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111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 111–188 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2010 

JUNE 26, 2009.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. EDWARDS of Texas, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

together with 

ADDITIONAL VIEWS 

[To accompany H.R. 3082] 

The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in 

explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for 

military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and 

for other purposes. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

Purpose of the Bill ................................................................................................... 2 

Summary of Committee Recommendation ............................................................ 2 

Comparative Statement of New Budget Authority ............................................... 4 

Items of Interest ...................................................................................................... 16 

Department of Defense: 

Military Construction ....................................................................................... 17 

NATO Security Investment Program .............................................................. 27 

Family Housing Construction and Operation and Maintenance .................. 28 

Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-Wide ............................... 32 

Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 ..................................... 32 

Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005 ..................................... 33 

Administrative Provisions ................................................................................ 33 

Department of Veterans Affairs: 

Overview ............................................................................................................ 35 

Veterans Benefits Administration ................................................................... 36 

Veterans Health Administration ..................................................................... 39 

National Cemetery Administration ................................................................. 45 

Departmental Administration ......................................................................... 46 

Administrative Provisions ................................................................................ 51 


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Related Agencies: 

American Battle Monuments Commission ..................................................... 53 

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims .................................................... 54 

Cemeterial Expenses, Army ............................................................................ 54 

Armed Forces Retirement Home ..................................................................... 55 

General Provisions ................................................................................................... 56 

Changes in Application of Existing Law ................................................................ 56 

Appropriations Not Authorized by Law ................................................................. 59 

Transfer of Funds .................................................................................................... 60 

Rescissions ................................................................................................................ 61 

Constitutional Authority ......................................................................................... 61 

Comparison With the Budget Resolution .............................................................. 61 

Five-Year Projection of Outlays .............................................................................. 61 

Assistance to State and Local Governments ......................................................... 62 

Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 62 

Compliance with Rule XIII ..................................................................................... 62 

Full Committee Votes .............................................................................................. 64 

Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending Items ............. 64 

State Project List ..................................................................................................... 65 

Additional Views ...................................................................................................... 127 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of the bill is to support our military and their families and provide the benefits and medical care that our veterans 

have earned for their service. This is accomplished through the programs funded in the bill. Programs that provide the facilities and 

infrastructure needed to house, train, and equip our military personnel to defend this nation; both in the United States and abroad; 

programs that provide the housing and military community infrastructure that sustains quality of life for them and their families; 

and programs that allow the military to efficiently and effectively 

maintain a right-sized base structure. The bill also funds programs 

to ensure that all of our veterans receive the benefits and medical 

care that they have earned as a result of the sacrifices they have 

made in their service to our country. Finally, the bill funds four 

related agencies that provide support to our nation’s heroes; the 

American Battle Monuments Commission, Cemeterial Expenses, 

Army (Arlington Cemetery), the United States Court of Appeals for 

Veterans Claims, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home. 

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The Committee recommends $133,726,656,000 in new budget authority for the programs and activities funded in the bill. This recommendation is an increase of $14,120,731,000 above the fiscal 

year 2009 enacted level and an increase of $239,146,000 above the 

President’s request. Included in this amount is $55,821,672,000 in 

mandatory authority and $77,904,984,000 in discretionary authority. 

The Committee recommendation highlights the continued commitment to our servicemembers and their families and to our veterans. The total funding level for military construction, including 

Overseas Contingency Operations, is $24,577,366,000, a 1.7 percent 

decrease below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level. This does not include the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act emergency 

funding. This level of funding supports the servicemen and women 

and their families who are making the ultimate sacrifice during 

this time of war. The programs funded in the bill for the Department of Defense (DOD), address the numerous challenges we have 


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asked our military to accomplish simultaneously. These funds support an increase in troop strength for both the Army and Marine 

Corps, continue the cleanup of military bases closed during Base 

Realignment and Closure rounds, resource the military’s global restationing plan, and ensure that our military personnel and their 

families’ quality of life is preserved within these plans. The total funding level of $108,860,775,000 for the Department 

of Veterans Affairs is a 15.4 percent increase over the fiscal year 

2009 enacted level, not including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act fiscal year 2009 emergency funding. The recommendation provides funding to increase various benefits programs administered by the Department, as authorized by current 

law, including changes to education benefits which will become effective late in fiscal year 2009. Additionally, the recommendation 

includes administrative support to carry out these programs, including the budget request for an additional 1,200 claims processors to reduce the claims processing backlog and length of time 

it takes to process an initial claim. The Committee recommendation supports the budget increases requested by the Department to 

improve access to care for all veterans, increase services for homeless veterans, and expand medical research. The Committee remains concerned with the backlog in non-recurring maintenance at 

medical facilities and has provided additional resources to address 

this issue. 

The following table compares amounts recommended in the bill 

to the President’s request and amounts appropriated in fiscal year 

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ITEMS OF INTEREST

Advance Appropriations.—The Committee recommendation includes an advance appropriation for the medical services, medical 

support and compliance, and medical facilities accounts. The goal 

of this advance appropriation is to provide the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with reliable and timely funding for their current services so that the delivery of medical care is not disrupted. 

However, the provision of an advance appropriation should be seen 

as only the first step in this process. The VHA must also plan and 

publish the distribution of this funding prior to the beginning of 

the fiscal year so that medical directors are prepared and funded 

on October 1st. The Committee directs the Department to include 

in future budget submissions the budget plan for the advance appropriation provided in the previous year’s bill to include the 

amount of funds that will be allocated in accordance with the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA), and the Committee 

expects funding provided by advance appropriations to be made 

available to the Veterans Integrated Service Networks on October 

1st. The Committee further directs the Department to include an 

advance appropriations request for current services for the medical 

services, medical support and compliance, and medical facilities accounts in future budget submissions. 

Support for Homeless Veterans.—The Committee is encouraged 

by the increased support for homeless veterans requested in the fiscal year 2010 budget submission. The Committee notes that the fiscal year 2010 budget request estimates that the Department expects to spend $2,721,934,000 on medical treatment for homeless 

veterans and $500,283,000 on homeless programs, including 

$26,000,000 for a Presidential Initiative to combat homelessness 

and an increase of $21,204,000 for additional case managers to support the additional 10,000 ‘‘Housing Choice’’ vouchers that are included in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

budget request. However, the budget request did not fund the 

Homeless Grant and Per Diem program and the Supportive Services Low Income Veterans and Family program at their full authorization amounts. The Committee directs the Department to provide 

the full authorization levels of $150,000,000 and $20,000,000 respectively, for these programs. 

Collaborative Use of Martin Army Hospital.—The Committee encourages the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to continue ongoing discussions on collaborative use of the new Martin 

Army Community Hospital facility to be constructed at Fort 

Benning, Georgia, such as the sharing of resources and potential 

collocation of VA facilities. The Committee directs the Departments 

of Defense and Veterans Affairs jointly to submit a report on potential collaboration at Martin Army Hospital no later than January 

29, 2010. 

Reductions.—In order to invest in the critical priorities identified 

in this bill, and in an effort to build an economy on a solid foundation for growth and put the Nation on a path toward prosperity, 

the Committee has proposed herein a number of program reductions from the fiscal year 2009 level totaling over $3.2 billion. In 

addition, nearly $1.5 billion in other program reductions from the 

budget request are recommended. These adjustments, no matter 


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their size, are important to setting the right priorities within the 

spending allocation, for getting the deficit under control, and creating a government that is as efficient as it is effective. 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level (including rescissions) 1 .................. $12,117,688,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request 2 ..................................................... 14,093,201,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill (including rescissions) 2 .... 14,220,947,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 2,103,259,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 127,746,000 1Does not reflect $2,190,000,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 2 Includes funding for Overseas Contingency Operations. 

Military construction accounts provide funds for new construction, construction improvements, planning and design, and host nation support. Projects funded by these accounts include facilities for 

operations, training, maintenance, research and development, supply, medical care, and force protection, as well as unaccompanied 

housing, utilities infrastructure, and land acquisition. 

The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 

$14,306,247,000 and rescissions of $85,300,000 for Military Construction, an increase of $2,103,259,000 above the fiscal year 2009 

enacted level and an increase of $127,746,000 above the budget request. The Committee has retained bill language incorporating the 

military construction projects specified in this report into the text 

of the bill by reference. 

Future Years Defense Plan and Quadrennial Defense Review.— 

The Committee is concerned by the Department of Defense’s decision not to release a Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) for military construction and family housing programs, despite the clear 

requirement to submit one annually under 10 U.S.C. 221. The 

FYDP provides Congress with a clear statement of the Department’s present and anticipated requirements and priorities across 

all services, components, and Defense agencies. The difficulty created for the Committee by this decision is compounded by the unanswered questions surrounding major initiatives with significant 

impacts on military construction, some of which have been incorporated in the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) process. These 

unresolved questions include the stationing of Army units following 

the Secretary of Defense’s decision to reduce the number of planned 

brigade combat teams; the force posture of U.S. forces, particularly 

the Army, in the European Command area of responsibility; the 

Navy’s intention to establish a second east coast nuclear carrier 

homeport; the strategy and timetable for the realignment of 8,000 

marines and their families from Okinawa to Guam; the training requirements for Marine Corps forces in the Pacific; and the ultimate 

disposition of the proposed ballistic missile defense system in Europe. The Committee expects the Department to promptly inform 

the Committee when decisions on future plans are finalized. 


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Army Trainee Troop Housing Initiative.—The Committee recommends $450,000,000 for Army trainee troop housing facilities to 

address the unfunded backlog of modernization requirements. The 

Army has an estimated need for 115,413 trainee barracks spaces, 

only 50,329 of which were deemed adequate as of the end of fiscal 

year 2009. The current Army program projects that the full amount 

of $2,200,000,000 in military construction funding needed to complete modernization will not be in place until fiscal year 2015. The 

Committee therefore recommends these additional funds to accelerate this program, and has included language directing the Army 

to submit a spending plan for these funds no later than 30 days 

after the enactment of this Act. 

Guard and Reserve Initiative.—The Committee recommends 

$200,000,000 for a Guard and Reserve initiative to address urgent 

unfunded requirements for the Army National Guard, Air National 

Guard, Army Reserve, Navy and Marine Corps Reserve, and Air 

Force Reserve. The Committee recognizes the critical contribution 

made by reserve component personnel to disaster assistance, homeland security, and national defense, including the burdens borne by 

the Guard and Reserve to support overseas contingency operations. 

The Committee has included language directing that spending 

plans be submitted for the funds provided no later than 30 days 

after the enactment of this Act. 

Incremental Funding.—The Committee is concerned by the decision by the Office of Management and Budget to disallow any new 

incrementally funded military construction projects beginning with 

the fiscal year 2010 request. The Committee repeatedly has stated 

that while projects should be fully funded or separated into standalone phases where practicable, incremental funding should remain 

an option when it makes fiscal and programmatic sense. Some of 

the projects requested by the Administration as ‘‘phases’’ would be 

more appropriately requested as fully authorized, incrementally 

funded facilities. In some cases, the phased approach can drive up 

costs by requiring inefficient designs and separate bids that leave 

subsequent phases vulnerable to construction price inflation. The 

Committee will continue to exercise its prerogative to recommend 

incremental funding in accordance with authorizing legislation. 

The Committee therefore recommends incremental funding for the 

following seven projects included in the Administration’s request: 

Aviation Task Force Complex, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, under 

Military Construction, Army; North Region Tertiary Treatment 

Plant, Camp Pendleton, California, under Military Construction, 

Navy and Marine Corps; Ship Repair Pier Replacement, Portsmouth, Virginia, under Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

Corps; Apra Harbor Wharves Improvements, Guam, under Military 

Construction, Navy and Marine Corps; Data Center, Camp Williams, Utah, under Military Construction, Defense-Wide; Hospital 

Replacement, Fort Bliss, Texas, under Military Construction, Defense-Wide; and Hospital Replacement, Guam, under Military Construction, Defense-Wide. 

School Facilities Serving Gaining Installations.—The Committee 

remains concerned about the ability of installations and surrounding communities that are gaining personnel under either 

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cational facilities. The Committee therefore directs the Department 

of Defense to submit a report on the steps currently being taken 

to address this problem with both DOD schools and local educational agencies (LEAs). This report additionally shall provide an 

assessment of options to address the problem, including existing 

authorizations and policies for DOD assistance to LEAs for the purpose of school construction and renovation (including schools located on installations but operated by LEAs), the prerequisite enrollment conditions that trigger a requirement for new capacity 

construction or expansion of DOD schools, and unfunded requirements associated with installation population growth for Department of Defense Education Activity military construction. This report shall be submitted no later than August 31, 2009. 

Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization 

(FSRM).—The Department is directed to continue describing on 

form 1390 the backlog of FSRM requirements at installations with 

future construction projects. For troop housing requests, form 1391 

should describe any FSRM conducted in the past two years. Likewise, future requirements for unaccompanied housing at the corresponding installation should be included. Additionally, the forms 

should include English equivalent measurements for projects presented in metric measurement. Rules for funding repairs of facilities under the Operation and Maintenance accounts are described 

below: 

(1) components of the facility may be repaired by replacement. Such replacement can be up to current standards or 

codes; 

(2) interior arrangements and restorations may be included 

as repair; 

(3) additions, new facilities, and functional conversions must 

be performed as military construction projects. Such projects 

may be done concurrently with repair projects as long as the 

final conjunctively funded project is a complete and usable facility; and 

(4) the appropriate service Secretary shall notify the appropriate committees 21 days prior to carrying out any repair 

project with an estimated cost in excess of $7,500,000. 

Recapitalization Metric.—The Committee supports the Department of Defense’s efforts to transform its facilities recapitalization 

metric from one focused on obtaining a 67-year recapitalization 

rate to one focused on improving and maintaining facility quality 

ratings, which will yield a better enterprise-wide allocation of resources. The Department is encouraged to keep the Committee informed of its implementation of this new policy. 

Directed Designs.—The Committee directs the Department of Defense to execute all directed designs within the year of appropriation. 

Delivery of Notifications.—The Department of Defense delivers 

required notifications to the Committee electronically, by email, or 

by hand delivery. Some notifications are delivered by more than 

one means, resulting in unnecessary duplication. The Committee 

directs the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the services, 

and the Defense agencies to submit notifications in electronic form 

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notifications that have been submitted by OSD, the services, and 

the Defense agencies to the Committee during the preceding threemonth period. 

Transfer of Funds to Foreign Currency Account.—The Committee 

directs the Department of Defense to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress no later than 

December 1, 2009, on the amounts of expired funds transferred 

from military construction and family housing accounts to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense account at the 

end of fiscal year 2009. 

Reprogramming Guidelines.—The following reprogramming 

guidelines apply for all military construction and family housing 

projects. A project or account (including the sub-elements of an account) which has been specifically reduced by the Congress in acting on the budget request is considered to be a congressional interest item and as such, prior approval is required. Accordingly, no 

reprogrammings to an item specifically reduced below the threshold 

by the Congress are permitted, except that the Department of Defense may seek reprogrammings for appropriated increments. 

The reprogramming criteria that apply to military construction 

projects (25 percent of the funded amount or $2,000,000, whichever 

is less) continue to apply to new housing construction projects and 

to improvements over $2,000,000. To provide the services the flexibility to proceed with construction contracts without disruption or 

delay, the costs associated with environmental hazard remediation 

such as asbestos removal, radon abatement, lead-based paint removal or abatement, and any other legislated environmental hazard remediation may be excluded, provided that such remediation 

requirements could not be reasonably anticipated at the time of the 

budget submission. This exclusion applies to projects authorized in 

this budget year, as well as projects authorized in prior years for 

which construction has not been completed. Planning and design 

costs associated with military construction and family housing 

projects may also be excluded from these guidelines. In instances 

where prior approval to a reprogramming request for a project or 

account has been received from the Committees on Appropriations, 

the adjusted amount approved becomes the new base for any future 

increase or decrease via below-threshold reprogrammings (provided 

that the project or account is not a congressional interest item as 

defined above). 

In addition to these guidelines, the services are directed to adhere to the guidance for military construction reprogrammings and 

notifications, including the pertinent statutory authorities contained in DOD Financial Management Regulation 7000.14–R and 

relevant updates and policy memoranda. The Committee further directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to use a format similar to that used by the Office of the Secretary of Defense 

to submit reprogramming requests. 


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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 (including rescissions) .................. $4,641,328,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request 2 ..................................................... 4,584,663,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill (including rescission) 2 ..... 4,495,406,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (145,922,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ (89,257,000) 1Does not reflect $180,000,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 2 Includes funding for Overseas Contingency Operations. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,554,906,000 

and a rescission of $59,500,000 for Military Construction, Army, a 

decrease of $145,922,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level 

and a decrease of $89,257,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee recommends the following rescission due to a 

project placed on hold by the Department of Defense: 

Public Law/location Project title Recommended 

PL 110–329 (FY 2009): 

Germany: Wiesbaden ........................ Command and Battle Center, Increment I ................................. 59,500,000 

Total ............................................. ...................................................................................................... 59,500,000 

Of the funds provided for planning and design in this account, 

the Committee directs that not less than the specified amounts be 

made available for the design of the following projects: 

Alabama—Fort Rucker, Water Survival Training Facility, 

$401,000. 

Kentucky—Fort Campbell, Physical Fitness Complex, $900,000 

Maryland—Aberdeen Proving Ground, Information Processing 

Node, Phase 2, $956,000. 

North Carolina—Fort Bragg, Field Support Brigade Headquarters, $720,000. 

Texas—Fort Bliss, Access Control Points, $6,500,000. 

Army Brigade Combat Teams and Quadrennial Defense Review.—On April 6, 2009, the Secretary of Defense announced his 

decision to halt the growth of Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) 

at 45, versus the 48 envisioned by the December 2007 Grow the 

Army stationing plan. On June 2, 2009, the Army announced that 

it would absorb this reduction by cancelling one planned BCT each 

at Fort Carson, Fort Stewart, and Fort Bliss. Furthermore, the Department of Defense has incorporated consideration of the shift of 

Army personnel from Germany to the United States in the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), which will have an additional impact on the Army’s BCT construction program. The total impact of 

these three decisions on the military construction program is significant but unclear at this time. Although the Army has indicated 

that approximately $2,600,000,000 in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 

construction funding is associated with the three cancelled BCTs 

and other Grow the Army increases, the Committee has not yet received adequate information to make decisions regarding specific 

projects already appropriated or requested in the fiscal year 2010 

budget. The Committee therefore recommends a general reduction 

of $500,000,000 from Military Construction, Army pending more 


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detailed Army analysis of the impact of these decisions, as well as 

an update of the 2007 Grow the Army Stationing Plan. 

The Committee is very concerned by the manner in which major 

Grow the Army decisions have been made out of step with the programming and budgeting cycle. Construction to accommodate large 

personnel increases requires considerable lead time for planning, 

design, resourcing, and execution, yet the Department of Defense 

has shown a tendency to treat such matters as afterthoughts. The 

decision to increase the end strength of the Army to 547,000 was 

formally announced on January 11, 2007, and was followed by 

large lump sum requests for military construction and family housing in both the fiscal year 2007 emergency supplemental and the 

fiscal year 2008 base budget. The initial Grow the Army stationing 

plan, including the six new BCTs, was not released until December 

18 of that year. The recent decision to reduce the number of new 

BCTs was announced just weeks prior to the release of the fiscal 

year 2010 request and clearly is not reflected in that request. 

While the Army’s overall management of the Grow the Army construction program is commendable, there have been instances of 

projects being improperly scoped due to the rushed process. Furthermore, the Secretary of Defense’s stated concern about the ‘‘risk 

of hollowing the force’’ through the initial six-BCT increase was not 

previously communicated to the Committee with regards to the 

military construction program or the Grow the Army stationing 

plan. The Committee strongly believes that any further decisions 

regarding Army force structure and stationing, including those incorporated in the QDR process, should be made in concert with the 

programming and budgeting process for fiscal years 2011 and beyond. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $3,333,369,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 3,763,264,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 3,757,330,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 423,961,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ (5,934,000) 1Does not reflect $280,000,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,757,330,000 

for Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps, an increase of 

$423,961,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and a decrease of $5,934,000 below the budget request. 

Of the funds provided for planning and design in this account, 

the Committee directs that not less than the specified amounts be 

made available for the design of the following projects: 

Florida—Panama City NSA, Joint Diver A-School Dormitory, 

$520,000. 

Hawaii—Pearl Harbor NSY, Drydock 2 Starboard Waterfront Facility, $850,000. 

Indiana—Crane NSWC, Strategic Weapons System Engineering 

Facility, $510,000. 

