POPULATION STUDY OF WOMEN VETERANS.

SEC. 110. POPULATION STUDY OF WOMEN VETERANS. (a) Study.— (1) The Secretary, subject to subsection (d), shall conduct a study to determine the needs of veterans who are women for health-care services. The study shall be based on an appropriate sample of veterans who are women. (2) Before carrying out the study, the Secretary shall request the advice of the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans on the conduct of the study. (3) In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall include in the sample veterans who are women and members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who are women. (b) Reports.— The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives reports relating to the study as follows: 106 STAT. 4949 (1) Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, an interim report describing (A) the information and advice obtained by the Secretary from the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, and (B) the status of the study. (2) Not later than December 31, 1995, a final report describing the results of the study. (c) Authorization Of Appropriations.— There is authorized to be appropriated to the general operating expenses account of the Department of Veterans Affairs $2,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this section. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this authorization of appropriations shall be available for obligation until expended without fiscal year limitation. (d) Limitation.— No funds may be used to conduct the study described in subsection (a) unless expressly provided for in an appropriation Act.