81–161 

113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–90 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2014 

MAY 28, 2013.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. CULBERSON, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

together with 

MINORITY AND ADDITIONAL VIEWS 

[To accompany H.R. 2216] 

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, 2014, and 

for other purposes. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

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

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

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

Management and Oversight Initiatives ................................................................. 15 

Department of Defense: 

Military Construction ....................................................................................... 16 

NATO Security Investment Program .............................................................. 25 

Family Housing Construction and Operation and Maintenance .................. 27 

Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-Wide ............................... 29 

Department of Defense Base Closure Account ............................................... 29 

Administrative Provisions ................................................................................ 30 

Department of Veterans Affairs: 

Veterans Benefits Administration ................................................................... 33 

Veterans Health Administration ..................................................................... 36 

National Cemetery Administration ................................................................. 46 

Departmental Administration ......................................................................... 47 

Administrative Provisions ................................................................................ 57 

Related Agencies: 

American Battle Monuments Commission ..................................................... 61 


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U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims .................................................... 61 

Cemeterial Expenses, Army ............................................................................ 62 

Armed Forces Retirement Home ..................................................................... 63 

Administrative Provision ................................................................................. 64 

General Provisions ................................................................................................... 64 

House of Representative Report Requirements .................................................... 65 

Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ............................ 65 

Rescissions ........................................................................................................ 65 

Transfer of Funds ............................................................................................. 66 

Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending Items ...... 67 

Changes in Application of Existing Law ........................................................ 67 

Appropriations Not Authorized by Law .......................................................... 71 

Program Duplication ........................................................................................ 73 

Directed Rule Making ...................................................................................... 73 

Full Committee Votes ...................................................................................... 73 

Ramseyer Rule .................................................................................................. 76 

Comparison With the Budget Resolution ....................................................... 76 

Five-Year Projection of Outlays ...................................................................... 76 

Assistance to State and Local Governments .................................................. 76 

State Project List .............................................................................................. 77 

Minority Views .................................................................................................. 91 

Additional Views ............................................................................................... 93 

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, which 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; provide the housing and military community infrastructure that supports a good quality of life for them and their families; and allow 

the military to maintain an efficient and effective base structure. 

The bill also funds programs to ensure that all 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 (including Arlington National Cemetery), the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and 

the Armed Forces Retirement Home. 

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The scale of the Nation’s debt and the continuing annual deficit 

weighed heavily on the Committee as it formulated this bill. A 

driving force behind the Committee recommendations is the need 

to do all that we can to reduce the deficit and balance the budget 

of the United States. The Committee recommendation continues essential support for servicemembers and veterans but does not provide funds for projects or activities that lacked sufficient justification or amounts in excess of expected obligations for the fiscal year. 

Where it was prudent, the Committee recommendation rescinds 

prior year funding that is no longer needed for the purpose for 

which it was appropriated while leaving sufficient resources to 

close out contracts. The Committee does not include requested 

funding for a civilian pay increase. Should the President provide a 

civilian pay raise for fiscal year 2014, it is assumed that the cost 


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of such a pay raise will be absorbed within existing appropriations 

for fiscal year 2014. The Committee recommends $157,782,090,000 in budget authority for the fiscal year 2014 programs and activities funded in the 

bill. In addition, advance appropriations of $55,634,227,000 are 

provided for fiscal year 2015 medical programs of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs. The fiscal year 2014 recommendation is an increase of $12,939,319,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level 

(defined as the amount provided within Public Law 113–6 and excluding emergency funding, disaster relief adjustments, the 251A 

sequester and the section 3004 Office of Management and Budget 

adjustment) and $1,370,117,000 below the President’s request. Included in this amount is $84,461,636,000 in mandatory budget authority and $73,320,454,000 in discretionary budget authority. 

The recommendation reflects the Committee’s continued commitment to our servicemembers and veterans and to their families. 

The total funding level for military construction and family housing 

is $9,954,887,000, a $645,868,000 reduction below the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level and $1,056,746,000 below the budget request. 

The overall level of funding supports the servicemen and women 

and their families who are making sacrifices during this time of 

war. The programs funded in the bill for the Department of Defense address the numerous challenges we have asked our military 

to accomplish simultaneously. These funds support continued 

cleanup of military bases closed during previous Base Realignment 

and Closure rounds, resource the military’s global re-stationing and 

force re-structure plans, and ensure that our military personnel 

and their families’ quality of life is preserved within these plans. 

The total funding level for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Veterans Affairs is $147,581,766,000, an increase of 10.2 percent 

over the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. Of the total, 

$84,461,636,000 is provided for mandatory benefit programs and 

$63,120,130,000 is allocated to discretionary programs such as 

medical care, claims processing, and construction. Discretionary 

funding increases by 3.5 percent. In addition to funds for fiscal 

year 2014, of which $54,462,000,000 have already been appropriated in advance, the Committee recommendation includes 

$55,634,227,000 in advance appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for 

the three health care accounts of the Department, as authorized by 

the House-passed fiscal year 2014 budget resolution. 

The following table compares amounts recommended in the bill 

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

2013: 


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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF BUOGET AUTHORITY FOR 2013 AND REQUEST AND RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS FOR 2014 

(Amounts in thousands) 

"Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB 

TITLE I - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Military construction. Army ........................... 

Mil itary construction. Navy and Mari ne Corps ... 

Military construction. Air Force ...................... Military construction. Defense-Wide ................... 

Total. Active components ....................... 

Military construction. Army National Guard ........... . 

Supplemental (P.L. 113-2) (Emergency) ............ . 

Subtotal ....................................... . 

Military construction. Air National Guard ............ . 

Military construction. Army Reserve .................. . 

Military construction. Navy Reserve .................. . Military construction. Air Force Reserve ............. . 

Total, Reserve components ...................... . Total. Military construction ........ . 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 

Program ............... '" .......................... . 

Family housing construction, Army .................... . Family housing operation and maintenance. Army ....... . 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

1.682.639 

1.547.615 

322.220 

3.578.841 

FY 2014 

Request 

1.119.875 

1.700.269 

1.156.573 

3.985.300 

Bill 

1.099.875 

1.616.281 

1.127.273 

3.707.923 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

-582.764 -

+68.666 -

+805.053 -+129.082 -2

---.--------- -------------- ------------ - -------

7.131,315 

613.185 

24,235 

637.420 

42.344 

305,540 

49,482 

10.968 

1.045.754 

7.962.017 

320,815 

320.815 

119,800 174.060 

32,976 

45,659 

693.310 

7.551,352 

315.815 

315,815 

107.800 174,060 

32,976 

45.659 

676.310 

+420,037 

-297.370 

-24,235 

-321.605 

+65.456 

-131,480 

-16.506 

+34,691 

-369.444 

-4

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8,177,069 8.655,327 8,227,662 +50,593 -4

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253.909 

4,636 

529.521 

239.700 

44.008 

512,871 

199,700 

44.008 

512,871 

-54,209 

+39,372 

-16,650 

-

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR 2013 AND REQUEST AND RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS FOR 2014 

(Amounts in thousands) 

"Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB 

Family housing construction, Navy and Marine Corps .... Family housing operation and maintenance, Navy and 

Mari ne Corps ....................................... . 

Family housing construction, Air Force ............... . Family housing operation and maintenance, Air Force .. . 

Family housing operation and maintenance, Defense-Wide 

Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 

Fund ............................................... . 

Total, Family housing ......................... . 

Chemical demilitarization construction, Defense-Wide .. 

Base realignment and closure: 

Base realignment and closure account, 1990 ....... . 

Base realignment and closure account, 2005 ....... . 

Base realignment and closure account ............. . 

Total, Base realignment and closure ...... . 

Military Construction, Army (Sec. 126) ............... . Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps (Sec.127) Military Construction. Defense-Wide (Sec. 128) ....... . 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

102.080 

377,852 

83,740 

497.331 

52,186 

1,784 

FY 2014 

Request 

73,407 

389,844 

76,360 

388,598 

55,845 

1.780 

Bill vs. B

Bill Enacted 

73,407 -28,673 

389,844 +11,992 

76,360 -7,380 

388,598 -108,733 

55,845 +3,659 

1,780 -4 

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1,649.130 1,542,713 1.542.713 -106.417 

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150,849 

408,987 

126,570 

122,536 

451,357 

122,536 -28,313 

-408,987 -126,570 

451.357 +451.357 

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535.557 451,357 451.357 -84,200 

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-89,000 -89,000 -

-49,920 -49,920 -

-20,000 -358,400 -338,400 -3

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(Amounts in thousands) 

'Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB 

Rescission (P.L. 113-6): 

Base Realignment and Closure, 2005 ............. . 

Military construction, Army, Planning and design 

FY12 (Sec. 129) .................................... . 

Military construction, Defense-Wide, Unspecified minor 

construction FY09 and FY10 (Sec. 130) .............. . 

Military construction, Air National Guard, Unspecified 

minor construction FY09 and FY10 (Sec. 131) ........ . 

42 USC 3374 (Sec. 132) ............................... . 

Reduction of funds (Sec. 133) ........................ . 

Navy Land Transfer (P.L. 113-6) ...................... . 

Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps 

(Sec. 135) ......................................... . 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

-132,513 

10,989 

FY 2014 

Request Bill 

-50,000 -16,470 

-45,623 -50,000 

-4,668 

75,000 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+132,513 

-50,000 

-16,470 

-45,623 

-50,000 

-4,668 

-10,989 

+75,000 

B

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Total, title I, Department of Defense ........ . 

Appropri at ions ........................... . 

Resci ssi ons. . . .. . ....................... . Emergency appropriations ................. . 

10,624,990 

(10.753,268) 

(-152,513) 

(24,235) 

11,011,633 

(11,011,633) 

9,954,887 

(10,614,300) 

(-659,413) 

-670,103 

(-138,968) 

(-506,900) 

(-24,235) 

-1,0

(-3

(-6

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TITLE II - DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

Compensation and pensions............................. 60,599,855 71,248,171 71.248,171 +10.648.316 

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(Amounts in thousands) 

-Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB 

Readj ustment benefits..... ................... . ..... . 

Veterans insurance and indemnities ................... . 

Veterans housing benefit program fund: 

(indefinite) ................................... . 

(Limitation on direct loans) .................... .. 

Admi ni strat ive expenses .......................... . 

Vocational rehabilitation loans program account ...... . 

(Limitation on direct loans) .................... .. 

Administrative expenses .......................... . 

Native American veteran housing loan program account .. 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

12,023,458 

104,600 184,859 

(500) 

157.656 

19 

(2,729) 

346 

1,OB8 

FY 2014 

Request 

13,135,898 

77,567 

(500) 

158,430 

5 

(2,500) 

354 

1,109 

Bill 

13,135,898 

77,567 

(500) 

158,430 

5 

(2,500) 

354 

1,109 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

+1,112,440 

-27,033 

-184,859 

+774 

-14 

( -229) 

+8 

+21 

B

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Total. Veterans Benefits Administration ........ . 

Veterans Health Administration 

Medical services: 

Advance from prior year ......................... . 

Current year request ............................. . 

Advance appropriation, FY 2015 ................... . 

Supplemental (P.L. 113-2) (Emergency) ............ . 

Subtotal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ......... . 

Medical support and compliance: 

Advance from prior year .......................... . 

73,071,881 84,621,534 84,621,534 +11,549,653 

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(41,354,000) 

154,845 

43,557,000 

21,000 

43,732,845 

(5,746,000) 

(43,557,000) 

157,500 

45,015,527 

45,173,027 

(6,033,000) 

(43,557,000) 

45,015,527 

45,015,527 

(6,033,000) 

(+2,203,000) 

-154,845 

+1,458,527 

-21,000 

+1,282,682 

(+287,000) 

-1

-1

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(Amounts in thousands) 

"Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB 

Advance appropriation, FY 2015 .................. . 

Subtotal ..................................... . 

Medical facilities: 

Advance from prior year .......................... . 

Advance appropriation, FY 2015 .................. . 

Supplemental (P.L. 113-2) (Emergency) ............ . 

Subtotal .................................... . 

Medical and prosthetic research ...................... . 

Medical care cost recovery collections: 

Offsetting collections ........................... . 

Appropriations (indefinite) ...................... . 

Subtotal ....................................... . 

DoD-VA Joint Medical Funds (transfers out) ............ 

DoD-VA Joint Medical Funds (by transfer) .............. 

DoD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund (Transfer 

out) ............................................... 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

6,033,000 6,033,000 

(5,441,000) 

4,872,000 

6,000 

4,878,000 

582,091 

-2,527,000 

2,527,000 

(-279,720) 

(279,720) 

(-15,000) 

FY 2014 

Request 

5,879,700 5,879,700 

(4,872,000) 

4,739,000 

4,739,000 

585,664 

-2,485,000 

2,485,000 

(-254,257) 

(254,257) 

( -15,000) 

Bill 

5,879,700 

5,879,700 

(4,872,000) 

4,739,000 4,739,000 

585,664 

-2,485,000 

2,485,000 

( -271,000) 

(271,000) 

(-15,000) 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

-153,300 

-153,300 

(-569,000) 

-133,000 

-6,000 

-139,000 

+3,573 

+42,000 

-42,000 

(+8,720) 

(-8,720) 

B

(-(+

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(Amounts in thousands) 

'Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec, 3004 OMB ATB 

DoD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund (by 

transfer) , , . , , , .. , , , . , , , , , , , . , , . , . , . , , , , , .. , . , , , . , , . 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

(15,000) 

FY 2014 

Request 

(15,000) 

Bill 

(15,000) 

Bill vs, 

Enacted 

B

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Total, Veterans Health Administration, '."""" 

Appropriations ..... ,",.,',.,", .. " .. ,',., , 

Emergency appropriations .. , .. , .. ", .. "."" 

Advance appropriations, FY 2015" '.".,.,',' 

55,225,936 

(736,936) 

(27,000) 

(54,462,000) 

56,377,391 

(743,164) 

(55,634,227) 

56,219,891 

(585,664) 

+993,955 

(-151,272) 

(-27,000) 

(+1,172,227) 

-15

(-15

Advances from prior year appropriations .. , .. ,." (52,541,000) (54,462,000) 

(55,634,227) (54,462,000) (+1,921,000) 

National Cemetery Administration 

National Cemetery Administration, .. , .... ,",.,""",. 

Supplemental (P.L. 113-2) {Emergency),."".""" 

Subtota 1 , , , , .. , ... , , .. , , ... , , .. , , , . , , . , , . , . , , , .. 

Departmental Administration 

General administration.",.,.".,.".".",."".,.". 

General operating expenses, VBA,.".", .,.,',., ... , .. , 

Information technology systems",.,.,"""', .... ".,' 

Supplemental (P,L. 113-2) (Emergency)",., .. "" ,. 

Subtotal, . , , , . . .. ", ... ,."."."",.""."", 

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258,026 

2,100 

260,126 

424,312 

2,161,910 

3,324,117 

531 

3,324,648 

250,000 250,000 -8,026 

-2,100 

250,000 250,000 -10,126 

403,023 403,023 -21,289 

2,455,490 2,455,490 +293,580 

3,683,344 3,683,344 +359,227 

-531 

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3,683,344 3,683,344 +358,696 

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(Amounts in thousands) 

'Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB 

Office of Inspector General... . .......... , ... " .. ,.,' Construction, major projects .................. , ...... . 

Supplemental (P.L. 113-2) (Emergency) .......... . 

Subtota 1 ...... , . , ..... , . . . . . . . .. . ............. . 

Construction, minor projects ......................... . 

Grants for construction of State extended care 

facilities ............................ , .......... ,. 

Grants for the construction of veterans cemeteries ... , 

Total, Departmental Administration" ........... ,. 

Emergency appropriations .................... . 

Administrative Provisions 

FY 2014 Advance Rescission (Sec. 230) ................ . FY 2014 Current Reduction (Sec. 230) ............ . 

Section 225 

Medical services ...................... , .............. . 

(Resci 5510n) .................................. , .. . 

Medical support and compliance ....................... . 

(Rescission) .......................... ,.,., ...... , 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

114,885 

531,938 

207.000 

738,938 

606,922 

84,915 

45,954 

7,502,484 

(207,531) 

============= 

1,498,500 

-1,500,000 

199,800 

-200,000 

FY 2014 

Request 

116,411 

342,130 

Bill 

116,411 

342,130 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+1,526 

-189,808 

-207,000 

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342,130 342,130 -396,808 

714,870 714,870 +107,948 

82,650 82,650 -2,265 

44,650 44,650 -1,304 

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7,842,568 7,842,568 +340,084 

(-207,531) 

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-156,000 -156,000 -1

-24,000 -24,000 -

1,400,000 1,400,000 -98,500 

-1,400,000 -1,400,000 +100,000 

100,000 100,000 -99,800 

-100,000 -100,000 +100,000 

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(Amounts in thousands) 

'Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB 

Medical facilities ..... " .... " .... , .. , ... , .. ".," .. 

(Resci ss ion) ... , , , . , .. , .. , .... , ... , ........ , . , ... . 

Total. Administrative Provisions ............... . 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

249,750 

-250,000 

-1.950 

FY 2014 

Request 

250.000 

-250.000 

Bill 

250,000 

-250,000 -180.000 

Bill vs, 

Enacted 

+250 

-178.050 

B

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Total, title II" ... "., .. , ........... , ........ . 

Appropri at ions .............. , , . , .. , . , , .... . 

Emergency appropriations .. , .............. ,. 

Rescissions, ........ , .. ,', ................ . 

Advance appropriations, FY 2015., .......... . 

Advances from prior year appropriations ........ , 

(Limitation on direct loans) ................ , .. . 

Di scret i onary .. , .... , ... , .... , , , , . , , ........... . 

Advances from prior year less FY 2015 advances 

Less emergency appropriations ... "., ....... ,., 

136.058,477 

(83.309,846) 

(236,631) 

(-1.950,000) 

(54,462,000) (52.541,000) 

(3,229) 

(63,145,705) 

-1,921.000 

-236.631 

149,091.493 

(95,207.266) 

(-1.750.000) (55.634.227) (54.462.000) 

(3.000) 

(64.629.857) 

-1.172.227 

148.753.993 

(95.025.766) 

(-1.750.000) (55.634.227) (54.462.000) 

(3.000) 

(64.292.357) 

-1.172.227 

+12.695.516 

(+11.715.920) 

(-236.631) (+200.000) 

(+1,172.227) (+1.921.000) 

( -229) 

(+1.146.652) 

+748.773 +236,631 

Net discretionary .... , .... , ..... """"'" (60,988,074) (63.457.630) (63.120.130) (+2.132.056) 

Mandatory, . , .. , .. , ........ , ...... , ... , .. , . , , .. , . (72.912,772) (84,461.636) (84.461,636) (+11.548.864) 

____ _______ ____________ ... _ __ w ____ w ______ 

Total mandatory and net discretionary ...... . 133.900,846 147.919,266 147.581.766 +13.680.920 

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(-1

(-3

(-3

-3

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'Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB 

TITLE III - RELATED AGENCIES 

American Battle Monuments Commission 

Sal ari es and expenses ................................ . 

Foreign currency fluctuations account ................ . 

Total, American Battle Monuments Commission ... 

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims 

Salaries and expenses ................................ . 

Department of Defense - Civil 

Cemeterial Expenses, Army 

Sal aries and expenses ................................ . 

Construct i on program ................................. . 

Total, Cemeterial Expenses, Army ............... . 

Armed Forces Retirement Home - Trust Fund 

Operation and maintenance ............................ . 

Capital program ...................................... . 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

61,348 

14,818 

.. 

----------

76,166 

31,665 64,146 

100.412 164,558 

63,941 

1,950 

FY 2014 

Request 

58,200 

14,100 

Bi 11 

57,980 

14,100 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

-3,368 

-718 

------.------ ------. ------ --------------

72,300 

35,408 

45,800 

45,800 

66,800 

1,000 

72,080 

35,272 

70,685 70,685 

66,400 

1,000 

-4,086 

+3,607 

+6,539 

-100,412 

-93,873 

+2,459 

-950 

B

+

+

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(Amounts in thousands) 

"Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec 3004 OMB ATB 

Armed Forces Retirement Home - General Fund 

Capital program ..................................... . 

