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 114 STAT. 1441A -10 PUBLIC LAW 106-377—APPENDIX A Department of Veterans Affairs accounts in fiscal year 2001, shall not be available for obligation or expenditure unless appropriation language making such funds available is enacted. SEC. 109. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31, United States Code, the following obligated balance shall be exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title and shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 2003: funds obligated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a contract with the Institute for Clinical Research to study the application of artificial neural networks to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer through the Cooperative DoDA^A Medical Research program from funds made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103- 335) under the heading "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide". SEC. 110. As HR LINK$ will not be part of the Franchise Fund in fiscal year 2001, funds budgeted in customer accounts to purchase HR LINK$ services from the Franchise Fund shall be transferred to the General Administration portion of the "General operating expenses" appropriation in the following amounts: $78,000 from the "Office of Inspector General", $358,000 from the "National cemetery administration", $1,106,000 from "Medical care", $84,000 from "Medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses", and $38,000 shall be reprogrammed within the "General operating expenses" appropriation from the Veterans Benefits Administration to General Administration for the same purpose. SEC. 111. Not to exceed $1,600,000 from the "Medical care" appropriation shall be transferred to the "General operating expenses" appropriation to fund personnel services costs of employ- ees providing legal services and administrative support for the Office of General Counsel. SEC. 112. Not to exceed $1,200,000 may be transferred from the "Medical care" appropriation to the "General operating expenses" appropriation to fund contracts and services in support of the Veterans Benefits Administration's Benefits Delivery Center, Systems Development Center, and Finance Center, located at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Hines, Illinois. SEC. 113. Not to exceed $4,500,000 from the "Construction, minor projects" appropriation and not to exceed $2,000,000 from the "Medical care" appropriation may be transferred to and merged with the Parking Revolving Fund for surface parking lot projects. SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act for "Medical care" appropriations of the Department of Veterans Affairs may be obligated for the realignment of the health care delivery system in Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (VISN 12) until 60 days after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that the Department has: (1) consulted with veterans organizations, medical school affiliates, employee representatives. State veterans and health associations, and other interested parties with respect to the realignment plan to be implemented; and (2) made available to the Congress and the public information from the consultations regarding possible impacts on the accessibility of veterans health care services to affected veterans.

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