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Calendar No. 102 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2216 

[Report No. 113–48] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 6, 2013 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 

5 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

6 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

7 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

4 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip5 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

6 installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 

7 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

8 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec9 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con10 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func11 tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,099,875,000, to re12 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

13 of this amount, not to exceed $64,575,000 shall be avail14 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 

15 services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, 

16 unless the Secretary of Army determines that additional 

17 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies 

18 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con19 gress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

21 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip22 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in23 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

24 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

25 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
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1 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 

2 this appropriation, $1,616,281,000, to remain available 

3 until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this amount, 

4 not to exceed $89,830,000 shall be available for study, 

5 planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 

6 authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Navy deter7 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

8 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

9 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

10 reasons therefor. 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

12 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip13 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

14 installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 

15 as currently authorized by law, $1,127,273,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this 

17 amount, not to exceed $11,314,000 shall be available for 

18 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv19 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Air 

20 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

21 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro22 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

23 and the reasons therefor. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip4 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa5 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen6 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

7 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

8 $3,707,923,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2018: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

10 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 

11 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 

12 of Defense available for military construction or family 

13 housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with 

14 and to be available for the same purposes, and for the 

15 same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 

16 transferred: Provided further, That of the amount appro17 priated, not to exceed $237,838,000 shall be available for 

18 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv19 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 

20 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

21 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria22 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

23 the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 

24 appropriated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 $38,513,000 shall be available for payments to the North 
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1 Atlantic Treaty Organization for the planning, design, and 

2 construction of a new North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

3 headquarters. 

4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

5 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita6 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad7 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu8 tions therefor, as authorized by law, $315,815,000, to re9 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

10 of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $24,005,000 

11 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 

12 and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Di13 rector of the Army National Guard determines that addi14 tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no15 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

16 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

17 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

18 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita19 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad20 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

21 therefor, as authorized by law, $107,800,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the 

23 amount appropriated, not to exceed $13,400,000 shall be 

24 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en25 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Director 
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1 of the Air National Guard determines that additional obli2 gations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

3 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

4 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

6 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita7 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad8 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by law, 

9 $174,060,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2018: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to 

11 exceed $14,212,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

12 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

13 by law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines 

14 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

15 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

16 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

17 therefor. 

18 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

19 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita20 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad21 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 

22 Marine Corps as authorized by law, $32,976,000, to re23 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

24 of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $2,540,000 

25 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
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1 and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 

2 Secretary of Navy determines that additional obligations 

3 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

5 determination and the reasons therefor. 

6 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

7 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita8 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad9 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

10 law, $45,659,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2018: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to 

12 exceed $2,229,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

13 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

14 by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve deter15 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

16 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

18 reasons therefor. 

19 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

20 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

21 For the United States share of the cost of the North 

22 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro23 gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa24 cilities and installations (including international military 

25 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 
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1 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 

2 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili3 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $199,700,000, to 

4 remain available until expended. 

5 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

6 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con7 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex8 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

9 $44,008,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2018. 

11 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

12 ARMY

13 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op14 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

15 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in16 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $512,871,000. 

17 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

18 CORPS

19 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma20 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace21 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 

22 authorized by law, $73,407,000, to remain available until 

23 September 30, 2018. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

2 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

3 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma4 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

5 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter6 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 

7 law, $389,844,000. 

8 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

9 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

10 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

11 expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

12 $76,360,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2018. 

14 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

15 FORCE

16 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

17 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas18 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

19 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

20 $388,598,000. 

21 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

22 DEFENSE-WIDE

23 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

24 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 

25 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 
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1 leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 

2 $55,845,000. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

4 IMPROVEMENT FUND

5 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im6 provement Fund, $1,780,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu8 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro9 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili10 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 

11 CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, 

12 DEFENSE-WIDE

13 For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 

14 for, necessary for the destruction of the United States 

15 stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in ac16 cordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 

17 Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the 

18 destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are 

19 not in the chemical weapon stockpile, as currently author20 ized by law, $122,536,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2018, which shall be only for the Assembled 

22 Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 

23 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

24 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

25 Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De-
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1 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

2 U.S.C. 2687 note), as amended by section 2711 of the 

3 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 

4 (Public Law 112–239), $451,357,000, to remain available 

5 until expended. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 

8 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a9 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 

10 exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 

11 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 

12 the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there13 for. 

14 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con15 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve16 hicles. 

17 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con18 struction may be used for advances to the Federal High19 way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 

20 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 

21 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author22 ized therein are certified as important to the national de23 fense by the Secretary of Defense. 

24 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

25 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in 
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1 the United States for which specific appropriations have 

2 not been made. 

3 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 

4 title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 

5 in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by 

6 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi7 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina8 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 

9 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

10 General; (3) where the estimated value is less than 

11 $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 

12 of Defense to be in the public interest. 

13 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

14 title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 

15 preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 

16 except housing for which funds have been made available 

17 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con18 struction. 

19 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

20 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 

21 relocate any activity from one base or installation to an22 other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap23 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

24 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 

25 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
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1 struction project or activity for which American steel pro2 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 

3 the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

4 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart5 ment of Defense for military construction or family hous6 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 

7 property taxes in any foreign nation. 

8 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 

9 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

10 without prior notification to the Committees on Appro11 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

12 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 

13 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

14 estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 

15 projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan16 tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 

17 bordering the Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are 

18 awarded to United States firms or United States firms 

19 in joint venture with host nation firms. 

20 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

21 title for military construction in the United States terri22 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

23 Atoll, or in countries within the United States Central 

24 Command Area of Responsibility, may be used to award 

25 any contract estimated by the Government to exceed 
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1 $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That this 

2 section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

3 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a 

4 United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive 

5 and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 

6 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall not 

7 apply to contract awards for military construction on 

8 Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re9 sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 

10 SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 

11 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in12 cluding the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and 

13 scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 

14 States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts 

15 expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

16 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

17 SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

18 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

19 for construction authorized for each such military depart20 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 

21 current session of Congress. 

22 SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 

23 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex24 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

25 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec-
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1 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 

2 and on subsequent claims, if any. 

3 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, any funds made available to a military department 

5 or defense agency for the construction of military projects 

6 may be obligated for a military construction project or 

7 contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract, 

8 at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after 

9 the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made 

10 available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are 

11 obligated from funds available for military construction 

12 projects; and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated 

13 for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of 

14 such project is increased pursuant to law. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 117. In addition to any other transfer authority 

17 available to the Department of Defense, proceeds depos18 ited to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 

19 established by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authoriza20 tion Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act 

21 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) 

22 of such Act, may be transferred to the account established 

23 by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and 

24 Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be 
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1 merged with, and to be available for the same purposes 

2 and the same time period as that account. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 118. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 

5 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me6 dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 

7 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 

9 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

10 transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family 

11 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

12 for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be 

13 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

14 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 

15 directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense 

16 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 

17 from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

18 unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac19 counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

20 purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap21 propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria22 tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 

23 cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

25 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
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1 to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 

2 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 

3 of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili4 tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 119. In addition to any other transfer authority 

7 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

8 transferred from the accounts established by sections 

9 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 

10 and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to 

11 the fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstra12 tion Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 

13 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the 

14 Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 

15 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 

16 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

17 for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 

18 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, funds made available in this title for operation and 

20 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 

21 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 

22 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 

23 Provided, That not more than $15,000 per unit may be 

24 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen25 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica-
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1 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 

2 medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 

3 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

4 of both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact 

5 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 

6 solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi7 ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 

8 of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 

9 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an10 nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex12 penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar13 ters for the prior fiscal year. 