Total, Armed Forces Retirement Home ........... . 

Total. title III .............................. . 

TITLE IV - OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

Military Construction. Navy and Marine Corps ......... . Rescission (P.L 112-10) ............................ .. 

Total, title IV ................................ . 

Grand total .................................... . 

Appropri at ions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ......... . 

Rescissions ................................ . 

Emergency appropriations ................... . 

Advance appropriations. FY 2015 ....... . 

Overseas contingency operations ............ . 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

65,891 

FY 2014 

Request 

67,800 

Bill 

67.400 

Bill vs. B

Enacted 

+1,509 

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338,280 221,308 245,437 -92.843 +

============= ============= ============== ============== =======

150,768 

-150,768 

-150,768 

+150,768 

============= ============= ============== ============== =======

============= ============= ============== ============== =======

147.021.747 

(94,401,394) 

(-2,102,513) 

(260,866) 

(54,462,000) 

160,324,434 

(106,440,207) 

(-1.750.000) (55,634,227) 

158,954,317 

(105.885,503) 

(-2.409,413) 

(55.634.227) 

+11.932.570 

(+11,484.109) 

(-306,900) (-260.866) 

(+1 .172.227) 

-1.3

(-5

(-6

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(Amounts in thousands) 

'Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec, 3004 OMB ATB 

Advances from prior year appropriations ..... , , ' 

(By transfer) ............. , ..... , . ' , . , .. , . , . , 

(Transfer out). , . , ' ...... , .... , . , . , . , .. . (Limitation on direct loans) ... , .......... ,.,' 

FY 2013 

Enacted 

(52,541,000) 

(294,720) 

(-294,720) 

(3,229) 

FY 2014 

Request 

(54,462,000) 

(269,257) 

(-269,257) 

(3,000) 

Bill 

(54,462,000) 

(286,000) 

(-286,000) 

(3,000) 

Bill vs. 

Enacted 

(+1,921,000) 

(-8,720) 

(+8,720) 

( -229) 

B

(+

(-

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MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT INITIATIVES

The Committee believes the effective stewardship of taxpayer 

dollars is of the highest priority. In the interest of eliminating 

waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal programs, the Committee has 

and will continue to use public hearings, briefings and information 

requests, and reviews by the Government Accountability Office and 

the Inspectors General to promote strong financial and program 

management, oversight and leadership at the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other agencies 

under the jurisdiction of this bill. 

The fiscal year 2014 appropriations Act and the accompanying 

report address management challenges of the Federal agencies 

funded herein, including directives to strengthen financial and program management, eliminate redundancy, and improve implementation and oversight of initiatives that support the mission of this 

bill. The Committee will use every means at its disposal to reduce 

mismanagement that results in waste, fraud, and abuse. 

Department of Defense.—In addition to the notification and reporting requirements for military construction programs contained 

in Title 10, United States Code, the Committee’s recommendations 

include several provisions requiring the Department of Defense to 

report on various aspects of military construction programs, or to 

provide notification to the Committee when certain actions are 

taken. The Committee also retains prior approval authority for any 

reprogramming of funds exceeding a specific threshold. 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).—With the $147,581,766,000 

provided for the VA in this bill and the increase in the number of 

veterans seeking VA medical services, the Committee believes it is 

important to strengthen its tools to monitor spending as well as the 

skills and operating procedures of the VA workforce. The following 

initiatives demonstrate the Committee’s oversight focus: 

VA–DOD integrated electronic health record.—After years of inaction as the two Departments struggled to develop one unified 

record or different, but interoperable, systems, the Committee has 

taken the initiative to require that any electronic health record 

being developed must be a single, joint, common, integrated health 

record with an open architecture. Bill language requires both Departments to certify that their chosen system meets these requirements and no more than 25 percent of funding for the electronic 

health record can be obligated until the Government Accountability 

Office confirms the Secretaries’ certification and a detailed spending plan is submitted to the Committee. With identical language 

included in this bill and the DOD appropriations bill, the Committee anticipates that the logjam on developing an electronic 

health record will finally be broken. 

Disability claims backlog reduction.—In addition to fully funding 

the administration request of $155,000,000 for the Veterans Benefits Management System, the paperless information technology system designed to speed processing, and $136,440,000 for digital 

scanning of health and benefits files, the Committee implements 

aggressive monthly reporting from each specific regional office on 

claims processing performance and quarterly reports on corrective 

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Excessive overhead in medical services funding.—The Committee 

has heard concerns from Members that the VA retains too much 

of the funding provided by Congress at headquarters and at the regional health networks instead of allowing it to flow through to the 

medical centers. The Committee is monitoring the allocation process VA uses, mandating that VA provide information annually 

identifying the use of all funding retained at headquarters, as well 

as the funding retained by each network and for which purposes. 

In addition, the Committee is requesting regular budget information to better identify administrative expenses that are hidden in 

medical services appropriations. 

Stricter control of construction funding.—The VA historically has 

allowed billions of dollars for its major construction projects to remain unobligated for years at a time while VA completes designs, 

negotiates with contractors, and complies with local, State, and 

Federal paperwork. The Committee continues bill language limiting the availability of these funds to five years, which is the same 

period of time the Committee makes Military Construction funding 

available. The Committee understands that this limitation has already forced modifications to the VA construction process and anticipates that it will generate more efficient construction that will 

better serve veterans. 

Bid savings and project scope control.—In the past, the VA has 

been given considerable flexibility in allocating funding for major 

construction projects. The Committee continues bill language requiring the VA to notify the Committee of all bid savings totaling 

$5,000,000 or more, or five percent, whichever is less, within 14 

days of the contract, as well as the proposed use of the funds. Additionally, the VA is not permitted to make any change in the scope 

of major construction projects. With these tools, the Committee expects to gain more control of construction funding that is no longer 

needed for its original purposes. 

Notification of change in use of funds.—To ensure that the Committee is informed of and approves of changes in planned uses of 

medical services funds, the bill continues a reprogramming requirement for significant changes in funding of non-model initiatives. 

TITLE I 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION OVERVIEW

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $10,600,755,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 11,011,633,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 9,954,887,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (645,868,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ (1,056,746,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 

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ply, medical care, and force protection, as well as unaccompanied 

housing, utilities infrastructure, and land acquisition. 

The Committee recommends a total appropriation of $9,954,887,000 for Military Construction, a decrease of 

$645,868,000 from the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and a decrease 

of $1,056,746,000 below the budget request. 

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 reprogramming to an item specifically reduced below the threshold 

by the Congress is permitted, except that the Department of Defense may seek reprogramming 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, if 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 of both 

Houses of Congress, the adjusted amount approved becomes the 

new base for any future increase or decrease via below-threshold 

reprogramming (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 reprogramming actions and notifications, including the pertinent statutory authorities contained in Department of Defense Financial Management 

Regulation 7000.14–R and relevant updates and policy memoranda. 

The Committee further encourages 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. 

Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization 

(FSRM).—The Department of Defense 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 

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(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. The 

Committee strongly encourages the services and defense agencies to indicate the plant replacement value of the facility to 

be repaired on each such notification. 

Quarterly Summary of Notifications.—The Committee directs the 

services and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (on behalf of 

itself and defense agencies) to continue to submit a quarterly report listing all notifications that have been submitted to the Committees during the preceding three-month period. 

Work in Progress or Planned (WIP) Curve.—The Committee directs the services and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (on behalf of itself and defense agencies) to submit a WIP curve for each 

project requested in a budget submission over $100,000,000 with 

the 1391 justification beginning in fiscal year 2015 and thereafter 

to the congressional defense committees. 

Transfer of funds to and from the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 

Construction, Defense Account.—The Committee directs the Department of Defense to submit a quarterly report to the Committees on 

Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the transfer of funds 

from military construction and family housing accounts to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense account. The report shall specify the amount transferred to the Foreign Currency 

account from each military construction and/or family housing account, and all other accounts for which an appropriation is provided in this Act, during the preceding fiscal quarter, and the 

amounts transferred from the Foreign Currency account to the 

above accounts during the same period. This report shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the close of each fiscal quarter. 

In addition, the Department of Defense shall notify the Committees 

on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 7 days of 

transferring any amount in excess of $10,000,000 to or from the 

Foreign Currency account. 

Bid savings.—The Committee has ascertained from cost variation 

notices required by 10 U.S.C. 2853 that the Department of Defense 

continues to have bid savings on previously appropriated military 

construction projects. The Committee’s recommendation therefore 

includes rescissions to the Army, Navy, and Defense-Wide military 

construction accounts. As a result of bid savings, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue to submit 1002 reports 

on military construction bid savings at the end of each fiscal quarter to the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 

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Incremental funding.—The Committee has stated repeatedly that 

while projects should be fully funded or separated into stand-alone 

phases where practicable, incremental funding should remain an 

option when it makes fiscal and programmatic sense. 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. However, the Committee 

will continue to exercise its prerogative to recommend incremental 

funding when circumstances dictate. The Committee therefore recommends incremental funding for the Public Health Command Lab 

Replacement at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland and Ft. Bliss 

Hospital Replacement, Increment V, El Paso, Texas. 

CYBER Command at Fort Meade.—The Committee supports the 

Department of Defense’s goal to stand up a Cyber Command. However, the recommendation does not include funding requested by 

the Navy and the Air National Guard for facilities for their Cyber 

mission. The Committee is concerned that the Cyber mission is not 

clearly defined at Fort Meade and could be planned in a more cost 

efficient manner. Therefore, the Committee directs the Head of 

U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security 

Agency to provide a master plan for Fort Meade that incorporates 

all facilities (to include parking) by service and fiscal year, an explanation of why 148,884 square feet for the three projects requested cannot be incorporated into the CYBERCOM Joint Operations Center also requested in fiscal year 2014 and the number of 

personnel that will be dedicated to this mission on Fort Meade. 

Drawdown of Facilities in Afghanistan.—Since decisions to close 

or transfer facilities in Afghanistan have yet to be determined, the 

Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the Committee quarterly on the status of Afghanistan facilities transferred 

or closed to include: (1) the name of the base closed or transferred, 

(2) the date and the organization to which the base was transferred, (3) the estimated residual value of the new structures or improvements, (4) identification and rationale for military construction projects planned, cancelled or reduced in scope, and (5) the 

current estimated dates and estimated cost to complete ongoing 

projects. 

Guam Relocation.—To help the Committee better understand the 

non-Department of Defense (DOD) funding that domestic federal 

agencies are providing for the Guam relocation, the Office of Management and Budget is directed no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act to identify, through a consolidated budget request, 

the non-DOD Federal agencies that provide funds specifically for 

the relocation, and the amount that each agency provided in fiscal 

years 2010–2013, and the amounts that have been requested for 

fiscal year 2014. Additionally, the DOD is directed to notify the 

congressional defense committees when funds are received in the 

treasury and expended from the Government of Japan. 

Facilities Management, Life-cycle Costs, and Construction Method 

Alternatives.—The Committee believes that the military construction program best serves both our military personnel and the taxpayers when projects are open to competitive bidding from contractors representing the widest possible range of construction methods. To that end, the Committee urges the Department of Defense 

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Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval Facilities Engineering 

Command, to ensure that requests for proposals or qualifications 

do not arbitrarily foreclose, discourage, or privilege any type of construction method. The Committee continues to encourage a level 

playing field for both traditional construction methods and alternative methods such as permanent modular construction. The Committee also encourages DOD to evaluate the regular use of carbon 

fiber grid precast concrete technology in military construction 

projects. 

The Committee is also concerned by the recent report from the 

Government Accountability Office (GAO–10–436) indicating that 

varying services’ attitudes toward the life-cycle costs of different 

construction methods were based more on pre-formed opinions, personal experiences, and anecdotal evidence rather than quantitative 

information or analyses. The Committee therefore urges DOD and 

the services to conduct further research regarding comparative lifecycle costs for differing types of construction, establish clear goals 

and benchmarks, and ensure these standards are communicated to 

contracting officials. Until such an empirical basis is established, 

the Committee urges DOD and the services to carefully reconsider 

blanket use of any new life-cycle approaches that depart from prior, 

standard practices. 

Child Development Centers.—The Committee encourages the Department of Defense to reaffirm its commitment to providing exceptional child care facilities on all domestic and international military 

installations. The Committee also encourages the Department of 

Defense to ensure that Child Development Centers located on military installations offer a safe child care environment and meet professional standards for early childhood education. 

Sustainable Buildings Policy.—The Committee supports the Department of Defense’s commitment to green buildings, and its goal 

to promote cost-effective sustainability. However the Committee is 

concerned that the Department of Defense’s current approach to 

sustainable construction appears to select one green building certification system over others, particularly for wood products. The 

Committee expects the Department to ensure equal acceptance of 

forestry certification systems, and that systems designated as 

American National Standards are allowed to compete equally for 

use in the Department of Defense’s building construction and major 

renovations while continuing to follow existing Buy America requirements. The Committee also strongly urges the Department of 

Defense to incorporate in its Sustainable Buildings Policy energy 

efficiency standards that are cost-effective, incorporate Energy Star 

components, and the results of life cycle assessments. The Committee directs the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment to provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the Department’s efforts not later than 90 

days after enactment of this Act. 

Facility Window Technologies.—The Committee supports the Department of Defense’s commitment to green buildings and its goal 

to promote cost-effective sustainability by reducing building energy 

use. The Committee is aware that advanced window technologies, 

such as electrochromic windows, can be a key part of achieving 

such goals. When planning new construction, retrofits or upgrades, 

the committee recommends the Department perform a life-cycle 


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cost/benefit assessment on the use of electrochromic windows relative to traditional static EnergyStar windows, in reducing building energy use in such projects, and recommends the Department 

ensure that the most life-cycle cost effective solutions are deployed 

in such projects while continuing to follow existing Buy America requirements. The Committee directs the Deputy Under Secretary of 

Defense for Installations and Environment to provide a report to 

the congressional defense committees on the Department’s efforts 

not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act. 

Defense Access Roads.—The Committee is concerned that the Department of Defense has not sufficiently considered the potential 

impacts of inadequate transportation infrastructure around military installations that experienced significant growth as a result of 

the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure actions. The Committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to prioritize Defense Access Roads 

projects based on the need for additional transportation infrastructure at impacted military facilities and report to the congressional 

defense committees no later than 30 days after enactment of this 

Act the Defense Access Roads budget plan for the outyears 2015– 

2018. 

Military Construction Project Delivery.—The Committee is aware 

that the design-build project delivery method is conducted under 

one guaranteed contract, offers fast track aspects, cost savings, and 

decreased litigation claims. The Design-Build method reduces construction costs, speeds up construction time and guarantees quality 

in all measured categories. Therefore, the Committee encourages 

the use of this method, when appropriate, in order to provide greater efficiency, lower life cycle costs, and expedite construction, repairs and alterations of Federal buildings. 

Non-cash Payments in Kind.—In light of recently disclosed information on non-cash payments in kind the Committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide an explanation of ‘‘non-cash payments in kind’’ to the congressional defense committees no later 

than 60 days after enactment of this Act to include all facilities by 

locations, the construction and repair projects performed by Host 

Nations and the monetary value of the facilities and projects. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $1,682,639,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 1,119,875,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 1,099,875,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (582,764,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ (20,000,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,099,875,000 

for Military Construction, Army, a decrease of $582,764,000 below 

the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and a decrease of $20,000,000 

below the budget request. The Committee recommendation also includes two rescissions from prior year unobligated balances under 

Administrative Provisions of title I. 

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562,000 at the end of Fiscal Year 2012 to 490,000 by Fiscal Year 

2020. The Committee notes that there have been unprecedented increases in military construction taken to support the Army’s BRAC 

2005 and Grow the Army initiatives, resulting in infrastructure to 

support 75,000 additional soldiers in the United States. Army planning to potentially add combat maneuver battalions and supporting 

units at certain installations in support of Army 2020 may result 

in a sizeable obligation to the Army’s budget at the same time the 

Army is trying to reduce the size of its force structure. The Committee therefore directs the Secretary of the Army to report to the 

congressional defense committees on the feasibility of implementing the Army 2020 strategy using existing facilities and 

sustainment, restoration and modernization and minor military 

construction funding authorities no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $1,547,615,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 1,700,269,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 1,616,281,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 68,666,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ (83,988,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,616,281,000 

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

$68,666,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and a decrease 

of $83,988,000 below the budget request. The Committee recommendation also includes a rescission from prior year unobligated 

balances under Administrative Provisions of title I. 

BAMS Consolidation.—The Committee is concerned that the 

Navy is consolidating certain entities without providing a detail 

plan as to cost and timeline. Therefore, the Committee directs the 

Secretary of the Navy to provide to the congressional defense committees a detailed report describing the full cost for the complete 

development of the site, including all communication costs on and 

off-base, as well as the security risks to the information and communication by 90 days after enactment of this Act. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ................................................ $322,220,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ............................................... 1,156,573,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill .................................... 1,127,273,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................... 805,053,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ........................................ (29,300,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,127,273,000 

for Military Construction, Air Force, an increase of $805,053,000 

above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $29,300,000 below the 

budget request. 

US STRATCOM Replacement Facility.—The Committee is aware 

of the critical importance nuclear readiness plays in our national 

security and defense posture. Providing safe, stable, and ever-alert 


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nuclear readiness requires investment in and dedication to our nuclear infrastructure. The timely completion of projects throughout 

our nation’s nuclear enterprise and our nuclear deterrence itself 

may be put at risk if this project is delayed due to reductions in 

funding. As such, the Committee recommends full funding for the 

US STRATCOM Replacement Facility, Increment 3. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ................................................ $3,578,841,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ............................................... 3,985,300,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill .................................... 3,707,923,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................... 129,082,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ........................................ (277,377,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,707,923,000 

for Military Construction, Defense-Wide, an increase of 

$129,082,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and a decrease of $277,377,000 below the budget request. The Committee 

recommendation also includes two rescissions from prior year unobligated balances under Administrative Provisions of title I. 

Reductions.—The Committee recommendation includes a reduction to the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Complex in Romania of $5,000,000 to the budget request and a rescission of 

$20,000,000 from the fiscal year 2013 enacted level. The recommendation also includes a reduction to contingency construction 

of $10,000,000 to the budget request, an account that has not been 

used since 2008. 

Transfer of Funds.—The accompanying bill provides transfer authority to the Secretary of Defense to allow the transfer of funds 

to such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 

military construction or family housing as the Secretary may designate. 

DODEA School Construction.—The Committee fully supports the 

fiscal year 2014 request for the construction of 17 schools in the 

United States and overseas. The Committee however, is concerned 

that the changes that are occurring across the Department of Defense associated with force structure reductions may impact whether funding is needed at an installation or if it is determined not 

to be an enduring installation. The Committee therefore directs the 

Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) 

to report on the status of DODEA funding and provide by location 

any funding that has been placed on hold for any reason to the congressional defense committees 90 days after enactment of this Act. 

Energy Conservation Investment Program.—The Committee believes that as new construction and retrofit projects are undertaken 

at facilities to improve building energy efficiency and achieve the 

objectives prescribed in statutes, executive orders, and initiatives, 

the Department of Defense is encouraged to utilize new and underutilized, low-cost energy efficient technologies that provide the best 

value to taxpayers through minimal lifecycle costs. The Deputy 

Under Secretary for Installations and Environment shall report to 

the congressional defense committees on the Department’s plan to 


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implement these technologies across the Department of Defense 

within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

Special Operations Command Resiliency and Human Performance Centers.—The Committee’s recommendation does not include 

funding for the three Performance Centers. The Committee is concerned that these facilities are redundant in nature to existing 

medical facilities, clinics and gymnasiums located at the installations. Further, the Committee is concerned that the Special Operations Command leadership has not adequately addressed how to 

incorporate the treatment received at these centers into the 

servicemembers’ service treatment records (STR). Finally, the Committee directs the Command Surgeon US Special Operations Command to provide the congressional defense committees a master 

plan for these facilities by installation and fiscal year including 

unit cost, square footage and how the treatment received at these 

facilities is different from treatment received at current facilities 

and how it will be incorporated into the servicemembers’ STR. 