Maine—Portsmouth NSY, Consolidation of Structural Shops, 

$2,000,000. 

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35 requirements, with the funding split between the Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps, and Military Construction, Air 

Force accounts. The Committee recommends that the full cost of 

these projects be funded through the Air Force appropriation. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level (including rescissions) 1 .................. $1,096,925,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request 2 ..................................................... 1,619,934,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill 2 .......................................... 1,833,671,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 736,746,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 213,737,000 1Does not reflect $180,000,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 2 Includes funding for Overseas Contingency Operations. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,833,671,000 

for Military Construction, Air Force, an increase of $736,746,000 

above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of 

$213,737,000 above the budget request. 

Of the funds provided for planning and design in this account, 

the Committee directs that not less than the specified amounts be 

made available for the design of the following projects: 

Florida—MacDill AFB, Mission Support Facility, $384,000. 

Idaho—Mountain Home AFB, Civil Engineer Maintenance Complex, $690,000. 

Maryland—Andrews AFB, Physical Fitness Center, $930,000. 

New Mexico—Cannon AFB, Dormitory (96 Room), $450,000. 

North Dakota—Minot AFB, Control Tower/Base Operations Facility, $1,710,000. 

F–35 Projects, Eglin AFB.—The Navy and Air Force jointly requested six projects at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to support F– 

35 requirements, with the funding split between the Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps, and Military Construction, Air 

Force accounts. The Committee recommends that the full cost of 

these projects be funded through the Air Force appropriation. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level (including rescissions) 1 .................. $1,691,615,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request 2 ..................................................... 3,104,126,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill (including rescission) ........ 2,717,726,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 1,026,111,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ (386,400,000) 1Does not reflect $1,450,000,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 2 Includes funding for Overseas Contingency Operations. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,743,526,000 

and a rescission of $25,800,000 for Military Construction, DefenseWide, an increase of $1,026,111,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and a decrease of $386,400,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee recommends the following rescissions due to bid 

savings on previously appropriated projects: 


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Public Law/location Project title Recommended 

PL 110–329 (FY 2009): 

CA: Tracy Depot ................................ General Purpose Warehouse ........................................................ ¥6,600,000 

FL: Eglin AFB .................................... Special Tactics Group Facility ..................................................... ¥2,900,000 

FL: Hurlburt Field ............................. Battalion Operations Complex ..................................................... ¥16,300,000 

Total ............................................. ...................................................................................................... ¥25,800,000 

New High School, Vicenza, Italy.—The Committee is concerned 

about the absence of a budget request for a new high school at the 

Villaggio Housing Area in Vicenza, Italy, to serve the dependent 

children of soldiers of the consolidating 173rd Airborne Brigade. 

While funds have been requested and provided for new elementary 

and middle schools, the Department of Defense has not yet requested funds for a new high school. The lack of a new high school 

collocated with the elementary and middle schools will lead to a 

suboptimal educational setting and detract from the quality of life 

for soldiers and families stationed in Vicenza. The Committee urges 

the Department to consider including funds for the new high school 

in the fiscal year 2011 budget request. 

Purchase and Generation of Renewable Energy.—The 2007 Defense Installations Strategic Plan (ISP) of the Department of Defense includes the objective of reducing reliance on fossil fuels to 

meet facility energy requirements. One component of this objective 

is a goal to increase the purchase and/or generation of renewable 

energy to 25 percent of all electricity consumed by 2025. The Committee encourages the Department to meet and exceed this goal, 

and directs the Department to submit a report to the Committee 

on how military construction and family housing programs are 

being used to meet the ISP goals for the purchase and generation 

of renewable energy, including the use of renewable-source lighting 

at military installations. This report shall be submitted no later 

than October 1, 2009. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level (including rescissions) 1 .................. $734,917,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 426,491,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 529,129,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (205,788,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 102,638,000 1Does not reflect $50,000,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $529,129,000 for 

Military Construction, Army National Guard, a decrease of 

$205,788,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of $102,638,000 above the budget request. The Committee’s 

recommendation includes $30,000,000 for critical unfunded requirements to support the Guard and Reserve Initiative described earlier in this report. 

Of the funds provided for planning and design in this account, 

the Committee directs that not less than the specified amounts be 

made available for the design of the following projects: Arkansas—West Memphis, Readiness Center, $1,240,000. 

Hawaii—Kapolei, Readiness Center (Joint Forces Headquarters), $5,446,000. 

Kentucky—Frankfort, Joint Forces Headquarters, $334,000. 


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Michigan—Camp Grayling, Barracks Replacement, Phase 2, 

$440,000. 

Nevada—Las Vegas, Civil Support Team Ready Building, 

$727,000. 

Oregon—Camp Rilea, Water Supply System, $368,000. 

Pennsylvania—Luzerne, Readiness Center, $924,000. 

West Virginia—Logan/Mingo County, Readiness Center, 

$501,000. 

West Virginia—Parkersburg, Readiness Center, $2,234,000. 

West Virginia—Parkersburg, Field Maintenance Shop, $967,000. 

Of the funds provided for minor construction in this account, the 

Committee directs that not less than the specified amounts be 

made available for construction of the following projects: 

Iowa—Camp Dodge, Motor Vehicle Storage Buildings (Freedom 

Center Armory), $1,963,000. 

Iowa—Davenport, Army Aviation Support Facility Addition/Alteration, $2,000,000. 

Iowa—Fairfield, Field Maintenance Shop Addition/Alteration, 

$2,000,000. 

Iowa—Iowa Falls, Addition/Alteration Readiness Center, 

$2,000,000. 

Kentucky—London, Phase IV Aviation Operations Facility, 

$1,805,000. 

Montana—Fort Harrison, Addition/Alteration Troop Medical Facility, $1,750,000. 

Ohio—Beightler Armory, Joint Forces Headquarters Addition, 

$2,000,000. 

Ohio—Ravenna Training Site, Shoot House, $2,000,000. 

Puerto Rico—Camp Santiago, Urban Assault Course, $1,669,000. 

Vermont—Ethan Allen Range, BOQ Addition/Alteration, 

$1,996,000. 

North Carolina—Morrisville: Army Aviation Support Facility.— 

The Committee recognizes the importance to the North Carolina 

National Guard of Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF) #1 located at Morrisville, North Carolina. The current AASF was built 

in 1988 and requires a fixed wing annex to permit necessary maintenance of assigned aircraft. The Committee urges the Army National Guard to consider including this facility in the next Future 

Years Defense Plan, and directs the Director of the Army National 

Guard to submit to the Committee a status report on the design 

of this facility no later than February 1, 2010. 

North Carolina—Murphy: Fire Fighting Team Support Facility.— 

The Committee recognizes the importance of a new facility to support the relocation of the 430th Engineer Detachment (Firefighting) 

of the North Carolina National Guard. The Committee urges the 

Army National Guard to consider including this project in the next 

Future Years Defense Plan and directs the Director of the Army 

National Guard to submit a status report on the design of this 

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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $242,924,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 128,261,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 226,126,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (16,798,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 97,865,000 1Does not reflect $50,000,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $226,126,000 for 

Military Construction, Air National Guard, a decrease of 

$16,798,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of $97,865,000 above the budget request. The Committee’s 

recommendation includes $30,000,000 for critical unfunded requirements to support the Guard and Reserve Initiative described earlier in this report. 

Of the funds provided for planning and design in this account, 

the Committee directs that not less than the specified amount be 

made available for the design of the following project: 

Kentucky—Standiford Field, Contingency Response Group Facility, $600,000. 

Of the funds provided for minor construction in this account, the 

Committee directs that not less than the specified amounts be 

made available for construction of the following projects: 

Massachusetts—Hanscom AFB, Joint Forces Operations Center 

Air National Guard Share, $1,500,000. 

Minnesota—Minneapolis-St.Paul IAP, Addition/Alteration 

Starbase Facility, $1,900,000. 

New Jersey—Atlantic City IAP, Munitions Administration Facility, $1,700,000. 

Ohio—Toledo Express Airport, Multi-Use Instructional Facility, 

$2,000,000. 

Ohio—Zanesville ANGS, New Supply Warehouse, $1,000,000. 

South Carolina—McEntire JRB, Joint Use Armed Forces Reserve 

Center, $1,300,000. 

South Dakota—Joe Foss Field, Add to Munitions Maintenance 

Complex, $1,300,000. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $282,607,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 374,862,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 432,516,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 149,909,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 57,654,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $432,516,000 for 

Military Construction, Army Reserve, an increase of $149,909,000 

above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of 

$57,654,000 above the budget request. The Committee’s recommendation includes $30,000,000 for critical unfunded requirements to support the Guard and Reserve Initiative described earlier in this report. 


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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $57,045,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 64,124,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 125,874,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 68,829,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 61,750,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $125,874,000 for Military Construction, Navy Reserve, an increase of $68,829,000 

above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of 

$61,750,000 above the budget request. The Committee’s recommendation includes $20,000,000 for critical unfunded requirements for the Navy Reserve, and $35,000,000 for critical unfunded 

requirements for the Marine Corps Reserve, to support the Guard 

and Reserve Initiative described earlier in this report. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $36,958,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 27,476,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 103,169,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 66,211,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 75,693,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $103,169,000 for 

Military Construction, Air Force Reserve, an increase of 

$66,211,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of $75,693,000 above the budget request. The Committee’s 

recommendation includes $55,000,000 to support the Guard and 

Reserve Initiative described earlier in this report. 

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT

PROGRAM

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $230,867,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 276,314,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 234,914,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 4,047,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ (41,400,000) 

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 

Program (NSIP) consists of annual contributions by NATO member 

countries. The program finances the costs of construction needed to 

support the roles of the major NATO commands. The investments 

cover facilities such as airfields, fuel pipelines and storage, harbors, 

communications and information systems, radar and navigational 

aids, and military headquarters. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $234,914,000 for 

NSIP, an increase of $4,047,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted 

level and a decrease of $41,400,000 below the budget request. The 

reduction from the request is for funds requested by the Department of Defense for its share of the cost of the new NATO headquarters. The new headquarters is not an NSIP project and the 

Committee therefore recommends providing these funds under 

Military Construction, Defense-Wide. 

Occasionally, the U.S. has been forced to delay temporarily the 

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Committee within 14 days of the U.S. taking action to delay temporarily the authorization of projects, or to withhold temporarily 

funds from previously authorized projects, due to shortfalls in U.S. 

obligation authority. 

FAMILY HOUSING OVERVIEW

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level (including rescissions) 1 .................. $3,157,760,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 1,958,698,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 1,958,698,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (1,199,062,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1Does not include $690,000,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

Family housing construction accounts provide funds for new construction, construction improvements, the Federal government 

costs for family housing privatization projects, and planning and 

design. The operation and maintenance accounts provide funds to 

pay for maintenance and repair, furnishings, management, services, utilities, leasing, interest, mortgage insurance, and miscellaneous expenses. 

The Committee recommends a total appropriation of $1,958,698,000 for the family housing construction and operation 

and maintenance accounts, a decrease of $1,199,062,000 below the 

fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

The decrease below the 2009 enacted level is due to the Department of Defense’s success in implementing the Military Housing 

Privatization Initiative, leading to a reduced requirement for appropriated construction and operating costs. The Committee has retained bill language incorporating the family housing construction 

projects specified in this report into the text of the bill by reference. 

Family Housing Privatization Progress Reports.—The Committee 

directs the Department of Defense to continue submitting semi-annual progress reports on the family housing privatization program, 

including a breakout of military tenant satisfaction rates by 

project. The Committee notes that the most recent report is overdue, and directs the Department to submit this report no later 

than July 31, 2009. 

Foreign Currency Savings and Sub-Account Transfers.—The 

Committee directs that savings from foreign currency re-estimates 

be used to maintain existing family housing units. The Comptroller 

is directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress on how these savings are allocated by December 1, 2009. In addition, the Committee directs the Services and 

Defense agencies to notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

both Houses of Congress within 30 days of a transfer of funds between subaccounts within the family housing construction and family housing operation and maintenance accounts, if such transfer is 

in excess of 10 percent of the funds appropriated to the sub-account 

to which the funds are being transferred. Notifications to the Committees shall indicate the sub-accounts and amounts that are being 

used to source the transfer. 

Leasing Reporting Requirements.—The Secretary of Defense is directed to report to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress quarterly on the details of all new or renewed 

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ceed the cost threshold set by 10 U.S.C. 2828(b)(2), including certification that less expensive housing was not available for lease. 

For foreign leases, the Department is directed to: (1) perform an 

economic analysis on all new leases or lease/contract agreements 

where more than 25 units are involved; (2) report the details of 

new or renewed lease agreements that exceed the cost threshold 

set by 10 U.S.C. 2828(e)(1) 21 days prior to entering into such an 

agreement; and (3) base leasing decisions on the economic analysis. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $646,580,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 273,236,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 273,236,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (373,344,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1Does not reflect $34,507,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $273,236,000 for 

Family Housing Construction, Army, a decrease of $373,344,000 

below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same as the budget request. The appropriation includes $50,000,000 to construct 

new family housing units, $219,300,000 to improve or privatize existing units, and $3,936,000 for planning and design. 

FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $716,110,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 523,418,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 523,418,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (192,692,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1Does not reflect $3,932,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $523,418,000 for 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army, a decrease of 

$192,692,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $380,123,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 146,569,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 146,569,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (233,554,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $146,569,000 for 

Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps, a decrease 

of $233,554,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. The appropriation includes 

$25,106,000 to construct new family housing units, $118,692,000 to 

improve or privatize existing units, and $2,771,000 for planning 

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FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY AND

MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $376,062,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 368,540,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 368,540,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (7,522,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $368,540,000 for 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine 

Corps, a decrease of $7,522,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $395,879,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 66,101,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 66,101,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (329,778,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1Does not reflect $80,100,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $66,101,000 for 

Family Housing Construction, Air Force, a decrease of 

$329,778,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. The appropriation includes $61,787,000 to 

improve or privatize existing units and $4,314,000 for planning and 

design. 

FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $594,465,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 502,936,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 502,936,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (91,529,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1Does not reflect $16,461,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $502,936,000 for 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, a decrease 

of $91,529,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level (including rescissions) .................... ($6,040,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 2,859,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 2,859,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 8,899,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,859,000 for 

Family Housing Construction, Defense-Wide, an increase of 

$8,899,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same 

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FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $49,231,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 49,214,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 49,214,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (17,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $49,214,000 for 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, a decrease of $17,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $850,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 2,600,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 2,600,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 1,750,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Family Housing Improvement Fund (FHIF) is authorized by 

section 2883, title 10, United States Code, and provides the Department of Defense with authority to finance joint ventures with the 

private sector to revitalize and to manage the Department’s housing inventory. The statute authorizes the Department to use limited partnerships, make direct and guaranteed loans, and convey 

Department-owned property to stimulate the private sector to increase the availability of affordable, quality housing for military 

personnel. 

The FHIF is used to build or renovate family housing by mixing 

or matching various legal authorities, and by utilizing private capital and expertise to the maximum extent possible. The fund is administered as a single account without fiscal year limitations and 

contains appropriated and transferred funds from family housing 

construction accounts. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,600,000 for 

the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund, an 

increase of $1,750,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE FUND

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $4,500,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 23,225,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 23,225,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 18,725,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1Does not reflect $555,000,000 in emergency appropriations provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The Homeowners Assistance Fund account finances the Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP) which provides assistance to individual military and Federal civilian homeowners who sustain 

losses on the sales of their primary residences due to declining real 

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ances, appropriation transfers, revenue from sale of acquired properties, and recovery of prior year obligations. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,225,000 for 

the Department of Defense Homeowners Assistance Fund, an increase of $18,725,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. The fiscal year 2009 enacted level 

does not include a one-time increase provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for a temporary expansion of 

benefits. 

CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $144,278,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 146,541,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 146,541,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 2,263,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-Wide account provides funds for the design and construction of full-scale 

chemical disposal facilities and associated projects to upgrade installation support facilities and infrastructures required to support 

the Chemical Demilitarization program. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $146,541,000 for 

Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-Wide, an increase 

of $2,263,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. The Committee has retained bill language 

incorporating the construction projects specified in this report into 

the text of the bill by reference. 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT 1990 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $458,377,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 396,768,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 536,768,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 78,391,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 140,000,000 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $536,768,000 for 

the Base Realignment and Closure Account 1990, an increase of 

$78,391,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of $140,000,000 above the budget request. Of the amount 

provided above the budget request, the Committee directs that 

$35,000,000 shall be made available to the Army, $60,000,000 shall 

be made available to the Navy, and $45,000,000 shall be made 

available to the Air Force. The Committee is concerned about the 

persisting large backlog of remaining environmental cleanup requirements from the four previous BRAC rounds. The Committee 

directs the Department of Defense to make funding for this account 

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BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT 2005 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $8,765,613,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 7,479,498,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 7,479,498,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (1,286,115,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,479,498,000 

for the Base Realignment and Closure Account 2005, a decrease of 

$1,286,115,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. This funding supports the most recent 

base realignment and closure round which affects over 800 locations across the nation through 24 major closures, 24 major realignments, and 765 other actions. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The bill includes 27 provisions that were included in the fiscal 

year 2009 enacted appropriations bill. The bill does not include one 

new provision proposed by the Administration that would provide 

for new starts under a continuing resolution. The administrative 

provisions included in the bill are as follows: 

Section 101 prohibits the use of funds for payments under a costplus-a-fixed-fee contract for construction where cost estimates exceed $25,000. An exception for Alaska is provided. 

Section 102 permits the use of construction funds for the hire of 

passenger motor vehicles. 

Section 103 permits funds to be expended on the construction of 

defense access roads under certain circumstances. 

Section 104 prohibits construction of new installations without a 

specific appropriation. 

Section 105 limits the use of funds for the purchase of land or 

land easements that exceed 100 percent of value except under certain conditions. 

Section 106 prohibits the use of funds to acquire land, prepare 

sites, or install utilities for family housing except housing for which 

funds have been appropriated. 

Section 107 limits the use of minor construction funds to be 

transferred or relocated from one installation to another. 

Section 108 prohibits the procurement of steel unless American 

producers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been allowed to 

compete. 

Section 109 prohibits the use of funds to pay real property taxes 

in foreign nations. 

Section 110 establishes a preference for American architectural 

and engineering services where the services are in Japan, NATO 

member countries, and countries bordering the Arabian Gulf. The 

Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

Section 111 establishes a preference for American contractors for 

military construction in the United States territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, except bids by Marshallese contractors for 

military construction on Kwajalein Atoll. 

Section 112 requires the Secretary of Defense to give prior notice 

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temporary or permanent, exceed $100,000. The Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

Section 113 limits obligations to no more than 20 percent during 

the last two months of the fiscal year. The Administration proposed 

to delete this provision. 

Section 114 allows funds appropriated in prior years to be used 

for new projects authorized during the current session of Congress. 

Section 115 allows the use of expired or lapsed funds to pay the 

cost of supervision for any project being completed with lapsed 

funds. 

Section 116 provides that funds for military construction projects 

are available until the end of the fourth fiscal year following the 

fiscal year in which funds are appropriated, subject to certain conditions. 

Section 117 requires the Secretary of Defense to report annually 

on actions taken during the current fiscal year to encourage other 

member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and United States allies 

bordering the Arabian Gulf to assume a greater share of defense 

costs. The Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

Section 118 allows for the transfer of proceeds from ‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part I’’ to the continuing Base Realignment and Closure accounts. 

Section 119 allows for the transfer of funds from Family Housing, Construction accounts to the Department of Defense Family 

Housing Improvement Fund and funds from Military Construction 

accounts to the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied 

Housing Improvement Fund. 

Section 120 requires the Secretary of Defense to notify Congressional Committees sixty days prior to issuing a solicitation for a 

contract with the private sector for military family housing. The 

Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

Section 121 provides transfer authority to the Homeowners Assistance Program. The Administration proposed to modify this provision. 

Section 122 requires that funds in this title be the sole source of 

all operation and maintenance for flag and general officer quarter 

houses, and limits the repair on these quarters to $35,000 per year 

without notification. The Administration proposed to modify this 

provision. 

Section 123 makes funds in the Ford Island Improvement Fund 

available until expended. 

Section 124 prohibits the use of funds for military construction, 

family housing, or land acquisition projects at installations closed 

or realigned under BRAC, except under certain conditions. The Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

Section 125 allows the transfer of expired funds to the ‘‘Foreign 

Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’ account. This provision was included in the fiscal year 2007 House passed appropriations bill and is proposed by the Administration in fiscal year 2008. 