14 SEC. 121. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im15 provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec16 tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro17 priated and shall be available until expended for the pur18 poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 

19 transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 

20 SEC. 122. None of the funds made available in this 

21 title, or in any Act making appropriations for military con22 struction which remain available for obligation, may be ob23 ligated or expended to carry out a military construction, 

24 land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili25 tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in-
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1 stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that 

2 has been approved for realignment to another installation, 

3 in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 

4 Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101– 

5 510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project at a mili6 tary installation approved for realignment will support a 

7 continuing mission or function at that installation or a 

8 new mission or function that is planned for that installa9 tion, or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the 

10 cost to the United States of carrying out such project 

11 would be less than the cost to the United States of cancel12 ling such project, or if the project is at an active compo13 nent base that shall be established as an enclave or in the 

14 case of projects having multi-agency use, that another 

15 Government agency has indicated it will assume ownership 

16 of the completed project. The Secretary of Defense may 

17 not transfer funds made available as a result of this limi18 tation from any military construction project, land acquisi19 tion, or family housing project to another account or use 

20 such funds for another purpose or project without the 

21 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

22 both Houses of Congress. This section shall not apply to 

23 military construction projects, land acquisition, or family 

24 housing projects for which the project is vital to the na25 tional security or the protection of health, safety, or envi-
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1 ronmental quality: Provided, That the Secretary of De2 fense shall notify the congressional defense committees 

3 within seven days of a decision to carry out such a military 

4 construction project. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 123. During the 5-year period after appropria7 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

8 for military construction and family housing operation and 

9 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

10 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

11 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

12 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga13 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap14 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

15 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur16 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

17 with and to be available for the same time period and for 

18 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans19 ferred. 

20 SEC. 124. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used for any action that relates to or promotes 

22 the expansion of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Can23 yon Maneuver Site, Colorado. 

24 SEC. 125. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

25 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
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1 by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the 

2 Army that— 

3 (1) performs a testing mission or function that 

4 is not performed by any other unit in the Army and 

5 is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 

6 Code; and 

7 (2) is located at a military installation at which 

8 the total number of civilian employees of the Depart9 ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel 

10 employed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of 

11 members of the regular and reserve components of 

12 the Army assigned to the installation. 

13 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

14 the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional 

15 defense committees that in proposing the relocation of the 

16 unit of the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regu17 lation 5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and respon18 sibilities for Army stationing actions. 

19 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available for 

21 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, from prior appropriations 

22 Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 

23 being for contingency operations directly related to the 

24 global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 

25 $89,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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1 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances available for 

3 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, from 

4 prior appropriations Acts (other than appropriations des5 ignated by law as being for contingency operations directly 

6 related to the global war on terrorism or as an emergency 

7 requirement), $49,920,000 are hereby rescinded. 

8 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 128. Of the unobligated balances available for 

10 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appro11 priations Acts (other than appropriations designated by 

12 law as being for contingency operations directly related to 

13 the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require14 ment), $358,400,000 are hereby rescinded. 

15 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 129. Of the unobligated balances available for 

17 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, from prior appropriations 

18 Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 

19 being for contingency operations directly related to the 

20 global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 

21 $50,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for 

24 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appro25 priations Acts (other than appropriations designated by 
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1 law as being for contingency operations directly related to 

2 the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require3 ment), $16,470,000 are hereby rescinded. 

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances available for 

6 ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, from prior 

7 appropriations Acts (other than appropriations designated 

8 by law as being for contingency operations directly related 

9 to the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require10 ment), $45,623,000 are hereby rescinded. 

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 132. Of the unobligated balances made available 

13 in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec14 tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli15 tan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other 

16 than appropriations designated by law as being for contin17 gency operations directly related to the global war on ter18 rorism or as an emergency requirement), $50,000,000 are 

19 hereby rescinded. 

20 SEC. 133. Discretionary appropriations in this title 

21 are hereby reduced by $4,668,000. 

22 SEC. 134. Notwithstanding section 116, the Sec23 retary of Army may obligate from any available military 

24 construction funds such additional funds that the Sec25 retary determines are necessary to complete the Explosive 
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1 Research and Development Loading Facility, Picatinny 

2 Arsenal, New Jersey. 

3 SEC. 135. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

4 Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $75,000,000, to 

5 remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 

6 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 

7 funds may be obligated and expended to carry out plan8 ning and design and construction of projects that: (1) are 

9 of critical importance to the Armed Forces; (2) will be con10 ducted within the 50 States; and (3) were contained in 

11 the fiscal year 2014 portion of the future-years defense 

12 program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 

13 10, United States Code, for fiscal years 2013 through 

14 2017 and are also contained in the fiscal year 2015 por15 tion of the future-years defense program submitted under 

16 such section for fiscal years 2014 through 2018: Provided 

17 further, That not later than 30 days after the date of en18 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

19 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

20 Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 

21 this heading. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

3 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

4 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

7 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex8 aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 

9 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 

10 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 

11 by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 

12 States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle13 ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi14 cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi15 cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur16 ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 

17 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 

18 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec19 tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 

20 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 

21 $71,248,171,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That not to exceed $9,232,000 of the amount ap23 propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to 

24 ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis25 tration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec-
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1 essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 

2 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding 

3 source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Com4 pensation and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, 

5 That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying 

6 patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collec7 tions Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical 

8 facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as 

9 authorized. 

10 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

11 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

12 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap13 ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 

14 61 of title 38, United States Code, and for the payment 

15 of benefits under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Pro16 gram, $13,135,898,000, to remain available until ex17 pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation pro18 gram services and assistance which the Secretary is au19 thorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 

20 of title 38, United States Code, other than under para21 graphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be 

22 charged to this account. 

23 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

24 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

25 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
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1 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

2 authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 

3 Code, $77,567,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

6 sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 

7 authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 

8 title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 

9 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de10 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

11 1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2014, 

12 within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 

13 gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe14 cially adapted housing loans. 

15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

16 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $158,430,000. 

17 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 For the cost of direct loans, $5,000, as authorized 

19 by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 

20 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

21 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres22 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 

23 made available under this heading are available to sub24 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

25 loans not to exceed $2,500,000. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct loan program, $354,000, which may 

3 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex4 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

5 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

8 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 

9 of title 38, United States Code, $1,109,000. 

10 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

11 MEDICAL SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

13 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

14 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 

15 veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United 

16 States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 

17 under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 

18 medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 

19 food services, and salaries and expenses of health care em20 ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to 

21 State homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, 

22 United States Code, assistance and support services for 

23 caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, 

24 United States Code, loan repayments authorized by sec25 tion 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 
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1 Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 

2 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and hospital care and med3 ical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United 

4 States Code, $45,015,527,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

5 become available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain 

6 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That not7 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

8 Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision 

9 of medical treatment for veterans who have service-con10 nected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: 

11 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi12 sion of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give 

13 priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits 

14 to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Pro15 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

16 of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize 

17 the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 

18 Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately 

19 written prescriptions based on requirements established by 

20 the Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation 

21 of the program described in the previous proviso shall 

22 incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans 

23 Affairs. 
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1 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

2 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

3 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

4 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad5 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi6 ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart7 ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De8 partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 

9 United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov10 ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $5,879,700,000, plus 

11 reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 

12 2014, and shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2015. 

14 MEDICAL FACILITIES

15 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op16 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

17 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad18 ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 

19 planning, design, project management, real property ac20 quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 

21 any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 

22 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 

23 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter24 ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos25 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
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1 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 

2 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate3 rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 

4 $4,739,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail5 able on October 1, 2014, and shall remain available until 

6 September 30, 2015. 

7 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

8 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

9 medical and prosthetic research and development as au10 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

11 $585,664,000 (reduced by $35,000,000) (increased by 

12 $35,000,000), plus reimbursements, shall remain available 

13 until September 30, 2015. 

14 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

15 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad16 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other17 wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there18 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 

19 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper20 ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter21 ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 

22 of the National Cemetery Administration, $250,000,000, 

23 of which not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available 

24 until September 30, 2015. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 

5 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 

6 administrative expenses in support of Department-Wide 

7 capital planning, management and policy activities, uni8 forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 

9 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas10 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 

11 Services Administration for security guard services, 

12 $403,023,000, of which not to exceed $20,151,000 shall 

13 remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, 

14 That funds provided under this heading may be trans15 ferred to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 

16 Administration’’. 

17 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 

20 Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in21 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 

22 of the General Services Administration for security guard 

23 services, and reimbursement of the Department of De24 fense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 

25 $2,455,490,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
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1 $5,000,000) (reduced by $44,000,000) (increased by 

2 $44,000,000): Provided, That expenses for services and 

3 assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and 

4 (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, 

5 that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec6 essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex7 tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 

8 maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum 

9 independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac10 count: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

11 under this heading, not to exceed $123,000,000 shall re12 main available until September 30, 2015. 