GUARD AND RESERVE ITEM OF INTEREST

Enforcement of Border Security.—Recognizing the need to bolster 

resources for the enforcement of border security, the Committee encourages the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard to 

consider, design, and construct facilities adjacent to our southwestern border that will support National Guard activities and 

house and support defense assets used by Customs and Border Protection and other law enforcement agencies for the terrestrial, maritime, and aerial surveillance of those borders, to include aircraft 

hangars suitable for unmanned aerial systems. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ................................................ $613,185,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ............................................... 320,815,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill .................................... 315,815,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................... (297,370,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ........................................ (5,000,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $315,815,000 for 

Military Construction, Army National Guard, a decrease of 

$297,370,000 from the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

$5,000,000 less than the budget request. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ................................................ $42,344,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ............................................... 119,800,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill .................................... 107,800,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................... 65,456,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ........................................ (12,000,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $107,800,000 for 

Military Construction, Air National Guard, an increase of 

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ommendation also includes a rescission from prior year unobligated 

balances under Administrative Provisions of title I. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ................................................ $305,540,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ............................................... 174,060,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill .................................... 174,060,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................... (131,480,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ........................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $174,060,000 for 

Military Construction, Army Reserve, a decrease of $131,480,000 

below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $49,482,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 32,976,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 32,976,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (16,506,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $32,976,000 for Military Construction, Navy Reserve, a decrease of $16,506,000 

below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $10,968,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 45,659,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 45,659,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 34,691,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $45,659,000 for 

Military Construction, Air Force Reserve, an increase of 

$34,691,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. 

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT

PROGRAM

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $253,909,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 239,700,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 199,700,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (54,209,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ (40,000,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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, 

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aids, and military headquarters, both within NATO nations and for 

‘‘out of area’’ operations such as Afghanistan. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $199,700,000 for NSIP, a decrease of $54,209,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and $40,000,000 below the budget request. 

The U.S. occasionally has been forced to temporarily delay the 

authorization of projects due to shortfalls in U.S. obligation authority. The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the 

Committee within 14 days of the U.S. taking action to temporarily 

delay the authorization of projects, or to temporarily withhold 

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

obligation authority. 

FAMILY HOUSING OVERVIEW

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $1,649,130,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 1,542,713,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 1,542,713,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (106,417,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 $1,542,713,000 for family housing construction, family housing operation and maintenance, and the homeowners assistance program, 

a decrease of $106,417,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level 

and the same as the budget request. The decrease below the 2013 

enacted level is due partly to the Department of Defense’s success 

in implementing the Military Housing Privatization Initiative on 

military installations and the reduced requirement for appropriated 

construction and operating costs. The Committee encourages the 

Department, where feasible, to utilize energy efficient, environmentally friendly, and easily deployable composite building materials in new family housing construction. 

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. 

Foreign Currency Savings and Sub-account Transfers.—The 

Committee directs that savings in family housing operation and 

maintenance accounts from foreign currency re-estimates be used 

to maintain and repair 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 90 

days after enactment of this Act. 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 

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counts, 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 

domestic leases entered into during the previous quarter that exceed 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 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $4,636,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 44,008,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 44,008,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 39,372,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $44,008,000 for Family Housing Construction, Army, an increase of $39,372,000 

above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $529,521,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 512,871,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 512,871,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (16,650,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $512,871,000 for 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army, a decrease of 

$16,650,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $102,080,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 73,407,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 73,407,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (28,673,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $73,407,000 for 

Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps, a decrease 

of $28,673,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the 

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FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY AND

MARINE CORPS

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $377,852,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 389,844,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 389,844,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 11,992,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $389,844,000 for 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine 

Corps, an increase of $11,992,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $83,740,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 76,360,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 76,360,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (7,380,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $76,360,000 for 

Family Housing Construction, Air Force, a decrease of $7,380,000 

below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $497,331,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 388,598,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 388,598,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (108,733,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $388,598,000 for 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, a decrease 

of $108,733,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. 

FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $52,186,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 55,845,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 55,845,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 3,659,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $55,845,000 for 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, an increase of $3,659,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. 


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $1,784,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 1,780,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 1,780,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (4,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 using 

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 directly appropriated and transferred funds from family housing construction accounts. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,780,000 for 

the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund, a 

decrease of $4,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. 

CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $150,849,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 122,536,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 122,536,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (28,313,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 $122,536,000 for 

Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-Wide, a decrease 

of $28,313,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $535,557,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 451,357,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 451,357,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (84,200,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $451,357,000 for 

the Base Realignment and Closure Account, a decrease of 


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$84,200,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The bill includes 35 provisions of which 25 were in effect in fiscal 

year 2013 and 9 new provisions. The administrative provisions included in the bill are as follows: 

The bill includes section 101 prohibiting the use of funds for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for construction where 

cost estimates exceed $25,000. An exception for Alaska is provided. 

The bill includes section 102 permitting the use of construction 

funds for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. 

The bill includes section 103 permitting funds to be expended on 

the construction of defense access roads under certain circumstances. 

The bill includes section 104 prohibiting construction of new 

bases in the United States without a specific appropriation. 

The bill includes section 105 limiting the use of funds for the 

purchase of land or land easements that exceed 100 percent of 

value except under certain conditions. 

The bill includes section 106 prohibiting the use of funds to acquire land, prepare sites, or install utilities for family housing except housing for which funds have been appropriated. 

The bill includes section 107 limiting the use of minor construction funds to relocate any activity from one installation to another 

without prior notification. 

The bill includes section 108 prohibiting the procurement of steel 

unless American producers, fabricators, and manufacturers have 

been allowed to compete. 

The bill includes section 109 prohibiting the use of funds to pay 

real property taxes in foreign nations. 

The bill includes section 110 prohibiting the use of funds to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification. 

The bill includes section 111 establishing a preference for United 

States architectural and engineering services where the services 

are in Japan, NATO member countries, or countries bordering the 

Arabian Sea. 

The bill includes section 112 establishing a preference for United 

States contractors for military construction in the United States 

territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or 

countries within the Central Command area of responsibility, except bids by Marshallese contractors for military construction on 

Kwajalein Atoll. 

The bill includes section 113 requiring the Secretary of Defense 

to give prior notice to Congress of military exercises where construction costs exceed $100,000. 

The bill includes section 114 allowing funds appropriated in prior 

years to be used for new projects authorized during the current session of Congress. 

The bill includes section 115 allowing the use of expired or 

lapsed funds to pay the cost of supervision for any project being 

completed with lapsed funds. 

The bill includes section 116 providing that funds for military 

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

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 117 allowing for the transfer of proceeds 

from ‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part I’’ to the continuing Base Realignment and Closure accounts. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 118 allowing 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. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 119 providing transfer authority to the 

Homeowners Assistance Program. 

The bill includes section 120 requiring 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 bill includes section 121 making funds in the Ford Island 

Improvement Fund available until expended. 

The bill includes section 122 prohibiting the use of funds for military construction, family housing, or land acquisition projects at installations closed or realigned under BRAC, except under certain 

conditions. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 123 allowing the transfer of expired 

funds to the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’ account. 

The bill includes section 124 prohibiting the use of funds for any 

action related to the expansion of Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, 

Colorado. 

The bill includes section 125 prohibiting the use of funds to relocate a unit of the Army that would impact more than 200 personnel. 

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 126 rescinding funds from prior appropriations Acts. 

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 127 rescinding funds from prior appropriations Acts. 

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

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(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 129 rescinding funds from fiscal year 

2012 planning and design funds from Military Construction, Army. 

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 130 rescinding funds from unspecified 

minor construction funds from Military Construction, DefenseWide. 

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 131 rescinding funds from unspecified 

minor construction funds from Military Construction, Air National 

Guard. 

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 132 rescinding funds from prior appropriations Acts. 

The bill includes section 133 reducing the funds within this title. 

The bill includes section 134 as requested by the Army allowing 

the use of unobligated military construction funds to complete a 

prior year project. 

The bill includes section 135 that provides funding for projects 

that were dropped from the fiscal year 2013 future years defense 

program for fiscal year 2014 and are being requested in the fiscal 

year 2014 future years defense program for fiscal year 2015. 

The bill does not include section 121 as requested to provide authority to the Secretary of the Army to use O&M to supplement repair and renovation at Arlington Cemetery in addition to funds 

provided in title III. 

The bill does not include section 122 as requested to provide authority under a continuing resolution when an authorization bill 

has been enacted to obligate funds that have not been appropriated. 

TITLE II 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level1 2 ............................................... $133,900,846,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request 1 ............................................. 147,919,266,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill 1 .................................. 147,581,766,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................... 13,680,920,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ........................................ (337,500,000) 

Fiscal year 2015 advance budget request 1 .............................. 55,634,227,000 

Fiscal year 2015 Committee recommendation in the bill 1 ..... 55,634,227,000 1 All funding cited excludes amounts in the Medical Care Collections Fund. 

2FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) serves approximately 

49,300,000 people: 22,300,000 veterans and 27,100,000 family 

members of living veterans or survivors of deceased veterans. This 

group constitutes 15.5 percent of the United States population. To 

serve adequately the nation’s veterans, the VA employs 311,000 

people, making it one of the largest Federal agencies in terms of 

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The Committee recommends a total of $147,581,766,000 in budget authority for programs in fiscal year 2014, an increase of 

$13,680,920,000 or 10.2 percent above the fiscal year 2013 enacted 

level and $337,500,000 below the budget request. In addition, advance appropriations of $55,634,227,000 are provided for fiscal year 

2015. 

VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................................... $60,599,855,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 71,248,171,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 71,248,171,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 10,648,316,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 

This appropriation will provide funds for service-connected compensation payments to an estimated 4,200,000 veterans, survivors, 

and dependents. In addition, pension payments will be funded for 

517,000 veterans and their survivors. The average cost per compensation case for veterans in 2014 is estimated at $15,247, and 

pension payments are projected at $12,232. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $71,248,171,000 

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

$10,648,316,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the 

same as the budget request. 

The appropriation includes authority to transfer funding not to exceed $9,232,000, of which $9,058,000 is for the General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefit Administration account and 

$174,000 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 applying the VA pension cap for Medicaid-eligible single 

veterans and surviving spouses alone in Medicaid-covered nursing 

homes. The bill also continues to include 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 2013 enacted level ........................................................... $12,023,458,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 13,135,898,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 13,135,898,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 1,112,440,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 

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All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program. Supplemental 

education benefits are also provided to certain veteran members of 

the Selected Reserve and are funded through transfers from the 

Department of Defense (DOD). In addition, certain disabled veterans are provided with vocational rehabilitation, specially adapted 

housing grants, and grants for automobiles with approved adaptive 

equipment. This account also finances educational assistance allowances for eligible dependents of 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 are missing in action. More than 75 percent of the funds 

in the account support the Post 9–11 GI Bill. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,135,898,000 for Readjustment Benefits, an increase of $1,112,440,000 above the 

fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................................... $104,600,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 77,567,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 77,567,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (27,033,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 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 $77,567,000 for Veterans Insurance and Indemnities, a decrease of $27,033,000 

below the fiscal year 2013 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 1

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................................ $184,859,000 ($500,000) $157,656,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request est. .............................................. – – – (500,000) 158,430,000 

Committee recommendation est. in the bill .................................... – – – (500,000) 158,430,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ............................................... (184,859,000) – – – 774,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ............................................ – – – – – – – – – 

1 FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 

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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 for 

funding subsidy payments, $500,000 for the limitation on direct 

loans for specially adapted housing loans, and $158,430,000 for administrative expenses. This is the same as the budget request and 

$774,000 above the fiscal year 2013 level for administrative expenses. 

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Program account Limitation on 

direct loans 

Administrative 

expenses 1

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ........................................................ $19,000 ($2,729,000) $346,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ..................................................... 5,000 (2,500,000) 354,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 5,000 (2,500,000) 354,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ............................................... (14,000) (229,000) 8,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ............................................ – – – – – – – – – 

1 FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

This appropriation covers the subsidy cost of direct loans for vocational rehabilitation of eligible veterans and includes administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program. Loans 

of up to $1,108 (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 available prior to incurring a direct loan obligation. 

The Committee recommends the budget request of $5,000 for 

funding subsidy program costs and $354,000 for administrative expenses, which is a decrease to the fiscal year 2013 level of $14,000 

and an increase of $8,000, respectively. The administrative expenses may be paid to the General Operating Expenses, Veterans 

Benefit Administration account. 

In addition, the Committee includes language limiting direct 

loans to $2,500,000, which is $229,000 below the fiscal year 2013 

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Department will make 2,738 loans in fiscal year 2014, with an average amount of $913. 

NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

Administrative expenses: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $1,088,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 1,109,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 1,109,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 21,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 $1,109,000 for administrative 

expenses of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, 

which is an increase of $21,000 over the fiscal year 2013 level. 

VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

The Department operates the largest Federal medical care delivery system in the country, with 152 hospitals, 107 domiciliary residential rehabilitation treatment programs, 133 nursing homes, 300 

Vet Centers, 70 mobile Vet Centers, and 821 outpatient clinics 

which include independent, satellite, community-based, and rural 

outreach clinics. Approximately 6,500,000 patients will be treated 

in 2014. 

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 Committee has provided total resources for fiscal year 

2015 of $55,634,227,000 in direct appropriations to fund the three 

advance appropriations of the VHA. This is an increase of 

$1,172,227,000 above the fiscal year 2014 enacted level of 

$54,462,000,000 and the same as the budget request. In addition, 

VA will receive an estimated $2,485,000,000 in the Medical Care 

Collections Fund in fiscal year 2014. The Committee also provides 

$585,664,000 for medical and prosthetic research, which is 

$3,573,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. 

Presentation of medical care obligations.—The Committee continues to have concerns about the display of medical care spending 

in VA budget justifications. In its ‘obligations by program’ chart, 

the Department currently separates medical care into: (1) components generated by the VA health care services model (or in some 

cases manually entered)—health care services, long-term care, and 

other health care programs; (2) unanticipated expenses generated 

by Congressional or regulatory action; and (3) what are termed ‘initiatives’, even though the ‘initiatives’ are typically not new and are 

also generated by the model. The funding levels for ‘initiatives’ are 

generally displayed in the advance budget year as having zero cost, 

with the exception of closely watched programs like homelessness. 

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advance costs are being appropriated, since the ‘initiatives’ are ongoing activities and the model projects advance year costs for them. 

The Committee believes that costs for ‘initiatives’ in the advance 

budget year should be identified rather than being hidden in the 

modeled health care services lines or creating the need for an additional current appropriation. As a result, for the fiscal year 2015 

and future budget submissions, the Committee expects a medical 

care obligation display showing (1) components generated by the 

model or manual input; and (2) unanticipated costs due to outside 

action not incorporated in the model. The unanticipated costs 

should be displayed in the first year they occur; in subsequent 

years they should be incorporated into the budget lines generated 

by the model. The Committee remains interested in the obligations 

patterns of ‘initiatives’, like homelessness and activations, and proposes their display as non-adds similar to ‘operational improvements’. This approach will result in a more accurate multi-year 

total budget display and also provide reliable year-to-year information about ‘initiatives’ and medical services funding. 

To ensure that it is informed of changes in planned expenditure 

of medical care ‘initiatives’ during the budget year, the Committee 

repeats the administrative provision requiring the VA to submit a 

reprogramming request if, at any point during the fiscal year, the 

funding allocated for a medical care ‘initiative’ in the fiscal year 

2014 expenditure plan is adjusted by more than $25,000,000 from 

the allocation shown in the corresponding congressional budget justification. The Committee directs the VA to provide an expenditure 

plan within 20 days of receiving a full-year appropriation. 

MEDICAL SERVICES

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $41,508,845,000 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted level ........................................................... 43,557,000,000 

Fiscal year 2014 additional request .................................................. 157,500,000 

Fiscal year 2015 advance budget request ......................................... 45,015,527,000 

Committee 2015 recommendation in the bill ................................... 45,015,527,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted level ................................................... 1,458,527,000 

Fiscal year 2015 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

This appropriation provides for medical services for 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 

by the private sector for certain dependents and survivors of veterans under the civilian health and medical programs for the VA. 

The Committee provides an advance appropriation of 

$45,015,527,000 for Medical Services for fiscal year 2015, an increase of $1,458,527,000, or 3.4 percent, above the fiscal year 2014 

enacted level and the same as the budget request. The Committee 

has not included requested bill language to make available through 

September 30, 2016, $1,400,000,000 of the Medical Services appropriation for fiscal year 2015, instead maintaining current policy of 

providing extended availability on a current year rather than advance funding basis. 

The fiscal year 2014 budget includes a request for an additional 

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The Committee notes that the budget contains very little detail 

about the purposes and need for this funding. Should any shortfall 

occur, the Department should utilize funding from administrative 

expenses for VHA headquarters and the veterans integrated service 

networks (VISNs). 

The Committee expects VA to continue to include in the sufficiency letter required by section 117(d) of title 38, United States 

Code, that is due to the Congress on July 31 of each year, a description of any changes exceeding $250,000,000 in funding requirements for the Medical Services account resulting from the 

spring recalculation of the Enrollee Healthcare Projection Model. 

Allocation of health funding.—The Committee is concerned that 

the process the VA uses to allocate the health services appropriation through the VISNs and from them to the medical centers may 

shortchange the ultimate users because of excessive funding retained at headquarters or at the VISNs. The Committee continues 

to request a report each year no later than thirty days after VA allocates the medical services appropriation to the VISNs that identifies: (1) the amount of general purpose funding that is allocated to 

each VISN; (2) the amount of funding that is retained by central 

headquarters for specific purposes, with amounts identified for 

each purpose; and (3) the amount of funding that is retained by 

each VISN before allocating it to the medical centers, identifying 

separately the amounts retained for purposes such as network operations, network initiatives, and emergencies. 

Homeless assistance.—The Committee provides the full fiscal 

year 2015 budget request of $1,000,000,000 for VA homeless assistance programs, in addition to $5,216,555,000 for homeless veterans 

treatment costs. These programs include the Homeless Providers 

Grant and Per Diem, the Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans, 

and the Department of Housing and Urban Development—Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD–VASH) programs. 

Mental health issues 

The Committee provides the full fiscal year 2015 budget request 

of $7,717,270,000 for mental health programs, which is a 

$506,369,000, or 7.0 percent, increase over 2014 levels. Of the 

amounts provided for mental health programs, an additional 

$20,000,000 shall be used for suicide prevention outreach. The Department is directed to provide a report to the Committee no later 

than 30 days after enactment of this Act identifying a detailed expenditure plan for all suicide outreach programs and comparing 

these levels to the prior year. 

Suicide prevention.—With the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, there has been a troubling increase in mental illnesses and suicide rates among our veterans. As noted in House 

Report 112–491, the Committee remains concerned about the current mental health and suicide prevention services that are readily 

available to our growing number of veterans and requests that the 

Department of Veterans Affairs report to the Committee how the 

VA is: (1) developing methods for tracking veterans with risk factors for suicide; (2) developing a plan to educate all staff who interact with veterans; (3) what mandatory education programs are 


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available to VA health providers; and (4) how the characteristics of 

veteran-completed suicides compare to the general population. 

Expanding mental health services through community partnerships.—To augment its efforts to meet the need for services 

through the recruitment of additional mental health providers, the 

VA should also take advantage of the behavioral health infrastructure and capacity of non-VA health care providers that are available in many metropolitan areas. The Committee instructs the Department, within the funding provided for mental health care, to 

identify major metropolitan locations with (i) substantial veteran 

populations in need of mental health services and (ii) an existing 

non-VA behavioral health infrastructure that can support the delivery of additional services to that VA service population and arrange 

via competitive contracting for the provision of behavioral health 

services to these underserved veterans populations. 

