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Union Calendar No. 52 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2055 

[Report No. 112–94] 

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2012, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 31, 2011 

Mr. CULBERSON, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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

fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other 

purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 

5 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

6 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

7 30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

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

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

15 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

16 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec17 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con18 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func19 tions of the Commander in Chief, $3,141,491,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 

21 of this amount, not to exceed $255,241,000 shall be avail22 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 

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

24 unless the Secretary of Army determines that additional 

25 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies 


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1 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con2 gress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro3 vided further, That of the unobligated balances available 

4 for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ from prior appropria5 tions Acts (other than appropriations designated by law 

6 as being for contingency operations directly related to the 

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

8 $100,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip12 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in13 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

14 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

15 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

16 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 

17 this appropriation, $2,461,547,000, to remain available 

18 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of this amount, 

19 not to exceed $84,362,000 shall be available for study, 

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

21 authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter22 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

23 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

24 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

25 reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the unobligated 


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1 balances available for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and 

2 Marine Corps’’ from prior appropriations Acts (other than 

3 appropriations designated by law as being for contigency 

4 operations directly related to the global war on terrorism 

5 or as an emergency requirement), $25,000,000 are hereby 

6 rescinded. 

7 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

8 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip10 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

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

12 as currently authorized by law, $1,279,358,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of this 

14 amount, not to exceed $81,913,000 shall be available for 

15 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv16 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 

17 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

18 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro19 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

20 and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the un21 obligated balances available for ‘‘Military Construction, 

22 Air Force’’ from prior appropriations Acts (other than ap23 propriations designated by law as being for contigency op24 erations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 


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1 as an emergency requirement), $32,000,000 are hereby re2 scinded. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip6 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa7 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen8 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

9 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

10 $3,665,157,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2016: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

12 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 

13 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 

14 of Defense available for military construction or family 

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

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

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

18 transferred: Provided further, That of the amount appro19 priated, not to exceed $454,602,000 shall be available for 

20 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv21 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 

22 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

23 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria24 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

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


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1 appropriated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 $24,118,000 shall be available for payments to the North 

3 Atlantic Treaty Organization for the planning, design, and 

4 construction of a new North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

5 headquarters: Provided further, That of the unobligated 

6 balances available for ‘‘Military Construction, Defense7 Wide’’ in prior appropriations Acts (other than appropria8 tions designated by law as being for contingency oper9 ations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 

10 as an emergency requirement), $131,400,000 are hereby 

11 rescinded. 

12 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

13 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita14 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad15 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu16 tions therefore, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

17 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza18 tion Acts, $773,592,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That of the amount appro20 priated, not to exceed $20,671,000 shall be available for 

21 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv22 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 

23 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

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1 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

2 the reasons therefor. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

4 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita5 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad6 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

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

8 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 

9 Acts, $116,246,000, to remain available until September 

10 30, 2016: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not 

11 to exceed $9,000,000 shall be available for study, plan12 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au13 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter14 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

15 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

16 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

17 reasons therefor. 

18 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

19 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita20 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad21 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

22 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con23 struction Authorization Acts, $280,549,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the 

25 amount appropriated, not to exceed $28,924,000 shall be 


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1 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en2 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary 

3 of Defense determines that additional obligations are nec4 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter6 mination and the reasons therefor. 

7 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

8 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita9 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad10 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 

11 Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

12 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza13 tion Acts, $26,299,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That of the amount appro15 priated, not to exceed $2,591,000 shall be available for 

16 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv17 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 

18 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

19 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria20 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

21 the reasons therefor. 

22 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

23 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita24 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad25 ministration of the reserve components of the Air Force 


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1 Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

2 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 

3 Acts, $33,620,000, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2016: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not 

5 to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for study, plan6 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au7 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter8 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

9 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

10 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

11 reasons therefor. 

12 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

13 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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

15 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro16 gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa17 cilities and installations (including international military 

18 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 

19 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 

20 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili21 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $272,611,000, to 

22 remain available until expended. 