13 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses for information technology 

16 systems and telecommunications support, including devel17 opmental information systems and operational information 

18 systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 

19 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in20 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 

21 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

22 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

23 States Code, $3,683,344,000, plus reimbursements: Pro24 vided, That $1,026,400,000 shall be for pay and associ25 ated costs, of which not to exceed $30,792,000 shall re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2015: Provided further, 

2 That $2,161,653,000 shall be for operations and mainte3 nance, of which not to exceed $151,316,000 shall remain 

4 available until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 

5 $495,291,000 shall be for information technology systems 

6 development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 

7 remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided fur8 ther, That amounts made available for information tech9 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance10 ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

11 of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of 

12 the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 

14 certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obli15 gated and expended for each development project: Pro16 vided further, That amounts made available for salaries 

17 and expenses, operations and maintenance, and informa18 tion technology systems development, modernization, and 

19 enhancement may be transferred among the three sub-ac20 counts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 

21 from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

22 of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 

23 approval is issued: Provided further, That amounts made 

24 available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac25 count for development, modernization, and enhancement 
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1 may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 

2 projects: Provided further, That no project may be in3 creased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 

4 prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro5 priations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer 

6 and an approval is issued, or absent a response, a period 

7 of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, That none of 

8 the funds made available under this heading may be obli9 gated or expended for the development or procurement of 

10 an electronic health record except for a health record as 

11 set forth in the Joint Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 

12 2013–2015 of the Department of Veteran Affairs and De13 partment of Defense, Joint Executive Council: Provided 

14 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

15 for information technology systems development, mod16 ernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, and 

17 in the amounts, specified under this heading in the report 

18 accompanying this Act. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General, to include information technology, in carrying out 

22 the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

23 U.S.C. App.), $116,411,000, of which $6,000,000 shall re24 main available until September 30, 2015. 
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1 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

2 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

3 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

4 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

5 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 

6 316, 2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 

7 Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar8 chitectural and engineering services, construction manage9 ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

10 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 

11 under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 

12 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac13 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 

14 than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 

15 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 

16 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 

17 $342,130,000, of which $322,130,000 shall remain avail18 able until September 30, 2018, and of which $20,000,000 

19 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

20 That except for advance planning activities, including 

21 needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

22 investments, and other capital asset management related 

23 activities, including portfolio development and manage24 ment activities, and investment strategy studies funded 

25 through the advance planning fund and the planning and 
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1 design activities funded through the design fund, including 

2 needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

3 investments, and salaries and associated costs of the resi4 dent engineers who oversee those capital investments 

5 funded through this account, and funds provided for the 

6 purchase of land for the National Cemetery Administra7 tion through the land acquisition line item, none of the 

8 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

9 any project which has not been approved by the Congress 

10 in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds 

11 made available under this heading for fiscal year 2014, 

12 for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the 

13 awarding of a construction documents contract by Sep14 tember 30, 2014; and (2) by the awarding of a construc15 tion contract by September 30, 2015: Provided further, 

16 That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly sub17 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

18 of Congress a written report on any approved major con19 struction project for which obligations are not incurred 

20 within the time limitations established above. 

21 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

22 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

23 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

24 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

25 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 
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1 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 

2 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

3 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro4 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

5 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

6 site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 

7 sections 316, 2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 38, 

8 United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 

9 estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the 

10 amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 

11 United States Code, $714,870,000, to remain available 

12 until September 30, 2018, along with unobligated balances 

13 of previous ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations 

14 which are hereby made available for any project where the 

15 estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 

16 in such section: Provided, That funds made available 

17 under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the 

18 nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 

19 of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 

20 damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 

21 and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to 

22 minimize further loss by such causes. 
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1 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

2 FACILITIES

3 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

4 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re5 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 

6 and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 

7 care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 

8 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $82,650,000, to re9 main available until expended. 

10 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

11 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

12 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme13 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

14 States Code, $44,650,000, to remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2014 for 

19 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

20 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans21 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro22 priations: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, 

23 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

25 the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
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1 issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 

2 days has elapsed. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart5 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014, in this Act 

6 or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical 

7 Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac8 counts may be transferred among the accounts: Provided, 

9 That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and 

10 ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent 

11 or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 

12 in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica13 tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 

15 the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 

16 That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and 

17 ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts in excess of 

18 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the 

19 fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary re20 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

22 and an approval is issued: Provided further, That any 

23 transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may 

24 take place only after the Secretary requests from the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 

2 authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued. 

3 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 

4 salaries and expenses shall be available for services au5 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

6 hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 

7 or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author8 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 

9 States Code. 

10 SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 

11 appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and 

12 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 

13 purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 

14 new hospital or home. 

15 SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 

16 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

17 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex18 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet19 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec20 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 

21 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

22 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim23 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina24 tion is made to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such 

25 rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
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1 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

2 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 

3 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail4 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re5 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

6 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

7 2013. 

8 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

9 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

10 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

11 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 

12 Code, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 

13 accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 

14 and Pensions’’. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, during fiscal year 2014, the Secretary of Veterans 

18 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

19 Fund under section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, 

20 the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 

21 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 

22 States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 

23 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen24 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra25 tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 
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1 the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi2 nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse3 ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu4 mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 

5 2014 that are available for dividends in that program after 

6 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 

7 have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 

8 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 

9 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 

10 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 

11 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 

12 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

13 2014 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 

14 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 

15 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro16 gram. 

17 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

18 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in19 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro20 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur21 ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 

24 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

25 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage-
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1 ment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Of2 fice of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudica3 tion under section 319 of title 38, United States Code, 

4 for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 

5 costs but not exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolu6 tion Management and $3,360,000 for the Office of Em7 ployment and Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: 

8 Provided, That payments may be made in advance for 

9 services to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided 

10 further, That amounts received shall be credited to the 

11 ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology 

12 Systems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the 

13 service. 

14 SEC. 211. No appropriations in this title shall be 

15 available to enter into any new lease of real property if 

16 the estimated annual rental cost is more than $1,000,000, 

17 unless the Secretary submits a report which the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress ap19 prove within 30 days following the date on which the re20 port is received. 

21 SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans 

22 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 

23 care, or medical services provided to any person under 

24 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv25 ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 
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1 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec2 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 

3 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

4 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro5 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man6 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason7 able charges for such care or services from any person who 

8 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur9 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 

10 provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the 

11 Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re12 ceived. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas16 ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 

17 the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 

18 Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction 

19 (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 

20 and improvements of any medical facility under the juris21 diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af22 fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 

23 provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con24 struction, Minor Projects’’. 
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1 SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 

2 Services’’ are available— 

3 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup4 plies, and equipment; and 

5 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 

6 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

7 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

10 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

11 of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to 

12 ‘‘Medical Services’’, to remain available until expended for 

13 the purposes of that account. 

14 SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

15 enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organi16 zations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Com17 pact with the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and 

18 tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have en19 tered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under 

20 the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance 

21 Act, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 

22 dental care. The Secretary shall require participating vet23 erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 

24 and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 

25 ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands sited within the ex-
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1 ternal boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified 

2 in sections 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native 

3 Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and 

4 those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 

5 sections 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims 

6 Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are 

7 not within the boundaries of the Municipality of Anchor8 age, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Penin9 sula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De12 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu13 ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 

14 be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and 

15 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain avail16 able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

17 SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 

18 title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

19 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks 

20 from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet21 erans within their respective Networks. 

22 SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

23 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

24 Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the financial 

25 status of the Veterans Health Administration. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med3 ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Med4 ical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 

5 Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and 

6 ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal 

7 year 2014 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information 

8 Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That before a 

9 transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

10 shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 

11 both Houses of Congress the authority to make the trans12 fer and an approval is issued. 

13 SEC. 221. Of the amounts made available to the De14 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014, in this 

15 Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac16 count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 

17 percent of the funds made available shall be obligated dur18 ing the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That 

19 the Secretary may waive this requirement after providing 

20 written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 both Houses of Congress. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the De24 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014 for 

25 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
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1 ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and 

2 ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up to $254,257,000, 

3 plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint De4 partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 

5 Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by sec6 tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

7 Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) 

8 and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 

9 as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec10 tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author11 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

12 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be 

13 transferred from accounts designated in this section to the 

14 Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Af15 fairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 

16 notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con18 gress. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 223. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

21 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

22 of title 38, United States Code, for health care provided 

23 at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili24 ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 

25 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
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1 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail2 able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense3 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem4 onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na5 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

6 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper7 ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 

8 medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun9 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

10 Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 224. Of the amounts available in this title for 

13 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 

14 and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000, 

15 shall be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing 

16 Incentive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 

17 38, United States Code, to remain available until ex18 pended, for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of 

19 title 38, United States Code. 