Future mental health needs.—Previous wars have shown that the 

health care needs of a returning service member population reach 

their highest point a few decades after the population returns home 

from war. The Committee is concerned that the VHA is not adequately preparing for the future mental health needs of the current 

veteran population. The Committee requests that VHA prepare a 

report on what health resources will be needed and the potential 

cost to serve the needs of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans over the 

next 30 years. 

Military sexual trauma.—Recent studies have shown that servicewomen who experience sexual assault while serving in the military are far more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder 

(PTSD), compared to other female veterans. The Committee strongly encourages the VA to strengthen the resources provided to veterans who were victims of military sexual assault, particularly the 

availability of mental health services. 

Affiliations with university-based medical centers.—The Committee encourages the VA to strengthen collaborations with research universities and teaching hospitals for the treatment and research of mental health disorders, such as PTSD and traumatic 

brain injury, to improve the psychological health of veterans and 

train mental health professionals so they will understand the 

unique needs of veterans. The Committee repeats its request for a 

report on current VA-university partnerships on mental health research and training no later than 90 days after enactment of this 

Act. 

Rural health issues 

The Committee provides the full fiscal year 2015 budget request 

of $250,000,000 to improve access and quality of care for the 

3,400,000 veterans residing in rural and highly rural areas. The 

Committee directs the Office of Rural Health to submit to the Committee within 30 days of enactment of this Act an operating plan 

for this funding, as well as any changes to that operating plan at 

the start of the fiscal year for which the funds are provided. 

Non-VA care.—The Committee encourages the VA to increase its 

use of local private sector health care facilities and providers when 

feasible and cost-effective. The increased use of private providers 

can reduce the cost of per diem and mileage expended by the VA 

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health care. When using non-VA facilities, VA should establish performance criteria and certify health care facilities to ensure quality 

control. In particular, the Committee urges the VA to make increased use of the care available to veterans through its Project 

ARCH (Access Received Closer to Home) pilot. Although very popular with veterans who receive care in the pilot, it appears that 

VISNs have been slow to refer patients to the pilot’s providers. 

Patient-centered community care program.—The Committee has 

supported the Department’s efforts to provide more efficient medical services to veterans in rural areas through the patient-centered 

community care program (PC3). The goal of the program is to contract with private insurers who manage a network of healthcare 

providers. The Committee is disappointed to learn, however, that 

VA has again extended the contract competition and hopes the 

delay will not jeopardize the options available to rural veterans for 

health care. 

The Committee has heard concerns that public hospitals may be 

disadvantaged by PC3. The Committee strongly urges the Department to ensure that PC3 contractors consider public hospitals in 

their implementation plans, especially when a public hospital is adjacent or proximate to a VA clinic, outpatient facility or long-term 

care facility. 

Rural access to military sexual trauma counseling.—The Committee is pleased with the VA’s heightened awareness about mental health effects of military sexual trauma (MST). The Committee 

understands that Readjustment Counseling Centers (Vet Centers) 

provide qualified individuals at many vet centers to treat victims 

of military sexual trauma, with VA’s goal being to have a qualified 

MST counselor on staff at each of the vet centers. The Committee 

is concerned that veterans living in rural areas who are geographically disadvantaged may not be able to access MST-related counseling from Vet Centers or non-VA providers that have contracted 

with Vet Centers. To that end, the Committee encourages the Readjustment Counseling Centers to ensure that Vet Centers in rural 

states that contract out mental health services provide the same 

high quality counseling to MST survivors as their more urban 

counterparts currently receive. 

Assignment to health care centers.—The Committee has heard 

complaints that many veterans travel long distances because of the 

locations VA directs them for care even though there are closer, 

more easily accessible health center locations. The Committee repeats its request to the VA to report to the Committee about the 

method used to assign veterans to VA health care centers. The report should include a description of how often service areas change, 

what notification is made to veterans of such changes, and what 

appeal rights veterans have to use a different facility than the one 

to which they were assigned. 

Mobile medical units.—The Committee is concerned by the VA’s 

underutilization of mobile medical units. Many of these units serve 

veterans in rural and highly rural areas, a population that makes 

up more than 40 percent of all veterans nationwide. Yet, some of 

these units are being deployed only four days per month and have 

sat unused in parking lots for months at a time. The Committee 

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rects the Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct a complete 

review of VA’s use of mobile medical units, identifying what the average monthly usage is per vehicle and what the optimum usage 

would be; the staffing per vehicle and the extent to which staffing 

shortages have led to non-use of the vehicles; the average monthly 

cost per vehicle and any available comparisons between the cost of 

the units versus health care provided in conventional facilities; the 

total amount budgeted for the units in fiscal year 2012 and the actual costs incurred in that fiscal year; and VA’s long-term plans for 

the mobile medical units pilot program. The Committee requests 

that the OIG submit this report no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act. 

Other health issues 

Hepatitis C virus.—Nearly four million Americans are living with 

the Hepatitis C Virus (HVC), the most common blood-borne viral 

infection and the leading cause of liver cancer in the U.S. Yet four 

out of every five cases of HVC remain undiagnosed. Chronic hepatitis C infection is curable in most patients. However, left untreated, the virus may lead to advanced liver disease, liver cancer, 

and liver transplants, placing a greater financial burden on the 

health care system. Recent studies indicate veterans have disproportionately higher rates of HVC than the general population. 

Therefore, the Committee encourages the VA to increase hepatitis 

C testing and work to implement the Center for Disease Control 

and Prevention’s hepatitis C testing recommendations within the 

VA system. Enhanced testing, care and treatment strategies will 

not only improve the quality of life for veterans, they will also provide budgetary savings in medical services by reducing the high 

costs associated with advanced liver disease and its complications. 

Sleep disorders.—The Committee notes a small study described 

in the VHA report, ‘‘State of VA Research 2012’’, in which 96 percent of veterans with chronic multi-symptom illnesses experienced 

sleep-disordered breathing. By using continuous positive airway 

pressure (CPAP), these veterans reported reductions in pain and 

fatigue and improvements in cognitive function. The Committee encourages VA to continue to prioritize sleep research. 

HIV/AIDS among veterans.—The Committee is pleased at VA’s 

success in expanding HIV/AIDS testing, but remains concerned 

that a substantial portion of the veteran population has never been 

tested for HIV/AIDS. The Committee continues to encourage VHA 

to implement routine HIV testing and to utilize rapid testing technology to ensure receipt of results. 

Kidney disease.—The Committee is aware of the development of 

the VA National Kidney Disease Registry. The registry is tasked 

with providing incidence and economic trends related to kidney 

disease and end stage renal disease in the VA patient population. 

The Committee encourages the VA to include focal segmental 

glomerulosclerosis, nephrotic syndrome, polycystic kidney disease 

and other conditions that contribute to chronic kidney disease in its 

planned monitoring. 

Prescription drug abuse.—Prescriptions for opioid painkillers administered by VA physicians have quadrupled since the beginning 

of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. While this increase can likely be 

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ical strains of multiple deployments, the Committee remains concerned about the abuse of prescription medications among veterans, particularly as 1 in 6 veterans returning from these 

warzones reports symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder 

(PTSD), which is strongly associated with substance abuse and dependence. It is imperative that treatment options are available for 

those facing possible addiction and that proper steps are taken to 

prevent overmedication, including adequate education and training 

for VA physicians prescribing pain medication. The Committee understands that the VA has already implemented a stepwise pain 

management program to reduce associated risks and has further 

developed a data set to identify veterans at risk for opioid dependence; however, the Committee urges the Secretary to mandate additional education for every VA physician issuing prescriptions for 

extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesics. Specifically, the 

Committee encourages such VA physicians to participate in a Risk 

Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS)-compliant education 

program offered by an accredited provider of continuing education, 

which are available without charge through the U.S. Food and 

Drug Administration. The Committee directs VA to report to the 

Committee no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act on the 

feasibility of such mandatory continuing education and any costs 

associated with this requirement. 

Impact of obesity on the veteran population.—The Committee is 

concerned about the impact on the long-term health of veterans of 

the growing obesity epidemic, and wishes to ensure that VA physicians and other VA health care professionals receive the most upto-date and relevant nutrition education possible. The Committee 

is troubled by recent studies that indicate physicians lack adequate 

nutrition education, including the fact that in 2010, only 25 percent 

of U.S. medical schools required a dedicated nutrition course. The 

Committee encourages the VA to ensure that VA physicians and 

other VA health care professionals have annual nutrition education, including in areas such as the role of nutrition and lifestyle 

in preventing obesity and preventing and reversing cardiovascular 

disease. 

Nursing quality improvements.—The Committee maintains a 

long-standing commitment to ensuring that the nation’s veterans 

receive high-quality care, especially in hospital-based settings. 

Studies have shown that when data are collected about quality of 

care, patient outcomes, health, and well-being can be improved. 

The VA has been active in making available quality measurements 

on its Hospital Compare website and maintains a nursing-specific 

quality database for VA facilities. The Committee encourages the 

VA to consider expanding this nursing quality effort by participating in a national data quality measurement system that uses 

valid and reliable data from all types of inpatient facilities, not just 

those operated by the VA. The Committee understands that 54 VA 

hospitals already participate in such a system and encourages 

wider-scale adoption of national quality measurement systems. 

Guide dogs.—The Committee understands that the VA supports 

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mittee encourages the VA to take a more active role in assisting 

veterans who are interested in acquiring guide dogs, helping them 

through the process of connecting with the organizations who supply dogs and contributing to the associated expenses of on-site 

training as well as lodging and transportation. 

Medical school affiliations with VA health care facilities.—The 

Committee continues to support a closer collaboration between VA 

health care facilities and the historically black health professions 

schools. The Committee is pleased with the improved collaboration 

with community-based outpatient clinics, but is concerned by lower 

participation of minority institutions with the larger, urban VA 

hospitals. The Committee repeats its request for a report about the 

symposium held in 2011 with VA health leaders and leaders of historically black health professions schools who came together to pursue the next steps of collaboration. 

Mental health provider training.—In 2006, Congress authorized 

the employment of licensed professional mental health counselors 

(LPMHCs) and marriage and family therapists (MFTs) by the VA. 

However, the two professions comprise less than one percent of the 

VA behavioral health workforce, despite representing almost 20 

percent of the overall mental health workforce. To ensure an adequate supply of mental health professionals for the veteran population, the Committee urges the VA to consider providing LPMHCs 

and MFTs with financial stipends equivalent to those provided to 

the other mental health professions through the VA trainee support program run by the Office of Academic Affiliations. 

Clinical psychologist supply.—The Committee is aware that the 

Psychological Clinical Science Accreditation System (PCSAS) in 

September 2012 received recognition and accreditation authority 

from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to provide accreditation of PhD programs in psychological clinical science. The 

Committee understands that the VHA is in the process of modifying its regulations to permit the training and employment of psychologists at the VHA who are graduates of PCSAS-accredited programs, and urges the VHA to promulgate the regulatory changes 

as soon as possible in order to increase the number of mental 

health clinicians available to veterans using the VA healthcare system. 

Coordinated health care for American Indian and Alaska Native 

veterans.—The Committee supports recent efforts by the VA and 

the Indian Health Service to develop a memorandum of understanding for improving health care to American Indian and Alaska 

Native veterans. An April, 2013 Government Accountability Office 

report (GA0–13–354) recommends further actions that both agencies can take. The Committee encourages the agencies to implement the GAO recommendations to the greatest extent possible, 

and to report to the Committee on these actions no later than 

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MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $5,746,000,000 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted level ........................................................... 6,033,000,000 

Fiscal year 2015 advance budget request ......................................... 5,879,700,000 

Committee 2015 recommendation in the bill ................................... 5,879,700,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted level ................................................... (153,300,000) 

Fiscal year 2015 advance budget request ................................. – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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

health care system, including 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 an advance appropriation of 

$5,879,700,000 for Medical Support and Compliance for fiscal year 

2015, a decrease of $153,300,000 below the fiscal year 2014 enacted 

level and the same as the budget request. The Committee has not 

included requested bill language to make available through September 30, 2016, $100,000,000 of the Medical Support and Compliance appropriation for fiscal year 2015, instead maintaining current policy of providing extended availability on a current year 

rather than advance funding basis. 

MEDICAL FACILITIES

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $5,441,000,000 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted level ........................................................... 4,872,000,000 

Fiscal year 2015 advance budget request ......................................... 4,739,000,000 

Committee 2015 recommendation in the bill ................................... 4,739,000,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2014 enacted level ................................................... (133,000,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 advance budget request ................................. – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 advance appropriation of 

$4,739,000,000 for Medical Facilities for fiscal year 2015, a decrease of $133,000,000 below the fiscal year 2014 enacted level and 

the same as the budget request. The Committee has not included 

requested bill language to make available through September 30, 

2016, $250,000,000 of the advance Medical Facilities appropriation 

for fiscal year 2015, instead maintaining current policy of providing 

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MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $582,091,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 585,664,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 585,664,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 3,573,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

This appropriation provides for 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. Budgetary resources from 

a number of areas, including appropriations from the medical care 

accounts, reimbursements from DOD, grants from the National Institutes of Health, private proprietary sources, and voluntary organizations, provide support for the Department’s researchers. Estimated total research resources from all sources in 2014 are 

$1,882,000,000. The VA will support about 2,200 research projects 

during fiscal year 2014. 

The Committee recommends $585,664,000 for Medical and Prosthetic Research, an increase of $3,573,000 above the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. Funds are 

available through September 30, 2015. 

Prosthetics.—The Committee strongly supports the fiscal year 

2014 budget request for Medical and Prosthetic Research. Recognizing that approximately six percent of wounded veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are amputees, and the number of 

veterans accessing VA health care for prosthetics and sensory aids 

continues to increase, this funding greatly enhances the quality of 

life of veteran amputees. 

Since three percent of military amputees are female, the Committee feels that a proportionate amount of prosthetics research 

should be focused on prosthetics meant for females. The need for 

this type of research is acute, as most prostheses are designed to 

fit male veterans. The Committee repeats its direction that the VA, 

in collaboration with the Prosthetic Women’s Workgroup, issue a 

comprehensive report on female veteran amputees and their access 

to prosthetics. This report shall be submitted to the Committee 

within 90 days of enactment of this Act. 

Intelligent prostheses.—The Committee encourages the VA to 

fund research on the intersection between bioengineering, neuroscience, and rehabilitation to support intelligent prostheses that deliver more functionality to amputees. 

Neurological research.—The Committee is aware that the Department is conducting innovative research in new neuro-diagnostic techniques, the relationship of TBI to PTSD, and clinical 

strategies to enhance neuro-rehabilitation of TBI and PTSD that 

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effectiveness of innovative bench-to-bedside programs to detect and 

treat cognitive loss that accompany TBI and PTSD in affected veterans. 

Traumatic brain injury research.—The Committee encourages 

the VA to support TBI and psychological health research through 

pilot studies of promising treatments, clinical trials of treatments 

shown effective in earlier pilot studies, competitively awarded research grants, and the execution of collaborative treatment research plans developed by previously funded VA research. 

End stage renal disease.—The Committee recognizes that endstage renal disease (ESRD) impacts veterans at a rate much higher 

than the national average and is often linked to such conditions as 

diabetes and hypertension. The Committee encourages continued 

research in this important area and requests a report on VA’ s research activities related to kidney disease and ESRD no later than 

60 days following enactment of this Act. 

Colorectal cancer.—Colorectal cancer is treatable if detected 

early, yet it is the second leading cause of cancer death in America. 

The VA has made screening patients for colorectal cancer a priority. The National Cancer Institute estimates the annual cost of 

colorectal cancer will be almost $20 billion by 2020. Medicare and 

the VA will be responsible for much of that cost. The Committee 

encourages the VA to support additional research and development 

in the field, including investigation of a less costly blood test for 

colorectal cancer. 

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 Department uses these funds for medical care and 

services to veterans. The estimate of fees that will be collected in 

fiscal year 2014 is $2,485,000,000. 

NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $258,026,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 250,000,000 

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

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (8,026,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) 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 

any national cemetery with available grave space, the remains of 

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 tribal, and private 

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tribal governments in establishing, expanding, or improving State 

and tribal government veterans’ cemeteries; and to administer the 

Presidential Memorial Certificate Program. This appropriation will 

provide for the operation and maintenance of 131 operational national cemeteries and 33 other cemeterial installations. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $250,000,000 for 

the National Cemetery Administration, a decrease of $8,026,000 

below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. The bill includes language making $25,000,000 of the 

total available until September 30, 2015. 

Rural needs.—In the explanatory statement that accompanied 

the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 

2013 (P.L. 113–6), the Committees expressed concern that the NCA 

is not adequately serving the Nation’s veterans in rural areas. The 

Act included legislative language requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report outlining a strategy to address the 

shortcomings identified in House Report 112–491, with proposed 

policies and an implementation timeframe no later the six months 

after enactment of Public Law 113–6. The Committee reiterates its 

support of this request and expects the Department to submit this 

report on time, with each directive fully satisfied as prescribed by 

the Committees. The Committee reminds the Department that any 

report on this matter received by the Committee that does not meet 

the mandates described in House Report 112–491 will lead to further action by the Committee. 

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $424,312,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 403,023,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 403,023,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (21,289,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The general administration account provides funds for the Office 

of the Secretary, six Assistant Secretaries, and three independent 

staff offices. The Committee recommends $403,023,000, 

$21,289,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. The Committee has included bill language 

to make available through September 30, 2015, up to $20,151,000 

of these funds and to permit the transfer of funds in this account 

to the General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration account. 

VA contracting issues.—The Committee continues to be concerned about the contracting practices of the Department of Veteran Affairs. The Committee believes that the VA should work to 

ensure it is contracting with reputable contractors who fulfill their 

contracts on time, within scope and with full payment to sub-contractors. The Committee repeats its request for a report due not 

later than 30 days after enactment of this Act that describes the 

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rently involved in litigation or legal disputes regarding nonpayment of their obligations related to VA contracts. 

VA budget office communication.—The Committee has traditionally channeled most of its inquiries and requests for information 

and assistance through the VA budget office. The Committee reiterates its longstanding position that while the Committee reserves 

the right to call upon all VA offices, the primary communication between the Committee and the VA should normally be through the 

budget office. Responses to Committee inquiries, regardless of 

whether they concern funding or policy, are to be transmitted without delay by other offices within the VA, unless otherwise requested by the Committee. In addition, to facilitate the work of the 

Committee, it expects that the Department will make available to 

all personal and committee staff of Members of the Committee the 

same direct contact with the budget office. The Committee also expects that a staff member of the VA budget office will be present 

at every meeting held between the Chairman and Ranking Member 

of the Subcommittee and the Secretary or other senior VA officials. 

Quarterly full-time equivalents (FTE) reports.—The Committee 

continues to request that the VA provide, on a quarterly basis, the 

total current FTE by appropriation account and, in the case of General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration, by 

program. The Committee feels it needs to have current staffing information throughout the year in order to monitor the use of salaries and expenses resources. 

Additional budgetary information.—The Committee repeats its 

request that the budget justifications submitted each year with the 

Administration’s budget should be expanded to include the following information which would help inform Congressional decisions: • a brief explanation of any proposed change in each account’s appropriation bill language; • a consolidated administrative expenses chart for the entire 

Department; 

• a chart displaying annual FTE counts by appropriation account for the prior, current, and budget years and transfers between accounts in all three years, with brief explanations of 

reasons for functional transfers; 

• a section identifying each piece of directive report language from the previous year’s House, Senate and conference 

reports and the VA action taken for each item; 

• a table breaking out the funding and FTE supported within the ‘‘administration’’ object classification for Medical Services by headquarters, VISN, and medical center categories; 

• a table breaking out the funding and FTE-equivalents 

within the ‘‘administrative contract services’’ object classification for Medical Services into headquarters, VISN, and medical 

center categories; 

• a table breaking out the number of FTE in the ‘‘all other’’ 

category in the ‘FTE by Type’ Medical Services chart in the 

Program Resource Data section of the Congressional Submission by headquarters, VISN, and medical center categories; 

• a listing of the major occupational series supported in the 

‘‘all other’’ category, with the number of FTE in these major 

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• a table identifying the number and percentage of total 

FTE by occupational series listed in the ‘FTE by Type’ chart 

who spend 50 percent or more of their time on medical care; • a detailed summary of the VA marketing campaign budget, including the amounts expended on VA advertising campaigns and a detailed list of outreach methods; and • the amount of funding contained in the major construction 

working reserve at the beginning and end of the current year, 

budget year and prior year, and the purposes for which the reserve fund was used in the prior year. 