23 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

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1 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

2 $186,897,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2016. 

4 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

5 ARMY

6 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op7 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

8 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in9 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $494,858,000. 

10 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

11 CORPS

12 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma13 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace14 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 

15 authorized by law, $100,972,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2016. 

17 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

18 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

19 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma20 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

21 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter22 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 

23 law, $367,863,000. 


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1 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

2 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

3 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

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

5 $84,804,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2016. 

7 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

8 FORCE

9 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

10 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas11 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

12 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

13 $404,761,000. 

14 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

15 DEFENSE-WIDE

16 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

17 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 

18 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 

19 leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 

20 $50,723,000. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

22 IMPROVEMENT FUND

23 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im24 provement Fund, $2,184,000, to remain available until ex25 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:43 May 31, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2055.RH H2055

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1 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro2 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili3 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 

4 HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE FUND

5 For the Homeowners Assistance Fund established by 

6 section 1013 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli7 tan Development Act of 1966, (42 U.S.C. 3374), as 

8 amended, $1,284,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, 

10 DEFENSE-WIDE

11 For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 

12 for, necessary for the destruction of the United States 

13 stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in ac14 cordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 

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

16 destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are 

17 not in the chemical weapon stockpile, as currently author18 ized by law, $75,312,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2016, which shall be only for the Assembled 

20 Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

22 1990 

23 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

24 Closure Account 1990, established by section 2906(a)(1) 

25 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 


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1 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $373,543,000, to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

4 2005 

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

7 Closure Account 2005, established by section 2906A(a)(1) 

8 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 

9 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $258,776,000, to remain available 

10 until expended: Provided, That the Department of Defense 

11 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 

12 Houses of Congress 14 days prior to obligating an amount 

13 for a construction project that exceeds or reduces the 

14 amount identified for that project in the most recently 

15 submitted budget request for this account by 20 percent 

16 or $2,000,000, whichever is less: Provided further, That 

17 the previous proviso shall not apply to projects costing less 

18 than $5,000,000, except for those projects not previously 

19 identified in any budget submission for this account and 

20 exceeding the minor construction threshold under section 

21 2805 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, 

22 That of the unobligated balances available under this 

23 heading from prior appropriation Acts (other than appro24 priations designated by law as being for contingency oper25 ations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 


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1 as an emergency requirement), $50,000,000 are hereby re2 scinded, which represent savings resulting from favorable 

3 bids. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

6 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a7 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 

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

9 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 

10 the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there11 for. 

12 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con13 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve14 hicles. 

15 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con16 struction may be used for advances to the Federal High17 way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 

18 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 

19 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author20 ized therein are certified as important to the national de21 fense by the Secretary of Defense. 

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

23 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in 

24 the United States for which specific appropriations have 

25 not been made. 


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

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

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

4 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi5 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina6 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 

7 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

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

9 $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 

10 of Defense to be in the public interest. 

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

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

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

14 except housing for which funds have been made available 

15 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con16 struction. 

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

18 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 

19 relocate any activity from one base or installation to an20 other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap21 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

23 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con24 struction project or activity for which American steel proVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:43 May 31, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2055.RH H2055

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1 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 

2 the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

3 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart4 ment of Defense for military construction or family hous5 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 

6 property taxes in any foreign nation. 

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

8 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

9 without prior notification to the Committees on Appro10 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

12 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

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

14 projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan15 tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 

16 within the United States Central Command Area of Re17 sponsibility, unless such contracts are awarded to United 

18 States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 

19 host nation firms. 

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

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

23 Atoll, or in countries within the United States Central 

24 Command Area of Responsibility, may be used to award 

25 any contract estimated by the Government to exceed 


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1 $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That this 

2 section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

3 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a 

4 United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive 

5 and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 

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

7 apply to contract awards for military construction on 

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

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

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

13 scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 

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

15 expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

16 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

17 SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds 

18 made available in this title which are limited for obligation 

19 during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during 

20 the last 2 months of the fiscal year. 