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 225. (a) Of the discretionary funds made avail22 able to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 

23 2014, the following amounts which became available on 

24 October 1, 2013, are hereby rescinded from the following 

25 accounts in the amounts specified: 
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1 (1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

2 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

3 (2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

4 Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 

5 (3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

6 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

7 (b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 

8 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

9 accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2015: 

11 (1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

12 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

13 (2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

14 Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 

15 (3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

16 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

17 SEC. 226. The Secretary of the Department of Vet18 erans Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropria19 tions of both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in 

20 major construction projects that total at least $5,000,000, 

21 or 5 percent of the programmed amount of the project, 

22 whichever is less: Provided, That such notification shall 

23 occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the pro24 grammed amount: Provided further, That the Secretary 

25 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 
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1 Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of such 

2 bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such 

3 savings. 

4 SEC. 227. The scope of work for a project included 

5 in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may not be increased 

6 above the scope specified for that project in the original 

7 justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 

8 request for appropriations. 

9 SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Vet10 erans Affairs shall provide on a quarterly basis to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

12 notification of any single national outreach and awareness 

13 marketing campaign in which obligations exceed 

14 $2,000,000. 

15 SEC. 229. The Secretary shall submit to the Commit16 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a re17 programming request if at any point during fiscal year 

18 2014, the funding allocated for a medical care initiative 

19 identified in the fiscal year 2014 expenditure plan is ad20 justed by more than $25,000,000 from the allocation 

21 shown in the corresponding congressional budget justifica22 tion. Such a reprogramming request may go forward only 

23 if the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

24 Congress approve the request or if a period of 14 days 

25 has elapsed. 
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1 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 230. Discretionary fiscal year 2014 appropria3 tions in this title are hereby reduced by $24,000,000: Pro4 vided, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall allocate 

5 this reduction within the accounts to which the reduction 

6 is applied: Provided further, That $156,000,000 are here7 by rescinded from the fiscal year 2014 funds appropriated 

8 in title II of division E of Public Law 113–6 for ‘‘Depart9 ment of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services’’, ‘‘Department 

10 of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and Compliance’’, 

11 and ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities’’: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate this re13 scission among the three accounts. 

14 TITLE III 

15 RELATED AGENCIES 

16 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

20 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun21 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 

22 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 

23 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

24 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for25 one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 
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1 vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and 

2 representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 

3 vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 

4 countries, $57,980,000, to remain available until ex5 pended. 

6 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 

9 sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex10 pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 

11 36, United States Code. 

12 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

13 CLAIMS

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 

16 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 

17 authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 

18 United States Code, $35,272,000: Provided, That 

19 $2,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 

20 financial assistance as described, and in accordance with 

21 the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this 

22 heading in Public Law 102–229. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

2 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 

5 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington 

6 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na7 tional Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of pas8 senger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one 

9 basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception 

10 and representation expenses, $70,685,000. In addition, 

11 such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 

12 repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease 

13 of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 

14 Agencies’’ account. 

15 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

16 TRUST FUND

17 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire18 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 

19 Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 

20 and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis21 sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 

22 Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $67,400,000, of 

23 which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

24 for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 

25 the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis-
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1 trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 

2 Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 

5 heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex6 penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir7 ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 

8 at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 

9 available for ground burials. 

10 TITLE IV 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

12 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

13 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

14 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

15 SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 

17 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 

18 to which the funds are made available that the program, 

19 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 

20 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

21 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 

22 SEC. 403. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

23 Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 

24 other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 

25 relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 
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1 for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pam2 phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presen3 tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 

4 before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 

5 SEC. 404. All departments and agencies funded under 

6 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 

7 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

8 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con9 duct of their business practices and public service activi10 ties. 

11 SEC. 405. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no12 tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 

13 Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af14 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro15 priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub16 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

17 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

18 of the Senate. 

19 SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in21 strumentality of the United States Government except 

22 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro23 vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

24 SEC. 407. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
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1 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 

2 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa3 tives. 

4 SEC. 408. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail5 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

6 post on the public website of that agency any report re7 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

8 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen9 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

10 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

11 (1) the public posting of the report com12 promises national security; or 

13 (2) the report contains confidential or propri14 etary information. 

15 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

16 do so only after such report has been made available to 

17 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

18 no less than 45 days. 

19 SEC. 409. (a) None of the funds made available in 

20 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

21 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

22 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

23 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

24 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
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1 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi2 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

3 SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 

5 Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi6 aries or successors. 

7 SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 

9 to exercise the power of eminent domain (to take the pri10 vate property for public use) without the payment of just 

11 compensation. 

12 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 

14 to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 

15 in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

16 10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 SEC. 413. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap18 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

19 of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 

20 or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 

21 or possessions to house any individual detained at United 

22 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 

23 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

24 under the control of the Department of Defense. 
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1 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

2 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

3 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

4 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

5 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

6 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

7 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

8 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

9 and 

10 (2) is— 

11 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

12 control of the Department of Defense; or 

13 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

14 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

15 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv17 ices, including construction services, where the contractor 

18 has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

19 SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

21 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

22 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor23 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

24 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

25 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un-
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1 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

2 of the corporation and has made a determination that this 

3 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 

4 the Government. 

5 SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

7 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

8 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor9 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

10 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

11 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

12 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree13 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

14 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

15 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

16 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter17 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro18 tect the interests of the Government. 

19 SEC. 417. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to wind down or otherwise alter the im21 plementation of a program, project, or activity in anticipa22 tion of any change (including any elimination or reduction 

23 of funding) proposed in a budget request, until such pro24 posed change is subsequently enacted in an appropriation 

25 Act. 
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1 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

2 SEC. 418. The amount by which the applicable alloca3 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec5 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex6 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

7 SEC. 419. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 this Act may be used to pay more than 75 percent of the 

9 salary of any senior Department of Veterans Affairs offi10 cial during the period beginning on July 1, 2014, and end11 ing on September 30, 2014, unless as of July 1, 2014, 

12 the percentage of disability compensation claims that are 

13 more than 125 days old is less than or equal to 40 percent. 

14 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘senior Department of 

15 Veterans Affairs official’’ means the Secretary of Veterans 

16 Affairs, the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and any 

17 Under Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Veterans Af18 fairs. 

19 SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used for any conference (as described in the 

21 Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12– 

22 12, ‘‘Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency 

23 Operations’’, dated May 11, 2012) for which the cost to 

24 the agency exceeds $500,000. 
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1 SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

3 pay a performance award under section 5384 of title 5, 

4 United States Code. 

5 SEC. 422. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

7 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

8 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

9 of its principals— 

10 (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

11 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren12 dered against it for: (A) commission of fraud or a 

13 criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at14 tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 

15 State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of 

16 Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 

17 submission of offers; or (B) commission of embezzle18 ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc19 tion of records, making false statements, tax eva20 sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

21 stolen property; 

22 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

23 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti24 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer25 ated above in paragraph (1); or 
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1 (3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 

2 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

3 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil4 ity remains unsatisfied. 

5 SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new 

7 or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

8 round. 

9 SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to award any contract in an amount 

11 greater than $1,000,000 for which the Department of De12 fense did not receive at least two offers. 

13 SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act, including the funds made available for ‘‘Construction, 

15 Major Projects’’, may be used to increase the funding for 

16 any major medical facility project (as defined in subsection 

17 (a)(3)(A) of section 8104 of title 38, United States Code), 

18 which is under construction as of the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, above the amount specified in the pro20 spectus described in subsection (b) of such section 8104 

21 and the detailed estimate of cost described in paragraph 

22 (1) of such subsection. 

23 SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the 

25 Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 
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1 light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen2 cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 

3 Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

4 24, 2011. 

5 SEC. 427. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

6 Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 

7 for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Ad8 ministration—General Administration’’, and increasing 

9 the amount made available for ‘‘Department of Veterans 

10 Affairs—Departmental Administration—Information 

11 Technology Systems’’, by $10,000,000. 

12 SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to maintain or improve Department of 

14 Defense real property with a zero percent utilization rate 

15 according to the Department’s real property inventory 

16 database, except in the case of maintenance of an historic 

17 property as required by the National Historic Preservation 

18 Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) or maintenance to prevent 

19 a negative environmental impact as required by the Na20 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 

21 et seq.). 