Section 126 prohibits the use of funds for any action related to 

the expansion of Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. The Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

Section 127 allows for the reprogramming of construction funds 

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TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 2 ...................................................... $94,349,057,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request 1 ..................................................... 108,860,775,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill 1 .......................................... 108,860,775,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 14,511,718,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1 All funding cited excludes amounts in the Medical Care Collections Fund. 

2Does not reflect American Recovery and Reinvestment Act emergency appropriation of $1,401,000,000 and Filipino Compensation Fund emergency appropriation of $198,000,000. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest Federal 

agencies in terms of employment with an average employment of 

approximately 279,200. The nation has more than 23,400,000 veterans, and 35,800,000 family members of living veterans and survivors of deceased veterans. Thus, close to 59,200,000 people, comprising about 19.4 percent of the total population of the United 

States, are potential recipients of veterans benefits provided by the 

Federal government. The Committee recommends a total of $108,860,775,000 in new 

budget authority for programs in fiscal year 2010, an increase of 

$14,511,718,000 or 15.4 percent above the fiscal year 2009 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. 

The funds recommended provide compensation payments to 

3,502,552 veterans and survivors of deceased veterans with serviceconnected disabilities; pension payments to 490,956 non-serviceconnected disabled veterans, widows and children in need of financial assistance; education training, tuition assistance, and vocational assistance to 679,572 veterans, servicemembers, and reservists, and 84,569 eligible dependents of deceased veterans or seriously disabled veterans; housing credit assistance in the form of 

220,000 guaranteed loans to veterans and servicemembers; administration or supervision of life insurance programs with 6,874,471 

policies for veterans and active duty servicemembers providing coverage of $1,089,229,050,000; inpatient care and treatment of beneficiaries in 153 hospitals, 52 domiciliary residential rehabilitation 

treatment programs (formerly called ‘‘domiciliaries’’), 135 nursing 

homes, and 1,140 outpatient clinics, which includes independent, 

satellite, community-based, and rural outreach clinics involving 

74,496,000 visits; and administration of the National Cemetery Administration for burial of eligible veterans, servicemembers and 

their survivors. 

Minority Business Participation in Contracting and Procurement.—The Committee is pleased that the Department of Veterans 

Affairs is making progress in increasing the percentage of federal 

contract dollars awarded to women and minority-owned businesses 

and for other federal contracting programs for small businesses. 

The increased level of detail that the Department uses to track 

both its technical assistance and outreach programs that assist 

small socially and economically disadvantaged firms and other 

small businesses is encouraging, and should continue as a means 

of both reaching their aspirational goals and general oversight of 

federal contracting funds. The Committee directs the Department 

of Veterans Affairs to provide a report to the Committee detailing 

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assistance and outreach program reviews, report the percentage of 

federal procurement contracts and subcontracts awarded to women 

and minority-owned businesses, and identify how the Department 

of Veterans Affairs plans to increase diversity in federal procurement and contract awards. 

VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $43,111,681,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 47,218,207,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 47,218,207,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 4,106,526,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

This appropriation provides funds for service-connected compensation payments to an estimated 3,502,552 beneficiaries and 

pension payments to another 490,956 beneficiaries with non-service-connected disabilities. The average cost per compensation case 

in 2010 is estimated at $12,247, and pension payments are projected at a unit cost of $8,173. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $47,218,207,000 

for compensation, pension, and burial benefits, an increase of 

$4,106,526,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. 

The appropriation includes authority to transfer funding not to exceed $29,283,000, of which $10,149,000 is for the General Operating Expenses account, $13,998,000 is for the Medical Support 

and Compliance account, and $5,136,000 is for the Information 

Technology Systems account. These funds are for the administrative expenses of implementing cost saving provisions required by 

the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101– 

508, the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992, Public Law 102–568, and 

the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1994, Public Law 103– 

446. These cost saving provisions include verifying pension income 

against Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) data; establishing a match with the SSA to obtain 

verification of Social Security numbers; and the VA pension cap for 

Medicaid-eligible single veterans and surviving spouses alone in 

Medicaid-covered nursing homes. The bill also includes language 

permitting this appropriation to reimburse such sums as may be 

earned to the medical care collections fund to help defray the operating expenses of individual medical facilities for nursing home 

care provided to pensioners. 

READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $3,832,944,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 8,663,624,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 8,663,624,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 4,830,680,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – –

This appropriation finances the education and training of veterans and servicemembers whose initial entry on active duty took 

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All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program. Eligibility to 

receive this assistance began in 1987. Basic benefits are funded 

through appropriations made to the Readjustment Benefits appropriation and transfers from the Department of Defense. Supplemental benefits are also provided to certain veterans through education assistance to certain members of the Selected Reserve and 

are funded through transfers from the Department of Defense. This 

account also includes the cost of education benefits for 

servicemembers whose service took place on or after September 11, 

2001. In addition, certain disabled veterans are provided with vocational rehabilitation, specially adapted housing grants, and automobile grants with approved adaptive equipment. 

This account also finances educational assistance allowances for 

eligible dependents of those veterans who died from service-connected causes or have a total and permanent service-connected disability as well as dependents of servicemembers who were captured 

or missing-in-action. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,663,624,000 for Readjustment Benefits, an increase of $4,830,680,000 above the 

fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

The significant increase in funding for this account is a result of 

implementation of the Post 9/11 GI Bill (chapter 33). 

VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $42,300,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 49,288,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 49,288,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 6,988,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – –

The Veterans Insurance and Indemnities appropriation is made 

up of the former appropriations for military and naval insurance, 

applicable to World War I veterans; national service life insurance 

(NSLI), applicable to certain World War II veterans; servicemen’s 

indemnities, applicable to Korean conflict veterans; and the veterans mortgage life insurance, applicable to individuals who have 

received a grant for specially adapted housing. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $49,288,000 for 

Veterans Insurance and Indemnities, an increase of $6,988,000 

above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same as the budget request. The amount provided will enable the Department to 

transfer funding to the service-disabled veterans insurance fund 

and transfer additional amounts for payments for policies under 

the veterans mortgage life insurance program. These policies are 

identified under the Veterans Insurance and Indemnity appropriation since they provide insurance to service-disabled veterans unable to qualify under basic NSLI. 

VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Program account 

Limitation on direct 

loans for specially 

adapted housing 

loans 

Administrative expenses 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................ $2,000,000 $500,000 $157,210,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ............................................. 23,553,000 500,000 165,082,000 

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Program account 

Limitation on direct 

loans for specially 

adapted housing 

loans 

Administrative expenses 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ....................................... +21,553,000 – – – 7,872,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request .................................... – – – – – – – – – 

The purpose of the home loan guaranty program is to facilitate 

the extension of mortgage credit on favorable terms by private 

lenders to eligible veterans. This appropriation provides for all 

costs, with the exception of the Native American veterans housing 

loan program, of the Department’s direct and guaranteed loans programs. The Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 requires budgetary 

resources to be available prior to incurring a direct loan obligation 

or a loan guaranty commitment. In addition, the bill requires all 

administrative expenses of a direct or guaranteed loan program to 

be funded through a program account. Loan guaranties are made 

to servicemembers, veterans, reservists, and single surviving 

spouses for the purchase of homes, condominiums, and manufactured homes and for refinancing loans. The Department guarantees 

part of the total loan, permitting the purchaser to obtain a mortgage with a competitive interest rate, even without a down payment if the lender agrees. The Department requires that a down 

payment be made for a manufactured home. With a Department 

guaranty, the lender is protected against loss, up to the amount of 

the guaranty, if the borrower fails to repay the loan. 

The Committee recommends such sums as may be necessary 

(currently estimated to total $23,553,000) for funding subsidy payments, $500,000 for the limitation on direct loans for specially 

adapted housing loans, and $165,082,000 for administrative expenses. 

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Program account Limitation on direct 

loans 

Administrative expenses 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................ $61,000 $3,180,000 $320,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ............................................. 29,000 2,298,000 328,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill .................................... 29,000 2,298,000 328,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ....................................... (32,000) (882,000) 8,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request .................................... – – – – – – – – – 

This appropriation covers the funding subsidy cost of direct loans 

for vocational rehabilitation of eligible veterans and, in addition, it 

includes administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct 

loan program. Loans of up to $1,041 (based on indexed chapter 31 

subsistence allowance rate) are available to service-connected disabled veterans enrolled in vocational rehabilitation programs when 

the veteran is temporarily in need of additional assistance. Repayment is made in monthly installments, without interest, through 

deductions from future payments of compensation, pension, subsistence allowance, educational assistance allowance, or retirement 

pay. Most loans are repaid in full in less than one year. The Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 requires budgetary resources to be 

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The Committee recommends $29,000 for funding subsidy pro- gram costs and $328,000 for administrative expenses. The administrative expenses may be transferred to and merged with the General Operating Expenses account. 

In addition, the Committee includes language limiting direct loans to $2,298,000. It is estimated that the Department will make 

2,509 loans in fiscal year 2010, with an average amount of $916. 

NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Administrative expenses: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... $646,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 664,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ..................................... 664,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 18,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, as authorized by title 38 United States Code, chapter 37, subchapter V, provides the Secretary with authority to make direct housing loans to 

Native American veterans for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, or improving dwellings on trust lands. The Committee 

recommends the budget request of $664,000 for administrative expenses of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, 

which may be transferred to and merged with the General Operating Expenses account. 

GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR HOMELESS

VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Public Law 105–368, the Veterans Benefits Enhancement Act of 

1998, established this program. All funds authorized for this program were appropriated in fiscal year 2000. Therefore, no appropriation request has been included for fiscal year 2010. Bill language is included allowing the use of up to a total of $750,000 in 

Medical Support and Compliance and General Operating Expenses 

funds to administer this program. 

VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

The Department operates the largest Federal medical care delivery system in the country, with 153 hospitals, 52 domiciliary residential rehabilitation treatment programs (formerly called ‘domiciliaries’), 135 nursing homes, and 1,140 outpatient clinics which include independent, satellite, community-based, and rural outreach 

clinics. 

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is comprised of four 

accounts: Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, Medical Facilities, and Medical and Prosthetic Research. For these accounts, the Administration has requested total resources of 

$45,077,500,000 in direct appropriations and $2,954,000,000 in 

Medical Care Collections Fund appropriations, to fund the various 

operating programs of the VHA. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $45,077,500,000 

for these four accounts for fiscal year 2010. This is an increase of 

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fers, and the same as the budget request. While the Fiscal Year 

2010 Budget Resolution provided for an advance appropriation for 

the medical services, medical support and compliance, and medical 

facilities accounts, the fiscal year 2010 budget request did not include a request for any fiscal year 2011 amounts. The Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs testified during budget hearings that he would 

‘‘work with Congress to develop a specific advance appropriations 

proposal for the VA Medical Care Program.’’ The Committee commends the Secretary for his support of advance appropriations and 

agrees with his proposal. Therefore, the Committee recommends an 

appropriation of $48,183,000,000 for the medical services, medical 

support and compliance, and medical facilities accounts for fiscal 

year 2011. 

Vet Centers.—The Department is urged to evaluate and report on 

the feasibility of establishing a Vet Center in Chesapeake, VA. 

Blue Ribbon Panel on VA-Medical School Affiliations.—The Committee recognizes the efforts made by the Department to provide 

students at minority health professions schools with opportunities 

to learn and gain experience through its health care system. The 

Committee understands that the Department has established a 

Blue Ribbon Panel on VA Medical School Affiliations to ‘‘advise the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Under Secretary for Health on 

the formation of a comprehensive framework for guiding VA’s affiliations with medical schools and academic medical centers’’. The 

Committee looks forward to learning the recommendations of this 

panel and directs the Under Secretary for Health to provide a report to the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress 

by January 29, 2010 on the panel’s recommendations. 

Vet Centers and Family Counseling.—The Committee believes 

that Vet Centers play an important role in providing communitybased readjustment counseling services to veterans and their families. Therefore, the Committee was pleased to note that the budget 

request includes an additional 28 Vet Centers for fiscal year 2010. 

The Committee remains concerned, however, that more needs to be 

done to provide assistance and counseling to the families of our veterans and Public Law 110–387 clarified that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has the authority to provide these services in such facilities as the Secretary considers necessary. The Committee directs 

the Department to report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

both Houses of Congress than March 23, 2010 on the actions taken 

by the Department to improve access to counseling services for 

families of veterans. 

Rural Health.—While the Committee is pleased that the budget 

request includes additional funding to support the President’s initiative to improve access to medical care for veterans in rural and 

highly rural areas, the Committee is disappointed that the Department will spend so little of the rural health funding provided in the 

fiscal year 2009 appropriation in fiscal year 2009. The Committee 

expects the Department to accelerate efforts to improve rural 

health services. The Committee also urges the Department to address areas of the country with critical health needs where VHA 

services are not currently available through partnership with local 

health care facilities so that all veterans are able to receive quality, 

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VHA National Formulary.—While the Committee acknowledges 

that the Veterans Health Administration is widely recognized for 

providing veterans with an efficient, high quality drug benefit, the 

Committee is concerned that the process for adding pharmaceuticals to the VA national formulary may delay veteran access to 

needed medications. Additionally, the VHA lacks a formal process 

for obtaining patient input on the formulary. The Committee directs the Government Accountability Office to conduct a review of 

the VHA formulary process and report findings to the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress no later than May 

25, 2010. 

Endoscope Use and Reprocessing.—The Committee directs the 

Department to provide a report by July 31, 2009, detailing VHA 

management plans to ensure compliance with relevant directives 

regarding endoscope reprocessing, to explore ways for improving 

the reliability of endoscope reprocessing within the VA and with 

non-VA experts such as the Food and Drug Administration, and to 

review the organizational structure and make any necessary 

changes to implement quality controls and ensure compliance with 

such directives. 

PTSD Call Center.—The VA has announced an intention to implement a nationwide toll-free Call Center staffed 24/7 by combat 

veteran peers to provide support and referral information for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The 

Committee believes the establishment of a national Call Center 

providing PTSD support is vital to the welfare of our nation’s veterans and their families, and that talking to another veteran can 

be important to getting a caller to accept help. Furthermore, the 

Committee believes that the Call Center should be available to 

family members and friends who are seeking assistance for their 

loved ones. The Committee urges the Department to accelerate implementation of the PTSD Call Center and directs the Under Secretary for Health to submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of both Houses of Congress, not later than October 1, 2009, a report 

on actions taken by the Department to establish the Call Center. 

MEDICAL SERVICES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $30,716,003,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 34,704,500,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 34,704,500,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 3,988,497,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................

Fiscal year 2011 advance appropriation .................................... 37,136,000,000 1 Reflects transfer to Information Technology Systems of $253,900,000 approved by the Committee on January 6, 2009. 

This appropriation provides for medical services of eligible veterans and beneficiaries in Department medical centers, outpatient 

clinic facilities, contract hospitals, State homes, and outpatient programs on a fee basis. Hospital and outpatient care is also provided 

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The Committee recommends an appropriation of $34,704,500,000 

for Medical Services for fiscal year 2010, an increase of 

$3,988,497,000 or 13 percent above the fiscal year 2009 current estimate and the same as the budget request. The Committee recommends an advance appropriation for fiscal year 2011 of 

$37,136,000,000, which is the same as the Secretary’s proposal. 

The Committee has included bill language to make available 

through September 30, 2011, up to $1,015,000,000 of the Medical 

Services appropriation for fiscal year 2010. 

Distribution of Budget Increases to Medical Facilities.—The Committee is concerned that recent VERA allocations may not have included budget increases proportionate to the appropriations increases provided to the medical accounts and expects the VHA to 

align these increases more closely in future VERA allocations. 

Substance Abuse Services.—The fiscal year 2009 budget submission did not include substance abuse services as a Select Program. 

In communications with the Department, the Committee was informed that the Department estimated that $583,074,000 would be 

spent on substance abuse services in fiscal year 2009. The fiscal 

year 2010 budget submission now estimates that the Department 

will spend $487,726,000 in fiscal year 2009 and has projected a 

spending increase of less than two percent for this patient population for fiscal year 2010. The Committee is concerned that this 

level of funding is not adequate to allow the facilities to fully implement a uniform addiction and mental health benefit package for all 

veterans as outlined by the VHA strategic plan for Mental Health 

Services. The Committee directs the Under Secretary for Health to 

provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress by August 21, 2009 on the reasons for the dramatic change in the fiscal year 2009 estimate and the justification 

for a budget increase of less than two percent for fiscal year 2010. 

HIV Testing at VA Facilities.—In September 2006, the Centers 

for Disease Control (CDC) released Revised Recommendations for 

HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in 

Health-Care Settings. These new recommendations advised routine 

HIV screening of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women and also 

recommended reducing barriers to HIV testing. Public Law 110– 

387 repealed the limitation on authority for the Department to conduct wide-spread HIV testing so that the Department could adopt 

these recommendations. The Committee directs the Department to 

provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress by January 22, 2010 on its progress to more 

closely align Department policy with CDC recommendations to include any barriers that prevent full implementation of those recommendations. 

Beneficiary Travel.—The Committee is pleased that while Public 

Law 110–387 sets the minimum reimbursement rate for beneficiary 

travel as the mileage reimbursement rate prescribed by the Administrator of General Services (currently 28.5 cents per mile), the Secretary implemented Congressional direction to reimburse at the 

higher rate of 41.5 cents per mile in fiscal year 2009. The Committee also notes that the budget request for fiscal year 2010 supports this rate, even as the deductible has been reduced and frozen 

to the original rates of $3 for a one-way trip, $6 for a round trip, 

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MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $4,450,000,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 5,100,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 4,900,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 450,000,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ (200,000,000) 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................

Fiscal Year 2011 advance appropriation ................................... 5,307,000,000 

The Medical Support and Compliance appropriation funds the expenses of management and administration of the Department’s 

health care system to include financial management, public health 

and environmental hazard, quality and performance management, 

medical inspection, human research oversight, training programs 

and continuing education, security, volunteer operations, and 

human resources. 

The Committee recommends $4,900,000,000 for Medical Support 

and Compliance for fiscal year 2010, an increase of $450,000,000 

above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and a decrease of 

$200,000,000 below the budget request. The Committee recommends an advance appropriation for fiscal year 2011 of 

$5,307,000,000, which is the same as the Secretary’s proposal. The 

Committee has included bill language to make available through 

September 30, 2011, up to $145,000,000 of the Medical Support 

and Compliance appropriation for fiscal year 2010. 

MEDICAL FACILITIES

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level1 ......................................................... $5,029,000,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 4,693,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 4,893,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (136,000,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 200,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................

Fiscal year 2011 advance appropriation .................................... 5,740,000,000 1Does not reflect American Recovery and Reinvestment Act emergency appropriation of $1,000,000,000. 

The Medical Facilities appropriation provides funds for the operation and maintenance of the Department’s health care system’s 

capital infrastructure. Included under this heading are provisions 

for costs associated with utilities, engineering, capital planning, 

leases, laundry, groundskeeping, garbage, housekeeping, facility repair, and property disposition and acquisition. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,893,000,000 

for Medical Facilities for fiscal year 2010, a decrease of 

$136,000,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of $200,000,000 above the budget request. The Committee 

recommends an advance appropriation for fiscal year 2011 of 

$5,740,000,000 which is the same as the Secretary’s proposal. The 

Committee has included bill language to make available through 

September 30, 2011, up to $145,000,000 of the Medical Facilities 

appropriation for fiscal year 2010. 

The increased fiscal year 2010 funding is to be used to address 

non-recurring maintenance issues identified in the Department’s 

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funding, will result in a total of $1,172,205,000 for non-recurring 

maintenance in fiscal year 2010. The additional funding provided 

is to be distributed in a manner not subject to the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation model. 

Chattanooga Community-Based Outpatient Clinic.—The Committee is aware that patient utilization at the Community-Based 

Outpatient Clinic in Chattanooga, TN, grew four percent annually 

between fiscal years 2005 and 2007, and is expected to continue to 

grow. Patient enrollment is projected to increase by five percent by 

2015 in the Chattanooga service area, and there is a clear need to 

expand primary care, subspecialty care, ambulatory surgery and 

pain management, and to support OIF/OEF veterans, women’s 

health, and other special programs. The Department is directed to 

report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress by February 15, 2010 on its plans for a new outpatient facility in Chattanooga. 

Toledo VA Clinic.—The Committee expects, that prior to any approval being given or contract awarded by the Department for construction of a replacement VA clinic facility in Toledo, Ohio, the ongoing needs study mandated by the VA Central Office shall include 

involvement by community stakeholders across the Northwest 

Ohio/Toledo, Ohio service region (including Monroe and Lenawee 

counties in Michigan). Additionally, plans for any new facility being 

constructed to replace the existing space shall demonstrate how its 

power requirements will link to green energy and renewable power 

systems being installed in the vicinity. 