21 SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

22 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

23 for construction authorized for each such military depart24 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 

25 current session of Congress. 


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1 SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 

2 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex3 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

4 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec5 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 

6 and on subsequent claims, if any. 

7 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, any funds made available to a military department 

9 or defense agency for the construction of military projects 

10 may be obligated for a military construction project or 

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

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

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

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

15 obligated from funds available for military construction 

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

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

18 such project is increased pursuant to law. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

21 available to the Department of Defense, proceeds depos22 ited to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 

23 established by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authoriza24 tion Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act 

25 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) 


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

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

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

4 merged with, and to be available for the same purposes 

5 and the same time period as that account. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 119. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 

8 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me9 dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 

10 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 

12 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

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

14 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

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

16 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

17 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 

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

19 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 

20 from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

21 unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac22 counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

23 purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap24 propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria25 tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 


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1 cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

3 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

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

5 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 

6 of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili7 tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

10 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

11 transferred from the accounts established by sections 

12 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 

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

14 the fund established by subsection (d) of section 1013 of 

15 the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development 

16 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associ17 ated with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred 

18 under subsection (a)(1)(A) of such section 1013. Any 

19 amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available 

20 for the same purposes and for the same time period as 

21 the fund to which transferred. 

22 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

24 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 

25 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 


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1 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 

2 Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may be 

3 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen4 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica5 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 

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

7 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

9 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 

10 solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi11 ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 

12 of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 

13 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an14 nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

15 Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex16 penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar17 ters for the prior fiscal year. 

18 SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im19 provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec20 tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro21 priated and shall be available until expended for the pur22 poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 

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

24 SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 

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1 struction which remain available for obligation, may be ob2 ligated or expended to carry out a military construction, 

3 land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili4 tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in5 stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that 

6 has been approved for realignement to another installa7 tion, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Re8 alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public 

9 Law 101–510: 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project 

10 at a military installation approved for realignment will 

11 support a continuing mission or function at that installa12 tion or a new mission or function that is planned for that 

13 installation, or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies 

14 that the cost to the United States of carrying out such 

15 project would be less than the cost to the United States 

16 of cancelling such project, or if the project is at an active 

17 component base that shall be established as an enclave or 

18 in the case of projects having multi-agency use, that an19 other Government agency has indicated it will assume 

20 ownership of the completed project. The Secretary of De21 fense may not transfer funds made available as a result 

22 of this limitation from any military construction project, 

23 land acquisition, or family housing project to another ac24 count or use such funds for another purpose or project 

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1 priations of both Houses of Congress. This section shall 

2 not apply to military construction projects, land acquisi3 tion, or family housing projects for which the project is 

4 vital to the national security or the protection of health, 

5 safety, or environmental quality: Provided, That the Sec6 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 

7 committees within seven days of a decision to carry out 

8 such a military construction project. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after appropria11 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

12 for military construction and family housing operation and 

13 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

14 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

15 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

16 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga17 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap18 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

19 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur20 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

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

22 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans23 ferred. 

24 SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

25 available in an account funded under the headings in this 


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1 title may be transferred among projects and activities 

2 within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

3 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

4 construction contained in the report of the Committee on 

5 Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accom6 pany this bill and in the guidance for military construction 

7 reprogrammings and notifications contained in Depart8 ment of Defense Financial Management Regulation 

9 7000.14 — R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of February 2009, 

10 as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

11 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available for 

13 ‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, 1990’’ from 

14 prior appropriations Acts (other than appropriations des15 ignated by law as being for contingency operations directly 

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

17 requirement), $100,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

18 SEC. 127. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense to take bene20 ficial occupancy of more than 1,000 parking spaces pro21 vided by the combination spaces provided by the BRAC 

22 133 project and the lease of spaces in the immediate vicin23 ity of the BRAC 133 project. 

24 SEC. 128. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 the expansion of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Can2 yon Maneuver Site, Colorado. 

