; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note), as amended, to provide additional funds or to fund an escalation clause under such section of such Act: Provided, That before such unobligated balances are obligated pursuant to this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to obligate such unobligated balances and such Committees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, That the request to obligate such unobligated balances must provide Congress notice that the entity described in section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 114–294 , as amended, has exhausted available cost containment approaches as set forth in the agreement under section 2(c) of such Public Law. (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 259. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading Veterans Health Administration from prior appropriations Acts, including any funds transferred from the Medical Care Collections Fund to accounts under such heading, $1,951,750,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were provided under the heading Medical and Prosthetic Research or amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a plan for rescinding amounts required by this section no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 260. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations Acts, the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts specified: General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration , $30,000,000; General Administration , $5,000,000; Board of Veterans Appeals , $15,000,000