 ¥1 ................... Frm 00031 8 Direct obligations: Insurance claims and indemnities ........................... Interest and dividends .............................................. 4 2 4 2 4 2 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 6 3 6 3 6 3 99.9 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.40 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Repayments of loans ..................................................................... Jkt 205782 7,760 $24 4 16 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 2006 est. 9,040 $28 4 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ VerDate jul 14 2003 2005 est. Total cash income ..................................................... Cash outgo during year: Current law: 4500 United States government life insurance fund ........ 4599 Outgo under current law (¥) .................................. 74.40 89.00 10,390 $33 0199 10.00 69.90 923 Total new obligations ................................................ 9 9 9 7 Fmt 3616 Sfmt 3643 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET BENEFITS PROGRAMS—Continued Trust Funds—Continued 924 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 erage 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: VETERANS SPECIAL LIFE INSURANCE FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–8455–0–8–701 2005 est. 2006 est. POLICIES AND INSURANCE IN FORCE Obligations by program activity: 09.01 Death claims .................................................................. 09.02 Cash surrenders ............................................................. 09.03 Dividends ....................................................................... 09.04 All other ......................................................................... 09.05 Payments to Insurance account .................................... 09.06 Capital investment ........................................................ 67 4 84 38 5 14 76 4 81 27 6 14 84 4 77 30 6 14 2004 actual Number of policies ...................................................................... Insurance in force (dollars in millions) ...................................... 213,454 $2,525 2005 est. 206,130 $2,466 2006 est. 198,180 $2,404 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 212 208 215 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 1,540 228 1,556 221 1,569 216 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 1,768 ¥212 1,777 ¥208 1,785 ¥215 Financing.—Payments from this fund are financed primarily from premium receipts and interest on investments. Operating results and financial condition.—Lower than expected death rates 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. 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 1,556 1,569 1,570 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 228 221 216 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 312 212 ¥191 333 208 ¥195 346 215 ¥203 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 333 346 358 86.97 86.98 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... Outlays from mandatory balances ................................ 170 21 191 4 200 3 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 191 195 203 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: Offsetting collections (cash) from: 88.20 Interest on Federal securities ............................... 88.40 Interest on loans ................................................... 88.40 Insurance premiums earned ................................. 88.40 Repayments of loans ............................................ ¥141 ¥5 ¥63 ¥19 ¥139 ¥5 ¥60 ¥17 ¥136 ¥5 ¥58 ¥17 88.90 ¥228 ¥221 ¥216 89.00 90.00 Total, offsetting collections (cash) .................. 92.01 1,850 1,888 1,914 1,888 1,914 1,926 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 cov- VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 3616 2005 est. 2006 est. 33.0 42.0 43.0 Investments and loans .................................................. Insurance claims and indemnities ................................ Interest and dividends ................................................... 14 90 108 14 91 103 14 97 104 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 212 208 215 f DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION øGENERAL Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ¥37 ¥26 ¥13 Memorandum (non-add) entries: Total investments, start of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 92.02 Total investments, end of year: Federal securities: Par value ................................................................... 2004 actual Identification code 36–8455–0–8–701 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... OPERATING EXPENSES¿ GENERAL ADMINISTRATION For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses in support of department-wide capital planning, management and policy activities, øuniforms or allowances therefor;¿ not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expensesø; hire of passenger motor vehicles;¿, and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard servicesø, and the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $1,324,753,000: 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 the Veterans Benefits Administration shall be funded at not less than $1,027,193,000: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed $66,000,000 shall be available for obligation until September 30, 2006: Provided further, That from the funds made available under this heading, the Veterans Benefits Administration may purchase up to two passenger motor vehicles for use in operations of that Administration in Manila, Philippines¿. $330,466,000, including no more than $5,577,000 for construction. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) øFor an additional amount for ‘‘General operating expenses’’, for expenses related to recent natural disasters, $545,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That the amounts provided herein are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007 of Public Law 108– 287.