22 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

23 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 

24 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
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1 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

2 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

6 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip7 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in8 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 

9 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

10 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec11 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con12 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func13 tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,119,875,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this 

15 amount, not to exceed $41,575,000 shall be available for 

16 study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 

17 and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 

18 Secretary of Army determines that additional obligations 

19 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

20 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter21 mination and the reasons therefor. 

22 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

23 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip24 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in25 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
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1 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

2 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

3 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 

4 appropriation, $1,614,596,000, to remain available until 

5 September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this amount, not to 

6 exceed $89,830,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

7 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

8 by law, unless the Secretary of Navy determines that addi9 tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and noti10 fies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

11 Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

12 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

13 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip14 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in15 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 

16 as currently authorized by law, $1,153,960,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this 

18 amount, not to exceed $14,321,000 shall be available for 

19 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv20 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Air Force 

21 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

22 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria23 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

24 the reasons therefor: Provided further, That none of the 

25 funds provided under this heading for military construction 
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1 in the United Kingdom as identified in the table entitled 

2 ‘‘Military Construction Project Listing by Location’’ in the 

3 report accompanying this Act may be obligated or expended 

4 until the Department of Defense completes a European Con5 solidation Study, and the Secretary of Defense (1) provides 

6 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

7 House of Representatives a comprehensive European basing 

8 strategy reflecting the findings of the Consolidation Study, 

9 and (2) certifies in writing the requirement identified in 

10 the study for each of the military construction projects in 

11 the United Kingdom funded in this section: Provided fur12 ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 

13 for military construction in Saipan or for Pacific Airpower 

14 Resiliency projects in Guam, Joint Region Marianas, as 

15 identified in the table entitled ‘‘Military Construction 

16 Project Listing by Location’’ in the report accompanying 

17 this Act, may be obligated or expended until the Depart18 ment of Defense completes a Pacific Resiliency Study and 

19 the Secretary of Defense (1) provides to the Committees on 

20 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa21 tives a comprehensive Pacific Resiliency Plan, and (2) cer22 tifies in writing the requirement identified in the study for 

23 each of the military construction projects in Saipan, and 

24 for the Pacific Airpower Resiliency projects in Guam fund25 ed in this section. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip4 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa5 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen6 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

7 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

8 $3,766,553,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2018: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

10 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

11 transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De12 fense available for military construction or family housing 

13 as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 

14 be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 

15 period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 

16 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not to 

17 exceed $237,838,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

18 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

19 by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad20 ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no21 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

22 Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro23 vided further, That none of the funds provided under this 

24 heading for military construction in Germany or the 

25 United Kingdom as identified in the table entitled ‘‘Mili-
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1 tary Construction Project Listing by Location’’ in the re2 port accompanying this Act may be obligated or expended 

3 until the Department of Defense completes a European Con4 solidation Study, and the Secretary of Defense (1) provides 

5 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

6 House of Representatives a comprehensive European basing 

7 strategy reflecting the findings of the Consolidation Study, 

8 and (2) certifies in writing the requirement identified in 

9 the study for each of the military construction projects in 

10 Germany and the United Kingdom funded in this section: 

11 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not12 withstanding any other provision of law, $38,513,000 shall 

13 be available for payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Or14 ganization for the planning, design, and construction of a 

15 new North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters. 

16 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

17 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita18 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad19 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu20 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

21 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza22 tion Acts, $320,815,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That of the amount appro24 priated, not to exceed $29,005,000 shall be available for 

25 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
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1 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army 

2 National Guard determines that additional obligations are 

3 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina5 tion and the reasons therefor. 

6 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

7 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita8 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad9 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

10 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

11 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

12 $119,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2018: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to 

14 exceed $13,400,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

15 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

16 by law, unless the Director of the Air National Guard deter17 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

18 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 

19 both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea20 sons therefor. 

21 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

22 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita23 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad24 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

25 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
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1 struction Authorization Acts, $174,060,000, to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the 

3 amount appropriated, not to exceed $14,212,000 shall be 

4 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en5 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

6 the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 

7 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter9 mination and the reasons therefor. 

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

11 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita12 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad13 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma14 rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

15 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

16 $32,976,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: 

17 Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 

18 $2,540,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

19 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 

20 unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional 

21 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

23 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

2 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita3 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad4 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

5 chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

6 Construction Authorization Acts, $45,659,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the 

8 amount appropriated, not to exceed $2,229,000 shall be 

9 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en10 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

11 the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga12 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

14 determination and the reasons therefor. 

15 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

16 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

17 For the United States share of the cost of the North 

18 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro19 gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili20 ties and installations (including international military 

21 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de22 fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 

23 section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

24 Construction Authorization Acts, $239,700,000, to remain 

25 available until expended. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

2 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con3 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex4 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

5 $27,408,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 

6 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

7 For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper8 ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

9 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in10 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $512,871,000. 

11 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

12 CORPS

13 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma14 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace15 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au16 thorized by law, $73,407,000, to remain available until 

17 September 30, 2018. 

18 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

19 AND MARINE CORPS

20 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma21 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

22 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter23 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

24 $389,844,000. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

2 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

3 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

4 expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

5 $76,360,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 

6 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

7 FORCE

8 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

9 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas10 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

11 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

12 $388,598,000. 

13 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

14 DEFENSE-WIDE

15 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

16 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili17 tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 

18 and minor construction, as authorized by law, $55,845,000. 

19 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

20 IMPROVEMENT FUND

21 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im22 provement Fund, $1,780,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 

24 to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 
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1 alternative means of acquiring and improving military 

2 family housing and supporting facilities. 

3 CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE4 WIDE

5 For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 

6 for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stock7 pile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance 

8 with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authoriza9 tion Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 

10 of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 

11 chemical weapon stockpile, as currently authorized by law, 

12 $122,536,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2018, which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weap14 ons Alternatives program. 

15 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

16 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo17 sure Account 1990, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the 

18 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

19 U.S.C. 2687 note), as amended by section 2711 of the Na20 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub21 lic Law 112–239), $451,357,000, to remain available until 

22 expended. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 

25 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
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1 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex2 ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex3 cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 

4 Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 

5 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con6 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi7 cles. 

8 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con9 struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 

10 Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con11 struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 

12 title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there13 in are certified as important to the national defense by the 

14 Secretary of Defense. 

15 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

16 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 

17 United States for which specific appropriations have not 

18 been made. 

19 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 

20 title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 

21 in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the 

22 Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer23 ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 

24 of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 

25 the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen-
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1 eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 

2 (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 

3 be in the public interest. 

4 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 

5 title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 

6 preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 

7 except housing for which funds have been made available 

8 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con9 struction. 

10 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

11 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo12 cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 

13 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

15 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 

16 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con17 struction project or activity for which American steel pro18 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 

19 opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

20 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart21 ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 

22 during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop23 erty taxes in any foreign nation. 

24 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 

25 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
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1 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria2 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

3 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 

4 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

5 estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 

6 to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 

7 Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 

8 Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are awarded to United 

9 States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 

10 host nation firms. 

11 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

12 title for military construction in the United States terri13 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

14 Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, may be 

15 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

16 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 

17 this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

18 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 

19 States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon20 sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 

21 Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con22 tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 

23 for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub24 mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
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1 SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 

2 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ3 ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 

4 of any proposed military exercise involving United States 

5 personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex6 pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

7 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

8 SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made 

9 available in this title which are limited for obligation dur10 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 

11 2 months of the fiscal year. 

12 SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

13 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

14 for construction authorized for each such military depart15 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur16 rent session of Congress. 

17 SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 

18 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex19 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

20 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 

21 overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 

22 subsequent claims, if any. 

23 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 any funds made available to a military department or de25 fense agency for the construction of military projects may 
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1 be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 

2 or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 

3 time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 

4 year for which funds for such project were made available, 

5 if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 

6 funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 

7 do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 

8 plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in9 creased pursuant to law. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 

12 available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited 

13 to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account estab14 lished by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization 

15 Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 

16 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such 

17 Act, may be transferred to the account established by section 

18 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 

19 Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged with, and 

20 to be available for the same purposes and the same time 

21 period as that account. 