Staff relocations within VA.—The Committee believes it should 

be notified prior to organizational changes that shift FTE from one 

organizational unit of VA to another. For example, the fiscal year 

2014 budget was the first notice to the Committee that in 2012 the 

Department created a separate Pensions, DIC, Burial, and Fiduciary unit within VBA, shifting 1,015 FTE. The Committee was 

also not notified that 165 FTE were transferred in 2012 from Disability Compensation to Education to support the workload of the 

Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP). The Committee 

requires notification 15 days prior to any future staff reassignments of 25 or more FTE. 

GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

ADMINISTRATION

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $2,161,910,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 2,455,490,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 2,455,490,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 293,580,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration account provides funding for the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to administer entitlement programs such as serviceconnected disability compensation, education benefits, and vocational rehabilitation services. 

The Committee recommends $2,455,490,000 for General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration, which is 

$293,580,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same 

as the budget request. The Committee has included bill language 

to make available through September 30, 2015, up to $123,000,000 

of these funds. Language proposed in the budget relating to a limitation on purchase of vehicles for the Manila, Philippines regional 

office is no longer necessary and is not included in the bill. 

Claims processing backlog.—The Committee finds the VBA backlog in processing disability compensation claims unacceptable. Although for years the Committee has fully funded the President’s 

budget request for additional staffing and increased information 

technology funding for the Veterans Benefits Management System 

(VBMS), the claims backlog continues to grow. Backlog as defined 

by the Department is the number of claims taking more than 125 

days to process. The most recent data indicate that the average 

number of days to process a claim is 292, with averages in some 

regional offices exceeding 450 days. Currently, 69 percent of the VA 

compensation caseload is backlogged, although VA estimated in its 

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2013. The Committee understands the VA believes the agency will 

be able to process claims within 125 days by 2015 when the VBMS 

is fully operational. While the Committee supports the use of technology to improve performance, the Committee is highly skeptical 

that the VBMS system will be able to eliminate these enormous 

backlogs by 2015. Therefore, the Committee intends to initiate a 

new level of oversight to ensure that it has monthly information 

identifying the changes in timeliness occurring at each of the 56 regional offices. As of the date of the publication of this House report, 

the Department is instructed to provide the Committee each 

month, ten days after the prior month has ended, a report that 

identifies for each month cumulatively throughout the fiscal year, 

both nationally and for each regional office: (1) the average number 

of days disability compensation claims are pending; (2) the share 

of the rating inventory that has been pending more than 125 days; 

(3) the rating claims accuracy on a three-month average; and (4) 

the month-to-month change in these indices, both by numeric value 

and percentage. The report may be in spreadsheet format. In addition, for each regional office with an average number of days pending for disability claims in excess of 200 days, the Department 

shall report to the Committee on a quarterly basis the actions 

taken, such as increases in claims processor FTE, staffing transfers, additional training, and technology adaptations, within the 

last quarter to reduce the backlog. While these reports are for the 

use of the Appropriations Committee, they are to be made available 

by the VA Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs to any 

Member of the House of Representatives upon request. 

Expedited claims initiative.—The Committee is pleased that the 

VA has taken the corrective step of expediting claims decisions for 

veterans who have waited one year or longer for a decision by providing provisional ratings based on all evidence collected to date. 

Since this new approach is untested, the Committee requests a report by January 1, 2014 indicating: how many veterans previously 

in limbo have received provisional approval or been denied; what 

share of the total claims inventory these claims constitute; how 

many additional days were added to the claims review for these applications on average to conclude their consideration; the initiative’s impact on the average length of time to complete a compensation claim overall and the average age of a claim in the inventory; 

and estimates of the average increase in the number of days required to process claims for those veterans who prior to the initiative had waited less than 100 days for a decision. 

Career counseling.—The Committee is concerned that a majority 

of veterans receiving education benefits provided by the Department are not requesting career counseling services available to 

them pursuant to section 3697A of title 38, U.S.C. The Committee 

urges the VA to perform outreach activities to better inform veterans about this benefit in order to achieve higher rates of postgraduation employment. In addition, the Committee requests the 

VA to submit a report to the Committee no later than 90 days after 

enactment of this Act detailing the Department’s career counseling 

services provided to veterans. This report should include: (1) the 

number of veterans requesting this counseling in fiscal years 2011, 

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reer options; and (3) an outreach plan to better inform veterans 

about the availability of career counseling. 

Job training coordination with the Labor Department.—The Committee understands there is a nationwide shortage of clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, and the vacancies in this occupation may be a good fit for the large number of veterans who 

are seeking employment. The Committee urges the VA to work 

with the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) within the Department of Labor (DOL) to align some portion of previously appropriated funds, or from funds that VETS may receive 

in fiscal year 2014, for programs specifically aimed at training for 

this occupational specialty. Authorized recipients for certain VETS 

training grants include community colleges and vocational schools, 

which are the sites that provide this type of training. The Committee hopes that the VA and DOL will give preferences in the 

award of VETS training grants to institutions that provide training 

for clinical lab technologists and technicians. In addition, the Committee encourages the VA to highlight the choice of training for 

these professions to veterans receiving counseling about the use of 

VA educational benefits, including post-9-11 G.I. bill benefits. The 

Committee requests the two Departments to report within 180 days 

of enactment of this Act the actions taken to comply with this directive. 

Disability ratings schedule.—It has come to the Committee’s attention that the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities 

(VASRD) does not consistently reflect, with up-to-date medical accuracy, the level of disability some veterans face. The Committee 

requests that the VA provide periodic updates to the VASRD based 

on current, medically-accurate information. The Committee requires the Department to submit a report on the adoption of a 

medically accurate update to its VASRD system no later than nine 

months after the adoption of this bill. 

Military sexual trauma (MST)-related claims.—The Committee is 

pleased with the VA’s increased focus on disability claims based on 

in-service personal assault, including intensive training and identification of specialized employees for MST-related claims. However, 

the Committee continues to be informed about inconsistencies in 

the ratings process for MST victims and a lack of sufficient VA 

data identifying weaknesses and what strides have been made. Accordingly, the Committee requests the VA to report to the Committee certain information regarding MST-related claims to ensure 

veterans across the country receive consistent, timely and accurate 

decisions based on these claims. The VA should include in the report: (a) the number of MST-related claims submitted in the previous fiscal year; (b) the number and percentage of claims submitted by gender; (c) the number of denied claims, including number and percentage by gender; (d) the number of approved claims, 

including number and percentage by gender; (e) the number of 

claims assigned to each rating percentage; (f) the three most common reasons given for denial of such claims under section 

5104(b)(1) of title 38, U.S.C.; (g) the number of denials that were 

based on the failure of the veteran to report for a medical examination; (h) the number of claims that were pending at the end of the 

fiscal year (including claims on appeal); (i) the average number of 

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provided to employees of VBA specifically with respect to covered 

claims, including the frequency, length and content of such training. 

Filipino war veteran claims.—In 2009, Congress established a 

compensation benefit for Filipino veterans who aided American 

troops in World War II. The Committee commends the VA for having processed over 40,000 Filipino veterans’ claims to date, resulting in 18,764 individuals awarded benefits. The Committee urges 

the VA to consider all forms of evidence of service, and not only 

those originally considered, for claims that are still pending. The 

Committee requests that the VA submit a report on the number 

and status of awarded, pending, and denied Filipino war veteran 

claims by December 1, 2013. 

Access in remote areas.—The Committee encourages the VBA to 

work to increase the presence of staff in remote or underserved 

areas, such as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Making sure veterans in remote and underserved areas receive access to veterans services is essential to honoring their sacrifices. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $3,324,117,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 3,683,344,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 3,683,344,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 359,227,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Information Technology Systems account supports information technology (IT) services such as systems development and performance, operations and maintenance, information protection, and 

customer support. The program permits the effective and efficient 

delivery of veterans’ healthcare services and benefits programs. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,683,344,000 for Information Technology Systems, which is $359,227,000 above 

the fiscal year 2013 appropriation and the same as the budget request. Within the account total, as requested in the budget, the 

Committee allocates in bill language $1,026,400,000 for pay and associated costs; $2,161,653,000 for operations and maintenance; and 

$495,291,000 for development, modernization, and enhancement. 

$30,792,000 of pay and associated costs funds and $151,316,000 of 

operations and maintenance funds are available until September 

30, 2015. All development, modernization, and enhancement funds 

are available until September 30, 2015. The budget requested that 

five percent and ten percent, respectively, of pay and operations 

funds be made available for two years. 

Integrated electronic health record.—The Committee has grown 

increasingly frustrated with the protracted negotiations to produce 

an integrated electronic health record (iEHR). Going back to at 

least 1996, when the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War 

Veterans’ Illnesses identified the problems created by incompatible 

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thorization, it was not until 2011 that the Secretaries of DOD and 

VA committed to a plan to create a single integrated health record. 

Two years of peripatetic activity passed, but earlier this year, the 

two Secretaries announced that they would no longer seek to create 

a single, common health record, instead falling back to a goal of 

interoperability. 

The Committee has received testimony indicating that it would 

be far better for servicemembers and veterans, as well as taxpayers, for DOD and VA to maintain one integrated electronic 

health record. In addition, the Secretary of VA confirmed in testimony that there is no technical reason one system could not be 

adapted to meet the needs of both Departments. The Secretary of 

DOD also recently indicated he was rethinking the fallback plan of 

an interoperable record and would make a decision within 30 days. 

In response, the Committee believes it is necessary to direct the 

two Departments toward one, integrated system by including bill 

language restricting the availability of funds for the development 

of an electronic health record unless the system meets the requirements of being single, joint, common, and integrated, with an open 

architecture, and is the sole system used by both DOD and VA. The 

Committee’s action does not mandate the adoption of a particular 

system, only that it be a single system used by both Departments— 

not a patchwork of multiple, interoperable systems. Identical language will be included in the Department of Defense appropriations bill. The bill language requires written certification by both 

Secretaries that the integrated electronic health record that is chosen meets those requirements. It also restricts funding for development and procurement of the system to 25 percent of the total until 

the General Accountability Office validates the Secretaries’ certification and the Committees approve an expenditure plan. The budget request includes $343,614,000 for the electronic health record—$251,882,000 for development and $91,732,000 for 

sustainment. The Committee expects these estimates to change 

once DOD and VA reach agreement on a single integrated electronic record and anticipates a reprogramming request from the 

Department to properly reallocate information technology resources. As part of the certification by the two Departments that 

they are developing one integrated electronic health record, the 

Committee expects an explanation of the anticipated future role, if 

any, of the DOD-VA Interagency Program Office and the uses of 

the funds spent to date by that office. 

The Committee continues to include bill language prohibiting obligation or expenditure of funds for information technology systems 

development, modernization and enhancement until the VA submits to the Committee a certification of the amounts. In addition, 

the Committee continues bill language permitting the transfer of 

funding among the three subaccounts upon approval of the Committees. The bill contains language which allows for the reprogramming of funds among development, modernization and enhancement projects upon prior notification to, and approval by, the Committee. The budget proposes a similar provision as an administrative provision. The bill continues to include language indicating 

that funds for development, modernization and enhancement are 

available only for the projects and in the amounts specified in the 

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The chart below reflects the Administration’s budget request for 

development projects and includes the Committee recommendation 

for each. This chart will serve as the Department’s approved list 

of development projects, and all requested changes are subject to 

the reprogramming guidelines as outlined in the accompanying Act. 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

($ in 000s) 

Project Budget request Committee recommendation 

Integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR) and VLER Health ................................... $251,882 $251,882 

Veterans Relationship Management (VRM) ................................................................. 120,157 120,157 

Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS) ......................................................... 32,834 32,834 

New Models of Care .................................................................................................... 32,647 32,647 

Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) ................................................................... 11,352 11,352 

Health Informatics ....................................................................................................... 7,774 7,774 

International Classification of Diseases-10 ................................................................ 4,600 4,600 

Access to Healthcare ................................................................................................... 3,645 3,645 

Other ............................................................................................................................ 30,400 30,400 

Total All Development ......................................................................................... 495,291 495,291 

Obligations report.—The Committee expects the Office of Information Technology to continue to provide an IT expenditure report 

to the Committees on Appropriations on a monthly basis. This report shall include a comparison to the project costs included in the 

development, modernization, and enhancement project funding 

chart included in the House report, and provide an explanation for 

any differences in excess of $1,000,000. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $114,885,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 116,411,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 116,411,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 1,526,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 $116,411,000 for 

the Office of Inspector General, an increase of $1,526,000 above the 

fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

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CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $531,938,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 342,130,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 342,130,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (189,808,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 

Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering services, 

assessments, and site acquisition where the estimated cost of a 

project is $10,000,000 or more. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $342,130,000 for Construction, Major Projects, a decrease of $189,808,000 from the 

fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee recommendation makes all but $20,000,000 of 

these funds available for a five-year period rather than until expended as requested in the budget, reflecting concern about the 

lengthy period that VA has taken to design and build major construction projects. The Committee hopes that limiting the time period during which these funds may be used will motivate the VA 

to better plan and design projects before funding is requested. 

The Committee recommendation provides requested funding to 

complete one major construction project and three VA national 

cemeteries. The Committee recommendation repeats an administrative provision which requires the Department to notify the Committee of all bid savings on contracts for construction projects that 

total at least $5,000,000 or 5 percent of the programmed amount 

of the project and prohibits any changes from the original scope of 

work identified in the justification material submitted with the 

budget for each project. 

The specific amounts recommended by the Committee are as follows: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Location Description 2014 request 

Committee 

recommendation 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA): 

Seattle, WA ............................................ Mental Health Bldg ....................................... $149,130 $149,130 

Advance Planning Fund ........................ Various Stations ............................................ 33,000 33,000 

Asbestos ................................................ Various Stations ............................................ 5,000 5,000

Major Construction Staff ....................... Various Stations ............................................ 21,000 21,000 

Claims Analysis ..................................... Various Stations ............................................ 2,000 2,000 

Hazardous Waste ................................... Various Stations ............................................ 5,000 5,000 

Total VHA .......................................... .................................................................. 215,130 215,130 

National Cemetery Administration (NCA): 

Central East FL ..................................... New Cemetery ................................................ 40,000 40,000 

Tallahassee, FL ..................................... New Cemetery ................................................ 40,000 40,000 

Omaha, NE ............................................ New Cemetery ................................................ 36,000 36,000 

Advance Planning Fund ........................ Various Stations ............................................ 5,000 5,000 

Total NCA .......................................... .................................................................. 121,000 121,000 

Veterans Benefits Administration— 

Dept Advance Planning Funding for 

Major.

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[In thousands of dollars] 

Location Description 2014 request 

Committee 

recommendation 

General Administration—Staff Offices 

Advance Planning Fund.

.................................................................. 5,000 5,000 

Major Construction total ....................... .................................................................. 342,130 342,130 

Facilities for female veterans.—The Committee has received reports that the VA lacks adequate inpatient facilities for female veterans. The Committee requests a report no later than 60 days after 

enactment of this Act describing the availability of inpatient facilities for female veterans, an inventory of available resources, and 

recommendations from the Department on areas for improvement. 

CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $606,922,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 714,870,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 714,870,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 107,948,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 $714,870,000 for 

Construction, Minor Projects, which is $107,948,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

As with the major construction account, the Committee recommendation makes these funds available for a five-year period 

rather than until expended as requested in the budget, reflecting 

concern about the long period that VA has taken to design and 

build construction projects. 

Health care center expansions.—Recognizing the lack of accessible 

VA services in many regions of the country, the Committee requested in the fiscal year 2013 report that the VA include in the 

VA Strategic Capital Improvement Plan (SCIP) the expansion of 

existing VA health care centers to include inpatient accommodations, urgent care services, and the full range of services required 

by women veterans when the absence of such services locally requires veterans to make round trips of more than five hours to access such services at a VA facility. The Committee instructs the VA 

to report within 180 days of enactment of this Act whether any 

health care center facilities currently in the SCIP include inpatient 

accommodations and urgent care. If such facilities are not currently 

included in the SCIP, the report should provide an explanation of 

why this is not the Department’s preferred mechanism to address 

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GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $84,915,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 82,650,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 82,650,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (2,265,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

This appropriation 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 $82,650,000 for 

Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities, to be 

available until expended, which is $2,265,000 below the fiscal year 

2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $45,954,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 44,650,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 44,650,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (1,304,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

This program provides grants to assist States and tribal governments with the establishment, expansion, and improvement of veterans cemeteries which are operated and permanently maintained 

by the States and tribal governments. Grants under this program 

fund up to 100 percent of construction costs and the initial equipment expenses when the cemetery is established. The States and 

tribal governments 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 $44,650,000 for 

Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries, to be available 

until expended, which is $1,304,000 below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and the same as the budget request. 

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The bill includes 29 provisions that were in effect in fiscal year 

2013 and 1 new provision. The administrative provisions included 

in the bill are as follows: 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 201 allowing for the transfer of funds 

among three mandatory appropriations. The Administration proposal to modify this provision is not adopted. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 202 allowing the Department to transfer 

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year 2014. The Administration proposal to modify this provision is 

not adopted. 

The bill includes section 203 allowing for salaries and expenses 

funds to be used for hire of passenger vehicles, lease of facilities 

or land, and purchase of uniforms. 

The bill includes section 204 providing 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. 

The bill includes section 205 requiring 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. 

The bill includes section 206 allowing for the use of funds appropriated in fiscal year 2014 for ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ 

for payment of accrued obligations recorded in the last quarter of 

fiscal year 2013. 

The bill includes section 207 allowing for the use of fiscal year 

2014 funds to pay prior year obligations resulting from implementation of sections 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United 

States Code. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 208 allowing 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. 

The bill includes section 209 allowing the Department to obligate 

enhanced-use lease proceeds for administrative expenses that were 

incurred in a prior fiscal year during the year funds are received. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 210 limiting 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. 

The bill includes section 211 prohibiting the Secretary from approving new leases of real property with estimated annual rental 

cost of more than $1,000,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve a report on such lease 

within 30 days of receipt. The Administration proposal to modify 

this provision is not adopted. 

The bill includes section 212 requiring the Department to collect 

current and accurate third-party reimbursement information for 

the purposes of third-party 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. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 213 allowing the Department to use enhanced-use lease funds for construction and alteration of medical 

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The bill includes section 214 allowing the Department to use the 

‘‘Medical Services’’ appropriation for expenses related to the broader mission of medical care to veterans. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 215 allowing the Department to transfer 

Medical Care Collections to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ appropriation to 

be used for veterans medical care and makes those funds available 

until expended. 

The bill includes section 216 allowing veterans who reside in 

Alaska to obtain medical services from medical facilities supported 

by the Indian Health Service or tribal organizations, and provides 

for reimbursement for those services from the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 217 allowing the Department to transfer 

the proceeds received from the transfer of real property deposited 

into the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund to the 

major and minor construction appropriations accounts and makes 

those funds available until expended. 

The bill includes section 218 providing that no funds may be 

used to prohibit Directors of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks from conducting outreach or marketing programs. The Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

The bill includes section 219 requiring the Secretary to submit 

quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

Houses of Congress on the financial status of the Veterans Health 

Administration. The Administration proposed to delete this provision. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 220 requiring the Department to notify 

and receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations of 

any proposed transfer of funding to or from the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account. The Administration proposal to modify 

this provision is not adopted. 

