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 110 STAT. 3194 PUBLIC LAW 104-262—OCT. 9, 1996 "(b) ENFORCEMENT. —The right of the United States to recover under such a beneficiary's health-plan contract shall be enforceable in the same manner as that provided by subsections (a)(3), (b), (c)(1), (d), (f), (h), and (i) of section 1729 of title 38, United States Code.". SEC. 303. PERSONNEL FURNISHING SHARED RESOURCES. Section 712(b)(2) is amended— (1) by striking out "the sum of—" and inserting in lieu thereof "the sum of the following:"; (2) by capitalizing the first letter of the first word of each of subparagraphs (A) and (B); (3) by striking out "; and" at the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(C) The number of such positions in the Department during that fiscal year held by persons involved in providing health-care resources under section 8111 or 8153 of this title or under section 201 of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-585; 106 Stat. 4949; 38 U.S.C. 8111 note).". SEC. 304. WATTING PERIOD FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATIONS. Section 510(b) is amended— (1) in the second sentence, by striking out "a 90-day period of continuous session of Congress following the date of the submission of the report" and inserting in lieu thereof "a 45- day period following the date of the submission of the report, not less than 30 days of which shall be days during which Congress shall have been in continuous session"; and (2) in the third sentence, by striking out "such 90-day period" and inserting in lieu thereof "giny period of continuity of session". SEC. 305. REPEAL OF LIMTTATIONS ON CONTRACTS FOR CONVERSION OF PERFORMANCE OF ACTIVTTIES OF DEPARTMENT HEALTH-CARE FACILITIES AND REVISED ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT. Subsection (c) of section 8110 is amended to read as follows: "(c) The Secretary shall include in the materials submitted to Congress each year in support of the budget of the Department for the next fiscal year a report on activities and proposals involving contracting for performance by contractor personnel of work previously performed by Department employees. The report shall— "(1) identify those specific activities that are currently performed at a Department facility by more than 10 Department employees which the Secretary proposes to study for possible contracting involving conversion from performance by Department employees to performance by employees of a contractor; and "(2) identify those specific activities that have been contracted for performance by contractor employees during the prior fiscal year (shown by location, subject, scope of contracts, and savings) and shall describe the effect of such contracts on the quality of delivery of health services during such year.".

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