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 119. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 

24 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

25 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
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1 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 

3 by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 

4 Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 

5 from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 

6 Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

7 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

8 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De9 partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im10 provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc11 tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con12 struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

13 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

14 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 

15 appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail16 able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 

17 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

18 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

19 to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 

20 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 

21 acquiring and improving military family housing, military 

22 unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

23 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 120. In addition to any other transfer authority 

25 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
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1 transferred from the accounts established by sections 

2 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 

3 and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to the 

4 fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration 

5 Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 

6 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the Home7 owners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 

8 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be merged 

9 with and be available for the same purposes and for the 

10 same time period as the fund to which transferred. 

11 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 funds made available in this title for operation and mainte13 nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 

14 funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 

15 units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 

16 That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu17 ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 

18 officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 

19 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

20 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 

21 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

22 of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall 

23 be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 

24 associated with environmental remediation that could not 

25 be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis-
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1 sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 

2 (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 

3 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 

4 and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 

5 or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 

6 SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im7 provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 

8 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 

9 shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 

10 in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur11 suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 

12 SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 

13 title, or in any Act making appropriations for military 

14 construction which remain available for obligation, may be 

15 obligated or expended to carry out a military construction, 

16 land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili17 tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in18 stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that has 

19 been approved for realignment to another installation, in 

20 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 

21 of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 

22 U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project at a military in23 stallation approved for realignment will support a con24 tinuing mission or function at that installation or a new 

25 mission or function that is planned for that installation, 
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1 or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the cost to 

2 the United States of carrying out such project would be less 

3 than the cost to the United States of cancelling such project, 

4 or if the project is at an active component base that shall 

5 be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having 

6 multi-agency use, that another Government agency has in7 dicated it will assume ownership of the completed project. 

8 The Secretary of Defense may not transfer funds made 

9 available as a result of this limitation from any military 

10 construction project, land acquisition, or family housing 

11 project to another account or use such funds for another 

12 purpose or project without the prior approval of the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. This 

14 section shall not apply to military construction projects, 

15 land acquisition, or family housing projects for which the 

16 project is vital to the national security or the protection 

17 of health, safety, or environmental quality: Provided, That 

18 the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional de19 fense committees within 7 days of a decision to carry out 

20 such a military construction project. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after appropria23 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

24 for military construction and family housing operation and 

25 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
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1 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

2 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

3 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga4 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap5 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

6 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur7 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

8 with and to be available for the same time period and for 

9 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans10 ferred. 

11 SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

12 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

13 title may be transferred among projects and activities with14 in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

15 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

16 construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 

17 Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 

18 of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enactment of 

19 this Act. 

20 SEC. 126. None of the funds made available in this 

21 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

22 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme23 tery. 

24 SEC. 127. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

25 made available by this Act may be used for decommis-
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1 sioning the Combined Heat and Power Plant at Clear Air 

2 Force Station, Alaska, until the Comptroller General of the 

3 United States conducts a review of the data used by the 

4 Department of Defense, including data in the Environ5 mental Impact Statement and Fiscal Year 2010 Feasibility 

6 Study, to determine whether decommissioning the Com7 bined Heat and Power Plant is the most cost-effective and 

8 beneficial option for the day-to-day operations and missions 

9 at the installation in support of United States national se10 curity. 

11 TITLE II 

12 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

13 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

14 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be17 half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina18 tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 

19 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 

20 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

21 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 

22 burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 

23 Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad24 justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 

25 due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 
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1 the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 

2 Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 

3 authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 

4 chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 

5 Code, $71,248,171,000, to remain available until expended: 

6 Provided, That not to exceed $9,232,000 of the amount ap7 propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen8 eral operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 

9 ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Information tech10 nology systems’’ for necessary expenses in implementing the 

11 provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United 

12 States Code, the funding source for which is specifically 

13 provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appropria14 tion: Provided further, That such sums as may be earned 

15 on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed 

16 to ‘‘Medical care collections fund’’ to augment the funding 

17 of individual medical facilities for nursing home care pro18 vided to pensioners as authorized. 

19 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

20 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

21 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

22 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 

23 title 38, United States Code, and for the payment of benefits 

24 under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, 

25 $13,135,898,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That expenses for rehabilitation program services 

2 and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide 

3 under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, United 

4 States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and 

5 (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this account. 

6 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

7 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

8 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet9 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

10 authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 

11 Code, $77,567,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

13 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 

14 as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 

15 by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 

16 United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 

17 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec18 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

19 further, That during fiscal year 2014, within the resources 

20 available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 

21 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 

22 loans. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

24 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $158,430,000. 
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1 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 For the cost of direct loans, $5,000, as authorized by 

3 chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 

4 such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

5 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

6 Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 

7 under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga8 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

9 $2,500,000. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

11 carry out the direct loan program, $354,000, which may 

12 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General operating ex13 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

14 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

15 ACCOUNT

16 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

17 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 

18 title 38, United States Code, $1,109,000. 

19 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

20 MEDICAL SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

22 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

23 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet24 erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 

25 Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
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1 the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 

2 supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv3 ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 

4 hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 

5 as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 

6 Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au7 thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 

8 loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 

9 and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 

10 Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and 

11 hospital care and medical services authorized by section 

12 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $25,000,000, which 

13 shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 

14 this heading that become available on October 1, 2013; and, 

15 in addition, $45,015,527,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

16 become available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain 

17 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That not18 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

19 Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision 

20 of medical treatment for veterans who have service-con21 nected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: Pro22 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority 

24 funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to vet25 erans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided 
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1 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dis3 pensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Admin4 istration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately writ5 ten prescriptions based on requirements established by the 

6 Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation of the 

7 program described in the previous proviso shall incur no 

8 additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

9 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

10 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

11 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

12 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad13 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 

14 and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 

15 for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 

16 as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 

17 Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.); $5,879,700,000, plus reimbursements, 

19 shall become available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain 

20 available until September 30, 2015. 

21 MEDICAL FACILITIES

22 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper23 ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

24 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin25 istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan-
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1 ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 

2 and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil3 ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 

4 for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 

5 charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 

6 or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 

7 under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro8 vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 

9 employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 

10 and for laundry services; $100,000,000 which shall be in 

11 addition to funds previously appropriated under this head12 ing that become available on October 1, 2013; and, in addi13 tion, $4,739,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 

14 available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2015. 

16 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

17 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

18 medical and prosthetic research and development as author19 ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

20 $585,664,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 

21 until September 30, 2015. 

22 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad24 ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 

25 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
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1 cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 

2 passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 

3 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 

4 improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na5 tional Cemetery Administration, $250,000,000, of which 

6 not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2015. 

8 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

9 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 

12 Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad13 ministrative expenses in support of Department-Wide cap14 ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 

15 or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re16 ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 

17 motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 

18 Administration for security guard services, $415,885,000, 

19 of which not to exceed $20,151,150 shall remain available 

20 until September 30, 2015: Provided, That the Board of Vet21 erans Appeals shall be funded at not less than $88,294,000: 

22 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 

23 may be transferred to ‘‘General operating expenses, Vet24 erans Benefits Administration’’. 
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1 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene4 fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 

5 hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen6 eral Services Administration for security guard services, 

7 and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 

8 cost of overseas employee mail, $2,465,490,000: Provided, 

9 That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 

10 paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 

11 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af12 fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 

13 (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 

14 and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 

15 to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 

16 charged to this account: Provided further, That of the funds 

17 made available under this heading, not to exceed 

18 $123,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2015: Provided further, That from the funds made available 

20 under this heading, the Veterans Benefits Administration 

21 may purchase (on a one-for-one replacement basis only) up 

22 to two passenger motor vehicles for use in operations of that 

23 Administration in Manila, Philippines. 
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1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

2 For necessary expenses for information technology sys3 tems and telecommunications support, including develop4 mental information systems and operational information 

5 systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 

6 asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ7 ing management and related contractual costs of said ac8 quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper9 ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

10 Code, $3,703,344,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 

11 $1,011,400,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 

12 which not to exceed $30,792,000 shall remain available 

13 until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 

14 $2,196,653,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of 

15 which not to exceed $152,716,000 shall remain available 

16 until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 

17 $495,291,000 shall be for information technology systems 

18 development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 

19 remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided fur20 ther, That amounts made available for information tech21 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance22 ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