¿ (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005.) øCONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS¿ øFor constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the facilities including parking projects 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 Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 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 more than the amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A) or where funds for a project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, $458,800,000, to remain available until expended, of which $370,709,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities; and of which $8,091,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided in 41 U.S.C. 612 for claims paid for contract disputes: Provided, That except for advance planning activities, including needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset management related activities, such as portfolio development and management activities, and investment strategy studies funded through the advance planning fund and the planning and design activities funded through the design fund and CARES funds, including needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital investments, none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used for any project which has not been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 2005, for each approved project (except those for CARES activities referenced above) shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, 2005; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2006: Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 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.¿ (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) øCONSTRUCTION, Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–0151–0–1–700 00.11 00.12 00.30 Obligations by program activity: General administration .................................................. 275 Major Construction ......................................................... ................... Minor Construction ......................................................... 5 VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 01.00 09.04 Total Direct Program ................................................. Other reimbursable programs ........................................ 280 251 318 304 330 347 09.99 Total reimbursable program ...................................... 251 304 347 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 531 622 677 80 531 17 ................... 605 677 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ Unobligated balance of FY 2003 emergency supp transferred to Compensation .................................... 22.30 Expired unobligated balance transfer to unexpired account .......................................................................... 21.40 22.00 22.21 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 2005 est. 551 622 677 ¥531 ¥622 ¥677 ¥3 ................... ................... 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 17 ................... ................... New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 282 303 330 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced pursuant to P.L. 108–7 .................................................................... ¥2 ................... ................... 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced pursuant to P.L. 108–447 ................................................................ ................... ¥2 ................... 43.00 68.00 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 280 301 330 251 304 347 70.00 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 531 605 677 72.40 73.10 73.20 73.40 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 186 212 223 86.90 86.93 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 352 170 543 53 611 55 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 522 596 666 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥251 ¥304 ¥347 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 280 271 301 292 330 319 89.00 90.00 Frm 00033 Fmt 3616 180 186 212 531 622 677 ¥522 ¥596 ¥666 ¥3 ................... ................... 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 Department’s top management direction and administrative support, including data processing, fiscal, personnel, and legal services. General administration.—Includes Departmental executive direction, Departmental Support offices, the General Counsel, the Board of Veterans Appeals, and the Board of Contract Appeals. Additionally, funding is provided for capital asset investments. 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. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2006 est. 324 2 4 3 ................... ................... Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... Unobligated balance expiring or withdrawn ................. 2004 actual Identification code 36–0151–0–1–700 309 4 5 ¥63 ................... ................... 23.90 23.95 23.98 MINOR PROJECTS¿ øFor constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities including parking projects under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital investments, 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, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A), $230,779,000, 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 equal to or less than the amount set forth in 38 U.S.C. 8104(a)(3)(A), of which $182,100,000 shall be for Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) activities: Provided, That from amounts appropriated under this heading, additional amounts may be used for CARES activities upon notification of and approval by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 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, 2005.) øFor an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’, for expenses related to recent natural disasters, $36,343,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amounts provided herein are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), as made applicable to the House of Representatives by H. Res. 649 (108th Congress) and applicable to the Senate by section 14007 of Public Law 108–287.¿ (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005.) 925 11.1 Sfmt 3643 Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............................................. E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 155 2005 est. 175 2006 est. 183 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds—Continued 926 øCONSTRUCTION, THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 14 19 21 86.90 86.93 MINOR PROJECTS¿—Continued Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new discretionary authority ..................... Outlays from discretionary balances ............................. 52 10 60 10 61 11 87.00 Total outlays (gross) ................................................. 62 70 72 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥3 ¥3 ¥3 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ Outlays ........................................................................... 62 59 70 67 71 69 Object Classification (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–0151–0–1–700 2005 est. 2006 est. 11.5 Other personnel compensation ............................. 6 8 7 11.9 12.1 21.0 23.1 23.3 161 37 4 17 183 43 4 18 190 44 5 21 24.