The bill includes section 221 limiting the amount of funding 

made available under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account for non-recurring maintenance that may be obligated during the last two 

months of the fiscal year. The Administration proposal to delete 

this provision is not adopted. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 222 permitting the transfer of 

$254,257,000 appropriated for medical accounts, minor construction, and information technology systems to the Joint Department 

of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for the operation of facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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Facility Demonstration Fund for facilities designated as combined 

Federal medical facilities. 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 224 directing that a minimum of 

$15,000,000 shall be transferred from the three medical care appropriations to the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, to be available until expended. 

(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 225 rescinding and reappropriating a 

portion of already appropriated fiscal year 2014 medical care account funding, as requested in the budget. 

The bill includes section 226 requiring the Secretary to notify the 

Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all bid 

savings in Major Construction projects that total at least 

$5,000,000, or five percent of the programmed amount, whichever 

is less. Such notification must occur within 14 days of a contract. 

The Secretary is required to notify the Committees 14 days prior 

to the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such savings. The budget request proposed to delete 

this provision. 

The bill includes section 227 prohibiting the original scope of 

work for a Major Construction project from being increased above 

the scope specified for that project in the original justification data 

provided to the Congress as part of the request for appropriations. 

The budget request proposed to delete this provision. 

The bill includes section 228 requiring the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress notification of any single national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 

The bill includes section 229 requiring the Department to submit 

a reprogramming request if it wishes to change fiscal year 2014 

spending on Health Services initiatives identified in the budget justification by more than $25,000,000. The budget request proposed 

to delete this provision. 

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

The bill includes section 230 reducing the current-funded discretionary appropriations accounts by $24,000,000 and rescinds 

$156,000,000 of funding already appropriated in Medical Care 2014 

advance appropriations. Bill language gives the Secretary discretion to allocate these reductions. The budget request did not include this provision. 

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TITLE III 

RELATED AGENCIES 

AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $61,348,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 58,200,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 57,980,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (3,368,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ (220,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 25 monuments, memorials, and markers. 

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $57,980,000 for 

the American Battle Monuments Commission’s salaries and expenses account, which is $3,368,000 less than the fiscal year 2013 

enacted level and $220,000 less than the budget request. Language is included allowing up to $7,500 to be used for official 

reception and representation expenses. 

FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $14,818,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request est. ................................................ 14,100,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill est. ..................................... 14,100,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (718,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 because of fluctuations in currency exchange rates of foreign countries occurring after 

a budget request for the Commission is submitted to 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, currently estimated at $14,100,000. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $31,665,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 35,408,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 35,272,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 3,607,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ (136,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 


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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 $35,272,000 for 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, an increase of 

$3,607,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $136,000 

less than the budget request. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $64,146,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 45,800,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 70,685,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 6,539,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ 24,885,000 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Secretary of the Army is responsible for the administration, 

operation and maintenance of Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) 

and the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery. In addition to its principal function as a national cemetery, ANC is the 

site of approximately 3,000 non-funeral ceremonies each year and 

has approximately 4,000,000 visitors annually. The Committee recommends an appropriation of $70,685,000 for 

Cemeterial Expenses, Army. The Committee notes that the budget 

request, once again, proposed $25,000,000 to be provided through 

Operation and Maintenance, Army for the maintenance backlog at 

ANC instead of requesting all funds within the Cemeterial Expenses, Army account. This request is particularly troubling given 

the significant fiscal year 2013 shortfall in the Operation and 

Maintenance, Army account and this shortfall’s potential impact on 

fiscal year 2014 requirements. Equally disturbing is the disingenuous use of this gimmick to undermine federal budgeting principles 

requiring expenditures to be charged against the same account 

each year, once an account has been identified for such purpose. 

This budget request instead proposes to fund the same purpose between two separate appropriations causing confusion of purpose 

and weakening accountability. The Committee rejects this proposal 

and instead provides all funds within the Cemeterial Expenses, 

Army account. 

Concession services.—The Committee is aware that the budget 

request for Arlington National Cemetery proposes language that 

would authorize ANC to contract for concession services such as 

transit services within ANC. The Committee is concerned that 

these concession services may impact the services currently provided by the National Park Service (NPS). The Committee directs 

ANC to meet with NPS and provide a report to the Committee no 

later than 60 days after the date of the publication of this report 

on the issues raised by NPS and the actions that ANC will take 

to address them, should Congress provide concession authority. 

Cemetery capacity.— The Committee supports the efforts of the 

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our service members, veterans, and their families from all 50 states 

is critical to ensuring that the future plans for ANC meet those 

needs. The Committee recommends the ANC Advisory Commission 

establish metrics to determine whether the Department of the 

Army should establish a new national cemetery of the same stature 

as ANC. 

CONSTRUCTION

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $100,412,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... – – – 

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

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (100,412,000) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommendation does not include funds for the 

Construction account. The budget request did not propose any additional funds for this purpose. 

ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $63,941,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 66,800,000 

Committee recommendation in the bill ............................................ 66,400,000 

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... 2,459,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ (400,000) 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

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 $66,400,000 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 

$2,459,000 above the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $400,000 

less than the budget request. 

CAPITAL PROGRAM

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level 1 ........................................................ $1,950,000 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ....................................................... 1,000,000 

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

Comparison with: 

Fiscal year 2013 enacted level ................................................... (950,00) 

Fiscal year 2014 budget request ................................................ – – – 1FY13 Enacted level does not include the 251A sequester or Sec. 3004 OMB ATB. 

The Committee recommendation provides authority to expend 

$1,000,000 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund 

for construction and renovations. The amount recommended is 

$950,000 less than the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and equal to 

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

The bill includes 1 provision that was in effect in fiscal year 

2013. The administrative provision included in the bill is as follows: 

The bill includes section 301 permitting Arlington National Cemetery to provide funds to Arlington County to relocate a water 

main. 

TITLE IV 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

The bill includes 15 provisions that are effective in fiscal year 

2013 and three new provisions as follows: 

The bill includes section 401 prohibiting the obligation of funds 

beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. 

The bill includes section 402 prohibiting 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. 

The bill includes section 403 prohibiting the use of funds to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. 

The bill includes section 404 encouraging all departments and 

agencies funded in this Act to expand the use of ‘‘E-Commerce’’ 

technologies and procedures. 

The bill includes section 405 specifying the Congressional committees that are to receive all reports and notifications. 

The bill includes section 406 prohibiting the transfer of funds to 

any instrumentality of the United States Government without authority from an appropriations Act. 

The bill includes section 407 prohibiting 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 House of Representatives. 

The bill includes section 408 requiring all reports submitted to 

the Congress to be posted on official websites of the submitting 

agency. 

The bill includes section 409 prohibiting the use of funds to establish or maintain a computer network unless such network 

blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography, 

except for law enforcement investigation, prosecution or adjudication activities. 

The bill includes section 410 prohibiting funds in this Act for the 

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. 

The bill includes new section 411 prohibiting the use of funds 

made available in this Act to exercise the power of eminent domain 

without just compensation. 

The bill includes section 412 prohibiting the use of funds for payment of first-class travel by an employee of the executive branch. 

The bill includes section 413 prohibiting the use of funds in this 

Act for the renovation, expansion, or construction of any facility in 

the continental United States for the purpose of housing any individual who has been detained at the United States Naval Station, 

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The bill includes section 414 prohibiting the use of funds in this 

Act for any contract where the contractor has not complied with EVerify requirements. 

The bill includes section 415 limiting the use of funds to enter 

into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, corporations convicted of a felony criminal violation of 

Federal law within the preceding 24 months. The Department shall 

provide an annual report to the Committee, due within 30 days of 

the end of each fiscal year, detailing its implementation of this provision, including a list of affected corporations and a justification 

for any cases in which the Department has determined that the 

limitation should not apply. 

The bill includes section 416 limiting the use of funds to enter 

into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

agreement with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, corporations with certain unpaid Federal tax liabilities. 

The Department shall provide an annual report to the Committee, 

due within 30 days of the end of each fiscal year, detailing its implementation of this provision, including a list of affected corporations and a justification for any cases in which the Department has 

determined that the limitation should not apply. 

The bill includes new section 417 prohibiting the use of funds to 

alter the implementation of a program, project, or activity in anticipation of any change proposed in a budget request before its enactment. 

The bill includes new section 418 establishing a ‘‘Spending Reduction Account’’ in the bill. 

The bill does not include section 503 as requested, instead report 

language is included that states that the cost of any pay raise will 

be absorbed within the funds provided. 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT REQUIREMENTS

The following items are included in accordance with various requirements of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

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. 

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 

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DEPARTMENT/ACTIVITY

AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED FOR RESCISSION

Department of Defense, Military Construction, Army .................... $139,000,000 

Department of Defense, Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

Corps ................................................................................................ 49,920,000 

Department of Defense, Military Construction, Defense-Wide ...... 374,870,000 

Department of Defense, Military Construction, Air National 

Guard ............................................................................................... 45,623,000 

Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services .......................... 1,400,000,000 

Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and Compliance .................................................................................................. 100,000,000 

Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities ........................ 250,000,000 

Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities ............................... 156,000,000 

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 from the 

BRAC account 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 $9,232,000 from 

Compensation and Pensions to General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration and Information Technology Systems. 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 transferring funds to the medical care collections 

fund to augment funding of medical facilities for nursing home care 

provided to pensioners. 

Language is included to permit the transfer of funds from General Administration to General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration. 

Language is included to permit the transfer of funds between Information Technology Systems development projects and among the 

three sub-accounts identified in bill language subject to the approval of the Committee. 

Language is included to provide authority for the Department of 

Veterans Affairs for any funds appropriated in 2014 for Compensation and Pensions, Readjustment Benefits, and Veterans Insurance 

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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, Veterans Benefits Administration and Information Technology Systems for the costs of administering such programs. 

Language is included to permit up to $46,264,000 to be transferred to General Administration and Information Technology Systems from any funds appropriated in fiscal year 2014 to reimburse 

the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment 

and 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 the Medical Services account. 

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 subject to 

approval by the Committee. 

Language is included to allow the transfer of funds provided for 

the Department of Veterans Affairs to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. 

Language is included permitting funds deposited to the Medical 

Care Collections Fund for health care provided at a combined Federal medical facility to be transferred to the Joint Department of 

Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. 

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. 

DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED

SPENDING ITEMS

Neither the bill nor the report contains any Congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in 

clause 9 of rule XXI. 

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. 

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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 

presently authorize such extended availability. 

Language is included in various parts of the bill to permit the 

transfer of funds to other accounts. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit payments for costplus-a-fixed-fee contracts under certain circumstances. 

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 allow advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation under 

certain circumstances. 

Language is included under Title I to prohibit the use of funds 

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 for 

family housing 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 prohibit the use of funds 

to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification. 

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 allow prior year construction funding to be available for currently authorized 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 

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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 allow for the transfer of 

BRAC funds to the Homeowners Assistance Program. 

Language is included under Title I to limit funds for the operation and maintenance of family housing to those provided in this 

appropriation and to limit amounts expended on repairs of general 

and flag officer quarters 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 projects at 

closed or realigned 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 limiting funds available for 

expansion of Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. 

Language is included under Title I limiting movement of an 

Army unit with a testing mission. 

Language is included under Title I that rescinds funds from prior 

year appropriations Acts. 

Language is included under Title I to allow the Secretary of the 

Army to use additional funds to complete a prior year project. 

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 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 development, modernization, and enhancement 

projects in 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 

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ated 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, 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, limiting the obligation of non-recurring maintenance funds 

during the last two months of the fiscal year, and requiring approval of a reprogramming prior to any major reallocation of medical services initiatives funding. 

Language is included under Title II that rescinds funds from 

prior year appropriations Acts. 

Language is included under Title III for 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 Title III for Cemeterial Expenses, 

Army, Salaries and Expenses, to permit the use of funds for parking maintenance and repairs. 

Language is included under Title III for Cemeterial Expenses, 

Army, Salaries and Expenses, to permit the use of funds to relocate 

a water main. 

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 use of funds 

for a project or program named for a serving Member of the United 

States Congress. 

Language is included under Title IV prohibiting funds from being 

used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

Language is included under Title IV to prohibit funding being 

distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or its subsidiaries. 

Language is included under Title IV prohibiting funds from being 

used to exercise the power of eminent domain without just compensation. 

Language is included under Title IV prohibiting funds from being 

used to pay for first class travel in violation of federal regulations. 

Language is included under Title IV prohibiting funds from being 

used to execute a contract for goods or services where a contractor 

has not complied with Executive Order 12989. 

Language is included under Title IV prohibiting funds from being 

provided to any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 

violation. 

Language is included under Title IV prohibiting funds from being 

provided to a corporation with an unpaid Federal tax liability. 


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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: 


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PROGRAM DUPLICATION

No provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a program of 

the Federal Government known to be duplicative of another Federal program, a program that was included in any report from the 

Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section 

21 of Public Law 111–139, or a program related to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

DIRECTED RULE MAKING

The bill does not direct any rule making. 

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 printed below: 


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ROLLCALL NO. 1 

Date: May 21, 2013 

Measure: Military ConstructionlVeterans Affairs Appropriations Bill, FY 2014 

Motion by: Mr. Moran 

Description of Motion: Increasing the rescission of funds for Military Construction, Army and Military 

Construction, Defense-Wide by $92.769,500 each to provide increased funding for a pay increase as proposed 

in the budget request. 

Results: Defeated 23 yeas to 25 nays. 

Members Voting Yea 

Mr. Bishop 

Mr. Cuellar 

Ms. DeLauro 

Mr. Farr 

Mr. Fattah 

Mr. Honda 

Ms. Kaptur 

Ms. Lee 

Mrs. Lowey 

Ms. McCollum 

Mr. Moran 

Mr. Owens 

Mr. Pastor 

Ms. Pingree 

Mr. Price 

Mr. Quigley 

Ms. Roybal-Allard 

Mr. Ryan 

Mr. Schiff 

Mr. Serrano 

Mr. Visclosky 

Ms. Wasserman Schultz 

Mr. Wolf 

Members Voting Nay 

Mr. Aderholt 

Mr. Alexander 

Mr. Bonner 

Mr. Calvert 

Mr. Carter 

Mr. Crenshaw 

Mr. Culberson 

Mr. Dent 

Mr. Fleischmann 

Mr. Fortenberry 

Mr. Frelinghuysen 

Ms. Granger 

Mr. Graves 

Mr. Harris 

Mr. Joyce 

Mr. Kingston 

Mr. Latham 

Mr. Nunnelee 

Mr. Rogers 

Mr. Rooney 

Mr. Simpson 

Mr. Valadao 

Mr. Womack 

Mr. Yoder 

Mr. Young 
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ROLL CALL NO. 2 

Date: May 21, 2013 

Measure: Military ConstructioniVeterans Affairs Appropriations Bill, FY 2014 

Motion by: Ms. DeLauro 

Description of Motion: An amendment to replace 2013/2014 sequester with revenue increases and spending 

reductions. 

Results: Defeated 22 yeas to 26 nays. 

Members Voting Yea 

Mr. Bishop 

Mr. Cuellar 

Ms. DeLauro 

Mr. Farr 

Mr. Fattah 

Mr. Honda 

Ms. Kaptur 

Ms. Lee 

Mrs. Lowey 

Ms. McCollum 

Mr. Moran 

Mr. Owens 

Mr. Pastor 

Ms. Pingree 

Mr. Price 

Mr. Quigley 

Ms. Roybal-Allard 

Mr. Ryan 

Mr. Schiff 

Mr. Serrano 

Mr. Visc10sky 

Ms. Wasserman Schultz 

Members Voting Nay 

Mr. Aderholt 

Mr. Alexander 

Mr. Bonner 

Mr. Calvert 

Mr. Carter 

Mr. Crenshaw 

Mr. Culberson 

Mr. Dent 

Mr. Fleischmann 

Mr. Fortenberry 

Mr. Frelinghuysen 

Ms. Granger 

Mr. Graves 

Mr. Harris 

Mr. Joyce 

Mr. Kingston 

Mr. Latham 

Mr. Nunnelee 

Mr. Rogers 

Mr. Rooney 

Mr. Simpson 

Mr. Valadao 

Mr. Wolf 

Mr. Womack 

Mr. Yoder 

Mr. Young 
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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, the Committee notes that the accompanying bill does not propose to repeal or amend a statute of part 

thereof. 

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 

Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations 

to its subcommittee: Subcommittee on Military Construction 

and Veterans Affairs: 

Mandatory ............................................................................. 79,465 79,219 79,465 179,219 

Discretionary ......................................................................... 73,320 76,206 73,320 76,206 

1 Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF OUTLAYS

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974, the following table contains five-year projections prepared by the Congressional Budget Office of outlays associated with the budget authority provided in the accompanying bill: 

[In millions of dollars] 

Outlays: 

2014 ........................................................................................................... 2 86,772 

2015 ........................................................................................................... 5,795 

2016 ........................................................................................................... 4,252 

2017 ........................................................................................................... 1,879 

2018 and future years .............................................................................. 1,410 2 Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority. 

ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives and 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: 


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Millions 

Budget Authority ................................................................................... $146 

Fiscal Year 2014 outlays resulting therefrom ..................................... ¥4 

STATE LIST

The following is a complete listing, by title, State and country, 

of the Committee’s recommendations for military construction and 

family housing projects: 


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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

ALABAMA 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

DECATUR 

NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER ADD/ ALT, 

AI R NATIONAL GUARD 

BIRMINGHAM lAP 

ADD TO AND ALTER DISTRIBUTED GROUND STATION F"" 

ALASKA 

ARMY 

FORT WAINWRIGHT 

AVIATION BATTALION COMPLEX, 

AVIATION STORAGE HANGAR" 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

CLEAR AFS 

BMDS UPGRADE EARLY WARNING RADAR, 

FORT GREELY 

MECHANICAL-ELECTRICAL BLDG MISSILE FIELD #1", ' 

ARIZONA 

AIR FORCE 

LUKE AFB 

F-35 FIELD TRAINING DETACHMENT, 

F-35 sa OPS/AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE UNIT #3", " 

ARKANSAS 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

FORT CHAFFEE 

SCOUT / RECCE GUNNERY COMPLEX, , , , , , , 

CALIFORNIA 

NAVY 

BARSTOW 

ENGINE DYNAMOMETER FACILITY, , , , , , , , .. , .......... ,. CAMP PENDLETON 

AMMUNITION SUPPLY POINT UPGRADE, , , 

CORONADO 

H-60 TRAINER FACILITY, ' 

POINT MUGU 

AIRCRAFT ENGINE TEST PADS, 

BAMS CONSOLI DATED MAl NTENANCE HANGAR, 

PORT HUENEME 

UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING CONVERSION, ' 

SAN DIEGO 

STEAM PLANT DECENTRALIZATION, 

TWENTYNINE PALMS 

CAMP WILSON INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, 

AIR FORCE 

BEALE AFB 

DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND STATION OPS BLDG, , ' 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

BRAWLEY 

SOF DESERT WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, ,,',", ....... 