3 SEC. 129. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used by the Secretary of the Army to relocate 

5 a unit of the Army that would impact more than 200 per6 sonnel, calculated as the sum of impacted members of the 

7 regular or reserve components of the Army, civilian em8 ployees of the Department of the Army, and Army con9 tractor personnel, unless the Secretary certifies to the con10 gressional defense committees that the Secretary complied 

11 with Army Regulation 5–10 relating to the policy, proce12 dures, and responsibilities for Army stationing actions. 

13

14 TITLE II 

15 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

16 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

17 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

20 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex21 aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 

22 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 

23 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 

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

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1 ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi2 cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi3 cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur4 ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 

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

6 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec7 tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 

8 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 

9 $58,067,319,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That not to exceed $32,187,000 of the amount ap11 propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to 

12 ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis13 tration’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Infor14 mation technology systems’’ for necessary expenses in im15 plementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of 

16 title 38, United States Code, the funding source for which 

17 is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pen18 sions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as 

19 may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall 

20 be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical care collections fund’’ to aug21 ment the funding of individual medical facilities for nurs22 ing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 

23 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

24 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

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1 ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61 

2 of title 38, United States Code, $11,011,086,000, to re3 main available until expended: Provided, That expenses for 

4 rehabilitation program services and assistance which the 

5 Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of 

6 section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 

7 under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that sub8 section, shall be charged to this account. 

9 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

10 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

11 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet12 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

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

14 Code, $100,252,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

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

18 authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 

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

20 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de21 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

22 1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2012, 

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

24 gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe25 cially adapted housing loans. 


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1 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

2 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $154,698,000. 

3 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 For the cost of direct loans, $19,000, as authorized 

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

6 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

7 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 

9 made available under this heading are available to sub10 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

11 loans not to exceed $3,019,000. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct loan program, $343,000, which may 

14 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General operating ex15 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

16 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

17 ACCOUNT

18 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

19 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 

20 of title 38, United States Code, $1,116,000. 

21 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

22 MEDICAL SERVICES

23 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

24 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

25 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 


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

2 States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 

3 under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 

4 medical supplies and equipment, food services, and sala5 ries and expenses of health care employees hired under 

6 title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes as author7 ized by section 1741 of title 38, United States Code, as8 sistance and support services for careigvers as authorized 

9 by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, and loan 

10 repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 

11 and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Pub12 lic Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note) 

13 $41,354,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 

14 available on October 1, 2012, and shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2013: Provided, That, of the amount 

16 made available under this heading $1,000,000,000 shall 

17 remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided fur18 ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

19 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for 

20 the provision of medical treatment for veterans who have 

21 service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have special 

22 needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

23 provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

24 give priority funding for the provision of basic medical 

25 benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 


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1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

3 may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from 

4 Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled vet5 erans with privately written prescriptions based on re6 quirements established by the Secretary: Provided further, 

7 That the implementation of the program described in the 

8 previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the De9 partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That of 

10 the funds provided in Public Law 112–10 for ‘‘Depart11 ment of Veterans Affairs, Medical services’’ for fiscal year 

12 2012, $664,000,000 shall be available only in the fourth 

13 quarter of the fiscal year upon approval of the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of a request 

15 from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to release such 

16 funding due to unanticipated needs related to economic 

17 conditions. 

18 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

19 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

20 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

21 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad22 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi23 ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart24 ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De25 partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 


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1 United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov2 ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.); $5,746,000,000, plus 

3 reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 

4 2012, and shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2013: Provided, That, of the amount made available under 

6 this heading $100,000,000 shall remain available until 

7 September 30, 2014. 

8 MEDICAL FACILITIES

9 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op10 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

11 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad12 ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 

13 planning, design, project management, real property ac14 quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 

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

16 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 

17 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter18 ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos19 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart20 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 

21 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate22 rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 

23 $5,441,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail24 able on October 1, 2012, and shall remain available until 

25 September 30, 2013: Provided, That, of the amount made 


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1 available under this heading, $100,000,000 shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2014. 

3 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

4 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

5 medical and prosthetic research and development as au6 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

7 $508,774,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail8 able until September 30, 2013. 