23 of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of the 

24 Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 

25 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certifi-
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1 cation of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated 

2 and expended for each development project: Provided fur3 ther, That amounts made available for salaries and ex4 penses, operations and maintenance, and information tech5 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance6 ment may be transferred among the three subaccounts after 

7 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the au9 thority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro10 vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor11 mation technology systems’’ account for development, mod12 ernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 

13 projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That 

14 no project may be increased or decreased by more than 

15 $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 

17 make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 

18 response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 

19 That of the funds provided for information technology sys20 tems development, modernization, and enhancement for the 

21 development of a joint or interoperable Department of De22 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs (DOD–VA) inte23 grated electronic health record (iEHR), not more than 25 

24 percent may be obligated until the DOD–VA Interagency 

25 Program Office submits to the Committees on Appropria-
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1 tions of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees ap2 prove, a plan for expenditure that: (1) defines the budget 

3 and cost baseline for development of the iEHR; (2) identi4 fies the deployment timeline for the system for both Depart5 ments; (3) breaks out annual and total spending for each 

6 Department; (4) relays detailed cost-sharing business rules; 

7 (5) establishes data standardization schedules between the 

8 Departments; (6) has been submitted to the Government Ac9 countability Office for review; and (7) complies with the 

10 acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac11 quisition management practices of the Federal Government: 

12 Provided further, That the funds made available under this 

13 heading for information technology systems development, 

14 modernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, 

15 and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the 

16 report accompanying this Act. 

17 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen19 eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 

20 provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

21 App.), $121,411,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain 

22 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That the Of23 fice of the Inspector General, in coordination with the De24 partment of Defense’s Office of Inspector General, shall ex25 amine the process and procedures currently in place in the 
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1 transmission of service treatment and personnel records 

2 from the Department of Defense to the Department of Vet3 erans Affairs. 

4 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

5 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

6 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 

7 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

8 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

9 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

10 not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec11 tural and engineering services, construction management 

12 services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as13 sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 

14 project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 

15 drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 

16 where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 

17 amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 

18 States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail19 able in a previous major project appropriation, 

20 $342,130,000, of which $322,130,000 shall remain available 

21 until September 30, 2018, and of which $20,000,000 shall 

22 remain available until expended: Provided, That except for 

23 advance planning activities, including needs assessments 

24 which may or may not lead to capital investments, and 

25 other capital asset management related activities, including 
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1 portfolio development and management activities, and in2 vestment strategy studies funded through the advance plan3 ning fund and the planning and design activities funded 

4 through the design fund, including needs assessments which 

5 may or may not lead to capital investments, and salaries 

6 and associated costs of the resident engineers who oversee 

7 those capital investments funded through this account, and 

8 funds provided for the purchase of land for the National 

9 Cemetery Administration through the land acquisition line 

10 item, none of the funds made available under this heading 

11 shall be used for any project which has not been approved 

12 by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, 

13 That funds made available under this heading for fiscal 

14 year 2014, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) 

15 by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 

16 September 30, 2014; and (2) by the awarding of a construc17 tion contract by September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 

18 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to 

19 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con20 gress a written report on any approved major construction 

21 project for which obligations are not incurred within the 

22 time limitations established above. 

23 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

24 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

25 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
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1 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

2 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 

3 may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi4 neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

5 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 

6 the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 

7 storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi8 tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

9 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

10 not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 

11 project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec12 tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 

13 $714,870,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2018, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con15 struction, minor projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 

16 made available for any project where the estimated cost is 

17 equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: 

18 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 

19 shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 

20 under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 

21 which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 

22 any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 

23 measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 

24 by such causes. 
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1 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

2 FACILITIES

3 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

4 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re5 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 

6 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 

7 to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 

8 title 38, United States Code, $85,000,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

11 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

12 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme13 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

14 States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2014 for 

19 ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 

20 and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans21 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro22 priations: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, 

23 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

25 the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
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1 issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 

2 has elapsed. 

3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 

5 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014, in this Act or any 

6 other Act, under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support 

7 and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be 

8 transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any trans9 fers between the ‘‘Medical services’’ and ‘‘Medical support 

10 and compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 

11 amount appropriated to the account in this or any other 

12 Act may take place subject to notification from the Sec13 retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose 

15 of the transfer: Provided further, That any transfers be16 tween the ‘‘Medical services’’ and ‘‘Medical support and 

17 compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding 

18 the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 

19 only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 

20 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

21 make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided fur22 ther, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ 

23 account may take place only after the Secretary requests 

24 from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
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1 Congress the authority to make the transfer and an ap2 proval is issued. 

3 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal4 aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 

5 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas6 senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 

7 and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec8 tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 

9 SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 

10 appropriations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, and 

11 ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’) shall be available for the 

12 purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 

13 new hospital or home. 

14 SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 

15 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

16 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex17 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet18 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 

19 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 

20 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist21 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 

22 of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 

23 to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at such rates as may be 

24 fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
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1 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

2 ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 

3 and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be avail4 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 

5 to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 

6 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2013. 

7 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

8 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

9 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

10 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

11 except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 

12 they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and pen13 sions’’. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 during fiscal year 2014, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

17 shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 

18 section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 

19 Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 

20 United States Code, and the United States Government Life 

21 Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 

22 States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General operating expenses, 

23 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information tech24 nology systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 

25 the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
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1 Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 

2 surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro3 gram during fiscal year 2014 that are available for divi4 dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac5 tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 

6 further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur7 ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu8 mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 

9 only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur10 ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis11 tration for fiscal year 2014 which is properly allocable to 

12 the provision of each such insurance program and to the 

13 provision of any total disability income insurance included 

14 in that insurance program. 

15 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 

16 proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 

17 that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en18 hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 

19 year in which the proceeds are received. 

20 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 

22 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

23 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management 

24 of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em25 ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 
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1 section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 

2 provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 

3 to exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage4 ment and $3,360,000 for the Office of Employment and Dis5 crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay6 ments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 

7 based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts 

8 received shall be credited to the ‘‘General administration’’ 

9 and ‘‘Information technology systems’’ accounts for use by 

10 the office that provided the service. 

11 SEC. 211. No appropriations in this title shall be 

12 available to enter into any new lease of real property if 

13 the estimated annual rental cost is more than $1,000,000, 

14 unless the Secretary submits a report which the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve with16 in 30 days following the date on which the report is re17 ceived. 

18 SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af19 fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 

20 or medical services provided to any person under chapter 

21 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con22 nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 

23 title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 

24 Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 

25 current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
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1 for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 

2 the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 

3 debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 

4 care or services from any person who does not make such 

5 disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 

6 so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 

7 year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 

8 year in which amounts are received. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac12 tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 

13 ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor 

14 projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 

15 site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve16 ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 

17 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 

18 as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 

19 ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor 

20 projects’’. 

21 SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 

22 services’’ are available— 

23 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup24 plies, and equipment; and 
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1 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 

2 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

3 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med6 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

7 title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to ‘‘Medical 

8 services’’, to remain available until expended for the pur9 poses of that account: Provided, That, for fiscal year 2014, 

10 $200,000,000 deposited in the Department of Veterans Af11 fairs Medical Care Collections Fund shall be transferred to 

12 ‘‘Medical facilities’’, to remain available until expended, for 

13 non-recurring maintenance at existing Veterans Health Ad14 ministration medical facilities. 

15 SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 

16 into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations 

17 which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 

18 the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal 

19 organizations serving rural Alaska which have entered into 

20 contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 

21 Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to pro22 vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 

23 care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 

24 facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula25 tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas-
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1 ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound2 aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 

3 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set4 tlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and those lands 

5 within the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 

6 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

7 Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within 

8 the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fair9 banks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough 

10 or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De13 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 

14 to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 

15 transferred to the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con16 struction, minor projects’’ accounts, to remain available 

17 until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

18 SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 

19 title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

20 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from 

21 conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 

22 within their respective Networks. 

23 SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub24 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
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1 of Congress a quarterly report on the financial status of 

2 the Veterans Health Administration. 