Community-Based Outpatient Clinic.—The Department is urged 

to examine the need for, and report on the feasibility of, a Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Idabel, OK and Hinesville, GA. 

MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $510,000,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 580,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 580,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 70,000,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

This account includes medical, rehabilitative, and health services 

research. Medical research is an important aspect of the Department’s programs, providing complete medical and hospital services 

for veterans. The prosthetic research program is also essential in 

the development and testing of prosthetic, orthopedic, and sensory 

aids for the purpose of improving the care and rehabilitation of eligible disabled veterans, including amputees, paraplegics, and the 

blind. The health services research program provides unique opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the health 

care delivery system. In addition, budgetary resources from a number of areas including appropriations from the medical care accounts, reimbursements from the Department of Defense, grants 

from the National Institutes of Health, private proprietary sources, 

and voluntary organizations provide support for the Department’s 

researchers. 

The Committee recommends $580,000,000 for Medical and Prosthetic Research, an increase of $70,000,000 above the fiscal year 

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Medical Research Items of Interest.—The Committee is encouraged by the substantial budget increase for medical research in the 

fiscal year 2010 budget submission and the initiatives identified for 

additional funding. The Committee urges the Department to continue to increase funding for medical research that will inform and 

improve the delivery of health care for our veterans and further 

urges the Department to consider the support of additional research into the links between diseases and veteran populations 

(such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and certain cancers). The 

Committee also notes that the Department has recently raised the 

funding caps for merit review projects and supports the systemic 

review of award funding levels. Additionally, the Committee 

strongly urges the Department to continue to improve its collaboration with other federal research agencies such as the Department 

of Defense, the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research of the Department of Education, and the National Institutes of Health. 

VA/DOD Reporting and Analysis Data Mart.—Recent studies 

utilizing the data available in the VA/DOD Reporting and Analysis 

Data Mart have proven its value in assisting researchers and leaders to understand the distribution of our veteran population and 

their health care utilization patterns. The Committee directs the 

Department to report to the Appropriations Committees of both 

Houses of Congress by January 8, 2010 on progress to fully populate the VA/DOD Reporting and Analysis Data Mart with records 

of individuals who became veterans starting with the current fiscal 

year and working backwards to at least fiscal year 2000. The Committee urges the Department to partner with the Department of 

Defense to assemble and organize the necessary data files that will 

be shared as well as determine the business rules that govern the 

assembly and use of the data sets. 

MEDICAL CARE COLLECTIONS FUND

The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections 

Fund (MCCF) was established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 

(Public Law 105–33). The Department deposits first-party and 

pharmacy co-payments, third-party insurance payments and enhanced-use collections, long-term care co-payments, Compensated 

Work Therapy Program collections, Compensation and Pension Living Expenses Program collections, and Parking Program fees into 

the MCCF. The Congressional Budget Office estimate of fees that 

will be collected in fiscal year 2010 is $2,954,000,000. 

NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $230,000,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 242,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 250,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 20,000,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 8,000,000 1Does not reflect American Recovery and Reinvestment Act emergency appropriation of $50,000,000. 

The National Cemetery Administration was established in accordance with Public Law 93–43, the National Cemeteries Act of 

1973. It has a fourfold mission: to provide for the interment of, in 

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eligible deceased servicemembers and discharged veterans, together 

with their spouses and certain dependents, and to permanently 

maintain their graves; to provide headstones for, and to mark 

graves of eligible persons in national, State, and private cemeteries; to administer the grant program for aid to States in establishing, expanding, or improving State veterans’ cemeteries; and to 

administer the Presidential Memorial Certificate Program. This appropriation will provide for the operation and maintenance of 164 

cemeterial installations in 39 States, the District of Columbia, and 

Puerto Rico. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $250,000,000 for the National Cemetery Administration, an increase of $20,000,000 

above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of 

$8,000,000 above the budget request. The additional funding is for 

the National shrine commitment program, an initiative to improve 

the overall appearance and condition of cemeteries as identified in 

the study on veterans cemeteries which was submitted to the Congress in 2002. 

Chattanooga National Cemetery.—The Committee recognizes the 

efforts of the Chattanooga National Cemetery to identify additional 

gravesites within existing boundaries to remain open until 2025, 

but it will eventually reach capacity. The Committee directs the 

Department to report by January 29, 2010 on plans to expand the 

Chattanooga National Cemetery. 

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 2 ...................................................... $1,797,067,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 2,218,500,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 2,083,700,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 286,633,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ (134,800,000) 1 Reflects transfer to Information Technology Systems of $4,800,000 approved by the Committee on January 6, 2009. 2Does not reflect American Recovery and Reinvestment Act emergency appropriation of $150,000,000. 

The General Operating Expenses appropriation provides for the 

administration of non-medical veterans benefits through the Veterans Benefits Administration and departmental management and 

support. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,083,700,000 for General Operating Expenses, an increase of $286,663,000 above 

the fiscal year 2009 current estimate and a decrease of 

$134,800,000 below the budget request. The amount provided includes $1,690,200,000 for the Veterans Benefits Administration. 

The Committee recommendation reverses the proposal contained 

in the budget request which would have shifted the cost of disability compensation exams from the Compensation and Pensions 

account to this account. In order for that shift to occur, existing legislation must be changed and no legislative proposal to accomplish 

that change has been submitted to the Congress. The Committee’s 

recommendation will result in a continuation of the status quo. 

The Committee recommendation endorses the budget proposal to 

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The Committee recommendation endorses the Public and Intergovernmental Affairs’ budget request which includes $6,500,000 to 

organize, promote, and facilitate adaptive sports and paralympic 

events for disabled veterans and service members. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 2 ...................................................... $2,748,091,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 3,307,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 3,307,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 558,909,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1 Reflects transfer of $258,700,000 from Medical Services and General Operating Expenses approved by the 

Committee on January 6, 2009. 2Does not reflect American Recovery and Reinvestment Act emergency appropriation of $50,000,000. 

The Information Technology Systems account was established in 

P.L. 109–114. The account previously encompassed the entire nonpay information technology portfolio for the Department of Veterans Affairs, including all automation efforts in all administrations. Starting in fiscal year 2007, and reflected for the first time 

in the budget request for fiscal year 2008, this account also included pay and associated costs for information technology staff. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,307,000,000 for Information Technology Systems, an increase of $558,909,000 

above the fiscal year 2009 current estimate, and the same as the 

budget request. 

The Committee has included bill language requiring the Department to submit an expenditure plan for the total amount provided, 

not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. In addition, an 

administrative provision is included in the bill which allows for the 

reprogramming of funds in this account between projects upon 

prior notification to, and approval by, the Committee. 

The Denver VA Medical Center is the tertiary cardiac care center 

for veterans for the five rural states in VISN 19 and one of the Department’s cardiac catheterization laboratory data repositories. Because of distance and capacity issues, the Denver VA Medical Center is dependent on the private sector for veterans’ cardiac health 

care in VISN 19, but there is no mechanism in place for sharing 

critical clinical data within these rural areas in a secure and timely 

manner. The Committee urges the Department to consider proposals for pilot projects in VISN 19 that would demonstrate the 

bidirectional sharing of cardiac data between the Denver VA Medical Center and private sector hospitals. 

Automated System for the Electronic Preparation of Veterans Disability Claims.—The processes involved with submitting disability 

compensation and pension claims with the Department is one of 

the most challenging obstacles to the timely and accurate receipt 

of veterans benefits. While the Department has made progress in 

deploying electronic records for veterans, further advances in technology may enable automation of even the most complicated of 

claims administration. For instance, commercial products have 

automated the filing of taxes and receipt of state and federal returns. Such user-friendly technology may be adaptable for the administration of claims processing while also supporting the transition to electronic records. The Committee encourages the Department to explore such technologies and report by January 29, 2010, 

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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $87,818,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 107,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 107,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 19,182,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1Does not reflect American Recovery and Reinvestment Act emergency appropriation of $1,000,000. 

The Office of Inspector General was established by the Inspector 

General Act of 1978 and is responsible for the audit, investigation, 

and inspection of all Department of Veterans Affairs programs and 

operations. The overall operational objective is to focus available 

resources on areas which would help improve services to veterans 

and their beneficiaries, assist managers of Department programs to 

operate economically in accomplishing program goals, and to prevent and deter recurring and potential fraud, waste, and inefficiencies. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $107,000,000 for 

the Office of Inspector General, an increase of $19,182,000 above 

the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee recommendation endorses the oversight efforts 

the Office of Inspector General proposes in the areas of financial 

audit as well as oversight of information technology and medical 

programs. 

The VA Office of Inspector General Report Implementation of the 

VHA’s Uniform Mental Health Services Handbook states that the 

VHA’s Handbook 1160.01, Uniform Mental Health Services in VA 

Medical Centers and Clinics translates the mental health strategic 

plan into an ‘‘operational, point of service, programmatic package 

of approximately 400 mental health services provided or available 

to eligible veterans at VA medical centers and community-based 

outpatient clinics (CBOCs) of varying size’’. While the report indicates that implementation of the program is ongoing, more needs 

to be done to ensure that a uniform mental health benefit package 

is provided to all veterans. The Committee directs the Office of Inspector General to conduct a review of the Department’s continued 

progress to include an assessment of the metrics developed to ensure implementation of requirements, an assessment of the system 

developed to track use of evidence-based PTSD therapies, a determination of whether the Department has sufficient inpatient capability available for substance abuse treatment, and identification of 

any barriers to full implementation. 

CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $923,382,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 1,194,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 1,194,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 270,618,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Construction, Major Projects appropriation provides for constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities 

under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

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assessments, and site acquisition where the estimated cost of a 

project is $10,000,000 or more. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,194,000,000 for Construction, Major Projects, an increase of $270,618,000 above 

the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same as the budget request. The Committee has retained bill language incorporating the 

construction, major projects specified in this report into the text of 

the bill by reference. 

Construction Oversight.—The Committee is concerned about the 

rising cost of major medical facility construction projects as well as 

the prolonged time it takes to award contracts for design and construction. For example, the original estimate and authorization for 

the Orlando medical facility was $377,700,000 while the current estimated cost is $665,400,000, an increase of 76 percent. And the 

Denver medical facility was originally estimated at $646,000,000 

while the current estimate is $800,000,000, a growth of 24 percent 

in less than two years. While individual project costs skyrocket, the 

Department is woefully slow in obligating funds that have been appropriated. Between fiscal years 2005 and 2008 the Congress provided the Department with $4.4 billion for construction and the Department has only obligated $1.9 billion. Both the increases in individual project costs and the slow rates of obligation indicate that 

this is an area for urgent management attention. In order to improve oversight of these activities, the Committee directs the Department to report obligations for each project on a quarterly basis, 

with the first report to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress to be submitted no later than January 15, 2010 

to reflect obligations incurred through December 31, 2009. 

The specific amounts recommended by the Committee are as follows: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Location Description 2010 request Committee recommendation 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA): 

Denver, CO ..................................... New Medical Facility ............................. 119,000 119,000 

Orlando, FL .................................... New Medical Facility ............................. 371,300 371,300 

San Juan, PR ................................. Seismic Corrections ............................... 42,000 42,000 

St. Louis, (JB), MO ........................ Med Fac. Improvements & Cemetery 

Expansion.

19,700 19,700 

Bay Pines, FL ................................. Inpatient/Outpatient Improve ................ 96,800 96,800 

Livermore, CA ................................ Design and Land Purchase ................... 55,430 55,430 

Canandaigua, NY .......................... Construction and Renovation (Design) 36,580 36,580 

San Diego, CA ............................... Seismic Corrections (Design) ................ 18,340 18,340 

Long Beach, CA ............................. Seismic Corrections (Design) ................ 24,200 24,200 

St. Louis, (JC), MO ........................ Replace Bed Tower/Clinic Expansion 

(Design).

43,340 43,340 

Brockton, MA ................................. Long-term Care Spinal Cord Injury Unit 

(Design).

24,040 24,040 

Perry Point, MD .............................. Replacement Community Living Center 

(Design).

9,000 9,000 

Advance Planning Fund ................ ................................................................ 123,560 123,560 

Facility Security Projects ............... ................................................................ 42,510 42,510 

BRAC Land Acquisition ................. ................................................................ 35,000 35,000 

Judgment Fund .............................. ................................................................ 16,000 16,000 

Total VHA .................................. ................................................................ 1,076,800 1,076,800 

National Cemetery Administration 

(NCA): 

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[In thousands of dollars] 

Location Description 2010 request Committee recommendation 

Houston National Cemetery ........... Gravesite Expansion and Cemetery Improvements.35,000 35,000 

Advance Planning Fund ................ ................................................................ 13,400 13,400 

NCA Land Acquisition Fund .......... ................................................................ 25,500 25,500 

Total NCA .................................. ................................................................ 112,200 112,200 

General Administration Staff Offices Advance Planning Fund................................................................. 5,000 5,000 

Major construction total ........... ................................................................ 1,194,000 1,194,000 

CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $741,534,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 600,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 726,800,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (14,734,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 126,800,000 

The Construction, Minor Projects appropriation provides for constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities 

under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department, including 

planning, assessment of needs, architectural and engineering services, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is 

less than $10,000,000. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $726,800,000 for Construction, Minor Projects, a decrease of $14,734,000 below the 

fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase of $126,800,000 

above the budget request. The Committee recommendation includes $65,000,000 for the National Cemetery Administration, $16,907,000 for the Veterans Benefits Administration, $25,175,000 for General Administration— 

Staff offices, and $619,718,000 for Veterans Health Administration. 

The Committee directs the Department to provide an expenditure 

plan for the funding within 30 days of enactment of this Act. 

GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $175,000,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 85,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 85,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (90,000,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 1Does not reflect American Recovery and Reinvestment Act emergency appropriation of $150,000,000. 

This program provides grants to assist States to construct State 

home facilities, for furnishing domiciliary or nursing home care to 

veterans, and to expand, remodel or alter existing buildings for furnishing domiciliary, nursing home or hospital care to veterans in 

State homes. A grant may not exceed 65 percent of the total cost 

of the project. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $85,000,000 for 

Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities, a decrease of $90,000,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and 

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cost of the grants, have requested deferral of projects due to a lack 

of State funding. Until this situation improves, increasing allocations of funding to this account would not be the best use of resources. 

The Department is urged to examine the need for, and report on 

the feasibility of, a nursing home to care for veterans in Montgomery County, TN. 

GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $42,000,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 42,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 42,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... – – – 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

This program provides grants to assist States with the establishment, expansion, and improvement of State veterans cemeteries 

which are operated and permanently maintained by the States. 

Grants under this program fund up to 100 percent of construction 

costs and the initial equipment expenses when the cemetery is established. The States remain responsible for providing the land and 

for paying all costs related to the operation and maintenance of the 

State cemeteries, including the costs for subsequent equipment 

purchases. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $42,000,000 for 

Grants for Construction of State Veterans Cemeteries, the same as 

the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The bill includes 22 provisions that were included in the fiscal 

year 2009 enacted appropriations bill and two new provisions proposed by the Department. The administrative provisions included 

in the bill are as follows: 

Section 201 allows for the transfer of funds among three mandatory appropriations. The Administration proposed to modify this 

provision. 

Section 202 allows the Department to transfer funding among 

the three medical appropriations accounts in fiscal year 2010. The 

Administration proposed to modify this provision. 

Section 203 allows for salaries and expenses funds to be used for 

hire of passenger vehicles, lease of facilities or land, and purchase 

of uniforms. 

Section 204 provides that only funding in the ‘‘Construction, 

major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ accounts can be 

used for the purchase of any site for any new hospital or home or 

to construct any new hospital or home. 

Section 205 requires the Department to be reimbursed for medical services it provides to any person not defined as a beneficiary 

to ensure the Department is receiving payment for all medical 

services provided. 

Section 206 allows for the use of funds appropriated in fiscal year 

2010 for ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 

and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ for payment of accrued 

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Section 207 allows for the use of fiscal year 2010 funds to pay 

prior year obligations resulting from implementation of sections 

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

Section 208 allows the Department to use surplus earnings from 

the National service life insurance, U.S. Government life insurance, 

and veterans special life insurance program to administer these 

programs. 

Section 209 allows the Department to cover the administrative 

expenses of structuring enhanced-use leasing proposals and provides authority to obligate these reimbursements in the year funds 

are received. 

Section 210 limits the amount of reimbursement the Office of 

Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication can charge other offices and accounts 

of the Department for services provided. 

Section 211 requires the Secretary to submit a report to the 

Committees on Appropriations to approve new leases of real property more than $1,000,000. The Administration proposed to modify 

this provision. 

Section 212 requires the Department to collect current, accurate 

third-party reimbursement information for the purposes of thirdparty insurance collections. If persons receiving care or medical 

services do not disclose this information, the Department is allowed 

to bill them reasonable charges for services provided. 

Section 213 allows the Department to use enhanced-use leasing 

funds for construction and alterations for medical facilities. 

Section 214 allows the Department to use the ‘‘Medical services’’ 

appropriation for expenses related to the broader mission of medical care to veterans. 

Section 215 allows the Department to transfer Medical Care Collections to the ‘‘Medical services’’ appropriation to be used for veterans medical care. 

Section 216 allows veterans who reside in Alaska to obtain medical services from medical facilities supported by the Indian Health 

Services or tribal organizations, and provides for reimbursement 

for those services from the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Section 217 allows the Department to transfer the proceeds received from the transfer of real property deposited into the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund (CAF) to the major 

and minor construction appropriations. 

Section 218 prohibits the expenditure of any funds available to 

the Department for implementation of a national standardized contract for diabetes monitoring systems. The Administration proposed 

to delete this provision. 

Section 219 provides that no funds may be used to prohibit Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) from conducting outreach or marketing programs. The Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

Section 220 requires the Secretary to submit quarterly reports on 

the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration. 

Section 221 requires the Department to notify and receive approval from the Committee of any proposed transfer of funding to 

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Section 222 requires the Department to notify and receive approval from the Committee of any proposed transfer of funding in 

excess of $1,000,000 between information technology system 

projects. The Administration proposed to modify this provision, including a threshold of $5,000,000 for such transfers. 

Section 223 amends section 1925 of title 38, United States Code 

to reflect the movement of information technology functions out of 

the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account and into the ‘‘Information technology systems’’ account. 

Section 224 amends section 1922 of title 38, United States Code 

to reflect the movement of information technology functions out of 

the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account and into the ‘‘Information technology systems’’ account. 

TITLE III 

RELATED AGENCIES 

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $59,470,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 60,300,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 61,800,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 2,330,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 1,500,000 

The American Battle Monuments Commission is responsible for 

the administration, operation and maintenance of cemetery and 

war memorials to commemorate the achievements and sacrifices of 

the American Armed Forces where they have served since April 6, 

1917. In performing these functions, the Commission maintains 24 

permanent American military cemetery memorials and 31 monuments, memorials, markers, and offices in 15 foreign countries, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the British 

dependency of Gibraltar. In addition, six memorials are located in 

the United States: the East Coast Memorial in New York; the West 

Coast Memorial, The Presidio in San Francisco; the Honolulu Memorial in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii; and the American Expeditionary Forces Memorial, 

the World War II, and Korean War Veterans Memorials in Washington, DC. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $61,800,000 for 

the American Battle Monuments Commission’s salaries and expenses account. This is an increase of $2,330,000 above the fiscal 

year 2009 enacted level and an increase of $1,500,000 above the 

budget request. The increase above the budget request is to be used 

to accomplish non-recurring projects and equipment replacement. 

Language is included allowing up to $7,500 to be used for official 

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FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $17,100,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request est. ................................................ 17,100,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill est. ..................................... 17,100,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... – – – 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Commission’s Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account is authorized pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 2109 to pay the costs of salaries and 

expenses that exceed the amount appropriated for salaries and expenses because of fluctuations in currency exchange rates of foreign 

countries occurring after a budget request for the Commission is 

submitted to the Congress. The account may not be used for any 

other purpose. 

The Committee recommendation includes bill language as proposed which makes ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’ available to 

the Commission to cover unanticipated foreign currency fluctuations. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $30,975,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 27,115,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 27,115,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... (3,860,000) 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Veterans’ Judicial Review Act established the U.S. Court of 

Appeals for Veterans Claims. The Court reviews appeals from 

claimants seeking review of a benefit denial. The Court has the authority to overturn findings of fact, regulations, and interpretations 

of law. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,115,000 for 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, a decrease of 

$3,860,000 below the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. Of the amount provided, $1,820,000 is to be 

used for the pro bono representation program. 