9 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad11 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other12 wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there13 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 

14 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper15 ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter16 ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 

17 of the National Cemetery Administration, $250,934,000, 

18 of which not to exceed $25,100,000 shall remain available 

19 until September 30, 2013: Provided, That no funds shall 

20 be made available to any project associated with the Na21 tional Cemetery Administration’s Urban Initiative pro22 gram until a strategy to serve rural veterans is finalized 

23 and operational. 


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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 

5 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 

6 administrative expenses in support of Department-Wide 

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

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

11 Services Administration for security guard services, 

12 $422,500,000, of which not to exceed $22,144,000 shall 

13 remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, 

14 That $20,000,000 shall be used to increase the Depart15 ment’s acquisition workforce capacity and capabilities and 

16 may be transferred by the Secretary to any other account 

17 in the Department to carry out the purposes provided 

18 therein: Provided further, That funds provided under this 

19 heading may be transferred to ‘‘General operating ex20 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

21 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 

24 Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in25 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 


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1 of the General Services Administration for security guard 

2 services, and reimbursement of the Department of De3 fense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 

4 $2,020,128,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 

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

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

7 that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec8 essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex9 tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 

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

11 independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac12 count: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

13 under this heading, not to exceed $105,856,000 shall re14 main available until September 30, 2013: Provided further, 

15 That from the funds made available under this heading, 

16 the Veterans Benefits Administration may purchase (on 

17 a one-for-one replacement basis only) up to two passenger 

18 motor vehicles for use in operations of that Administration 

19 in Manila, Philippines. 

20 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

21 For necessary expenses for information technology 

22 systems and telecommunications support, including devel23 opmental information systems and operational information 

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

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1 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 

2 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

3 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, $3,025,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

5 remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, 

6 That none of the funds made available under this heading 

7 may be obligated until the Department of Veterans Affairs 

8 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress, and such Committees approve, a plan 

10 for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning and 

11 investment control review requirements established by the 

12 Office of Management and Budget; (2) complies with the 

13 Department of Veterans Affairs enterprise architecture; 

14 (3) conforms with an established enterprise life cycle 

15 methodology; and (4) complies with the acquisition rules, 

16 requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage17 ment practices of the Federal Government: Provided fur18 ther, That not later than 30 days after the date of the 

19 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

20 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress a reprogramming base letter which 

22 sets forth, by project, the operations and maintenance 

23 costs, with salary expenses separately designated, and de24 velopment costs to be carried out utilizing amounts made 

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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

3 General, to include information technology, in carrying out 

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

5 U.S.C. App.), $109,391,000, of which $6,000,000 shall re6 main available until September 30, 2013. 

7 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

8 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

10 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

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

12 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 

13 and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, including plan14 ning, architectural and engineering services, construction 

15 management services, maintenance or guarantee period 

16 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro17 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

18 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

19 site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is 

20 more than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) 

21 of title 38, United States Code, or where funds for a 

22 project were made available in a previous major project 

23 appropriation, $589,604,000, to remain available until 

24 September 30, 2016, of which $5,000,000 shall be to 

25 make reimbursements as provided in section 13 of the 


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1 Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 612) for claims 

2 paid for contract disputes: Provided, That except for ad3 vance planning activities, including needs assessments 

4 which may or may not lead to capital investments, and 

5 other capital asset management related activities, includ6 ing portfolio development and management activities, and 

7 investment strategy studies funded through the advance 

8 planning fund and the planning and design activities fund9 ed through the design fund, including needs assessments 

10 which may or may not lead to capital investments, and 

11 salaries and associated costs of the resident engineers who 

12 oversee those capital investments funded through this ac13 count, and funds provided for the purchase of land for 

14 the National Cemetery Administration through the land 

15 acquisition line item, none of the funds made available 

16 under this heading shall be used for any project which has 

17 not been approved by the Congress in the budgetary proc18 ess: Provided further, That funds made available under 

19 this heading for fiscal year 2012, for each approved 

20 project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a con21 struction documents contract by September 30, 2012; and 

22 (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Sep23 tember 30, 2013: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

24 Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees 

25 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written 


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1 report on any approved major construction project for 

2 which obligations are not incurred within the time limita3 tions established above. 