DEFENSE DISTRIBUTION DEPOT-TRACY 

GENERAL PURPOSE WAREHOUSE, , .,.',., ... , ... MIRAMAR 

REPLACE FUEL PIPELINE" ,.,.,.,., ... ", 

ARMY RESERVE 

CAMP PARKS 

ARMY RESERVE CENTER" 

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT 

TASS TRAINING CENTER (TTC) , , 

NAVY RESERVE 

MARCH AFB 

NOSC MORENO VALLEY RESERVE TRAINING CENTER, , , , , 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

4,000 4,000 

8,500 8,500 

45,000 45,000 

58,000 58,000 

17 ,204 17,204 

82,000 82,000 

5,500 5,500 

21,400 21,400 

21,000 21,000 

14,998 14,998 

13,124 13,124 

8,910 8,910 

7,198 7,19B 

17,469 17,469 

33,600 33,600 

34,331 34,331 

33,437 33,437 

62,000 62,000 

23,095 23,095 

37,554 37,554 

6,000 6,000 

17,500 17 ,500 

16,500 16,500 

11,086 11,086 
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AI R FORCE RESERVE 

MARCH AFB 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

JOINT REGIONAL DEPLOYMENT PROCESSING CENTER, ' , 

COLORADO 

ARMY 

FORT CARSON 

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR"""""" 

AI RCRAFT MAl NTENANCE HANGAR, 

CENTRAL ENERGY PLANT, , , 

FIRE STATION, 

HEADOUARTERS BUILDING, 

RUNWAY, 

SIMULATOR BUILDING, 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

FORT CARSON 

SOF GROUP SUPPORT SA TT ALI ON, , 

FLORIDA 

ARMY 

EGLIN AFB 

AUTOMATED SNIPER FIELO FIRE RANGE, """"'" 

NAVY 

JACKSONVI LLE 

P-8A TRAINING & PARKING APRON EXPANSION", "'" 

KEY WEST 

AIRCRAFT CRASH/RESCUE & FIRE HEADOUARTERS, , " " ", 

MAYPORT 

LCS LOGISTICS SUPPORT FACILITY"", , , , , , , , , , , ' , , , , 

AIR FORCE 

TYNDALL AFB 

F-22 MUNITIONS STORAGE COMPLEX"", 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

HURLBURT FIELD 

SOF ADD/ALTER OPERATIONS FACILITY, 

JACKSONVI LLE 

REPLACE FUEL PIPELINE, 

KEY WEST 

SOF BOAT DOCKS, 

PANAMA CITY 

REPLACE GROUND VEHICLE FUELING FACILITY" , 

TYNDALL AFB 

REPLACE FUEL PIPELINE, 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

PINELLAS PARK 

READY BUILDING", , " 

AIR FORCE RESERVE 

HOMESTEAD AFS 

ENTRY CONTROL COMPLEX" 

GEORGIA 

ARMY 

FORT GORDON 

ADV INDIVIDUAL TRAINING BARRACKS CPLX, PH2"""" 

NAVY 

ALBANY 

CERS DISPATCH FACILITY", , , , , , , ' 

WEAPONS STORAGE AND INSPECTION FACILITY, 

SAVANNAH 

TOWNSEND BOMBING RANGE LAND ACQ - PHASE 1, 

DEFENSE -WIDE 

FORT BENNING 

FAITH MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITION, 

WHITE ELEMTARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT" 

FORT STEWART 

DIAMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT, , , 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

19,900 

73,000 

66,000 

34,000 

12,000 

33,000 

12,000 

12,200 

22,282 

4,700 

20,752 

14,001 

16,093 

9,100 

7,900 

7,500 

3,600 

2,600 

9,500 

5,700 

9,800 

61,000 

1,010 

15,600 

61,717 

6,031 

37,304 

44,504 

19,900 

73,000 

66,000 

34,000 

12,000 

33,000 

12,000 

12,200 

22,282 

4,700 

20,752 

14,001 

16,093 

9,100 

7,900 

7,500 

2,600 

9,500 

5,700 

9,800 

61,000 

1,010 

15,600 

61,717 

6,031 

37,304 

44,504 
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HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD 

REPLACE FUEL ISLAND. 

MOODY AFB 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS I N THOUSANDS) 

REPLACE GROUND VEHICLE FUELING FACILITY. 

HAWAII 

ARMY 

FORT SHAFTER 

COMMAND AND CONTROL FACILITY - ADMIN ..•. 

NAVY 

KANEOHE BAY 

3RD RADIO BN MAINTENANCE/OPERATIONS COMPLEX .•..... 

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE EXPANSION. 

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR UPGRADES .. 

ARMORY ADDITION AND RENOVATION ... 

AVIATION SIMULATOR MODERNIZATION/ADDITION. 

MV - 22 HANGAR. . . ............•........ 

MV-22 PARKING APRON AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 

PEARL CITY 

WATER TRANSMISSION LINE. 

PEARL HARBOR 

DRYDOCK WATERFRONT FACILITY ..•.................... 

SUBMARINE PRODUCTION SUPPORT FACILITY •...•.......• 

AIR FORCE 

JO I NT BASE PEARL HARBOR -HICKAM 

C -17 MODERN I ZE HGR 35, DOCKS 1 &2 . 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

FORD ISLAND 

DISA PACIFIC FACILITY UPGRADES .... 

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM 

ALTER WAREHOUSE SPACE .. 

ILLINOIS 

NAVY 

GREAT LAKES 

UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING. 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

KANKAKEE 

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR ......... " .. , 

READINESS CENTER. 

INDIANA 

AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

HULMAN REGIONAL AI RPORT 

ADD/ALTER BLDG 37 FOR DIST COMMON GROUND STA ..••. 

ARMY 

FORT LEAVENWORTH 

SIMULATIONS CENTER. 

ARMY 

FORT CAMPBELL 

KANSAS 

KENTUCKY 

BATTLEFIELD WEATHER SUPPORT FACILITY •. 

AIR FORCE 

FORT CAMPBELL 

19TH AIR SUPPORT OPERATIONS SQORN EXPANSION. 

DEFENSE -WIDE 

BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT 

AMMUNITION DEMILITARIZATION FACILITY, PH XIV, .. 

FORT CAMPBELL 

FORT CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT ... 

MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT 

SOF GROUP SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION. 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

13,500 

3,800 

75,000 

25,336 

16,968 

31,820 

12,952 

17,724 

57,517 

74,665 

30,100 

22,721 

35,277 

4,800 

2,615 

2,800 

35,851 

28,000 

14,000 

7.300 

17,000 

4,800 

8,000 

122,536 

59,278 

38,591 

26,342 

13,500 

3,800 

65,000 

25,336 

16,968 

31,820 

12,952 

17,724 

57,517 

74,665 

30,100 

22,721 

35,277 

4,800 

2,615 

2,800 

35,851 

28,000 

14,000 

7,300 

17 ,000 

4,800 

8,000 

122,536 

59,278 

38,591 

26,342 
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FORT KNOX 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS I N THOUSANDS) 

AMBULATORY HEALTH CENTER .. 

CONSOLIDATEIREPLACE VAN VOORHIS· MUDGE ES. 

NAVY 

BANGOR 

MAINE 

NCTAMS VLF COMMERCIAL POWER CONNECTION .•.. 

KITTERY 

STRUCTURAL SHOPS CONSOLIDATION. . .....•.... 

MARYLAND 

ARMY 

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND 

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FACILITIES ......... . 

FORT DETRICK 

ENTRY CONTROL POINT. 

HAZARDOUS MATERIAL STORAGE BUILDING. 

NAVY 

FORT MEADE 

MARFORCYBERCOM HQ·OPS BUILDING ... 

AIR FORCE 

FORT MEADE 

CYBERCOM JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER, INCREMENT 1. 

JO I NT BASE ANDREWS 

HELICOPTER OPERATIONS FACILITY. 

DEFENSE·WIDE 

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND 

PUBLI CHEAL TH COMMAND LAB REPLACEMENT. 

BETHESDA (WRNMMC) 

MECH & ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS BLDG C. 

PARKING GARAGE. 

FORT DETRICK 

USAMRIID REPLACEMENT STAGE 1, INCR 8 ... 

FORT MEADE 

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CAPACITY INC 3 ...... . 

NSAW RECAPITALIZE BUILDING #1ISITE M INC 2 ....••. 

JO I NT BASE ANDREWS 

AMBULATORY CARE CENTER INC 2 ........... . 

AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

FORT MEADE 

175TH NETWORK WARFARE SQUADRON FACILITy ..... 

MARTIN STATE AIRPORT 

CYBERIISR FACILITY. 

ARMY RESERVE 

BOWIE 

ARMY RESERVE CENTER .. 

DEFENSE·WIDE 

HANSCOM AFB 

MASSACHUSETTS 

HANSCOM PRIMARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT .. 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

CAMP EDWARDS 

ENLISTED BARRACKS, TRANSIENT TRAINING ADD .... 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

CAMP GRAYLING 

MICHIGAN 

ENLISTED BARRACKS, TRANSIENT TRAINING .. 

MINNESOTA 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

STILLWATER 

READINESS CENTER ....•.... 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

265,000 

38,023 

13,800 

11,522 

21,000 

2,500 

4,600 

83,988 

85,000 

30,000 

210,000 

46,800 

20,000 

13,000 

431,000 

58,000 

76,200 

4,000 

8,000 

25,500 

36,213 

19,000 

17 ,000 

17,000 

265,000 

38,023 

13,800 

11,522 

21,000 

2,500 

4,600 

85,000 

30,000 

110,000 

46.800 

20,000 

431,000 

58,000 

63,800 

25,500 

36,213 

19,000 

17,000 

17,000 
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ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

CAMP SHELBY 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

MISSISSIPPI 

WATER SUPPLY/TREATMENT BUILDING, POTABLE ..... 

PASCAGOULA 

READINESS CENTER .. 

MISSOURI 

ARMY 

FORT LEONARD WOOD 

ADV INDIVIDUAL TRAINING BARRACKS CPLX, PH1. 

SIMULATOR BUILDING. . ...........•... 

AIR FORCE 

WHITEMAN AFB 

WSA MOP IGLOOS AND ASSEMBLY FACILITY. 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

MACON 

VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP. .. . ......... . 

WHITEMAN AFB 

AI RCRAFT MAl NTENANCE HANGAR. 

NAVY RESERVE 

KANSAS CITY 

RESERVE TRAII'IING CENTER - BEL TON, HISSOURI ...• , •. 

AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

GREAT FALLS lAP 

MONTANA 

INTRA- THEATER AIRLIFT CONVERSION ... , .. , ...•. , •.• , . 

AIR FORCE 

OFFUTT AFB 

NEBRASKA 

USSTRATCOM REPLACEMENT FACILITY, INCR 3 •. 

NAVY 

FALLON 

NEVADA 

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, 

AIR FORCE 

NELLIS AFS 

ADD RPA WEAPONS SCHOOL FACILITY. 

DORMITORY (240 RM) 

F-35 ALT MISSION EaUIP (AME) STORAGE. 

F - 35 FUEL CELL HANGAR. 

F -35 PARTS STORE .. 

NEW JERSEY 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST 

REPLACE FUEL DISTRIBUTION COMPONENTS .••.. 

ARMY RESERVE 

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST 

AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE GUN (MPMG),. 

CENTRAL ISSUE FACILITY. , . 

CONSOLIDATED DINING FACILITY ...... . 

MODIFIED RECORD FIRE RANGE •..... 

NEW MEXICO 

AIR FORCE 

CANNON AFB 

AIRMEN AND FAMILY READINESS CENTER. 

DORMITORY (144 RM), 

SATELLITE DINING FACILITY. 

HOLLOMAN AFB 

F -16 AIRCRAFT COVERED WASHRACK AND PAD, 

BUDGET 

REaUEST HOUSE 

3,000 3,000 

4,500 4,500 

86,000 86,000 

4,700 4,700 

5,900 5,900 

9,100 9,100 

5,000 5,00D 

15,020 15,020 

22,000 22,000 

136,000 136,000 

11,334 11,334 

20,000 20,000 

35,000 35, 000 

5,000 5,000 

9,400 9,400 

9,100 9,100 

10,000 10,000 

9,500 9,500 

7,900 7,900 

13,400 13,400 

5,400 5,400 

5,500 5,500 

22,000 22,000 

6,600 6.600 

2,250 2,250 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

KIRTLAND AFB 

NUCLEAR SYSTEMS WING & SUSTAINMENT CENTER 

DEFENSE·WIDE 

HOLLOMAN AFB 

MEDICAL CLINIC REPLACEMENT .. REPLACE HYDRANT FUEL SYSTEM. 

NEW YORK 

ARMY 

U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY 

CADET BARRACKS, INCR 2 ....... . ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

NEW YORK 

(PH. 

READINESS CENTER ADD/ALT ........................ . AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

FORT DRUM 

MQ·9 FLIGHT TRAINING UNIT HANGAR .............. . ARMY RESERVE 

BULLVILLE 

ARMY RESERVE CENTER .............. . 

NORTH CAROLINA 

ARMY 

FORT BRAGG 

COMMAND AND CONTROL FACILITY .......... . NAVY 

CAMP LEJEUNE 

LANDFILL· PHASE 4. 

OPERATIONS TRAINING COMPLEX ... STEAM DECENTRALIZATION BEQ NODES .... . STEAM DECENTRALIZATION· CAMP JOHNSON ... . STEAM DECENTRALIZATION • HADNOT POINT .. NEW RIVER 

CH·53K MAINTENANCE TRAINING FACILITY .. . CORROSION CONTROL HANGAR ......................... . REGIONAL COMMUNICATION STATION .............. . OEFENSE·WIDE 

CAMP LEJEUNE 

SOF PERFORMANCE RESILIENCY CENTER ........ . SOF SUSTAINMENT TRAINING COMPLEX ................. . FORT BRAGG 

CONSOLIDATE/REPLACE POPE HOLBROOK ELEMENTARy ..... . SOF CIVIL AFFAIRS BATTALION ANNEX ................ . SOF COMBAT MEDIC SKILLS SUSTAIN. COURSE BLDG .. SOF ENGINEER TRAINING FACILITY ... SOF LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CENTER. 

SOF UPGRADE TRAINING FACILITY .. ARMY RESERVE 

FORT BRAGG 

ARMY RESERVE CENTER .. 

AIR FORCE 

MINOT AFB 

NORTH DAKOTA 

8·52 ADAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE UNIT ........... , .. 8·52 MUNITIONS STORAGE IGLOOS ... DEFENSE·WIDE 

MINOT AFB 

REPLACE FUEL PIPELINE ... 

OHIO 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

RAVENNA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT 

SANITARY SEWER. . ......... , . 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

30,500 

60,000 

21,400 

42,000 

31,000 

4,700 

14,500 

5,900 

20,795 

22,515 

18,679 

2,620 

13,390 

13,218 

12,547 

20,098 

14,400 

28.977 

37,032 

37,689 

7,600 

10.419 

64,606 

14,719 

24,500 

15,530 

8,300 

6,400 

5,200 

30,500 

60,000 

21,400 

42,000 

31,000 

4,700 

14.500 

5,900 

20,795 

22,515 

18,679 

2,620 

13,390 

13,218 

12,547 

20,098 

28,977 

37,032 

37,689 

7,600 

10,419 

64,606 

14,719 

24,500 

15,530 

8,300 

6,400 

5,200 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

SPRINGFIELD BECKLEY-MAP 

ALTER INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS FACILITY ... ". , .. ,' 

OKLAHOMA 

NAVY 

TINKER AFB 

TACAMO E-68 HANGAR, , . , , .. , , . , . , , , .. , ............. . AIR FORCE 

TINKER AFB 

KC-46A LAND ACQUISITION ..... DEFENSE-WIDE 

ALTUS AFB 

REPLACE REFUELER PARKING .... TINKER AFB 

REPLACE FUEL DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES .. , .......... . AIR FORCE RESERVE 

TINKER AFB 

AIR CONTROL GROUP SQUADRON OPERATIONS. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

DEF DISTRIBUTION DEPOT NEW CUMBERLAND 

UPGRADE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WAREHOUSE .... , , UPGRADE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITy ... " ........ , .... . ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

FORT INOIANTOWN GAP 

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONAL BUILDING. , ..... AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP 

COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS AND TRAINING FACILI ... ,. 

RHODE ISLAND 

NAVY 

NEWPORT 

HEWITT HALL RESEARCH CENTER,., , . AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

QUONSET STATE AIRPORT 

C-130J FLIGHT SIMULATOR TRAINING FACILITY. 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

NAVY 

CHARLESTON 

NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONAL TRAINING FACILITY ... DEFENSE·WIDE 

BEAUFORT 

BOLDEN ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT., .. " 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

GREENVILLE 

READINESS CENTER., .. VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP ..... . 

TENNESSEE 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE 

REPLACE GROUND VEHICLE FUELING FACILITY .. , AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

MCGHEE-TYSON AIRPORT 

TEC EXPANSION- DORMITORY & CLASSROOM FACILITY ..... NAVY RESERVE 

MEMPHIS 

RESERVE BOAT MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE FACILITY, . , ' 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

7,200 

14,144 

8,600 

2,100 

36,000 

12.200 

3.100 

5.900 

40.000 

7.700 

12,422 

6.000 

73.932 

41,324 

13.000 

13.000 

2,200 

18.000 

4,330 

7.200 

14,144 

8,600 

2,100 

36,000 

12,200 

3.100 

5,900 

40,000 

7,700 

12,422 

6.000 

73,932 

41,324 

13,000 

13,000 

2,200 

18.000 

4,330 
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ARMY 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

TEXAS 

FORT BLISS 

CONTROL TOWER. 

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE COMPLEX. 

AIR FORCE 

FORT BLISS 

F-16 BAK 12/14 AIRCRAFT ARRESTING SYSTEM. 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

FORT BLISS 

HOSPITAL REPLACEMENT INCR 5. 

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO 

SAMMC HYPERBARIC FACILITY ADDITION. 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

FORT WORTH 

ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER ADD .. 

UTAH 

AIR FORCE 

HILL AFB 

F-35 AIRCRAFT MX UNIT HANGAR 45E OPS #1 .......... . 

FIRE CRASH RESCUE STATION....... . ........•.... 

VIRGINIA 

ARMY 

JOINT BASE LANGLEY· EUSTIS 

ADV INDIVIDUAL TRAINING BARRACKS CPLX, PH3 .... 

NAVY 

DAM NECK 

AERIAL TARGET OPERATION CONSOLIDATION. 

NORFOLK 

PIER 11 POWER UPGRADES FOR CVN-78. 

QUANTICO 

ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION FACILITY TECOM SCHOOLS .. 

ATC TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER RELOCATION. 

FULLER ROAD IMPROVEMENTS .. 

YORKTOWN 

SMALL ARMS RANGES .. 

AIR FORCE 

JOINT BASE LANGLEY -EUSTIS 

4-BAY CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS INSPECTION BLDG. 

DEFENSE·WIDE 

DAM NECK 

SOF HUMAN PERFORMANCE CENTER.. . . . . . ...•..•.... 

DEF DISTRIBUTION DEPOT RICHMOND 

OPERATIONS CENTER PHASE 1. . ............. . 

JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK· STORY 

SOF LOGSU TWO OPERATIONS FACILITY .......•...... , .. 

PENTAGON 

PENTAGON SOUTH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECT ......••. 

BOUNDARY CHANNEL ACCESS CONTROL POINT ........ . 

PFPA SUPPORT OPERATIONS CENTER ......... , ..... . 

RAVEN ROCK ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITY UPGRADE .... . 

RAVEN ROCK EXTERIOR COOLING TOWER. 

QUANTICO 

QUANTICO MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT. 

WASHINGTON 

ARMY 

JOINT BASE lEWIS-MCCHORD 

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR. 

AIRFIELD OPERATIONS COMPLEX. 

AVIATION BATTALION COMPLEX .. 

YAKIMA 

AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE GUN RANGE,. 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

10,800 

36,000 

3,350 

252,100 

12.600 

14,270 

13,500 

18,500 

50.000 

10,587 

3,380 

25,731 

3,630 

9,013 

18.700 

4,800 

11.147 

87,000 

30,404 

1,850 

6.700 

14,80Q 

32,000 

4,100 

40.586 

79.000 

37,000 

28,000 

9,100 

10,800 

36,000 

3.350 

152.100 

12.600 

14,270 

13.500 

18,500 

50,000 

10.587 

3.380 

25,731 

3,630 

9,013 

18,700 

4,800 

87,000 

30,404 

1,850 

6,700 

14.800 

32.000 

4,100 

40.586 

79.000 

37,000 

28,000 

9,100 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

NAVY 

BREMERTON 

INTEGRATED WATER TREATMENT SYS DRY DOCKS 3&4, 

KITSAP 

EXPLOSIVES HANDLING WHARF #2 (INC), 

WHIDBEY ISLAND 

EA-18G FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, 

P-8A HANGAR AND TRAINING FACILITIES, 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

WH WBEY ISLAND 

REPLACE FUEL PIER BREAKWATER"", '., .. , ...... , .. . 