The Committee notes that the fiscal year 2009 appropriation in- cluded a one-time appropriation of $7,000,000 for advance planning 

and design associated with future construction of a Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center. Continuation of this expense is not required, resulting in a decrease in appropriations for fiscal year 

2010. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $36,730,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 37,200,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 42,500,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 5,770,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ 5,300,000 

The Secretary of the Army is responsible for the administration, 

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the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery. In addition to 

its principal function as a national cemetery, Arlington is the site 

of approximately 3,100 non-funeral ceremonies each year and has 

approximately 4,000,000 visitors annually. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $42,500,000 for 

Cemeterial Expenses, Army, salaries and expenses, an increase of 

$5,770,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and an increase 

of $5,300,000 above the budget request. The increase in funding is 

to be used for relocation of power and telephone lines into duct 

banks along and under the roadways. This project will provide additional space for approximately eight to ten thousand additional 

gravesites. 

The Committee recommendation includes a provision of bill language which prohibits the use of any funding for the construction 

of a perimeter wall at Arlington National Cemetery. 

ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $54,985,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 62,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 62,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 7,015,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) consists of two retirement communities, one in Washington, D.C. and the other in 

Gulfport, Mississippi. The Washington, D.C. facility was established in 1851 as a soldiers’ home for elderly and disabled veterans. 

The original home for Navy officers, sailors, and Marines was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1811, and was relocated 

to Gulfport, Mississippi almost a century and a half later. 

The Committee recommendation provides authority to expend 

$62,000,000 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund 

to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 

Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. The amount recommended is 

$7,015,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and equal to 

the budget request. 

CAPITAL PROGRAM

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ........................................................... $8,025,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ....................................................... 72,000,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 72,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2009 enacted level ................................................... 63,975,000 

Fiscal year 2010 budget request ................................................ – – – 

The Committee recommendation provides authority to expend 

$72,000,000 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund 

for construction and renovations. The amount recommended is 

$63,975,000 above the fiscal year 2009 enacted level and equal to 

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TITLE IV 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

The bill includes eight provisions that were included in the fiscal 

year 2009 enacted appropriations bill as follows: 

Section 401 prohibits the obligation of funds beyond the current 

fiscal year unless expressly so provided. 

Section 402 requires pay raises to be absorbed within the levels 

appropriated in the bill. 

Section 403 prohibits the use of funds for programs, projects or 

activities not in compliance with Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, or unfunded 

mandates. 

Section 404 prohibits the use of funds to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. 

Section 405 encourages all departments and agencies funded in 

this Act to expand the use of E-Commerce technologies and procedures. 

Section 406 limits funds from being transferred from this appropriations measure to any instrumentality of the United States Government without authority from an appropriation Act. The Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

Section 407 specifies the congressional committees that are to receive all reports and notifications. 

Section 408 prohibits any funds in this Act to be used for a 

project or program named for an individual serving as a Member, 

Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United States Congress. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT REQUIREMENTS

The following items are included in accordance with various requirements of the rules of the House of Representatives. 

CHANGES IN APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the following statements are submitted 

describing the effect of provisions in the accompanying bill that directly or indirectly change the application of existing law. 

Language is included in various parts of the bill to continue ongoing activities that require annual authorization or additional legislation, which to date have not been enacted. 

Language is included in various parts of the bill to place limitations on the use of funds in the bill or change existing limitations 

and which might, under some circumstances, be construed as 

changing the application of existing law. 

Language is included in various parts of the bill to allow the Secretary of Defense to exceed certain limitations upon notification to 

the Committee. 

Language is included in various parts of the bill to allow funding 

to be used for official reception and representation expenses. 

Language is included in various parts of the bill to enable various appropriations to remain available for more than one year for 

some programs for which the basic authority legislation does not 

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Language is included in various parts of the bill to permit the 

transfer of funds to other accounts in the bill. 

Language is included in various parts of the bill to allow funds 

to be used for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit payments for costplus-a-fixed-fee contract under certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to allow advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation under 

certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit the use of fund to 

begin construction of new bases without specific appropriations. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit the use of funds 

for purchase of land or land easements under certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit the use of funds 

for land acquisition, site preparation, and utility installation unless 

funds have been made available in annual appropriations Acts. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit the use of minor 

construction funds to transfer an activity between installations 

without prior notification. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit the use of funds 

for the procurement of steel for any activity if American steel producers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such steel 

procurements. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit the use of funds 

to pay real property taxes in any foreign nation. 

Language is included under Title I to limit the use of funds for 

architect and engineer contracts under certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to limit the use of funds for 

awarding contracts to foreign contractors under certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to require the Department of 

Defense to notify the appropriate committees of Congress of any 

proposed military exercises under certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to limit funding obligations 

in the last two months of the fiscal year to 20 percent. 

Language is included under Title I to allow prior year construction funding to be available for current year projects. 

Language is included under Title I to allow payment for the cost 

associated with supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and 

design on family housing or military construction projects that are 

being completed with expired or lapsed funds. 

Language is included under Title I to allow funds to be expended 

on military construction projects for four fiscal years after enactment under certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to allow for the transfer of 

BRAC proceeds to the BRAC account. 

Language is included under Title I to allow construction funds to 

be transferred to Housing Improvement Funds. 

Language is included under Title I to require the various military departments to submit prior notice to the Committee of solicitation for contracts with the private sector for military family housing under certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to allow for the transfer of 

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Language is included under Title I to limit funds for the operation and maintenance of family housing to those provided in this 

appropriation with exceptions under certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to allow funds in the Ford Island Improvement Account to be available until expended for certain purposes. 

Language is included under Title I to limit funds for realignment 

of installations under certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to allow for the transfer of expired funding to the Foreign Currency Fluctuation Account under 

certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit the use of funds 

to expand Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site. 

Language is included under Title I to allow funds to be transferred among projects or activities within the account under certain 

circumstances. 

Language is included under Title II to require that the Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs establish a priority for treatment of veterans 

who are service-connected disabled, lower income, or have special 

needs. 

Language is included under Title II to require that the Secretary 

of Veterans Affairs give priority funding of basic medical benefits 

to priority groups 1 through 6. 

Language is included under Title II to allow the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to dispense prescription drugs from VHA facilities to 

enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions. 

Language is included under Title II to allocate a portion of nonrecurring maintenance funds outside the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation. 

Language is included under Title II providing for the reimbursement to the Department of Defense for the costs of overseas employee mail. 

Language is included under Title II to require approval of a 

transfer between projects of the information technology systems account. 

Language is included under Title II establishing time limitations 

and reporting requirements concerning the obligation of major construction funds, limiting the use of funds, and allowing the use of 

funds for program costs. 

Language is included under Title II to allow minor construction 

funds to be used to repair non-medical facilities damaged by natural disaster or catastrophe. 

Language is included under Title II permitting transfers between 

mandatory and discretionary accounts, limiting and providing for 

the use of certain funds, funding administrative expenses associated with life insurance programs from excess program revenues, 

allowing reimbursement from enhanced-use leases and for certain 

services, requiring notification of new lease agreements, requiring 

disclosure of insurance and income information, allowing a recovery 

audit collection program, prohibiting the use of funds for instituting a new standard for glucose monitoring systems, allowing 

veterans in the state of Alaska to use Indian Health Service facilities under certain conditions, allowing medical services funds for 

recreational and funeral expenses, and limiting the obligation of 


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non-recurring maintenance funds during the last two months of the 

fiscal year. 

Language is included under the Court of Appeals for Veterans 

Claims, Salaries and Expenses, to permit the use of funds for a pro 

bono program. 

Language is included under Cemeterial Expenses, Army, Salaries 

and Expenses, to permit the use of funds for parking maintenance 

and repairs. 

Language is included under Title IV to require sums necessary 

for pay raises to be absorbed within levels appropriated. 

Language is included under Title IV to limit the use of funds for 

federal entities when they are not in compliance with federal law 

relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property 

rights, or unfunded mandates. 

Language is included under Title IV to limit the use of funds for 

publicity or propaganda designed to support or defeat legislation 

pending before Congress. 

Language is included under Title IV to prohibit the transfer of 

any funds except pursuant to authority provided in appropriations 

Acts. 

Language is included under Title IV to prohibit the use of funds 

for a project or program named for a serving Member of the United 

States Congress. 

APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the following table lists the appropriations in the accompanying bill which are not authorized by law for 

the period concerned: 

[Dollars in thousands] 

Agency/program Last year of authorization 

Authorization 

level 

Appropriations in 

last year of authorization 

Appropriations in 

this bill 

Military Construction, Army ............................................ 2009 5,060,698 4,872,648 4,554,906 

Military Construction, Navy ............................................ 2009 3,340,169 3,613,369 3,757,330 

Military Construction, Air Force ..................................... 2009 1,117,746 1,297,746 1,833,671 

Military Construction, Defense-Wide .............................. 2009 1,584,469 3,145,204 2,743,526 

Military Construction, Army National Guard .................. 2009 736,317 933,317 529,129 

Military Construction, Air National Guard ..................... 2009 242,924 320,924 226,126 

Military Construction, Army Reserve .............................. 2009 282,607 282,607 432,516 

Military Construction, Navy Reserve .............................. 2009 57,045 57,045 125,874 

Military Construction, Air Force Reserve ....................... 2009 36,958 36,958 103,169 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 

Program ..................................................................... 2009 230,867 230,867 234,914 

Family Housing Construction, Army ............................... 2009 646,580 681,087 273,236 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army ...... 2009 716,110 720,042 523,418 

Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps 2009 380,123 380,123 146,569 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and 

Marine Corps ............................................................. 2009 376,062 376,062 368,540 

Family Housing Construction, Air Force ........................ 2009 395,879 475,979 66,101 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force 2009 594,465 610,926 502,936 

Family Housing Construction, Defense-Wide ................. 2007 8,808 9,000 2,859 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, DefenseWide ........................................................................... 2009 49,231 49,231 49,214 

Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 

Fund ........................................................................... 2009 850 850 2,600 

Homeowners Assistance Program .................................. 2009 4,500 559,500 23,225 

Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-Wide 2009 144,278 144,278 146,541 

Base Realignment and Closure, 1990 ........................... 2009 458,377 458,377 536,768 

Base Realignment and Closure, 2005 ........................... 2009 9,065,386 8,765,613 7,479,498 


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[Dollars in thousands] 

Agency/program Last year of authorization 

Authorization 

level 

Appropriations in 

last year of authorization 

Appropriations in 

this bill 

Department of Veteran Affairs, Construction, Major 

Projects ...................................................................... 2008 - 22,430 116,500 

TRANSFER OF FUNDS

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the following statements are submitted describing the transfer of funds provided in the accompanying bill. 

Language is included to allow Military Construction, DefenseWide funds to be transferred to other military construction and 

family housing appropriations to be merged with and available for 

the same purpose and same time period. 

Language is included to allow BRAC proceeds to be transferred 

to the BRAC account to be merged with and available for the same 

purpose and same time period. 

Language is included to allow for the transfer of funds from 

Family Housing, Construction accounts to the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund and funds from Military 

Construction accounts to the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund. 

Language is included to provide transfer authority to the Homeowners Assistance Program. 

Language is included to allow the transfer of expired funds to the 

‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’ account. 

Language is included to transfer not to exceed $29,283,000 from 

Compensation and Pensions to General Operating Expenses and 

Medical Services. These funds are for the administrative costs of 

implementing cost-savings proposals required by the Omnibus 

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Veterans’ Benefits Act 

of 1992. Language is also included permitting necessary sums to be 

transferred to the medical facilities revolving fund to augment 

funding of medical centers for nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized by the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992. 

Language is included to transfer $328,000 to the Department of 

Veterans Affairs General Operating Expenses appropriation pursuant to the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 from the Vocational 

Rehabilitation Loans Program Account. 

Language is included under the Department of Veterans affairs 

that would transfer no less than $15,000,000 for the DoD/VA 

Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund as authorized by section 

8111(d) of title 38, United States Code. 

Language is included to provide authority for the Department of 

Veterans Affairs for any funds appropriated in 2010 for Compensation and Pensions, Readjustment Benefits, and Veterans Insurance 

and Indemnities to be transferred among those three accounts. 

Language is included to transfer funds among the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts. 

Language is included to permit the funds from three life insurance funds to be transferred to General Operating Expenses for the 

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Language is included to permit up to $38,544,000 to be transferred to General Operating Expenses from any funds appropriated 

in fiscal year 2010 to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication for services provided. 

Language is included to transfer certain funds derived from enhanced-use leasing activities to the Construction, Major Projects 

and Construction, Minor Projects accounts. 

Language is included to transfer funds from the Medical Care 

Collections Fund to Medical Services. 

Language is included to allow the transfer of funds from the Capital Asset Fund to the Construction, Major Projects and Construction, Minor Projects accounts. 

Language is included to allow the transfer of funds from various 

accounts to the Information Technology Systems account. 

RESCISSIONS

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the following table lists the rescissions in the 

accompanying bill: 

Department/activity 

Amounts rec- ommended for rescis- sion 

Department of Defense, Military Construction, Army .................................................................................... 59,500,000 

Department of Defense, Military Construction, Defense-Wide ....................................................................... 25,800,000 

CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations bases its authority to report this legislation from clause 7 of section 9 of article 

I of the U.S. Constitution which states: 

No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence 

of Appropriations made by law * * * 

COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974, the following table compares the levels of new 

budget authority provided in the bill with the appropriate allocation under section 302(b) of the Budget Act. 

[In millions of dollars] 

302(b) allocation This bill 

Budget authority Outlays Budget authority Outlays 

Discretionary ........................... 76,506 77,516 77,905 77,659 

Mandatory ............................... 50,735 50,533 50,735 50,533 

FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF OUTLAYS

Pursuant to section 308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, the following table contains five-year projections prepared 


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by the Congressional Budget Office of outlays associated with the 

budget authority provided in the accompanying bill: 

Millions 

Budget Authority ................................................................................... 128,640 

Outlays: 

2010 ................................................................................................. 101,790 

2011 ................................................................................................. 15,879 

2012 ................................................................................................. 8,042 

2013 ................................................................................................. 3,192 

2014 ................................................................................................. 1,879 

ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Pursuant to section 308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, the amount of financial assistance to State and local governments is as follows: 

Millions 

Budget Authority ................................................................................... 880 

Fiscal Year 2010 outlays resulting therefrom ..................................... 658 

STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the following is a statement of general performance goals and objectives for which this measure authorizes funding: 

The Committee on Appropriations considers program performance, including a program’s success in developing and attaining 

outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing funding recommendations. 

COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(e) (RAMSEYER RULE) 

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

CHAPTER 19 OF TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE 

CHAPTER 19—INSURANCE 

* * * * * * * 

SUBCHAPTER I—NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE 

* * * * * * * 

§ 1922. Service disabled veterans’ insurance 

(a) Any person who is released from active military, naval, or air 

service, under other than dishonorable conditions on or after April 

25, 1951, and is found by the Secretary to be suffering from a disability or disabilities for which compensation would be payable if 

10 per centum or more in degree and except for which such person 

would be insurable according to the standards of good health established by the Secretary, shall, upon application in writing made 

within two years from the date service-connection of such disability 

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States against the death of such person occurring while such insurance is in force. If such a person is shown by evidence satisfactory 

to the Secretary to have been mentally incompetent during any 

part of the two-year period, application for insurance under this 

section may be filed within two years after a guardian is appointed 

or within two years after the removal of such disability as determined by the Secretary, whichever is the earlier date. If the guardian was appointed or the removal of the disability occurred before 

January 1, 1959, application for insurance under this section may 

be made within two years after that date. Insurance granted under 

this section shall be issued upon the same terms and conditions as 

are contained in the standard policies of National Service Life Insurance except (1) the premium rates for such insurance shall be 

based on the Commissioners 1941 Standard Ordinary Table of Mortality and interest at the rate of 2 1/4 per centum per annum; (2) 

all cash, loan, paid-up, and extended values shall be based upon 

the Commissioners 1941 Standard Ordinary Table of Mortality and 

interest at the rate of 2 1/4 per centum per annum; (3) all settlements on policies involving annuities shall be calculated on the 

basis of The Annuity Table for 1949, and interest at the rate of 2 

1/4 per centum per annum; (4) insurance granted under this section shall be on a nonparticipating basis and all premiums and 

other collections therefor shall be credited directly to a revolving 

fund in the Treasury of the United States, and any payments on 

such insurance shall be made directly from such fund; and (5) øadministrative costs to the Government for the costs of¿ administrative support financed by the appropriations for ‘‘General Operating 

Expenses, Department of Veterans Affairs’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems, Department of Veterans Affairs’’ for the program of 

insurance under this section shall be paid from premiums credited 

to the fund under paragraph (4), and payments for claims against 

the fund under paragraph (4) for amounts in excess of amounts 

credited to such fund under that paragraph (after such administrative costs have been paid) shall be paid from appropriations to the 

fund. Appropriations to such fund are hereby authorized. As to insurance issued under this section, waiver of premiums pursuant to 

section 602(n) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940 

and section 1912 of this title shall not be denied on the ground that 

the service-connected disability became total before the effective 

date of such insurance. 

* * * * * * * 

§ 1925. Limited period for acquiring insurance 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(d)(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1982 of this title, 

the Secretary shall, from time to time, determine the administrative costs to the Government which in the Secretary’s judgment are 

properly allocable to insurance issued under this section and any 

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the Department to the øappropriation ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Department of Veterans Affairs’’¿ appropriations for ‘‘General Operating Expenses and Information Technology Systems, Department of Veterans Affairs’’, and the remainder of such cost to the 

general fund receipts in the Treasury. The initial administrative 

costs of issuing insurance under this section and any total disability income provision attached thereto shall be so transferred 

over such period of time as the Secretary determines to be reasonable and practicable. 

* * * * * * * 

FULL COMMITTEE VOTES 

Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House 

of Representatives, the results of each roll call vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, together with the names of those 

voting for and those voting against, are required to be included in 

the Committee report. No roll call votes were ordered on an amendment to, or the motion to report, this bill. 

DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY 

DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS 

The following table is submitted in compliance with clause 9 of 

rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this report. Neither 

the bill nor the report contain any limited tax benefits or limited 

tariff benefits as defined in paragraphs (f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule 

XXI. 

This bill contains $852 million in grant funding awarded solely 

at the discretion of the Administration, and $13.6 billion in funding 

requested by the President for specific projects. In addition to placing a one year moratorium on earmarks in appropriations bills enacted in 2007 so that new rules could be put in place, the Committee has subsequently taken unprecedented action to increase 

transparency. The military construction and family housing construction accounts in this bill are project-based accounts and as 

such are comprised of a specific list of projects each year. The accounts in this bill fund the construction requirements that support 

the operational and quality of life needs of our servicemembers and 

their families on the installations where they train and live. This 

year earmarked funding is expected to equal less than one percent 

of the cost of the bill. It should also be noted that under the policies adopted by the Committee the use of member earmarks awarded to for-profit entities as a functional equivalent of no bid contracts has ended. In cases where the Committee funds an earmark 

designated for a for-profit entity, the Committee includes legislative language requiring the Executive Branch to nonetheless issue 

a request for proposal that gives other entities an opportunity to 

apply and requires the agency to evaluate all bids received and 

make a decision based on merit. This gives the original designee 

an opportunity to be brought to the attention of the agency, but 

with the possibility that an alternative entity may be selected. 