4 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

5 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

7 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

8 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 

9 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 

10 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

11 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro12 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

13 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

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

15 sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 

16 8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United States Code, 

17 where the estimated cost of a project is equal to or less 

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

19 38, United States Code, $475,091,000, to remain avail20 able until September 30, 2016, along with unobligated bal21 ances of previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appro22 priations which are hereby made available for any project 

23 where the estimated cost is equal to or less than the 

24 amount set forth in such section: Provided, That funds 

25 made available under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs 


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1 to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction 

2 or for the use of the Department which are necessary be3 cause of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster 

4 or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to 

5 prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes. 

6 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

7 FACILITIES

8 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

9 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re10 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 

11 and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 

12 care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 

13 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $85,000,000, to re14 main available until expended. 

15 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

16 For grants to assist States and tribal governments 

17 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme18 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

19 States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2012 for 

24 ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 

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1 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro2 priations: Provided, That before such transfer may take 

3 place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 

4 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con5 gress the authority to make the transfer and such Com6 mittees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period 

7 of 30 days has elapsed. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart10 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2012, in this Act 

11 or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical 

12 support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ ac13 counts may be transferred among the accounts: Provided, 

14 That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical services’’ and 

15 ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent 

16 or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 

17 in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica18 tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 

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

21 That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical services’’ and 

22 ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’ accounts in excess of 

23 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the 

24 fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary re25 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 


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1 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

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

3 transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ account may 

4 take place only after the Secretary requests from the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 

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

7 SEC. 203. Appropriations made available in this title 

8 for salaries and expenses shall be available for services au9 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

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

11 or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author12 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 

13 States Code. 

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

15 appropriations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and 

16 ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’) shall be available for the 

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

18 new Department of Veterans Affairs hospital or home. 

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

20 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

21 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex22 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet23 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec24 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 

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1 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim2 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina3 tion is made to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at such 

4 rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

5 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

6 ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 

7 and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be avail8 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re9 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

10 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

11 2011. 

12 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

13 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

14 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

15 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 

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

17 accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 

18 and pensions’’. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, during fiscal year 2012, the Secretary of Veterans 

22 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

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

24 the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 

25 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 


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1 States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 

2 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen3 eral operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra4 tion’’ and ‘‘Information technology systems’’ accounts for 

5 the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi6 nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse7 ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu8 mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 

9 2012 that are available for dividends in that program after 

10 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 

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

12 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 

13 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 

14 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 

15 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 

16 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

17 2012 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 

18 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 

19 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro20 gram. 

21 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

22 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in23 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro24 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur25 ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 


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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 210. Funds available in this title for salaries 

3 and other administrative expenses shall also be available 

4 to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management of the 

5 Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Employ6 ment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under sec7 tion 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 

8 provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 

9 exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage10 ment and $3,360,000 for the Office of Employment and 

11 Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That 

12 payments may be made in advance for services to be fur13 nished based on estimated costs: Provided further, That 

14 amounts received shall be credited to the ‘‘General admin15 istration’’ and ‘‘Information technology systems’’ accounts 

16 for use by the office that provided the service. 

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

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

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

20 unless the Secretary submits a report which the Commit21 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress ap22 prove within 30 days following the date on which the re23 port is received. 

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

25 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 


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1 care, or medical services provided to any person under 

2 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv3 ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 

4 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec5 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 

6 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

7 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro8 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man9 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason10 able charges for such care or services from any person who 

11 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur12 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 

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

14 Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re15 ceived. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas19 ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 

20 the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 

21 minor projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (in22 cluding site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and 

23 improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdic24 tion or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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1 vided for in ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con2 struction, minor projects’’. 

3 SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 

4 services’’ are available— 

5 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup6 plies, and equipment; and 

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

8 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

9 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

12 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

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

14 ‘‘Medical services’’, to remain available until expended for 

15 the purposes of that account. 