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 32.0 Total personnel compensation ......................... Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Employee travel ......................................................... Rental payments to GSA ........................................... Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges ................................................................. Printing and reproduction ......................................... Other services ............................................................ Supplies and materials ............................................. Equipment ................................................................. Land and structures .................................................. 3 1 44 3 5 5 3 1 52 2 3 9 3 1 53 3 4 6 99.0 99.0 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 280 251 318 304 330 347 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 531 622 677 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–0151–0–1–700 Direct: 1001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment1 .................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 1 Reflects 2005 est. 2006 est. 1,939 2,073 2,107 492 623 675 FTE treated as reimbursements in all years and the effects of Credit Reform, per P.L. 101–508. f OFFICE OF 89.00 90.00 This appropriation provides Department-wide audit, investigation, and health care 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 criminal activity, 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 criminal and administrative investigations of improper and illegal activities involving VA programs, personnel, beneficiaries, and other third parties. The health care inspection function performs legislatively mandated medical care quality assurance reviews and oversight. The support function provides office administration. Additionally, funding is provided for capital asset investments. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) INSPECTOR GENERAL For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, ø$69,711,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006¿ $70,906,000, of which not to exceed $732,000 is for construction. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) 2004 actual 2005 est. 2006 est. Obligations by program activity: 01.01 Direct program ............................................................... 64 01.03 Construction, minor projects ......................................... ................... 71 1 70 1 01.92 09.01 Total direct program ................................................. Reimbursable program .................................................. 64 3 72 3 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 67 75 74 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 4 65 2 ................... 73 74 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 69 ¥67 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year Direct obligations: Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ........ Civilian personnel benefits ....................................... Employee Travel ......................................................... Rental payments to GSA ........................................... Other services ............................................................ Equipment ................................................................. Land and structures .................................................. 38 10 4 3 5 3 1 42 12 4 4 8 1 1 43 11 4 4 7 1 1 Direct obligations .................................................. Reimbursable obligations .............................................. 64 3 72 3 71 3 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 67 75 74 75 ¥75 74 ¥74 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 Direct: Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 70.00 2005 est. 2006 est. 1001 409 443 443 25 25 25 f 2 ................... ................... SUPPLY FUND Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) 71 71 ¥1 ................... 2004 actual Identification code 36–4537–0–4–705 43.00 68.00 2006 est. 11.1 12.1 21.0 23.1 25.2 31.0 32.0 71 3 New budget authority (gross), detail: Discretionary: 40.00 Appropriation ............................................................. 62 40.35 Appropriation permanently reduced .......................... ................... 2005 est. 99.0 99.0 Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 2004 actual Identification code 36–0170–0–1–705 Appropriation (total discretionary) ........................ Spending authority from offsetting collections: Offsetting collections (cash) .............................................. 62 70 3 3 3 Total new budget authority (gross) .......................... 65 73 74 2005 est. 2006 est. 71 Change in obligated balances: 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year ................................... 73.10 Total new obligations .................................................... 73.20 Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts (net) ......................... VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 10 14 19 67 75 74 ¥62 ¥70 ¥72 ¥1 ................... ................... PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 3616 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 Sfmt 3643 Total new obligations ................................................ E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 2,018 76 2,238 87 2,492 82 8 2 8 2 8 2 3 3 3 2,107 2,338 2,587 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 478 1,907 278 2,338 278 2,587 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 2,385 ¥2,107 2,616 ¥2,338 2,865 ¥2,587 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 278 278 927 278 26.0 31.0 Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... 530 486 598 550 675 633 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 2,107 2,338 2,587 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–4537–0–4–705 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 69.10 Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) .................................. 69.90 72.40 73.10 73.20 74.00 Spending authority from offsetting collections (total mandatory) ............................................. Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) ............................................ 1,805 2,338 2,587 Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 102 ................... ................... 1,907 2,338 643 2,338 ¥2,338 643 2,587 ¥2,587 451 2006 est. 451 f FRANCHISE FUND 2,587 298 2,107 ¥1,659 421 2005 est. Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) ¥102 ................... ................... 2004 actual Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 2005 est. 2006 est. 09.01 Obligations by program activity: Reimbursable program .................................................. 