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2006 2008 2009 2010 Committee 

$ in millions # $ in millions # $ in millions # $ in millions 

$1,068 184 $1,118 172 $1,090 109 $579 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army NG Alabama: Fort McClellan Urban Assault Course $3,000,000 The President Army Alaska: Fort Richardson Airborne Sustainment Training Complex $6,100,000 The President Army Alaska: Fort Richardson Training Aids Center $2,050,000 The President Army Alaska: Fort Richardson Warrior in Transition Complex $43,000,000 The President Army Alaska: Fort Wainwright Aviation Task Force Complex, Ph 1, Incr 1 $95,000,000 The President Army Alaska: Fort Wainwright Aviation Unit Operations Complex $19,000,000 The President Army Alaska: Fort Wainwright Railhead Complex $26,000,000 The President Army Alaska: Fort Wainwright Warrior in Transition Complex $28,000,000 The President Air Force Alaska: Clear AFS Power Plant Facility $24,300,000 The President Air Force Alaska: Elmendorf AFB F-22 Weapons Load Training Facility $12,600,000 The President Air Force Alaska: Elmendorf AFB Red Flag Alaska Add/Alter Operations Center $3,100,000 The President Defense-Wide Alaska: Elmendorf AFB Aeromedical Services/Mental Health Clinic $25,017,000 The President Defense-Wide Alaska: Fort Richardson Health Clinic $3,518,000 The President 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army Arizona: Fort Huachuca Battalion Headquarters UAV $6,000,000 The President Army Arizona: Fort Huachuca UAV ER/MPER/MP $15,000,000 The President Giffords Army NG Arizona: Camp Navajo Combat Pistol Qualification Course $3,000,000 The President Navy Arizona: Yuma MCAS Aircraft Maintenance Hangar Ph 1 $27,050,000 The President Navy Arizona: Yuma MCAS Airfield Elec. Dist. And Control $1,720,000 The President Navy Reserve Arizona: Phoenix Reserve Center Move to Luke AFB, NOSC Phoenix $10,986,000 The President Air Force Arizona: Davis-Monthan AFB CSAR HC-130J Infrastructure $4,800,000 The President Air Force Arizona: Davis-Monthan AFB CSAR HC-130J RQS Operations Facility $8,700,000 The President Air Force Arizona: Davis-Monthan AFB CSAR HC-130J Simulator Facility $8,400,000 The President Air Force Arizona: Davis-Monthan AFB Dormitory (144 RM) $20,000,000 The President Air NG Arizona: Davis-Monthan AFB TFI-Predator Beddown-FOC $5,600,000 The President Army Arkansas: Pine Bluff Arsenal Fuse & Detonator Magazine, Depot Level $25,000,000 The President Air Force Arkansas: Little Rock AFB C-130 Flight Simulator Addition $5,800,000 The President Army California: Fort Irwin MOUT Assault Course, Ph 4 $9,500,000 The President Army NG California: Los Alamitos Readiness Center Ph 1 $31,000,000 The President Army Reserve California: Camp Pendleton Army Reserve Center $19,500,000 The President 


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Army Reserve California: Los Angeles Army Reserve Center $29,000,000 The President Navy California: Bridgeport MWTC Fire Station—Renovation $4,460,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton ANGLICO Operations Complex $25,190,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Aviation Transmitter/Receiver Site $13,560,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton BEQ $39,610,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Comm/Elec Maintenance Facility $13,170,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Communications Upgrades $79,492,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Electrical Distribution System $76,950,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Enlisted Dining Facility $32,300,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Enlisted Dining Facility—Edson Range $37,670,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Expand Combat Aircraft Loading Apron $12,240,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Expansion of SRTTP to 7.5 MGD $55,180,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Gas/Electrical Upgrades $51,040,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton North Region Tertiary Treatment Plant Ph 1, Incr 1 $112,330,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Operations Access Points $12,740,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Recon BN Operations Complex $77,660,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Recruit Barracks—Field/K-Span $23,200,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Recruit Barracks—School of Infantry $53,320,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton Recruit Marksmanship Training Facility $13,730,000 The President Navy California: Camp Pendleton WFTBN Support Facilities $15,780,000 The President 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Navy California: Edwards AFB Ramp Extension $3,007,000 The President Navy California: Miramar MCAS Aircraft Parking Apron Modification $9,280,000 The President Navy California: Point Loma Annex Public Works Shops Consolidation $8,730,000 The President Navy California: San Diego MCRD Messhall Expansion $23,590,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms BEQ $37,290,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms BEQ $37,290,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Comm/Elec Maint/Storage $12,660,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Consolidated Armory - Tanks $12,670,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Construct Roads - North Mainside $29,360,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Dining Facility - North Mainside $17,200,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Elec. Infra. Upgrade—34.5 KV to 115 KV $46,220,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Elec. Power Plant/Co-Gen/Gas Turbine—N $53,260,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms HTHW/Chilled Water System $25,790,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Industrial Waste Water Pretreatment Sys. $3,330,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Laydown Site Work—North Mainside $21,740,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Maint. Shop—Tracked $19,780,000 The President 


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Navy California: Twentynine Palms Maint. Shop—Wheeled $16,040,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Maint. Sunshades—Wheeled $12,580,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Natural Gas System Extension $19,990,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Secondary Elec. Dist.—North Mainside $31,720,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Sewage System Imp. & Lift Station $5,800,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Station Comm Facility and Infrastructure $49,040,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Sub-Station and Electrical Upgrades $31,310,000 The President Navy California: Twentynine Palms Water Improvements and Storage Tank $30,610,000 The President Navy Reserve California: Alameda Reserve Training Center $5,960,000 The President Air Force California: Travis AFB KC-10 Cargo Load Training Facility $6,900,000 The President Air Force California: Vandenberg AFB Child Development Center $13,000,000 The President Air NG California: S. Calif. Logistics Airport TFI-Predator Beddown-FTU/LRE Site $8,400,000 The President Defense-Wide California: Coronado (La Posta) SOF Close Quarters Combat Training Facility $15,722,000 The President Defense-Wide California: El Centro NAF Aircraft Direct Fueling Station $11,000,000 The President Defense-Wide California: Point Loma Annex Replace Fuel Storage Fac Incr 2 $92,300,000 The President Davis (CA) Defense-Wide California: Travis AFB Replace Fuel Distribution System $15,357,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range $7,400,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Automated Qualification Training Range $11,000,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Barracks & Dining, Incr 2 $60,000,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Brigade Complex $69,000,000 The President 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army Colorado: Fort Carson Brigade Complex, Ph 1 $102,000,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Commissary $35,000,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Convoy Live Fire Range $6,500,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Modified Record Fire Range $4,450,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Railroad Tracks $14,000,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Scout/Recce Gunnery Complex $16,000,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Training Aids Center $18,500,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Urban Assault Course $3,100,000 The President Army Colorado: Fort Carson Warrior in Transition Complex $56,000,000 The President Chem Demil Colorado: Pueblo Depot Ammunition Demilitarization Facility Ph XI $92,500,000 The President Army Reserve Colorado: Colorado Springs Army Reserve Center/Land $13,000,000 The President Air Force Colorado: Peterson AFB C-130 Squad Ops/AMU (TFI) $5,200,000 The President Air Force Colorado: Peterson AFB National Security Space Institute $19,900,000 The President Air Force Colorado: US Air Force Academy Add to Cadet Fitness Center $17,500,000 The President Air Reserve Colorado: Schriever AFB Wing Headquarters $10,200,000 The President Defense-Wide Colorado: Fort Carson Health and Dental Clinic $52,773,000 The President 


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Defense-Wide Colorado: Fort Carson SOF Battalion Ops Complex $45,200,000 The President Defense-Wide Colorado: Fort Carson SOF Military Working Dog Facility $3,046,000 The President Army Reserve Connecticut: Bridgeport Army Reserve Center/Land $18,500,000 The President Air Force Delaware: Dover AFB C-5 Cargo Aircraft Maint Training Facility Ph 1 $5,300,000 The President Air Force Delaware: Dover AFB Consolidated Communications Facility $12,100,000 The President Castle Army Florida: Eglin AFB Anti-Armor, Tracking & Live Fire Range $3,400,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Automated Qualification Training Range $12,000,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Basic 10M—25M Firing Range (Zero) $3,050,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Grenade Launcher Range $1,600,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Hand Grenade Qualification Course $1,400,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Indoor Firing Range $8,900,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Light Demolition Range $2,200,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Live Fire Exercise Breach Facility $4,950,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Live Fire Exercise Shoothouse $8,000,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Non-Standard Small Arms Range $3,400,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Operations Complex, Ph 3 $80,000,000 The President Army Florida: Eglin AFB Urban Assault Course $2,700,000 The President Army Florida: Miami-Doral SOUTHCOM Headquarters, Incr 3 $55,400,000 The President Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Army Reserve Florida: Panama City Army Reserve Center/Land $7,300,000 The President Army Reserve Florida: West Palm Beach Army Reserve Center/Land $26,000,000 The President 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Navy Florida: Blount Island Port Operations Facility $3,760,000 The President Crenshaw Navy Florida: Eglin AFB BEQ, EOD School $26,287,000 The President Navy Florida: Jacksonville NAS P-8/MMA Facilities Modification $5,917,000 The President Crenshaw Navy Florida: Mayport NS Channel Dredging $46,303,000 The President Crenshaw Navy Florida: Mayport NS Wharf Charlie Repair $29,682,000 The President Crenshaw Navy Florida: Pensacola NAS Corry A School BEQ R $22,950,000 The President Navy Florida: Pensacola NAS Simulator Addition for UMFO Program $3,211,000 The President Navy Florida: Whiting Field NAS T-6B JPATS Training Ops Paraloft Facility $4,120,000 The President Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB Dormitory (96 RM) $11,000,000 The President Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB F-35 A/C Parking Apron $27,652,000 The President Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB F-35 Duke Control Tower $3,420,000 The President Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB F-35 Hydrant Refueling System, Ph 1 $14,308,000 The President Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB F-35 JP8 West Side Bulk Tank Upgrades $1,581,000 The President Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB F-35 JP8 Flightline Fillstands $8,892,000 The President Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB F-35 Live Ordnance Load Facility $9,900,000 The President Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB F-35 Parallel Taxiway Ladder $2,371,000 The President 


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Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB F-35 POL Operations Facility $5,236,000 The President Air Force Florida: Hurlburt Field Electrical Distribution Substation $8,300,000 The President Air Force Florida: Hurlburt Field Refueling Vehicle Maintenance Facility $2,200,000 The President Air Force Florida: MacDill AFB CENTCOM Commandant Facility $15,300,000 The President Air Force Florida: MacDill AFB Child Development Center $7,000,000 The President Air Force Florida: MacDill AFB Dormitory (120 RM) $16,000,000 The President Defense-Wide Florida: Eglin AFB SOF Military Working Dog Facility $3,046,000 The President Defense-Wide Florida: Hurlburt Field SOF Simulator Facility for MC-130 (Recap) $8,156,000 The President Defense-Wide Florida: Jacksonville IAP Replace Jet Fuel Storage Complex $11,500,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Battle Lab $30,000,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Combined Arms Collective Training Facility $10,800,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Dining Facility $15,000,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Fire and Movement Range $2,800,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Trainee Barracks Complex, Ph 1 $74,000,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Training Area Tank Trails $9,700,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Training Battalion Complex $38,000,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Training Battalion Complex, Ph 1 $31,000,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Training Battalion Complex, Ph 1 $31,000,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Benning Warrior in Transition Complex $53,000,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Gillem Forensic Lab $10,800,000 The President 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army Georgia: Fort Stewart Automated Sniper Field Fire Range $3,400,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Stewart Barracks & Dining, Incr 2 $80,000,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Stewart Brigade Complex $93,000,000 The President Army Georgia: Fort Stewart Warrior in Transition Complex $49,000,000 The President Army NG Georgia: Fort Benning Readiness Center $15,500,000 The President Army Reserve Georgia: Atlanta Army Reserve Center/Land $14,000,000 The President Defense-Wide Georgia: Fort Benning Blood Donor Clinic Replacement $12,313,000 The President Defense-Wide Georgia: Fort Benning Dental Clinic $4,887,000 The President Defense-Wide Georgia: Fort Stewart Health and Dental Clinic $26,386,000 The President Defense-Wide Georgia: Fort Benning SOF Expand Battalion Headquarters $3,046,000 The President Defense-Wide Georgia: Fort Benning Wilson ES Construct Gymnasium $2,330,000 The President Defense-Wide Georgia: Fort Stewart New Elementary School $22,502,000 The President Defense-Wide Georgia: Fort Stewart New Elementary School $22,501,000 The President Army Hawaii: Schofield Barracks Vehicle Maintenance Shop $63,000,000 The President Army Hawaii: Schofield Barracks Vehicle Maintenance Shop $36,000,000 The President Army Hawaii: Schofield Barracks Warrior in Transition Barracks $55,000,000 The President 


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Army Hawaii: Schofield Barracks Warrior in Transition Complex $30,000,000 The President Army Hawaii: Wheeler AAF Regional SATCOM Information Center $7,500,000 The President Navy Hawaii: Oahu Range, 1000—Puuloa $5,380,000 The President Navy Hawaii: Pearl Harbor APCSS Conference & Technology Learning Center $12,775,000 The President Navy Hawaii: Pearl Harbor Missile Magazines (5), West Loch $22,407,000 The President Navy Hawaii: Pearl Harbor PACFLT Sub Drive-In Mag Silencing Facility (Incr) $8,645,000 The President Air Force Hawaii: Wheeler AAF ASOC Complex $15,000,000 The President Air NG Hawaii: Hickam AFB TFI—F-22 LO/Composite Repair Facility $26,000,000 The President Air NG Hawaii: Hickam AFB TFI—F-22 Parking Apron and Taxiways $7,000,000 The President Defense-Wide Hawaii: Ford Island Pacific Operations Facility Upgrade $9,633,000 The President Army NG Idaho: Gowen Field Combined Arms Collective Training Facility $16,100,000 The President Air Force Idaho: Mountain Home AFB Logistics Readiness Center $20,000,000 The President Simpson Army Reserve Illinois: Chicago Army Reserve Center $23,000,000 The President Navy Reserve Illinois: Joliet Reserve Training Center $7,957,000 The President Army NG Indiana: Muscatatuck Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, Ph 2 $10,100,000 The President Army Kansas: Fort Riley Advanced Waste Water Treatment Plant $28,000,000 The President Army Kansas: Fort Riley Battalion Complex $59,000,000 The President Army Kansas: Fort Riley Brigade Complex $49,000,000 The President Army Kansas: Fort Riley Igloo Storage, Installation $7,200,000 The President Army Kansas: Fort Riley Land Vehicle Fueling Facility $3,700,000 The President 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army Kansas: Fort Riley Training Aids Center $15,500,000 The President Chem Demil Kentucky: Blue Grass Depot Ammunition Demilitarization Ph X $54,041,000 The President Army Kentucky: Fort Knox Warrior in Transition Complex $70,000,000 The President Defense-Wide Kentucky: Fort Campbell Health Clinic $8,600,000 The President Defense-Wide Kentucky: Fort Campbell SOF Battalion Ops Complex $29,289,000 The President Defense-Wide Kentucky: Fort Campbell SOF Military Working Dog Facility $3,046,000 The President Army Louisiana: Fort Polk Land Purchases and Condemnation $17,000,000 The President Army Louisiana: Fort Polk Warrior in Transition Complex $32,000,000 The President Air NG Maine: Bangor IAP Replace Aircraft Maint Hangar/Shops $28,000,000 The President Army Maryland: Fort Detrick Satellite Communications Center $18,000,000 The President Army Maryland: Fort Detrick Satellite Communications Facility $21,000,000 The President Air Force Maryland: Andrews AFB Replace Munitions Storage Area $9,300,000 The President Edwards (MD) Air NG Maryland: Andrews AFB Replace Munitions Maintenance & Storage Complex $14,000,000 The President Defense-Wide Maryland: Aberdeen Proving Ground USAMRICD Replacement, Incr II $111,400,000 The President Defense-Wide Maryland: Fort Detrick Boundary Gate at Nalin Pond $10,750,000 The President Defense-Wide Maryland: Fort Detrick Emergency Service Center $16,125,000 The President 


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Defense-Wide Maryland: Fort Detrick NIBC Truck Inspection Station & Road $2,932,000 The President Defense-Wide Maryland: Fort Detrick USAMRIID Stage I, Incr IV $28,000,000 The President Defense-Wide Maryland: Fort Meade Mission Support—PSAT $8,800,000 The President Defense-Wide Maryland: Fort Meade South Campus Utility Plant $195,000,000 The President Army NG Massachusetts: Hanscom AFB Armed Forces Reserve Center (JFHQ) $29,000,000 The President Army NG Minnesota: Arden Hills Readiness Center Ph 2 $6,700,000 The President Army NG Minnesota: Camp Ripley Urban Assault Course $1,710,000 The President Army Reserve Minnesota: Fort Snelling Army Reserve Center $12,000,000 The President Defense-Wide Minnesota: Duluth IAP Jet Fuel Storage Complex $15,000,000 The President Army NG Mississippi: Camp Shelby Combined Arms Collective Training Facility Add/Alt $16,100,000 The President Air Reserve Mississippi: Keesler AFB Aerial Port Squadron Facility $9,800,000 The President Army Missouri: Fort Leonard Wood Automated-Aided Instruction Facility $27,000,000 The President Army Missouri: Fort Leonard Wood Transient Advanced Trainee Barracks, Ph 1 $99,000,000 The President Army Missouri: Fort Leonard Wood Warrior in Transition Complex $19,500,000 The President Army Missouri: Fort Leonard Wood Wheeled Vehicle Drivers Course $17,500,000 The President Army NG Missouri: Boonville Readiness Center Add/Alt $1,800,000 The President Defense-Wide Missouri: Fort Leonard Wood Dental Clinic Addition $5,570,000 The President Army NG Nebraska: Lincoln Armed Forces Reserve Center (JFHQ) $23,000,000 The President Air NG Nebraska: Lincoln MAP Joint Forces Operations Center—ANG Share $1,500,000 The President Army NG Nevada: North Las Vegas Readiness Center $26,000,000 The President 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Air Force Nevada: Creech AFB UAS AT/FP Security Updates $2,700,000 The President Army NG New Mexico: Santa Fe Army Aviation Support Facility $39,000,000 The President Air Force New Mexico: Cannon AFB WB—Consolidated Communication Facility $15,000,000 The President Lujan Air Force New Mexico: Holloman AFB F-22A Consolidated Munitions Maint (TFI) $5,500,000 The President Air Force New Mexico: Kirtland AFB HC-130J Simulator Facility $8,700,000 The President Air Force New Mexico: Kirtland AFB MC-130J Simulator Facility $8,000,000 The President Defense-Wide New Mexico: Cannon AFB SOF AMU Addition (CV-22) $11,595,000 The President Defense-Wide New Mexico: Cannon AFB SOF Fuel Cell Hangar (MC-130) $41,269,000 The President Army New York: Fort Drum Barracks $57,000,000 The President Army New York: Fort Drum Warrior in Transition Complex $21,000,000 The President Army New York: Fort Drum Water System Expansion $6,500,000 The President Army Reserve New York: Rochester Army Reserve Center/Land $13,600,000 The President Army North Carolina: Fort Bragg Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range $4,350,000 The President Army North Carolina: Fort Bragg Company Operations Facility $3,300,000 The President Army North Carolina: Fort Bragg Simulations Center $50,000,000 The President Army North Carolina: Fort Bragg Transient Training Barracks Complex $16,500,000 The President 


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Army North Carolina: Fort Bragg Vehicle Maintenance Shop $19,500,000 The President Army North Carolina: Fort Bragg Vehicle Maintenance Shop $17,500,000 The President Army North Carolina: Sunny Point MOT Lightning Protection System $25,000,000 The President Army North Carolina: Sunny Point MOT Towers $3,900,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune 4th Infantry Battalion Ops Complex $55,150,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune BEQ—Wallace Creek $34,160,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune BEQ—Wallace Creek $43,480,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune BEQ—Wallace Creek $44,390,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune BEQ—Wallace Creek $44,390,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune BEQ—Wallace Creek $42,110,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune Consolidated Info Tech/Telecom Complex $46,120,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune Field Training Facility—Devil Dog—SOI $37,170,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune Maintenance/Ops Complex $52,390,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune MP Working Dog Kennel—Relocation $8,370,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune New Base Entry Point and Road Ph I $79,150,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune Physical Fitness Center $39,760,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune Pre-Trial Detainee Facility $18,580,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune Road Network—Wallace Creek $15,130,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune SOI-East Facilities—Camp Geiger $56,940,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Camp Lejeune Utility Expansion—Courthouse Bay $56,280,000 The President 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Navy North Carolina: Cherry Point MCAS EMS/Fire Vehicle Facility $10,600,000 The President Navy North Carolina: Cherry Point MCAS Ordnance Magazines $12,360,000 The President Navy North Carolina: New River MCAS Apron Expansion Ph 2 $35,600,000 The President Navy North Carolina: New River MCAS Gymnasium/Outdoor Pool $19,920,000 The President Navy North Carolina: New River MCAS Parallel Taxiway $17,870,000 The President Navy North Carolina: New River MCAS Tactical Support Van Pad Addition $5,490,000 The President Navy North Carolina: New River MCAS VMMT-204 Maintenance Hangar Ph 3 $28,210,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg Consolidated Health Clinic $26,386,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg Health Clinic $31,272,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Camp Lejeune SOF Academic Instruction Facility Expansion $11,791,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg SOF Battalion & Company HQ $15,500,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg SOF Battalion Headquarters Facility $13,000,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg SOF Military Working Dog Facility $1,125,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg SOF Military Working Dog Facility $3,046,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg SOF Operations Addition North $27,513,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg SOF Operations Support Addition $13,756,000 The President 


