1. Comptroller general audit of budget of veterans health administration (a) In general Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 7330C. Comptroller general audit of VHA budget (a) In general The Comptroller General of the United States shall periodically conduct an audit of elements of the budget of the Veterans Health Administration, including the budget formulation, execution, allocation, and use of funds. (b) Selection of elements (1) In selecting elements of the budget of the Veterans Health Administration for purposes of an audit under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall take into consideration— (A) knowledge of the programs of the Veterans Health Administration; (B) current issues; (C) national priorities; and (D) priorities expressed by the appropriate congressional committees. (2) Not later than 30 days before conducting an audit under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees notice of the elements selected by the Comptroller General for purposes of the audit. (c) Appropriate congressional committees In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on the Budget of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7330B the following new item: 7330C. Comptroller General audit of VHA budget. .