PRINTER'S NO. 1280
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1121
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, APRIL 8, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 8, 2019
AN ACT
Making appropriations from the General Fund to the Department of
Military and Veterans Affairs for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2019, and for the payment of bills incurred and
remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June
30, 2020.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Appropriation
Act of 2019 - Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
PART III
GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 2019-2020
Section 301. Appropriations from General Fund.
The following amounts, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for the purposes
specified in this part for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
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2019, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid
at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020:
Federal State
For general government
operations of the Department of
Military and Veterans Affairs.
State appropriation....... 24,375,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for general
government operations:
(1) "Facilities Maintenance."
Federal appropriation..... 77,685,000
(2) "Federal Construction
Grants."
Federal appropriation..... 25,000,000
For armory maintenance and
repair.
State appropriation....... 160,000
For supplemental life
insurance premiums.
State appropriation....... 164,000
For honor guards for burials
of veterans.
State appropriation....... 99,000
For American battle monuments.
State appropriation....... 50,000
For special State duty.
State appropriation....... 35,000
For the operation and
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maintenance of the veterans
homes.
State appropriation....... 104,139,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for the
veterans homes:
(1) "Operations and
Maintenance."
Federal appropriation..... 47,014,000
(2) "Medical Reimbursements."
Federal appropriation..... 165,000
(3) "Enhanced Veterans
Reimbursement."
Federal appropriation..... 24,791,000
For behavioral health support
for veterans.
State appropriation....... 750,000
For payment of gratuities for
the education of children of
certain veterans.
State appropriation....... 120,000
For transfer from the General
Fund to the Educational
Assistance Program Fund.
State appropriation....... 13,000,000
For pensions for veterans
blinded through service-connected
injuries or disease.
State appropriation....... 222,000
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To provide for pensions for
amputee and paralyzed veterans as
required by 51 Pa.C.S. ยง 7702
(relating to amputee and
paralyzed veteran's pension).
State appropriation....... 3,714,000
For payment of pensions to
dependents of soldiers of the
Pennsylvania National Guard
killed in the line of duty.
State appropriation....... 5,000
For disabled American
veterans' transportation.
State appropriation....... 336,000
For veterans outreach
services.
State appropriation....... 2,832,000
For the Civil Air Patrol.
State appropriation....... 100,000
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 501. (Reserved).
Section 502. Effective date.
This act shall take effect July 1, 2019, or immediately,
whichever is later.
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