232 332 369 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 643 643 643 10.00 Total new obligations ................................................ 232 332 369 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 1,659 2,338 2,587 21.40 22.00 Budgetary resources available for obligation: Unobligated balance carried forward, start of year New budget authority (gross) ........................................ 73 235 76 332 76 369 ¥1,805 ¥2,338 ¥2,587 23.90 23.95 Total budgetary resources available for obligation Total new obligations .................................................... 308 ¥232 408 ¥332 445 ¥369 24.40 Unobligated balance carried forward, end of year 76 76 76 New budget authority (gross), detail: Mandatory: 69.00 Offsetting collections (cash) ..................................... 235 332 369 72.40 73.10 73.20 Change in obligated balances: Obligated balance, start of year ................................... Total new obligations .................................................... Total outlays (gross) ...................................................... 18 232 ¥230 20 332 ¥332 20 369 ¥369 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year ................................ 20 20 20 86.97 Outlays (gross), detail: Outlays from new mandatory authority ......................... 230 332 369 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources ¥235 ¥332 ¥369 Offsets: Against gross budget authority and outlays: 88.00 Offsetting collections (cash) from: Federal sources Against gross budget authority only: 88.95 Change in uncollected customer payments from Federal sources (unexpired) .................................. 89.00 90.00 ¥102 ................... ................... Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ¥146 ................... ................... 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 2006, Supply Fund sales are estimated to reach $1.01 billion. Average inventory needed to support those sales will be $35 million. Operating results.—The Fund operated at a profit of $17.8 million in 2004. The new total of retained earnings is $97 million. Operating expense as related to sales was 6 percent. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–4537–0–4–705 2005 est. 11.1 11.5 30 1 33 1 33 1 11.9 12.1 21.0 22.0 23.1 23.3 24.0 25.1 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 .................................. 31 7 4 5 2 2 8 1,032 34 7 5 5 2 3 8 1,126 34 7 5 5 2 3 8 1,215 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Net budget authority and outlays: Budget authority ............................................................ ................... ................... ................... Outlays ........................................................................... ¥6 ................... ................... VA was chosen as a pilot Franchise Fund agency under the Government Management and Reform Act, P.L. 103–356, of 1994. This budget’s general provisions extends the authority under that Act. Established in 1997, administrative services included in the Franchise Fund are financed on a feefor-service basis rather than through VA’s General Administration appropriation. VA Enterprise Centers are the lines of business within the VA Franchise Fund and are expected to have net billings of about $369 million and employ 1,013. The Franchise Fund concept is intended to increase competition for government administrative services resulting in lower costs and higher quality. 2006 est. Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent .................................................. Other personnel compensation .................................. VerDate jul 14 2003 89.00 90.00 Fmt 3616 Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 11.1 12.1 21.0 23.1 23.3 24.0 25.2 26.0 31.0 Sfmt 3643 Personnel compensation: Full-time permanent ............. Civilian personnel benefits ............................................ Travel and transportation of persons ............................ Rental payments to GSA ................................................ Communications, utilities, and miscellaneous charges Printing and reproduction .............................................. Other services ................................................................ Supplies and materials ................................................. Equipment ...................................................................... E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET 44 10 2 5 32 2 119 2 16 2005 est. 51 9 3 2 39 6 206 2 14 2006 est. 60 11 3 2 40 6 233 2 12 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION—Continued Trust Funds—Continued 928 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 FRANCHISE FUND—Continued Object Classification (in millions of dollars)—Continued 2004 actual Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 99.9 Total new obligations ................................................ 232 2005 est. 2006 est. 332 369 Personnel Summary 2004 actual Identification code 36–4539–0–4–705 Reimbursable: 2001 Total compensable workyears: Civilian full-time equivalent employment ...................................................... 705 2005 est. 2006 est. 832 1,013 f GENERAL FUND RECEIPT ACCOUNTS (in millions of dollars) 2004 actual 2005 est. 2006 est. Offsetting receipts from the public: 36–247300 Contributions from military personnel, Veteran’s Educational Assistance Act of 1984 ...................... 36–273330 Housing downward reestimates ....................... 36–275510 Housing negative subsidies ............................. 211 2,259 3 212 212 1,020 ................... 187 229 General Fund Offsetting receipts from the public ..................... 2,473 1,419 441 f ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) øSEC. 101. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2005 for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations.¿ SEC. ø102.¿ 101. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year ø2005¿ 2006 for salaries and expenses shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 5902. øSEC. 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. ø104.¿ 102. 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 services’’ account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. øSEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2005 for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2004.¿ SEC. ø106.¿ 103. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year ø2005¿ 2006 shall be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’. SEC. ø107.¿ 104. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year ø2005¿ 2006, 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 VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 3616 ø2005¿ 2006 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 ø2005¿ 2006 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. ø108.¿ 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the Franchise Fund pilot program authorized to be established by section 403 of Public Law 103–356 until October 1, ø2005¿ 2006: Provided, That the Franchise Fund, established by title I of Public Law 104–204 to finance the operations of the Franchise Fund pilot program, shall continue until October 1, ø2005¿ 2006. SEC. ø109.¿ 106. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. SEC. ø110.¿ 107. Funds available in any Department of Veterans Affairs appropriation for fiscal year ø2005¿ 2006 or funds 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 but not exceed ø$29,318,000¿ $29,758,000 for the Office of Resolution Management and $3,059,000 for the Office of Employment and Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be made in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be credited to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ for use by the office that provided the service. øSEC. 111. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be available to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits a report which the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress approve within 30 days following the date on which the report is received.¿ SEC. ø112.¿ 108. No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical services provided to any person under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such care or services from any person who does not make such disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are received. øSEC. 113. Of the amounts provided in this Act, $25,000,000 shall be for information technology initiatives to support the enterprise architecture of the Department of Veterans Affairs.¿ SEC. ø114.¿ 109. None of the funds made available to the Department in this Act, or any other Act, may be used to implement sections 2 and 5 of Public Law 107–287 and section 303 of Public Law 108– 422. øSEC. 115. (a) Hereafter receipts that would otherwise be credited to the accounts listed in subsection (c) shall be deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund, and shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Medical services’’ account, in fiscal year 2005 and subsequent years, to remain available until expended, to carry out the purposes of the ‘‘Medical services’’ account. (b) The unobligated balances in the accounts listed in subsection (c), shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Medical services’’ account in fiscal year 2005 and subsequent years, and remain available until expended, to carry out the purposes of the ‘‘Medical services’’ account: Provided, That the obligated balances in these accounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and shall remain available until expended. (c) Veterans Extended Care Revolving Fund; Medical Facilities Revolving Fund; Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Fund; Nursing Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET GENERAL FUND RECEIPT ACCOUNTS—Continued Trust Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Home Revolving Fund; Veterans Health Services Improvement Fund; and Parking Revolving Fund.¿ øSEC. 116. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 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. Notwithstanding section 3302(b) of title 31, United States Code, amounts collected, by setoff or otherwise, as the result of such audits shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes for which funds are appropriated under ‘‘Medical services’’ and the purposes of paying a contractor a percent of the amount collected as a result of an audit carried out by the contractor. (b) All amounts so collected under subsection (a) with respect to a designated health care region (as that term is defined in section 1729A(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code) shall be allocated, net of payments to the contractor, to that region.¿ øSEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including disposal) that are deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund may be transferred and merged with ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations and improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’.¿ SEC. ø118.¿ 110. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical services’’ are available— (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; and (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries receiving care in the department. SEC. 111. Of the amounts in this title provided for operating expenses in the Department’s appropriations accounts, except for the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Administration’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, and ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Research’’ accounts, five percent is available until September 30, 2007. SEC. 112. In order to correct for assumptions used to restructure the VA’s budget request and subject to subsection (d), transfers are authorized to be made between accounts within each subsection. Transfers shall become effective five days after notice thereof is transmitted to the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate: (a) appropriations available for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for operating expenses in the ‘‘Disability Compensation Administration’’, ‘‘Pensions Administration’’, ‘‘Burial Administration’’, ‘‘Insurance Administration’’, ‘‘Education Administration’’, and ‘‘Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Administration’’ accounts; (b) appropriations available for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for purposes of construction (non-grants) in the ‘‘Disability Compensation Administration’’, ‘‘Pensions Administration’’, ‘‘Insurance Administration’’, ‘‘Education Administration’’, ‘‘Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Administration’’, and ‘‘Housing’’ accounts; (c) appropriations available for operating expenses in the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Administration’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, and ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Research’’ accounts; (d) the total amount transferred from or into any single account may not exceed twenty percent in 2006 and five percent in 2007. SEC. 113. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for construction are available until expended. SEC. 114. Construction funds (non-grants) provided in this title are available for constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the facilities under the jurisdiction of, or for the use of, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102 (excluding lease of a facility or land or both), 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United States Code, as appropriate to each account, 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. Such construction funds are also available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction of, or for the use of the Department, which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster; and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes. Except for advance planning activities, including needs assessments, other capital asset management related activities, investment strategy studies, design of VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 3616 929 projects and planning and design activities, including needs assessments, none of the funds appropriated for construction shall be used for any project where the estimated cost is $7,000,000 or more, pursuant to section 8104 of title 38, U.S.C. Construction funds provided in each account for fiscal year 2006 for projects where the estimated cost is $7,000,000 or more, shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of construction documents contract by September 30, 2006; and (2) by the awarding of a design-build or construction contract by September 30, 2007. The Secretary shall promptly report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations any approved construction project of $7,000,000 or more in which obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established above. SEC. 115. Section 1703(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall be available for the purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes’’. SEC. 116. At the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities that are deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund may be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account, to be used for construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations and improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction of, or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in such account. SEC. 117. The balances in the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, ‘‘Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities’’, and the ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund’’ shall be transferred to each appropriation provided in this Act as appropriate, and shall remain available under the terms under which originally appropriated. SEC. 118. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2006 for ‘‘Disability Compensation Benefits,’’ ‘‘Pensions Benefits,’’ ‘‘Education Benefits,’’ ‘‘Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Benefits,’’ and ‘‘Insurance Benefits’’ 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 2005. øSEC. 119. That such sums as may be deposited to the Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 1729A may be transferred to ‘‘Medical services’’, to remain available until expended for the purposes of this account.¿ øSEC. 120. Amounts made available for fiscal year 2005 under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical administration’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be transferred between the accounts to the extent necessary to implement the restructuring of the Veterans Health Administration accounts after notice of the amount and purpose of the transfer is provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives and a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided, That the limitation on transfers is 20 percent in fiscal year 2005.¿ øSEC. 121. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2005 for the Veterans Benefits Administration made available under the heading ‘‘General operating expenses’’ may be transferred to the ‘‘Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund Program Account’’ for the purpose of providing funds for the nationwide property management contract if the administrative costs of such contract exceed $8,800,000 in the budget year.¿ øSEC. 122. The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to expend such sums as are available in the unobligated balances of the funds originally appropriated to ‘‘Medical Care’’ for emergency expenses resulting from the January 1994 earthquake in southern California in Public Law 103–211, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994, for the same purposes of the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account, to remain available until expended.¿ øSEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) shall allow veterans eligible under existing VA Medical Care requirements and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical care services from medical facilities supported by the Indian Health Services or tribal organizations. The Secretary shall: (1) limit the application of this provision to rural Alaskan veterans in areas where an existing VA facility or VA-contracted service is unavailable; (2) require participating veterans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regulations, as established by the Secretary; (3) require this provision to be consistent with CARES; and (4) result in no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Indian Health Service.¿ øSEC. 124. Of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ in chapter 11 of division B of the Military Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET GENERAL FUND RECEIPT ACCOUNTS—Continued Trust Funds—Continued 930 THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—Continued (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)—Continued Construction Appropriations and Emergency Hurricane Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2005, Public Law 108–324, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer up to $19,800,000 to the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account for non-recurring maintenance expenses related to hurricane and tropical storm damage.¿ (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) f TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. øSEC. 402. 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 Officer or is specifically exempt by law from such audit.¿ øSEC. 403. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency may be obligated or expended for: (1) the transportation of any officer or employee of such department or agency between the domicile and the place of employment of the officer or employee, with the exception of an officer or employee authorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905; or (2) to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee of such department or agency.¿ øSEC. 404. 