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Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg SOF TUAV Hangar $2,948,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg Special Ops Prep & Conditioning Course $24,600,000 The President Defense-Wide North Carolina: Fort Bragg Albritton JHS Addition $3,439,000 The President Air Force North Dakota: Minot AFB Missile Procedures Training Operations $10,000,000 The President Pomeroy Air Force North Dakota: Minot AFB Munitions Trailer Storage Facility $1,500,000 The President Army Reserve Ohio: Cincinnati Army Reserve Center/Land $13,000,000 The President Air Force Ohio: Wright-Patterson AFB Conversion for Advanced Power Research Lab $21,000,000 The President Air Force Ohio: Wright-Patterson AFB Info Tech Complex Ph 1 $27,000,000 The President Air NG Ohio: Mansfield Lahm Airport TFI—Red Horse Squadron Beddown $11,400,000 The President Jordan (OH) Army Oklahoma: Fort Sill Automated Infantry Squad Battle Course $3,500,000 The President Army Oklahoma: Fort Sill Barracks $65,000,000 The President Army Oklahoma: Fort Sill Warrior in Transition Complex $22,000,000 The President Army Oklahoma: McAlester AAP General Purpose Storage Building $11,200,000 The President Army Oklahoma: McAlester AAP High Explosive Magazine, Depot Level $1,300,000 The President Air Force Oklahoma: Altus AFB Repair Taxiways $20,300,000 The President Air Force Oklahoma: Tinker AFB Building 3001 Hangar Door $13,037,000 The President Air NG Oklahoma: Will Rogers World Airport TFI—ASOS Beddown $7,300,000 The President Defense-Wide Oklahoma: Fort Sill Dental Clinic $10,554,000 The President Defense-Wide Oklahoma: Altus AFB Replace Upload Facility $2,700,000 The President Army Reserve Pennsylvania: Ashley Army Reserve Center $9,800,000 The President 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army Reserve Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Army Reserve Center $7,600,000 The President Army Reserve Pennsylvania: Newton Square Army Reserve Center/Land $20,000,000 The President Army Reserve Pennsylvania: Uniontown Army Reserve Center/Land $11,800,000 The President FH Defense-Wide Pennsylvania: New Cumberland Depot Family Housing $2,859,000 The President Navy Rhode Island: Newport NS Officer Training Command Quarters $45,803,000 The President Army South Carolina: Charleston NWS Pier and Loading/Unloading Ramps $5,700,000 The President Army South Carolina: Charleston NWS Railroad Tracks $12,000,000 The President Army South Carolina: Charleston NWS Staging Area $4,100,000 The President Army South Carolina: Fort Jackson Advanced Skills Trainee Barracks $32,000,000 The President Army South Carolina: Fort Jackson Infiltration Course $1,900,000 The President Army South Carolina: Fort Jackson Modified Record Fire Range $3,600,000 The President Army South Carolina: Fort Jackson Training Battalion Complex $66,000,000 The President Army NG South Carolina: Eastover Army Aviation Support Facility Add/Alt $26,000,000 The President Army NG South Carolina: Greenville Army Aviation Support Facility $40,000,000 The President Navy South Carolina: Beaufort MCAS Widebody Aircraft Fuel Lane $1,280,000 The President Navy South Carolina: Parris Island MCRD Electrical Substation and Improvements $6,972,000 The President 


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Navy Reserve South Carolina: Charleston Reserve Vehicle Maintenance Facility $4,240,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Aircraft Fuel Storage $10,800,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Automated Infantry Platoon Battle Course $7,000,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range $6,900,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Automated Sniper Field Fire Range $4,250,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Brigade Staging Area Complex $14,800,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Digital Multipurpose Range Complex $45,000,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Fire and Military Police Stations $16,500,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Known Distance Range $4,750,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Light Demolition Range $2,400,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Scout/Recce Gunnery Complex $17,000,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Simulation Center $23,000,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Vehicle Maintenance & Company Ops Facility $31,000,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Vehicle Maintenance Shop $16,000,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Bliss Vehicle Maintenance Shop $20,000,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Hood Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range $6,700,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Hood Urban Assault Course $2,400,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Hood Vehicle Maintenance Shop $23,000,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Sam Houston Access Control Point and Road Improvements $10,800,000 The President Army Texas: Fort Sam Houston General Instruction Building $9,000,000 The President 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army NG Texas: Austin Armed Forces Reserve Center $16,500,000 The President Army NG Texas: Austin Field Maintenance Shop, Joint $5,700,000 The President Army Reserve Texas: Austin Armed Forces Reserve Center/AMSA $20,000,000 The President Army Reserve Texas: Fort Bliss Army Reserve Center $9,500,000 The President Army Reserve Texas: Houston Army Reserve Center/Land $24,000,000 The President Army Reserve Texas: San Antonio Army Reserve Center $20,000,000 The President Navy Texas: Corpus Christi NAS Operational Facilities for T-6 $19,764,000 The President Ortiz Navy Reserve Texas: San Antonio Reserve Training Center $2,210,000 The President Air Force Texas: Dyess AFB C-130J Alter Hangar $4,500,000 The President Air Force Texas: Goodfellow AFB Joint Intel Tech Training Facility, Ph 1 (TFI) $18,400,000 The President Air Force Texas: Goodfellow AFB Student Dormitory (100 RM) $14,000,000 The President Air Force Texas: Lackland AFB BMT Satellite Classroom/Dining Facility $32,000,000 The President Air Force Texas: Lackland AFB Evasion, Conduct After Capture Training $4,879,000 The President Air Force Texas: Lackland AFB Recruit Dormitory 2, Phase 2 $77,000,000 The President Air Reserve Texas: Lackland AFB C-5 Ground Training Schoolhouse Addition $1,500,000 The President Gonzalez Defense-Wide Texas: Fort Bliss Health and Dental Clinic $30,295,000 The President 


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Defense-Wide Texas: Fort Bliss Hospital Replacement, Incr 1 $86,975,000 The President Defense-Wide Texas: Lackland AFB Ambulatory Care Center, Phase 1 $72,610,000 The President Defense-Wide Texas: Lackland AFB Dental Clinic Replacement $29,318,000 The President Defense-Wide Texas: Fort Hood Alter Fuel Pump House and Fill Stand $3,000,000 The President Army Utah: Dugway Proving Ground Water Treatment Systems $25,000,000 The President Air Force Utah: Hill AFB F-22A Radar Cross Section Testing Facility $21,053,000 The President Air Reserve Utah: Hill AFB Reserve Squad Ops/AMU Facility $3,200,000 The President Defense-Wide Utah: Camp Williams Data Center 1, Incr 2 $500,000,000 The President Army Virginia: Fort A.P. Hill Automated Infantry Platoon Battle Course $4,900,000 The President Army Virginia: Fort A.P. Hill Field Training Area $9,000,000 The President Army Virginia: Fort A.P. Hill Training Aids Center $9,100,000 The President Army Virginia: Fort Belvoir Flight Control Tower $8,400,000 The President Moran (VA); Connolly (VA) Army Virginia: Fort Belvoir Road and Access Control Point $9,500,000 The President Moran (VA); Connolly (VA) Army Virginia: Fort Belvoir Road and Infrastructure Improvements $20,000,000 The President Moran (VA); Connolly (VA) Army NG Virginia: Fort Pickett Regional Training Institute Ph 2 $32,000,000 The President Navy Virginia: Little Creek NAB Naval Construction Division Operations Facility $13,095,000 The President Navy Virginia: Norfolk E-2D Trainer Facility $11,737,000 The President Navy Virginia: Norfolk Facility Upgrades for E-2D Program $6,402,000 The President Navy Virginia: Portsmouth Ship Repair Pier Replacement $176,969,000 The President Navy Virginia: Quantico MCB Aircraft Trainer $3,170,000 The President 


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Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Navy Virginia: Quantico MCB Battalion Training Facility -MSGBN $10,340,000 The President Navy Virginia: Quantico MCB Dining Facility—TBS $14,780,000 The President Navy Virginia: Quantico MCB MC Information Operations Center—MCIOC $29,620,000 The President Navy Virginia: Quantico MCB South Mainside Electrical Substation $15,270,000 The President Navy Virginia: Quantico MCB Student Quarters—TBS (Phase 4) $32,060,000 The President Navy Reserve Virginia: Oceana NAS C-40 Hangar $30,400,000 The President Air Force Virginia: Langley AFB West & LaSalle Gates Force Protection/Access $10,000,000 The President Nye Defense-Wide Virginia: Pentagon Reservation Pentagon Electrical Upgrade $19,272,000 The President Defense-Wide Virginia: Pentagon Reservation Secondary Uninterruptable Power Raven Rock $8,400,000 The President Defense-Wide Virginia: Dam Neck Annex SOF Operations Facilty Inc III $15,967,000 The President Defense-Wide Virginia: Little Creek NAB SOF Support Activity Operation Facility $18,669,000 The President Defense-Wide Virginia: Dahlgren Aegis BMD Facility Expansion $24,500,000 The President Army Washington: Fort Lewis Animal Building $3,050,000 The President Dicks Army Washington: Fort Lewis Brigade Complex, Incr 4 $102,000,000 The President Dicks Army Washington: Fort Lewis Live Fire Exercise Shoothouse $2,550,000 The President Dicks Army Washington: Fort Lewis Modified Record Fire Range $4,100,000 The President Dicks 


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Navy Washington: Bangor Limited Area Production/Storage Complex Incr 6 $87,292,000 The President Dicks Navy Washington: Bremerton CVN Maintenance Pier Replacement Incr 2 $69,064,000 The President Dicks Navy Washington: Bremerton Enclave Fencing/Parking, Silverdale $67,419,000 The President Dicks Navy Washington: Spokane Joint Personnel Recovery Agency Specialized SERE 

Training 

$12,707,000 The President Dicks 

Defense-Wide Washington: Fort Lewis Health and Dental Clinic $15,636,000 The President Dicks Defense-Wide Washington: Fort Lewis SOF Support Company Facility $14,500,000 The President Dicks Defense-Wide Washington: Fairchild AFB Replace Fuel Distribution System $7,500,000 The President Dicks Army Reserve Wisconsin: Fort McCoy Combined Arms Collective Training Facility $25,000,000 The President Air Force Wyoming: F.E. Warren AFB ADAL Missile Service Complex $9,100,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB APS Compound $38,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Aviation Support Facility $2,600,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Barracks $18,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Coalition Operation Center $49,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Command and Control Facility $38,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Fuel System Ph 6 $12,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Fuel System Ph 7 $5,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Perimeter Fence and Guard Towers $7,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Bagram AB Passenger Terminal $22,000,000 The President Navy Bahrain: Bahrain NSA Waterfront Development Ph 2 $41,526,000 The President Defense-Wide Belgium: Brussels Replace Elementary School (SHAPE) $38,124,000 The President 


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[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army Germany: Ansbach Barracks $17,500,000 The President Army Germany: Ansbach Barracks $14,200,000 The President Army Germany: Kleber Kaserne Barracks $20,000,000 The President Army Germany: Landstuhl Warrior in Transition Complex $25,000,000 The President FH Army Germany: Baumholder Family Housing Replacement Construction (138 Units) $18,000,000 The President FH Army Germany: Wiesbaden Family Housing Replacement Construction Incr 2 $10,000,000 The President FH Army Germany: Wiesbaden Family Housing Replacement Construction Incr 2 $11,000,000 The President FH Army Germany: Wiesbaden Family Housing Replacement Construction Incr 2 $11,000,000 The President Air Force Germany: Ramstein AB Construct AGE Maint Complex $11,500,000 The President Air Force Germany: Ramstein AB Contingency Response Group Command $23,200,000 The President Air Force Germany: Spangdahlem AB Fitness Center $23,500,000 The President Defense-Wide Germany: Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Complex Phase 1 $19,380,000 The President Defense-Wide Germany: Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern HS Replace School $74,165,000 The President Defense-Wide Germany: Wiesbaden Wiesbaden HS New Cafeteria and Kitchen $5,379,000 The President Defense-Wide Greece: Souda Bay NS Fuel Storage Tanks & Pipeline Replacement $24,000,000 The President Air Force Guam: Andersen AFB Commando Warrior Operations Facility $4,200,000 The President Bordallo 


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Air Force Guam: Andersen AFB NW Field ATFP Perimeter Fence and Road $4,752,000 The President Bordallo Air Force Guam: Andersen AFB NW Field Combat Support Vehicle Maint Facility $15,500,000 The President Bordallo Air Force Guam: Andersen AFB Strike FOL Electrical Infrastructure $33,750,000 The President Bordallo Defense-Wide Guam: Agana NAS Replace Gas Cylinder Storage Facility $4,900,000 The President Bordallo Army NG Guam: Barrigada Readiness Center $30,000,000 The President Bordallo Navy Guam: Guam NB AAFB North Ramp Parking Phase 1 $88,797,000 The President Bordallo Navy Guam: Guam NB AAFB North Ramp Utilities Phase 1 $21,500,000 The President Bordallo Navy Guam: Guam NB Apra Harbor Wharves Improvement Phase 1 $127,033,000 The President Bordallo Navy Guam: Guam NB Consolidated SLC Training & CSS-15 HQ Facility $45,309,000 The President Bordallo Navy Guam: Guam NB Defense Access Road Improvements $48,860,000 The President Navy Guam: Guam NB Military Working Dog Relocation, Apra Harbor $27,070,000 The President Bordallo Navy Guam: Guam NB Torpedo Exercise Support Building $15,627,000 The President Bordallo Navy FH Guam: Guam NB Replace Guam N. Tipalao Ph III $20,730,000 The President Defense-Wide Guam: Guam NB Hospital Replacement, Incr 1 $259,156,000 The President Bordallo Defense-Wide Guantanamo Bay: Guantanamo NS Replace Fuel Storage Tanks $12,500,000 The President Army Italy: Vicenza Brigade Complex- Barracks/Community, Incr 3 $22,500,000 The President Army Italy: Vicenza Brigade Complex- Operations Support Facility, Incr 3 $23,500,000 The President Air Force Italy: Sigonella NAS Global Hawk Aircraft Maint and Ops Complex $31,300,000 The President Army Japan: Okinawa Training Aids Center $6,000,000 The President Army Japan: Sagamihara Training Aids Center $6,000,000 The President 


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Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army Korea: Camp Humphreys Fire Stations $13,200,000 The President Army Korea: Camp Humphreys Vehicle Maintenance Shop $19,000,000 The President Army Korea: Camp Humphreys Vehicle Maintenance Shop $18,000,000 The President FH Navy Korea: Pusan Chinhae Welcome Center/Warehouse $4,376,000 The President Defense-Wide Korea: K-16 Airfield Convert Warehouses $5,050,000 The President Defense-Wide Korea: Osan AB Replace Hydrant Fuel System $28,000,000 The President Army Kuwait: Camp Arifjan APS Warehouses $82,000,000 The President Air Force Qatar: Al Udeid AB Blatchford-Preston Complex Ph II $60,000,000 The President Air Force Oman: Al Musannah AB Airlift Ramp and Fuel Facilities $69,000,000 The President Air Force Oman: Al Musannah AB War Reserve Materiel Compound $47,000,000 The President Army Reserve Puerto Rico: Caguas Army Reserve Center/Land $12,400,000 The President Navy Spain: Rota NS Reception Airfield Facilities $26,278,000 The President Air Force Turkey: Incirlik AB Consolidated Community Center $9,200,000 The President Defense-Wide United Kingdom: Alconbury RAF Medical/Dental Clinic Replacement $14,227,000 The President Defense-Wide United Kingdom: Lakenheath RAF Liberty IS—Gymnasium $4,509,000 The President Defense-Wide United Kingdom: Menwith Hill Station MHS PSC Construction $37,588,000 The President 


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Defense-Wide United Kingdom: Mildenhall RAF Fuel Tank Distribution Pipeline $4,700,000 The President Army NG Virgin Islands: St. Croix Regional Training Institute Ph 1 $20,000,000 The President Navy Djibouti: Camp Lemonier Ammo Supply Point $21,689,000 The President Navy Djibouti: Camp Lemonier Fire Station $4,772,000 The President Navy Djibouti: Camp Lemonier Interior Paved Roads Phase A $7,275,000 The President Navy Djibouti: Camp Lemonier Security Fencing I $8,109,000 The President Air Force Colombia: Palanquero AB Air Base Development $46,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Airborne Dining Facility $2,200,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Airborne Waste Management Area $5,600,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Altimur Dining Facility $2,150,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Altimur Waste Management Area $5,600,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Asadabad Waste Management Area $5,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Access Roads $21,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Command and Control Facility $4,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB Drainage System, Phase 2 $21,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bagram AB MEDLOG Warehouse $3,350,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Blessing Waste Management Area $5,600,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Bostick Waste Management Area $5,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Dwyer Dining Facility $2,200,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Dwyer Fuel System, Phase 1 $5,800,000 The President 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army Afghanistan: Dwyer Waste Management Area $6,900,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Frontenac Dining Facility $2,200,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Gardez Dining Facility $2,200,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Gardez Fuel System, Phase 1 $6,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Gardez Tactical Runway $28,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Ghazni Waste Management Complex $5,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Jalalabad Ammunition Supply Point $35,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Jalalabad Dining Facility $4,350,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Jalalabad Perimeter Fencing $2,050,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Joyce Dining Facility $2,100,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Joyce Waste Management Area $5,600,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Kabul Camp Phoenix West Expansion $39,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Kabul USFOR-A Headquarters and Housing $98,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Kandahar Command and Control Facility $4,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Kandahar Command and Control Facility $4,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Kandahar Command and Control Facility $4,500,000 The President 


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Army Afghanistan: Kandahar South Park Roads $11,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Kandahar Tanker Truck Offload Facility $23,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Kandahar Theater Vehicle Maintenance Facility $55,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Kandahar Warehouse $20,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Kandahar Waste Management Complex $10,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Maywand Dining Facility $6,600,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Maywand Waste Management Area $5,600,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Methar-Lam Waste Management Area $4,150,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Salerno Dining Facility $4,300,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Salerno Electrical Distribution Grid $2,600,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Salerno Fuel System, Phase 1 $12,800,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Salerno Runway Upgrade $25,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Salerno Waste Management Complex $5,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Shank Dining Facility $4,350,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Shank Electrical Distribution Grid $4,600,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Shank Waste Management Complex $8,100,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Shank Water Distribution System $2,650,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Sharana Aircraft Maintenance Facilities $12,200,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Sharana Ammunition Supply Point $14,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Sharana Electrical Distribution Grid $2,600,000 The President 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Army Afghanistan: Sharana Rotary Wing Parking $32,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tarin Kowt Ammunition Supply Point $35,000,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tarin Kowt Dining Facility $4,350,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tarin Kowt Fuel System, Phase 2 $11,800,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tarin Kowt Waste Management Area $6,800,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Basic Load Ammunition Holding Area $7,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Dining Facility $8,900,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Entry Control Point and Access Roads $14,200,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Fuel System, Phase 2 $14,200,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Level 3 Medical Facility $16,500,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Roads $4,300,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Water Supply and Distribution System $6,200,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Wolverine Dining Facility $2,200,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Wolverine Fuel System, Phase 1 $5,800,000 The President Army Afghanistan: Wolverine Waste Management Complex $6,900,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Bagram AB Aviation Operations & Maintenance Facilities $8,900,000 The President 


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Air Force Afghanistan: Bagram AB Cargo Terminal $13,800,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Bagram AB Expeditionary Fighter Shelter $6,400,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Dwyer Cargo Handling Area $4,900,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Kandahar Aviation Operations & Maintenance Facilities $10,500,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Kandahar Cargo Helicopter Apron $32,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Kandahar CAS Apron Expansion $25,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Kandahar Expeditionary Fighter Shelter $6,400,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Kandahar ISR Apron Expansion $40,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Kandahar Refueler Apron/Relocate HCP $66,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Kandahar Relocate North Airfield Road $16,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Kandahar Secure RSOI Facility $9,700,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Kandahar Tactical Airlift Apron $29,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Shank Cargo Handling Area $4,900,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Tarin Kowt Cargo Handling Area $4,900,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Aviation Operations & Maintenance Facilities $8,900,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Cargo Handling Area $18,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion CAS Apron Expansion $40,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Expeditionary Fighter Shelter $6,300,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion ISR Apron $41,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Secure RSOI Facility $10,000,000 The President 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION—Continued 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Air Force Afghanistan: Tombstone/Bastion Strategic Airlift Apron Expansion $32,000,000 The President Air Force Afghanistan: Wolverine Cargo Handling Area $4,900,000 The President 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