3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 

5 services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical fa6 cilities’’, ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits 

7 Administration’’, ‘‘General administration’’, and ‘‘Na8 tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 

9 2014, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information tech10 nology systems’’ account: Provided, That before a transfer 

11 may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re12 quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

13 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

14 an approval is issued. 

15 SEC. 221. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart17 ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 

18 is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 

19 Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 

20 the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro21 priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 

22 or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 

23 SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available to the De24 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014, in this 

25 Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ account 
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1 for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 percent 

2 of the funds made available shall be obligated during the 

3 last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That the Sec4 retary may waive this requirement after providing written 

5 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

6 of Congress. 

7 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart9 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014 for ‘‘Medical 

10 services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical fa11 cilities’’, ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’, and ‘‘Information 

12 technology systems’’, up to $254,257,000, plus reimburse13 ments, may be transferred to the Joint Department of De14 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

15 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na16 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub17 lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for oper18 ation of the facilities designated as combined Federal med19 ical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 

20 Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

21 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 

22 That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 

23 designated in this section to the Joint Department of De24 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

25 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
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1 retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria2 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 224. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med5 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

6 title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa7 cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 

8 described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

9 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

10 Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 

11 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 

12 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 

13 established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author14 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

15 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des16 ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 

17 by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au18 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

19 122 Stat. 4500). 

20 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 225. Of the amounts available in this title for 

22 ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and 

23 ‘‘Medical facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000 shall be 

24 transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive 

25 Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United 
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1 States Code, to remain available until expended, for any 

2 purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 

3 States Code. 

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

5 SEC. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in division 

6 E of Public Law 113–6, the following amounts which be7 come available on October 1, 2013, are hereby rescinded 

8 from the following accounts in the amounts specified: 

9 (1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

10 services’’, $1,500,000,000. 

11 (2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

12 support and compliance’’, $200,000,000. 

13 (3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical fa14 cilities’’, $250,000,000. 

15 (b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 

16 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

17 accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 

18 September 30, 2015: 

19 (1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

20 services’’, $1,500,000,000. 

21 (2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

22 support and compliance’’, $150,000,000. 

23 (3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical fa24 cilities’’, $250,000,000. 
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1 SEC. 227. The Secretary of the Department of Veterans 

2 Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

3 both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in major con4 struction projects that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent 

5 of the programmed amount of the project, whichever is less: 

6 Provided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 

7 of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Provided 

8 further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 

9 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior 

10 to the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the 

11 anticipated use of such savings. 

12 SEC. 228. The scope of work for a project included in 

13 ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ may not be increased above 

14 the scope specified for that project in the original justifica15 tion data provided to the Congress as part of the request 

16 for appropriations. 

17 SEC. 229. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used to enter into a contract using procedures 

19 that do not give to small business concerns owned and con20 trolled by veterans (as that term is defined in section 

21 3(q)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)) that 

22 are included in the database under section 8127(f) of title 

23 38, United States Code, any preference available with re24 spect to such contract, except for a preference given to small 

25 business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 
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1 veterans (as defined in section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business 

2 Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(2)). 

3 SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub4 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

5 of Congress a quarterly report that contains the following 

6 information from each Veterans Benefits Administration 

7 Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete a dis8 ability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims pend9 ing more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number 

10 of claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within 

11 the quarter to address poor performance; (6) training pro12 grams undertaken; and (7) the number and results of Qual13 ity Review Team audits: Provided, That each quarterly re14 port shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end 

15 of the respective quarter. 

16 TITLE III 

17 RELATED AGENCIES 

18 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

21 the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 

22 acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 

23 purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 

24 cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 

25 its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 
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1 space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace2 ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 

3 to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 

4 expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 

5 countries, when required by law of such countries, 

6 $63,200,000, to remain available until expended. 

7 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

9 the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 

10 may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 

11 purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 

12 States Code. 

13 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

14 CLAIMS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 

17 States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 

18 by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 

19 Code, $35,408,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be 

20 available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 

21 as described, and in accordance with the process and report22 ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 

23 102–229. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

2 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

5 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol6 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

7 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace8 ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 

9 for official reception and representation expenses, 

10 $70,800,000, of which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall remain 

11 available until September 30, 2015. In addition, such sums 

12 as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and 

13 replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department 

14 of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 

15 Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading, ‘‘De16 partment of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army’’, 

17 may be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relo18 cation of the federally owned water main at Arlington Na19 tional Cemetery, making additional land available for 

20 ground burials. 

21 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

22 TRUST FUND

23 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire24 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re25 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
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1 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 

2 be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire3 ment Home Trust Fund, $67,800,000, of which $1,000,000 

4 shall remain available until expended for construction and 

5 renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re6 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

7 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

8 TITLE IV 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

10 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

11 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

12 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

13 SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when 

15 it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 

16 the funds are made available that the program, project, or 

17 activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 

18 to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 

19 or unfunded mandates. 

20 SEC. 403. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

21 year 2014 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 

22 shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 

23 SEC. 404. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

24 Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, other 

25 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-
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1 tionships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 

2 the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, 

3 booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation 

4 designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 

5 Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 

6 SEC. 405. All departments and agencies funded under 

7 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 

8 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

9 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 

10 of their business practices and public service activities. 

11 SEC. 406. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti12 fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub13 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

14 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

15 of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 

16 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 

17 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

18 SEC. 407. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in20 strumentality of the United States Government except pur21 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

22 in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

23 SEC. 408. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail24 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

25 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
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1 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 

2 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 

3 it shall serve the national interest. 

4 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

5 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

6 national security; or 

7 (2) the report contains confidential or propri8 etary information. 

9 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

10 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

11 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

12 than 45 days. 

13 SEC. 409. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net15 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

16 and exchanging of pornography. 

17 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

18 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

19 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi20 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

21 SEC. 410. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro22 priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 

23 Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 

24 expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 

25 possessions to house any individual detained at United 
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1 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur2 poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 

3 the control of the Department of Defense. 

4 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

5 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

6 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

7 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

8 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

9 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

10 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

11 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

12 (2) is— 

13 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

14 control of the Department of Defense; or 

15 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

16 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

17 SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 

19 of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 

20 agency that are stationed within the United States at any 

21 single conference occurring outside a state of the United 

22 States, except for employees of the Department of Veterans 

23 Affairs stationed in the Philippines, unless the relevant Sec24 retary reports to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
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1 Houses of Congress at least 5 days in advance that such 

2 attendance is important to the national interest. 

3 SEC. 412. (a) The head of any executive branch depart4 ment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 

5 Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General 

6 or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 

7 General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures re8 lated to each conference held by any such department, agen9 cy, board, commission, or office during fiscal year 2014 for 

10 which the cost to the United States Government was more 

11 than $100,000. 

12 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con13 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica14 ble period— 

15 (1) a description of its purpose; 

16 (2) the number of participants attending; 

17 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 

18 States Government, including— 

19 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

20 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

21 (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 

22 to and from the conference; and 

23 (D) a discussion of the methodology used to 

24 determine which costs relate to the conference; 

25 and 
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1 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

2 used including— 

3 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

4 competitive basis; and 

5 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

6 conducted by the departmental component or of7 fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 

8 conference. 

9 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

10 by any executive branch department, agency, board, com11 mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 2014 

12 for which the cost to the United States Government was 

13 more than $20,000, the head of any such department, agen14 cy, board, commission, or office shall notify the Inspector 

15 General or senior ethics official for any entity without an 

16 Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of em17 ployees attending such conference. 

18 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro19 priated by this Act to an executive branch agency may not 

20 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 

21 described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program22 matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con23 tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 

24 with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou-
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1 tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 

2 contract. 

3 (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

4 be used for travel and conference activities that are not in 

5 compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memo6 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 

7 SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING AN IMMEDIATE

8 BUDGET RESOLUTION CONFERENCE

9 SEC. 413. It is the sense of the Senate that the Senate 

10 should immediately request a conference with the House on 

11 the fiscal year 2014 budget, appoint conferees to resolve the 

12 differences in a conference committee with the House, and 

13 immediately thereafter convene a conference committee to 

14 work in a bipartisan, bicameral manner to complete work 

15 on a final fiscal year 2014 budget conference report. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 

17 and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

18 Act, 2014’’. 
Calendar No. 102 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2216 

[Report No. 113–48] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for military construction, 

2014, and for other purposes. agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 

JUNE 6, 2013 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 27, 2013 

Reported with an amendment