16 SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

17 enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organi18 zations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Com19 pact with the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and 

20 tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have en21 tered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under 

22 the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance 

23 Act, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 

24 dental care. The Secretary shall require participating vet25 erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 


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

2 ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands sited within the ex3 ternal boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified 

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

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

6 those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 

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

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

9 not within the boundaries of the Municipality of Anchor10 age, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Penin11 sula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De14 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu15 ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 

16 be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and 

17 ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ accounts, to remain avail18 able until September 30, 2016 for the purposes of these 

19 accounts. 

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

21 title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

22 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks 

23 from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet24 erans within their respective Networks. 


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1 SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

2 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

3 Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the financial 

4 status of the Veterans Health Administration. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med7 ical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Med8 ical facilities’’, ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans 

9 Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘General administration’’, and 

10 ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal 

11 year 2012, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Informa12 tion technology systems’’ account: Provided, That before 

13 a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Af14 fairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations 

15 of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the 

16 transfer and an approval is issued. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 221. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Informa19 tion technology systems’’ account may be transferred be20 tween projects: Provided, That no project may be in21 creased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 

22 prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro23 priations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer 

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

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1 SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available to the De2 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2012, in this 

3 Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ ac4 count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 

5 percent of the funds made available shall be obligated dur6 ing the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That 

7 the Secretary may waive this requirement after providing 

8 written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 both Houses of Congress. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the De12 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2012 for 

13 ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, 

14 ‘‘Medical facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’, and 

15 ‘‘Information technology systems’’, up to $241,666,000, 

16 plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint De17 partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 

18 Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by sec19 tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

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

21 and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 

22 as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec23 tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author24 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

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1 transferred from accounts designated in this section to the 

2 Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Af3 fairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 

4 notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con6 gress. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 224. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

9 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

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

11 at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili12 ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 

13 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

14 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail15 able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense16 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem17 onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na18 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

19 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper20 ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 

21 medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun22 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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


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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 225. Of the amounts available in this title for 

3 ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, 

4 and ‘‘Medical facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000, shall 

5 be transferred to the DOD-VA Health Care Sharing In6 centive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 

7 United States Code, to remain until expended, for any 

8 purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 

9 States Code. 

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title X 

12 of division B of Public Law 112–10, the following amounts 

13 which become available on October 1, 2011, are hereby 

14 rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts 

15 specified: 

16 (1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical serv17 ices’’, $1,000,000,000. 

18 (2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical sup19 port and compliance’’, $100,000,000. 

20 (3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical facili21 ties’’, $100,000,000. 

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

23 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

24 accounts in the amounts specified, to remain available 

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

2 services’’, $1,000,000,000. 

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

4 support and compliance’’, $100,000,000. 

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

6 facilities’’, $100,000,000. 

7 SEC. 227. The Secretary of the Department of Vet8 erans Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropria9 tions of both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in 

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

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

12 whichever is less: Provided, That such notification shall 

13 occur within 14 days of entering into a contract: Provided 

14 further, That the Secretary shall notify the committees 14 

15 days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and shall 

16 describe the anticipated use of such savings. 

17 SEC. 228. The scope of work for a project included 

18 in ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ may not be increased 

19 above the scope specified for that project in the original 

20 justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 

21 request for appropriations. 

22 SEC. 229. (a) Section 5701 of title 38, United States 

23 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

24 subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(l)(1) The Secretary shall disclose to a State con2 trolled substance monitoring program, including a pro3 gram under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 280g–3), the name and address of a veteran 

5 or a dependent of a veteran to the extent necessary to 

6 prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines. 

7 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the terms ‘State’ and ‘con8 trolled substance’ have the meaning given such terms in 

9 section 399O(m) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 280g–3(m)).’’. 

11 (b) Section 7332(b)(2) of title 38, Unites States Code 

12 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(G)(i) To a State controlled substance moni15 toring program, including a program under section 

16 399O of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 280g–3), to the extent necessary to prevent misuse 

18 and diversion of prescription medicines. 

