PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 667 "(f) Amounts recovered or collected under the provisions of law referred to in subsection (b) shall be treated for the purposes of sections 251 and 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901, 902) as offsets to discretionary appropriations (rather than as offsets to direct spending) to the extent that such amounts are made available for expenditure in appropriations Acts for the purposes specified in subsection (c).". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1729 the following new item: "1729A. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. —Chapter 17 of such title is amended as follows: (1) Section 1710(f) is amended by striking out paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4). (2) Section 1710(g) is amended by striking out paragraph (4). (3) Section 1722A(b) is amended by striking out "Department of Veterans Affairs Medical-Care Cost Recovery Fund" and inserting in lieu thereof "Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund". (4) Section 1729 is amended by striking out subsection (g). (c) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS IN MEDICAL-CARE COST RECOVERY 38 USC i729 FUND. — The amount of the unobligated balance remaining in the TMte. Department of Vetergins Affairs Medical-Care Cost Recovery Fund (established pursuant to section 1729(g)(1) of title 38, United States Code) at the close of June 30, 1997, shall be deposited, not later than December 31, 1997, in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical-Care Cost Recovery Fund shall be terminated when the deposit is made. (d) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO RECOVERY.—Section 1729 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out "the reasonable cost of" and inserting in lieu thereof "reasonable charges for"; and (2) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) by striking out "the reasonable cost of in the first sentence of subpsiragraph (A) and in subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof "reasonable charges for"; and (B) by striking out "cost" in the second sentence of subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof "charges". (e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.— Paragraph (2) of section 712(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out subparagraph (B); and (2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than January 1, 1999, the Sec- Reports, retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veter- 38 USC 1729A ans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report °°^- on the implementation of this section. The report shall describe the collections under each of the provisions specified in section 1729A(b) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). Information on such collections shall be shown for each of the health service networks (known as Veterans Integrated Service Networks) and, to the extent practicable for each fecility within
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