Major Construction California: Livermore Design and Land Purchase $55,430,000 The President Major Construction California: Long Beach Seismic Corrections (Design) $24,200,000 The President Major Construction California: San Diego Seismic Corrections (Design) $18,340,000 The President Major Construction Colorado: Denver New Medical Facility $119,000,000 The President Major Construction Florida: Bay Pines Inpatient/Outpatient Improvements $96,800,000 The President Major Construction Florida: Orlando New Medical Facility $371,300,000 The President Brown, Corrine; Kosmas; Posey Major Construction Illinois: Abraham Lincoln Nat’l 

Cemetery 

Gravesite Expansion and Cemetery Improvements $38,300,000 The President 

Major Construction Maryland: Perry Point Replacement Community Living Center (Design) $9,000,000 The President Major Construction Massachusetts: Brockton Long-Term Care Spinal Cord Injury Unit (Design) $24,040,000 The President Major Construction Missouri: St. Louis (JB) Medical Fac. Improvements & Cemetery Expansion $19,700,000 The President 


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Major Construction Missouri: St. Louis (JC) Replace Bed Tower/Clinic Expansion (Design) $43,340,000 The President Major Construction New York: Canandaigua Construction and Renovation (Design) $36,580,000 The President Major Construction Texas: Houston National Cemetery Gravesite Expansion and Cemetery Improvements $35,000,000 The President Major Construction Puerto Rico: San Juan Seismic Corrections $42,000,000 The President 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount Requester(s) 

Army Alabama: Anniston Depot Industrial Area Electric System Upgrade $3,300,000 Rogers (AL) Army Alabama: Fort Rucker Water Survival Training Facility $401,000 Bright Army Alabama: Redstone Arsenal Gate 7 Access Control Point $3,550,000 Griffith Air Force Arkansas: Little Rock AFB Security Forces Operations Facility $10,400,000 Snyder Army NG Arkansas: West Memphis Readiness Center $1,240,000 Berry Army Arizona: Fort Huachuca Fire Station, Two Company $6,700,000 Giffords Navy California: Bridgeport MWTC Commissary $6,830,000 McKeon Air Force California: Los Angeles AFB Consolidated Parking Area Ph 1 $8,000,000 Sanchez, Loretta Air Reserve California: March ARB Small Arms Firing Range $9,800,000 Calvert Navy California: Monterey NSA Marine Meterology Center $10,240,000 Farr Navy California: Point Loma NB Add/Alt Marine Mammal Surgical Center $2,330,000 Davis (CA) Air Force California: Travis AFB Taxiway Mike Bypass Road $6,000,000 Tauscher Air Force Colorado: Peterson AFB East Gate Realignment $7,200,000 Lamborn 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount Requester(s) 

Air NG Connecticut: Bradley IAP CNAF Beddown—Upgrade Facilities $9,000,000 DeLauro; Courtney; Larson (CT); Himes; Murphy (CT) Navy Connecticut: New London NSB MK-48 Torpedo Magazine $6,570,000 Courtney Air Force Florida: Eglin AFB Flight Test Operations Facility (413 FLTS) $9,400,000 Miller (FL) Air Force Florida: MacDill AFB Mission Support Facility $384,000 Castor (FL) Air Force Florida: MacDill AFB Consolidated Communications Facility $21,000,000 Young (FL) Navy Florida: Mayport NS Fitness Center $26,360,000 Crenshaw Navy Florida: Panama City NSA Joint Diver A-School Dormitory $520,000 Boyd Navy Georgia: Albany MCLB Weapons Maintenance Hardstand Facility $4,870,000 Bishop (GA) Army NG Georgia: Hunter AAF Readiness Center $8,967,000 Kingston; Marshall Air Force Georgia: Robins AFB Hot Cargo Pad/Taxiway $6,200,000 Marshall Air Force Hawaii: Hickam AFB Ground Control Tower $4,000,000 Abercrombie Army NG Hawaii: Kapolei Readiness Center (JFHQ) $5,446,000 Abercrombie; Hirono Navy Hawaii: Pearl Harbor NSY Drydock 2 Starboard Waterfront Facility $850,000 Hirono; Abercrombie Army NG Iowa: Camp Dodge Motor Vehicle Storage Buildings, Freedom Center $1,963,000 Boswell Army NG Iowa: Davenport Army Aviation Support Facility Add/Alt $2,000,000 Braley Army NG Iowa: Fairfield Field Maintenance Shop Add/Alt $2,000,000 Loebsack Army NG Iowa: Iowa Falls Add/Alt Readiness Center $2,000,000 Latham 


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Air Force Idaho: Mountain Home AFB Civil Engineer Maintenance Complex $690,000 Simpson Air NG Illinois: Lincoln Capital Airport Relocate Base Entrance $3,000,000 Hare; Jackson (IL); Schock; Shimkus Air Force Illinois: Scott AFB Aeromedical Evacuation Facility $7,400,000 Jackson (IL); Costello Navy Indiana: Crane NSWC Strategic Weapons System Engineering Facility $510,000 Ellsworth Air NG Kansas: McConnell AFB Upgrade DCGS $8,700,000 Tiahrt Army Kentucky: Fort Campbell Physical Fitness Complex $900,000 Davis (TN); Tanner; Whitfield Army Kentucky: Fort Campbell Chapel Complex $14,400,000 Wamp; Tanner; Whitfield Army NG Kentucky: Frankfort Joint Forces Headquarters $334,000 Chandler Army NG Kentucky: London Phase IV Aviation Operations Facility $1,805,000 Rogers (KY) Air NG Kentucky: Standiford Field Contingency Response Group Facility $600,000 Yarmuth Army Louisiana: Fort Polk Multipurpose Machine Gun Range $6,400,000 Fleming; Alexander Navy Maine: Portsmouth NSY Consolidation of Structural Shops $2,000,000 Hodes; Pingree; Shea-Porter Navy Maine: Portsmouth NSY Gate 2 Security Improvements $7,090,000 Shea-Porter; Hodes; Pingree Army Maryland: Aberdeen Proving Ground Information Processing Node, Ph 2 $956,000 Ruppersberger; Kratovil Air Force Maryland: Andrews AFB Physical Fitness Facility $930,000 Edwards (MD) Navy Maryland: Carderock NSWC DET RDTE Support Facility, Ph 2 $6,520,000 Van Hollen Army Maryland: Fort Detrick Auditorium and Training Center Expansion $7,400,000 Bartlett Army Maryland: Fort Meade Intersection, Rockenbach Road & Cooper Avenue $2,350,000 Kratovil; Sarbanes Navy Maryland: Patuxent River NAS Special Communications Engineering Facility $11,043,000 Hoyer Air NG Massachusetts: Barnes ANGB F-15 Aircraft Ready Shelters $8,100,000 Olver 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount Requester(s) 

Air NG Massachusetts: Hanscom AFB Joint Forces Operations Center—ANG Share $1,500,000 Tierney; Tsongas Army NG Michigan: Camp Grayling Barracks Replacement, Ph 2 $440,000 Stupak Army NG Michigan: Fort Custer (Augusta) Organizational Maintenance Shop (ADRS) $7,732,000 Schauer Air NG Minnesota: Minneapolis-St.Paul IAP Add/Alt Starbase Facility $1,900,000 Ellison Air NG Mississippi: Gulfport-Biloxi RAP Relocate Base Entrance $6,500,000 Taylor Army Missouri: Fort Leonard Wood Health Clinic $7,800,000 Skelton Air Force Missouri: Whiteman AFB EOD Operations Complex $7,400,000 Skelton Air Force Missouri: Whiteman AFB Land Acquisition North and South Boundaries $5,500,000 Skelton Army NG Montana: Fort Harrison Add/Alt Troop Medical Facility $1,750,000 Rehberg Army NG Nevada: Las Vegas Civil Support Team Ready Building $727,000 Titus; Berkley Air NG New Jersey: Atlantic City IAP Munitions Administration Facility $1,700,000 LoBiondo Air Force New Jersey: McGuire AFB Warfighter and Family Support Center $7,900,000 Adler Army New Jersey: Picatinny Arsenal Ballistic Evaluation Facility, Ph 2 $10,200,000 Frelinghuysen Air Force New Mexico: Cannon AFB Dormitory (96 RM) $450,000 Lujan Air Force New Mexico: Holloman AFB Fire/Crash Rescue Station $10,400,000 Teague Air Force New Mexico: Kirtland AFB Add to Space RDTE Operations Center $5,800,000 Heinrich Army New York: Fort Drum All Weather Marksmanship Facility $8,200,000 McHugh 


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Air NG New York: Fort Drum Reaper LRE Beddown (Wheeler Sack AAF) $2,700,000 Maffei Air Reserve New York: Niagara Falls ARS Indoor Small Arms Range $5,700,000 Slaughter; Lee (NY) Army NG North Carolina: East Flat Rock Readiness Center Add/Alt $2,516,000 Shuler Army North Carolina: Fort Bragg Field Support Brigade Headquarters $720,000 Kissell; McIntyre Army NG North Carolina: Fort Bragg Tactical UAS Support Facility $6,038,000 McIntyre; Kissell Air Force North Carolina: Seymour Johnson AFB Radar Approach Control Complex, Ph 1 $6,900,000 Jones Air Force North Dakota: Minot AFB Control Tower/Base Operations Facility $1,710,000 Pomeroy Army NG Ohio: Beightler Armory Joint Forces Headquarters (JOC) Addition $2,000,000 Kilroy Army NG Ohio: Ravenna Shoot House $2,000,000 Ryan (OH) Air NG Ohio: Toledo Express Airport Multi-Use Instructional Facility $2,000,000 Kaptur Air Force Ohio: Wright-Patterson AFB Replace West Ramp, Ph 2 $10,600,000 Turner Air NG Ohio: Zanesville ANGS New Supply Warehouse $1,000,000 Space Air Force Oklahoma: Tinker AFB T-9 Noise Suppressor $5,100,000 Fallin Army NG Oregon: Camp Rilea Water Supply System $368,000 Wu Army NG Oregon: Polk County Readiness Center $12,100,000 Schrader Army NG Pennsylvania: Luzerne Readiness Center $924,000 Carney Navy Rhode Island: Newport NS Renovate Perry Hall $8,530,000 Kennedy Air NG South Carolina: McEntire JRB Joine Use Armed Forces Reserve Center $1,300,000 Wilson; Clyburn Air Force South Carolina: Shaw AFB Add/Alter USAFCENT Headquarters $21,183,000 Spratt Air NG South Dakota: Joe Foss Field Add to Munitions Maintenance Complex $1,300,000 Herseth Sandlin 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Account Location Project Amount Requester(s) 

Army Reserve Texas: Bryan Army Reserve Center $12,200,000 Edwards (TX) Army Texas: Fort Bliss Access Control Points $6,500,000 Reyes Army Texas: Fort Hood Family Life Center $8,500,000 Carter; Edwards (TX) Navy Reserve Texas: Fort Worth NAS/JRB Replace Joint Base Communications Building $6,170,000 Granger Air NG Texas: Kelly Field Annex Add/Alt Aircraft Maintenance Shops $7,900,000 Rodriguez; Gonzalez Navy Texas: Kingsville NAS Solar Panel Array $4,470,000 Ortiz Army Reserve Texas: Robstown Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility $10,200,000 Ortiz Air Force Utah: Hill AFB PCC Apron NW End Taxiway A $5,100,000 Bishop (UT) Army NG Vermont: Ethan Allen Range BOQ Add/Alt $1,996,000 Welch Navy Virginia: Dahlgren NSWC Electromagnetic Research & Engineering Fac Ph 2 $3,660,000 Wittman Defense-Wide Virginia: Dam Neck Annex SOF Force Protection Improvements $4,100,000 Nye Army Virginia: Fort Lee Defense Access Roads $5,000,000 Forbes Navy Washington: Everett NS Small Craft Launch $3,810,000 Larsen Air Force Washington: Fairchild AFB Refueling Vehicle Maintenance Facility $4,150,000 McMorris Rodgers Army Washington: Fort Lewis Fort Lewis-McChord AFB Joint Access $9,000,000 Smith (WA) Navy Washington: Indian Island NM Ordnance Storage Pads with Covers $13,130,000 Dicks Army NG West Virginia: Logan/Mingo County Readiness Center $501,000 Rahall 


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Army NG West Virginia: Parkersburg Readiness Center $2,234,000 Mollohan Army NG West Virginia: Parkersburg Field Maintenance Shop $967,000 Mollohan Air NG Wisconsin: General Mitchell IAP Add/Alt KC-135 Corrosion Control Hangar $5,000,000 Moore (WI) Air Force Guam: Andersen AFB Postal Service Center $3,500,000 Bordallo Army NG Puerto Rico: Camp Santiago Urban Assault Course $1,669,000 Pierluisi 


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ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF MR. LEWIS AND MR. WAMP 

Funding in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies fiscal year 2010 appropriation bill totals $133.7 billion: $76.5 billion in discretionary spending and $55.8 billion in 

mandatory spending. The discretionary spending in this bill represents a 5 percent increase above fiscal year 2009 while the mandatory spending in the bill is 19 percent higher than last year’s 

level. 

The bill provides critical funding needed for military construction 

and family housing for our troops and their families and other 

quality of life construction projects, and provides funding for all of 

the programs that the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Related Agencies in this bill have asked for in the budget request, 

and more. 

The 302(b) allocation to this subcommittee of $76.5 billion is 

$240 million more than the budget request, and $3.6 billion above 

fiscal year 2009. Ranking Member Lewis offered a substitute 302(b) 

allocation at the full committee that would have prioritized funding 

increases for defense, military construction, and our veterans by 

providing a six percent increase for these programs, a 4 percent increase for homeland security, and holding all other subcommittees 

to very reasonable 2 percent increases. Unfortunately, the amendment was defeated. 

The programs and projects funded in the bill illustrate the commitment of this subcommittee to those who are serving and to 

those who have served. We commend the Chairman for the increased funding for critical requirements of the Army and Air 

Guard, and for the Reserve forces of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps 

and Air Force. The Guard and Reserve forces have been performing 

at a high operational tempo since September 2001, and this high 

activation rate is expected to continue. 

We are pleased that the BRAC 2005 program is fully funded at 

the President’s request. We will work with the majority, under a 

fair and open process, to ensure that this funding is in place by the 

beginning of the fiscal year so that the Department of Defense can 

work towards meeting the statutory deadline of September 15, 

2011 for this program. 

We remain concerned about the ability of the VA to effectively 

absorb large funding increases provided in this bill. With this bill, 

the overall spending level for VA, including the FY ’09 enacted levels, will be about $205 billion. Many of these accounts are available 

for a two-year period, and have significant unobligated balances 

that are not obligated until the second year. We may need to review these programs to see if it would be more efficient to determine the best way to fund them in the future. 

The Committee report itself is critical of the slow rate that the 

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lion dollar major construction account for the VA, the report points 

out that the spending rate is ‘‘woefully slow’’ having only spent $1.9 

billion out of $4.4 billion that was appropriated between fiscal year 

2005 through fiscal year 2008. When you add the spending 

amounts for fiscal year 2009 to the amounts in this bill, the 

amount available for this account grows to $6.5 billion. 

The bill contains $48.2 billion for advance appropriations for 

medical services, medical support and compliance, and medical facilities, which is $3.7 billion (8%) above the amount included for fiscal year 2010 in the bill. Candidate Obama and now President 

Obama said he supports advance appropriations, and Secretary 

Shinseki has said that he supports it as well. Working together 

with the majority, we were able to provide for advance appropriations for VA medical care in this bill. No one knows for sure if any 

unintended consequences exist with this proposal. The Chairman 

has given his assurances that we will conduct the necessary oversight to make certain that this mechanism, to ensure that our veterans have full access to their medical care needs regardless of 

where we stand in the annual appropriations process, is properly 

managed. 

While on the subject of advance appropriations, when Secretary 

Shinseki testified before the subcommittee, he said that he wanted 

to work with the Congress on this issue. We believe that it would 

have been more beneficial to the process had the Secretary communicated the Administration’s advance appropriations proposal to 

both sides of the aisle simultaneously. It is our hope that this was 

simply an oversight and not the way that the Administration is 

going to handle communications on major issues with the Committee. 

The bill includes $3.307 billion for VA Information Technology 

(IT), which is an increase of $833 million above the fiscal year 2009 

enacted level, or it is an increase of $559 million above the fiscal 

year 2009 level when reprogramming action is taken into consideration. Regardless, we are talking about providing huge unchecked 

spending increases to the one account that the General Accounting 

Office and VA’s Office of Inspector General have documented the 

VA’s inability to effectively manage these resources. 

Secretary Shinseki testified that he is going to need IT to be a 

key part of his plan to transform the VA. With the documented red 

flags about this account, we could have done more to restrict access 

to a portion of this funding until the VA–OIG certifies that the Assistant Secretary has taken the necessary steps to put in place the 

governance boards to ensure that capital investments for IT are 

properly vetted. 

Not to put too fine a point on this, but just last week, less than 

three hours after the subcommittee markup on this bill, the staff 

participated in a briefing at the request of VA’s Assistant Secretary 

for IT. The purpose of the briefing was to provide the Committee 

an update on a thorough analysis that the VA had undertaken to 

review their IT portfolio. The Assistant Secretary reported that 

there are a number of VA IT programs that are more than 13 

months behind schedule and more than 50 percent over budget. We 

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10 costs for these projects. More than ten days have passed, and 

the VA has yet to provide that list. 

We also need to view this bill within the larger context of the 

Nation’s rapidly escalating debt and inflationary pressures. We 

strongly support the Republican proposal to cap domestic discretionary spending at 2 percent above the 2009 enacted level—the 

level proposed by Ranking Member Lewis as an alternative 302(b) 

allocation. 

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) the Obama 

Administration is on its way to doubling the national debt in 5 

years. In so doing, it will drive the Debt-to-GDP ratio from 41% 

today to a staggering 71% in 2014. As the charts below show, by 

2019 the Debt-to-GDP ratio will exceed 80%: 

The United States Treasury is building a mountain of debt and 

the Federal Reserve has issued another mountain of dollars in its 

attempt to sustain the credit markets in recent months. The possibility of much higher inflation, which will reduce the value of the 

payments to the holders of the U.S. debt, is a very real threat, if 

not the single largest threat against the ability of the economy to 

recover. 

That rapid rise in debt is being fueled by unprecedented increases in the annual deficits. The deficits projected in the Obama 

Budget Blueprint, and adopted by the Democrats’ Congressional 


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Budget Resolution averages just shy of $1 trillion (that is $1,000 

billion!) annually for the next ten years—not including revenue 

shortfalls in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which will 

add even greater amounts to the annual deficit. In addition, the 

Democrats’ Budget Resolution—at the behest of the Administration 

and a harbinger of more to come—raises taxes by $1.5 trillion over 

the next ten years, effectively withdrawing those funds from private production in the economy as well. Before the recession, federal spending totaled $24,000 per U.S. 

household. President Obama and the budget resolution that incorporates that plan would hike it to $32,000 per household by 2019— 

for an inflation-adjusted $8,000-per-household expansion of government. Even the steep tax increases planned for all taxpayers would 

not finance all of this spending. 

Simply put, the President’s budget and the budget resolution 

that adopted those spending levels would add trillions of dollars in 

new debt. In fact if enacted, the President’s Budget Blueprint 

would, over time, dump an estimated $84,352 in new debt on our 

children and grandchildren. 

That debt can only be paid for by borrowing even more. However, 

the global demand for U.S. debt is not infinite and continued purchases of debt can only be induced by greater interest rates. We are 

already seeing that occur as treasury rates have soared recently in 

the face of government borrowing. Just recently mortgage rates 

have jumped from 4.8% to 5.8% wiping out billions in potential savings for homeowners. To protect credit and keep interest rates low, 

we must shrink the budget deficit in the near term and rein in entitlement spending, neither of which is occurring in this bill. 

As we conclude, we commend the majority for doing an excellent 

job of setting the funding levels in the bill. We also strongly believe 

that the total amounts of discretionary funds provided across the 

12 appropriations bills could have been reduced by $35 billion had 

we kept domestic discretionary spending to a two percent increase 

above last year except for defense, military construction, homeland 

security and veterans. 

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