19 ‘‘(ii) In this subparagraph, the terms ‘State’ 

20 and ‘controlled substance’ have the meanings given 

21 such terms in section 399O(m) of the Public Health 

22 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–3(m)).’’. 

23 SEC. 230. Not more than $250,000 may be used by 

24 the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct any single 

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1 cluding motorsports sponsorship, prior to submitting a re2 quest to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

3 of Congress and an approval is issued or absent a re4 sponse, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 

5 TITLE III 

6 RELATED AGENCIES 

7 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

10 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

11 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun12 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 

13 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 

14 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

15 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for16 one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 

17 vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and 

18 representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 

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

20 countries, $61,100,000, to remain available until ex21 pended. 

22 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

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1 pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 

2 36, United States Code. 

3 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

4 CLAIMS

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 

7 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 

8 authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 

9 United States Code, $30,770,000: Provided, That 

10 $2,726,363 shall be available for the purpose of providing 

11 financial assistance as described, and in accordance with 

12 the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this 

13 heading in Public Law 102–229. 

14 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

15 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 

18 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington 

19 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na20 tional Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of pas21 senger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one 

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

23 and representation expenses, $45,800,000, to remain 

24 available until expended. In addition, such sums as may 

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1 placement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department 

2 of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 

3 Funds appropriated under this Act may be provided 

4 to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of the 

5 federally-owned water main at Arlington National Ceme6 tery making additional land available for ground burials. 

7 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

8 TRUST FUND

9 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire10 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 

11 Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 

12 and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis13 sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 

14 Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $67,700,000, of 

15 which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

16 for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 

17 the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis18 trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 

19 Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

20 TITLE IV 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

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

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

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

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

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

6 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

7 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 

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

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

10 other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 

11 relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, or for 

12 the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, 

13 booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation 

14 designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 

15 Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 

16 SEC. 404. All departments and agencies funded under 

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

18 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

19 ‘‘E–Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con20 duct of their business practices and public service activi21 ties. 

22 SEC. 405. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no23 tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 

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1 priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub2 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

3 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

4 of the Senate. 

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

6 Act may be used for a project or program named for an 

7 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 

8 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa9 tives. 

10 SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail11 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

12 post on the public website of that agency any report re13 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

14 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen15 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

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

17 (1) the public posting of the report com18 promises national security; or 

19 (2) the report contains confidential or propri20 etary information. 

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

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

23 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

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1 SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 

3 Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi4 aries or successors. 

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

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

7 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

8 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

10 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

11 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi12 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

13 SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available in this Act may be used by an agency 

15 of the executive branch to pay for first-class travel by an 

16 employee of the agency in contravention of sections 301– 

17 10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 

18 Regulations. 

19 SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available in this Act may be used by an agency 

21 of the executive branch to exercise the power of eminent 

22 domain (to take private property for public use) without 

23 the payment of just compensation. 

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1 Act may be used to renovate, expand, or construct any 

2 facility in the continental United States for the purpose 

3 of housing any individual who has been detained, at any 

4 time after September 11, 2001, at United States Naval 

5 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

6 SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

7 be used to execute a contract for goods or services, includ8 ing construction services, where the contractor has not 

9 complied with Executive Order 12989. 

10 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 

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

12 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or to 

13 make a grant to, any corporation that was convicted of 

14 a felony criminal violation under any Federal or State law 

15 within the preceding 24 months. 

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

17 Act may be used to enforce Executive Order 13502 (41 

18 U.S.C. 251 note), FAR Rule 2009-005, or any agency 

19 memorandum, bulletin, or contracting policy that derives 

20 its authority from Executive Order 13502 or FAR Rule 

21 2009-005. 

22 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

23 SEC. 416. The amount by which the applicable alloca24 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

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1 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex2 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 

4 and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 

5 Act, 2012’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 52 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2055 

[Report No. 112–94] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for military construction, 

2012, and for other purposes. agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 

MAY 31, 2011 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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