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 PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 665 (1) EXTENSION.— Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting "before September 30, 2002," after "(B)". (2) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION. —Section 8013(e) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is repealed. (b) OUTPATIENT MEDICATIONS.— Section 1722A(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "September 30, 1998" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 2002". SEC. 8022. MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY AUTHORITY. Section 1729(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "October 1, 1998" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 2002". SEC. 8023. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL-CARE RECEIPTS. (a) ALLOCATION OF RECEIPTS.—(1) Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1729 the following new section: "§1729A. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund "(a) There is in the Treasury a fund to be known as the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund. "(b) Amounts recovered or collected after June 30, 1997, under any of the following provisions of law shall be deposited in the fund: "(1) Section 1710(f) of this title. "(2) Section 1710(g) of this title. "(3) Section 1711 of this title. "(4) Section 1722A of this title. "(5) Section 1729 of this title. "(6) Public Law 87-693, popularly known as the 'Federal Medical Care Recovery Act' (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), to the extent that a recovery or collection under that law is based on medical care or services furnished under this chapter. "(c)(1) Subject to the provisions of appropriations Acts, amounts in the fund shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, to the Secretary for the following purposes: "(A) Furnishing medical care and services under this chapter, to be available during any fiscal year for the same purposes and subject to the same limitations (other than with respect to the period of availability for obligation) as apply to amounts appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury for that fiscal year for medical care. "(B) Expenses of the Department for the identification, billing, auditing, and collection of amounts owed the United States by reason of medical care and services furnished under this chapter. "(2) Amounts available under paragraph (1) may not be used for any purpose other than a purpose set forth in subparagraph (A) or (B) of that paragraph. "(3)(A) If for fiscal year 1998 the Secretary determines that the total amount to be recovered under the provisions of law specified in subsection (b) will be less than the amount contained in the latest Congressional Budget Office baseline estimate (computed under section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

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