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. ø405.¿ 402. None of the funds provided 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. ø406.¿ 403. None of the funds provided in this Act may 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. ø407.¿ 404. 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. ø408.¿ 405. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–21. SEC. ø409.¿ 406. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year ø2005¿ 2006 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 3616 SEC. ø410.¿ 407. (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 Congress. SEC. ø411.¿ 408. 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. ø412.¿ 409. 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. SEC. ø413.¿ 410. 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 Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. SEC. ø414.¿ 411. All departments and agencies funded under this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices and public service activities. SEC. ø415.¿ 412. None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. SEC. ø416.¿ 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. 417. Section 313 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended, is further amended in subsection (a)— (1) by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘Space flight capabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘Exploration capabilities’’.¿ øSEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the Directors of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans within their respective Networks.¿ øSEC. 419. It is the sense of Congress that no veteran should wait more than 30 days for an initial doctor’s appointment.¿ øSEC. 420. None of the funds made available to NASA in this Act may be used for voluntary separation incentive payments as provided for in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, unless the Administrator of NASA has first certified to Congress that such payments would not result in the loss of skills related to the safety of the Space Shuttle or the International Space Station or to the conduct of independent safety oversight in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.¿ øSEC. 421. (a) TREATMENT OF PIONEER HOMES IN ALASKA AS STATE HOME FOR VETERANS.—For this fiscal year and each fiscal year hereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may— (1) treat the Pioneer Homes in the State of Alaska collectively as a single State home for veterans for purposes of section 1741 of title 38, United States Code; and (2) make per diem payments to the State of Alaska for care provided to veterans in the Pioneer Homes in accordance with the provisions of that section. (b) TREATMENT NOTWITHSTANDING NON-VETERAN RESIDENCY.—The Secretary may treat the Pioneer Homes as a State home under subsection (a) notwithstanding the residency of non-veterans in one or more of the Pioneer Homes. Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS—Continued Trust Funds—Continued DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (c) PIONEER HOMES DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Pioneer Homes’’ means the six regional homes in the State of Alaska known as Pioneer Homes, which are located in the following: (1) Anchorage, Alaska. (2) Fairbanks, Alaska. (3) Juneau, Alaska. (4) Ketchikan, Alaska. (5) Palmer, Alaska. (6) Sitka, Alaska. (d) LIMITATION.—The number of beds occupied by veterans collectively in the six Pioneer Homes listed under subsection (c) for which per diem would be paid under this authority shall not exceed the number of veterans in State beds that otherwise would be permitted in Alaska under the Department of Veterans Affairs State home regulations governing the number of beds per veteran population.¿ øSEC. 422. Of the amounts available to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, such sums as may be necessary for the benefit of the families of the astronauts who died on board the Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003, are available under the terms of section 203(c)(13) of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as amended, independent of the limitations established therein.¿ øSEC. 423. Section 428 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘new’’ before ‘‘spark ignition engines’’; and (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The prohibition in subsection (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘The prohibition in subsection (c)’’.¿ øSEC. 424. In addition to the amounts otherwise provided in this or any other Act for fiscal year 2005, for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Development Fund’’, VerDate jul 14 2003 19:47 Jan 25, 2005 Jkt 205782 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 3616 931 $31,000,000 to remain available until expended for a grant to The Hudson River Park Trust for planning, design and reconstruction of Pier 86 in New York City.¿ øSEC. 425. From within funds available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, $200,000 shall be made available until expended to Eric and Brian Simon of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to be divided evenly between the individuals.¿ øSEC. 426. (a) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to subsection (b), the limitation on the release of funds in section 104(g)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304) shall not apply to the Village of Chickasaw Sewer Collection and Treatment System, located in the Village of Chickasaw, Mercer County, Ohio. (b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) only applies to the grant that was awarded to the Village of Chickasaw (Ohio Small Cities CDBG Grant # C–W–03–283–1), for the period beginning September 1, 2003, and ending October 31, 2005, and in the amount of $600,000. (c) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.—Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Village of Chickasaw must complete all appropriate environment reviews in a timely manner and to the satisfaction of the State of Ohio.¿ SEC. 414. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 572, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may sell the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-owned property on the Camp Parks Military Reservation, Alameda County, California, and credit the net proceeds of such sales as offsetting collections to its Exploration, science and aeronautics account. Such funds shall be available until expended; to be used to replace the facilities at Camp Parks that are still required, to improve other National Aeronautics and Space Administration-owned facilities, or both. (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005.) Sfmt 3616 E:\BUDGET\VET.XXX VET