WISCONSIN 

ARMY RESERVE 

FORT MCCOY 

ACCESS CONTROL POINT/MAIL/FREIGHT CENTER.""., 

NCO ACADEMY DINING FACILITY, , , , .. " "",.,.,., 

WYOMING 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

AFTON 

NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER. " ,. 

BAHRAIN ISLAND 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

SW ASIA 

MEDICAL/DENTAL CLINIC REPLACEMENT, 

BELGIUM 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

BRUSSELS 

NATO HEADQUARTERS FACILITY, .. 

NATO HEADQUARTERS FIT -OUT .•. 

DJIBOUTI 

NAVY 

CAMP LEMONIER 

ARMORY .. , .......... 

UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING." ..• 

GERMANY 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

KAISERLAUTERN AS 

KAI SERSLAUTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT ••.••. 

RAMSTEIN AB 

RAMSTEIN HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT, .• , . ' •......••.• 

RHINE ORDNANCE BARRACKS 

MEDICAL CENTER REPLACEMENT, INCR 3, " ' .•• ' ••.. , 

WIESBADEN 

HAINERBERG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPLACEMENT, 

WIESBADEN MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT, 

GREENLAND 

AIR FORCE 

THULE AB 

THULE CONSOLIDATION. PHASE 2., 

GUAM 

NAVY 

JOINT REGION MARIANAS 

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR - NORTH RAMP" .. , , . , . 

BAMS FORWARD OPERATIONAL & MAINTENANCE HANGAR, .. ,. 

DEHUMIDIFIED SUPPLY STORAGE FACILITY,. 

EMERGENT REPAIR FACILITY EXPANSION, 

MODULAR STORAGE MAGAZINES. 

SIERRA WHARF IMPROVEMENTS.,., .•. ,. 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

18,189 

24,880 

32,482 

85,167 

10,000 

17,500 

5,900 

10,200 

45,400 

38,513 

29,100 

6,420 

22,580 

49,907 

98,762 

151,545 

58,899 

50,756 

43,904 

85.673 

61,702 

17,170 

35,860 

63,382 

1,170 

18,189 

24,880 

32,482 

85,167 

10,000 

17,500 

5,900 

10,200 

45,400 

38,513 

29,100 

6,420 

22,580 

49,907 

98,762 

151,545 

58,899 

50,756 

43,904 

85,673 

61,702 

17,170 

35,860 

63,382 

1,170 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

X-RAY WHARF IMPROVEMENTS. 

AIR FORCE 

JOINT REGION MARIANAS 

PAR - FUEL SYS HARDENED BLDGS ..... 

PAR - STRIKE TACTICAL MISSILE MXS FACILITY. 

PAR - TANKER GP MX HANGAR/AMU/SOO OPS .. 

PRTC RED HORSE AIRFIELD OPERATIONS FACILITY ... 

PRTC SF FIRE RESCUE & EMERGENCY MGT .... 

JAPAN 

NAVY 

CAMP BUTLER 

AIRFIELD SECURITY UPGRADES. 

YOKOSUKA 

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UPGRADE. 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

ATSUGI 

REPLACE GROUND VEHICLE FUELING FACILITY. 

IWAKUNI 

CONSTRUCT HYDRANT FUEL SYSTEM .. 

KADENA AS 

KADENA MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITION/RENOVATION .. 

TORRI COMMO STATION 

SOF FACILITY AUGMENTATION. 

YOKOSUKA 

UPGRADE FUEL PUMPS. 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

CAMP WALKER 

KOREA 

DAEGU MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT ....•.•..•. 

KWAJALEIN 

ARMY 

KWAJALEIN ATOLL 

PIER ...........•.. 

MARIANA ISLANDS 

AIR FORCE 

SAl PAN 

PAR -

PAR 

PAR -

AIRPORT POL/BULK STORAGE AST .. 

HAZARDOUS CARGO PAD .. 

MAINTENANCE FACILITY .. 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

CAMP SANTIAGO 

PUERTO RICO 

MANEUVER AREA TRAINING & EQUIPMENT SITE ADDIT ... 

DEFENSE -WIDE 

DEVESELU 

ROMANIA 

AEGIS ASHORE MISSILE DEF SYS CMPLX, INCREM, 2., ... 

UNITED KINGDOM 

AIR FORCE 

RAF CROUGHTON 

MAIN GATE COMPLEX. " .............•....•.... , ..... . 

RAF LAKENHEATH 

GUARDIAN ANGEL OPERATIONS FACILITY, ..•.... 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

RAF LAKENHEATH 

LAKENHEATH HIGH SCHOOL REPLACEMENT .•.•.•........ , . 

RAF MIlDENHAlL 

REPLACE FUEL STORAGE. 

SOF AIRFILED PAVEMENTS AND HANGAR/AMU. 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

53,420 

20,000 

10,530 

132,600 

8,500 

4,600 

5,820 

7,568 

4,100 

34,000 

38,792 

71,451 

10,600 

52,164 

63,000 

18,500 

8,000 

2,800 

5,600 

85,000 

12,000 

22,047 

69,638 

17,732 

48,448 

53,420 

20,000 

10,530 

132,600 

8,500 

4,600 

5,820 

7,568 

4,100 

34,000 

38,792 

63,621 

10,600 

52,164 

63,000 

5,600 

80,000 

12,000 

22,047 

69,638 

17,732 

48,448 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

SOF MRSP AND PARTS STORAGE. , .. , .. 

SOF SQUADRON OPERATIONS FACILITY .....•.. , , , ... 

WORLDWIDE CLASSIFIED 

ARMY 

CLASSIFIED LOCATION 

COMPANY OPERATIONS COMPLEX. 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

CLASSIFIED LOCATION 

ANITPY-2 RADAR SITE. 

NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM. 

WORLDWIDE UNSPECIFIED 

ARMY 

HOST NATION SUPPORT. 

M I NOR CONSTRUCTI ON , . 

PLANNING AND DESIGN, 

NAVY 

PLANNING AND DESIGN .• 

MINOR CONSTRUCTION .. 

AIR FORCE 

KC-46A FTU FACILITY PROJECTS. . .. , . , ..••. , .•.. 

KC-46A MOB #1 FACILITY PROJECTS ....•......•. , ...... . 

PLANNING AND DESIGN .. 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION ... , .. , 

DEFENSE -WIDE 

CONTINGENCY CONSTRUCTION ... 

ENERGY CONSERVATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM. 

PLANNING AND DESIGN 

DEFENSE-WIDE. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPENDENT EDUCATION. 

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY. 

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND. 

WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICE, 

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY .... 

SUBTOTAL, PLANNING AND DESIGN. 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 

DEFENSE-WIDE, 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ..... . 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPENDENT EDUCATION ........ . 

MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY ...•. 

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY. , . , ..•.. , ....... , ... , , .•• 

JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, •... , .. , .... ,' , .. , , •... 

SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND ...... , •. 

TRICARE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY .. , .. 

SUBTOTAL, UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION, 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

PLANNING AND DESIGN. 

MINOR CONSTRUCTION. , . 

AIR NATIONAL GUARD 

PLANNING AND DESIGN, 

MINOR CONSTRUCTION, 

ARMY RESERVE 

PLANNING AND DESIGN. 

MINOR CONSTRUCTION." 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

6,797 

11,652 

33,000 

15,000 

239,700 

33,000 

25,000 

41,575 

89,830 

19,740 

63,000 

192,700 

11,314 

20,448 

10,000 

150,000 

50,192 

75,905 

57,053 

36,866 

6,931 

10,891 _M ________ ."" 

237,838 

3,000 

7,430 

5,409 

2,000 

1,500 

9,730 

5,170 

9,578 

---_ .. -----~ .. 43,817 

29,005 

12,240 

13,400 

13,000 

14,212 

1,748 

6,797 

11,652 

33,000 

15,000 

199,700 

23,000 

25,000 

41,575 

89,830 

19,740 

63,000 

192,700 

11,314 

20,448 

150,000 

50,192 

75,905 

57,053 

36,866 

6,931 

10,891 

.." -~ ---_ ...... - 237,838 

3,000 

7,430 

5,409 

2,000 

1,500 

9,730 

5,170 

9,578 

.._-----.----

43,817 

24,005 

12,240 

13,400 

13,000 

14,212 

1,748 
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NAVY RESERVE 

PLANNING AND DESIGN, 

MINOR CONSTRUCTION, ' 

AI R FORCE RESERVE 

PLANNING AND DESIGN, 

MINOR CONSTRUCTION" 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

FAMILY HOUSING, ARMY 

WISCONSIN 

FT, MCCOY 

FAMILY HOUSING NEW CONSTRUCTION (56 UNITS)"""" 

GERMANY 

SOUTH CAMP VILSECK 

FAMILIY HOUSING NEW CONSTRUCTION (29 UNITS)", , , " 

PLANNING AND DESIGN, 

SUBTOTAL, CONSTRUCTION" 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

UTILITIES ACCOUNT, 

SERVICES ACCOUNT, 

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT, , , , , ' 

MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT, ' 

FURNISHINGS ACCOUNT, 

LEASING, 

MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY", 

PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT COSTS, 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

FAMILY HOUSING, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 

CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS"", 

PLANNING AND DESIGN, , , , 

SUBTOTAL, CONSTRUCTI ON, , , , , 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

UTILITIES ACCOUNT, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 

SERVICES ACCOUNT, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT, , , , , , , , , , , , ' , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 

MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT, , , , ' , , , , , , , ' , , , , , 

FURNISHINGS ACCOUNT, , , , , , , , , , , ... 

LEASING" " " " " " 

MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY, 

PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT COSTS, 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE., 

FAMILY HOUSING, AIR FORCE 

CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS,. 

PLANNING AND DESIGN, 

SUBTOTAL, CONSTRUCTION, 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

UTILITIES ACCOUNT, 

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT, . , • , 

SERVI CES ACCOUNT, , 

FURNISHINGS ACCOUNT ... , , , , ' , . , .. , , 

MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT. 

LEASING, 

MAINTENANCE, 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

2,540 

2,229 

1,530 

23,000 

16,600 

4,406 

.~*~-.~~.-.-

44,008 

96,907 

13,536 

54,433 

646 

33,125 

180,924 

107,639 

25,661 

~ * - - - - - ...... - ~ ~ 

512,871 

68,969 

4,438 

------------ 73,407 

94,313 

20,596 

60,782 

362 

21,073 

74,962 

90,122 

27,634 

------------

389,844 

72,093 

4,267 

------- ... -_ ..... 

76,360 

70,532 

53,044 

16,862 

39,470 

1,954 

54,514 

110,786 

2,540 

2,229 

1,530 

23,000 

16,600 

4,408 __ ~ _ w _ ... _____ 

44,008 

96,907 

13,536 

54,433 

646 

33,125 

180,924 

107,639 

25,661 -_ ...... _ .. - ~ ...... 

512,871 

68,969 

4,438 ~ ~ .................... 73,407 

94,313 

20,596 

60,782 

362 

21,073 

74,962 

90,122 

27,634 

------------

389,844 

72,093 

4,267 

------------ 76,360 

70,532 

53,044 

16,862 

39,470 

1,954 

54,514 

110,786 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS) 

PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT COSTS""""""" '.',.,"'" 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. '. '" """ " 

FAMILY HOUSING, DEFENSE·WIDE 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 

UTILITIES, ' , , . ' , . , . " """"""""""""'" 

FURNISHING, , , . , . , . , . , ...... , ....... , , , , , . , . , .. , .. . LEASING .. , , . , , , ............ , ....... , , , .. .,",.,' 

MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY .. , ,., ,.,""", .... , DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 

FURNISHINGS, , .. , , , , . , , , , , , , , , , . , . , , , .... , , , , , , . , , LEASING, .. , , . , , . , , . , . , , . , , , . , , , , , , , , , , , , , . , , , , . , , 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 

UTILITIES. , , , , , , , , , , , , ,. , , , , , " ,. , . , , , , , , , , , ..... 

FURNISHINGS, """"""""""" 

SERVI CES, , , , .. , , . , , , , , . , , , , , , , . ' , , , . , , .. , , , , . , , .. MANAGEMENT, , , , ' , , , , , , . , , , , . , , . , , , , , . , , . , 

MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY."""., ,.,. ""'" 

SUBTOTAL. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, " .. ,'" ,., 

000 FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND"".""""" ... 

HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,.,.,.,.,., .', .. " ... , ". 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT""" ... " ,.',." 

RESCISSIONS FROM PRIOR YEAR UNOBLIGATED BALANCES 

ARMY"""",."""""""""".,.", ... " .. ", .. , , NAVY AND MARINE CORPS, , . , , , .. " ,. , , , , , , , '" , , ,. , , , , ,. , DEFENSE -WI DE, , .. , , , , .. , , . , , .. , . , , . , , , . , , , , , , , . , , " ". 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY, PLANNING AND DESIGN FY12. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE, UNSPECIFIED MINOR 

CONSTRUCTION FY09 AND FY10, ,.,',' ,,' "" , ... ,".,'. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD, UNSPECIFIED 

MINOR CONSTRUCTION FY09 AND FY10.""""",."., .. , 42 USC 3374 (Sec, 132)""""" ... """"""",., .. 

REDUCTION OF FUNDS (SEC, 133)"""""",. ,.'.',., .. , MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 

( SEC, 135), ' .. ' , .. , " , , , , , , , , , , , , .. , 

BUDGET 

REQUEST HOUSE 

41,436 41,436 

386,598 388,598 

12 12 

67 67 

10,994 10,994 

74 74 

3,196 3,196 

40,433 40,433 

288 288 

20 20 

32 32 

418 418 

311 311 .......... -~~- .. -- ~ .. -.. ~ .......... 

55,845 55,845 

1,780 1,780 

451,357 451,357 

-89,000 

-49,920 

-356,400 

-50,000 

-16,470 

-45,623 

-50,000 

-4,668 

75,000 
(91) 

MINORITY VIEWS

The fiscal year 2014 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and 

Related Agencies appropriations bill sufficiently funds critical military construction, family housing and quality of life improvements 

and enhancements for our brave men and women in uniform and 

their families. In addition, this bill provides adequate funding for 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs, and it provides a 

satisfactory amount of funding for our heroes who have made the 

ultimate sacrifice and are honored in the battle monuments and 

cemeteries funded in this bill. 

We are pleased that the bill takes several steps related to the 

shameful veterans’ claims backlog. First, the bill fully funds General Operating Expenses for the Veterans Benefit Administration 

(VBA) that will support 20,851 claims processors, 94 more than fiscal year 2013 to work on disability claims. Second, the bill fully 

funds the Veterans Benefit Management System (VBMS) and the 

Veterans Claims Intake Program (VCIP). VBMS and VCIP are 

paperless claims processing systems designed to streamline the 

claims process and reduce processing times by converting existing 

paper-based claims into electronic claims. This allows VBA employees electronic access to claims and evidence for expedited information retrieval and processing. Third, the accompanying report includes strenuous monthly reporting requirements for VA to provide 

Congress with claims backlog statistics. Finally, the bill directs VA 

and Department of Defense (DOD) to develop one integrated electronic health record system and prohibits the use of funds for the 

development of any system that does not meet the requirements of 

being single, joint, common, and the sole system used by both DOD 

and VA. We believe this initiative more than any other will speed 

up VAs’ efforts to permanently transition old claims filed on paper 

and convert them into digital files. Electronic access to health 

records makes all files easily searchable, ultimately leading to faster processing times and reducing the backlog. The bill reported out 

of the Committee represents a good, reasonable approach and continues our long commitment to our veterans and our military facilities, and continues a bipartisan tradition of providing funding levels that Members on both sides agree are appropriate, while avoiding contentious legislative riders that complicate passage. 

While the allocation for the fiscal year 2014 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill is 

adequate, we are dismayed by the House Majority’s refusal to go 

to conference to forge a bipartisan agreement on the budget resolution to address sequestration and provide a workable 302(a) allocation. This failure of the House Leadership imperils this year’s appropriations process, making it nearly impossible to move all 

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If the lower allocation stays in effect, we will likely pass only a 

few bills, including the Milcon/VA bill, which was given a reasonable allocation, while the remaining bills are left in purgatory, unable to pass due to low allocations. Using the Ryan budget numbers, it is inevitable that a continuing resolution, or a series of 

them, will be needed to keep the government running past October 

1st. 

While we are pleased with the Milcon/VA bill’s allocation, it is in- teresting that the $73.3 billion provided in the bill largely mirrors 

the Administration’s request and does not reflect sequestration, 

even for the portions of the bill that were not exempted. In fact, 

the differences between this bill and the Administration’s request 

are relatively small: an adjustment of $1.05 billion due to bid-savings and other project adjustments and the misguided decision not 

to provide $185 million for the requested 2014 civilian pay raise. 

In conclusion, we commend the Chairman for the funding levels 

within the bill and his receptiveness to Democratic Members’ concerns. However, we are extremely disappointed in the 302(a) allocation provided to this Committee under the Ryan budget resolution. 

We believe that those numbers are completely unworkable and 

render the work of this Committee all but impossible. 

NITA M. LOWEY. 

SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr. 


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ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF THE HONORABLE ROSA L. DELAURO

I want to acknowledge the work Chairmen Rogers and Culberson 

have put in to produce a bipartisan military construction and veterans administration appropriations bill. That being said, in voting 

down my amendment to replace the indiscriminate sequestration 

cuts for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 with a more balanced, targeted, 

and common-sense approach to the budget, while cutting $30 billion from the deficit, the committee has in effect ratified the extraordinary amount of damage to our economy and to American 

families that will occur as a result of these deep cuts. 

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that sequestration will cost us 750,000 jobs this year alone. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has argued it will slow down our 

economic recovery and cause less, rather than more, deficit reduction. And, in a joint statement, 350 of America’s leading economists 

have urged the repeal of sequestration. 

The Congress has already voted on a bipartisan basis to exempt 

the FAA from these disastrous cuts—a recognition of the severe 

damage that sequestration is causing. But the impact on airport 

travel is only the beginning of the damage these cuts will cause. 

If we do not replace the sequester, 800,000 National Security civilian employees will be furloughed. Small Businesses will lose up 

to $900 million in guaranteed SBA loans. Thousands of educators 

will be laid off. Despite roughly 12 million unemployed, people 

across the country in need of job training will be turned away. 

20,000 jobs and $3 billion in economic activity will be lost because 

of cuts to life-saving medical research. Thousands of cancer patients will be turned away by clinics because of cuts to Medicare 

provider payments. Four million fewer meals will be given to lowincome seniors. 70,000 children will lose access to Head Start. 

All of these cuts are just for this fiscal year. They will be compounded for next fiscal year. These across-the-board cuts are not 

responsible budgeting. We know that unemployment is unacceptably high. We also know that deficit estimates have decreased dramatically—by $200 billion in the last three months alone. If we 

allow these sequestration cuts to remain in effect, we will be causing more job losses, less economic growth, and less deficit reduction. 

That is not the right way forward. My amendment replaced sequestration with a balanced approach to budgeting. Instead of dramatically further slashing vital programs already being cut in this 

and future years, it repealed oil and gas subsidies at a time of extraordinary profits. Instead of hurting small businesses and the 

most vulnerable families in America, it took steps to ensure that 

millionaires are paying the same effective tax rate as hard-working 

middle-class families. And it cut $30 billion more from the deficit. 


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Sequestration this year and next amounts to a $123 billion cut, 

taken out of our economy at a moment of fragile recovery. If we do 

not act soon, these cuts will drag ever more strongly on our economic growth. We need to show leadership for our kids, our seniors, our military industrial base, our security, our health, and our 

environment. I hope we will take up this question again as we address the other appropriations bills before the committee. 

ROSA L. DELAURO. 

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