CODIFICATION OF ANNUAL AUTHORITY TO CREDIT CHAMPUS REFUNDS TO CURRENT YEAR APPROPRIATION.

SEC. 733. CODIFICATION OF ANNUAL AUTHORITY TO CREDIT CHAMPUS REFUNDS TO CURRENT YEAR APPROPRIATION. (a) Credits to CHAMPUS Accounts.— (1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1079 the following new section: 110 STAT. 2598 “§ 1079a. CHAMPUS: treatment of refunds and other amounts collected “All refunds and other amounts collected in the administration of the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services shall be credited to the appropriation available for that program for the fiscal year in which the refund or amount is collected.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1079 the following new item: “1079a. CHAMPUS: treatment of refunds and other amounts collected.”. (b) Conforming Repeal.— Section 8094 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–61; 109 Stat. 671), is repealed.