[FULL COMMITTEE PRINT] 

Union Calendar No. ll 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. ll 

[Report No. 113–ll] 

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 

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

2015, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

ll --, 2014 

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, 2015, 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, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

11 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip12 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

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

14 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

15 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec16 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con17 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func18 tions of the Commander in Chief, $526,427,000, to re19 main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 

20 of this amount, not to exceed $51,127,000 shall be avail21 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 

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

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1 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

4 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip5 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in6 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

7 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

8 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

9 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 

10 this appropriation, $998,772,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this amount, 

12 not to exceed $33,366,000 shall be available for study, 

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

14 authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter15 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

16 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

18 reasons therefor. 

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

20 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip21 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

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

23 as currently authorized by law, $719,551,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this 

25 amount, not to exceed $10,738,000 shall be available for 


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1 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv2 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 

3 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

4 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro5 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

6 and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That none of 

7 the funds provided under this heading for military con8 struction in Europe as identified in the table entitled 

9 ‘‘Military Construction’’ in the accompanying report may 

10 be obligated or expended until the Department of Defense 

11 completes a European Consolidation Study. 

12 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip15 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa16 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen17 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

18 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

19 $2,021,690,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2019: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

21 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 

22 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 

23 of Defense available for military construction or family 

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

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


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

2 transferred: Provided further, That of the amount appro3 priated, not to exceed $122,240,000 shall be available for 

4 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv5 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 

6 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

7 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria8 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

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

10 funds provided under this heading for military construc11 tion in Europe as identified in the table entitled ‘‘Military 

12 Construction’’ in the accompanying report may be obli13 gated or expended until the Department of Defense com14 pletes a European Consolidation Study: Provided further, 

15 That of the amount appropriated, notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law, $37,918,000 shall be available for 

17 payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for 

18 the planning, design, and construction of a new North At19 lantic Treaty Organization headquarters. 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

21 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita22 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad23 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu24 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

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1 tion Acts, $126,920,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount appro3 priated, not to exceed $17,600,000 shall be available for 

4 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv5 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army 

6 National Guard determines that additional obligations are 

7 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de9 termination and the reasons therefor. 

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

11 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita12 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad13 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

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

15 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 

16 Acts, $94,663,000, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not 

18 to exceed $7,700,000 shall be available for study, plan19 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au20 thorized by law, unless the Director of the Air National 

21 Guard determines that additional obligations are nec22 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

23 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter24 mination and the reasons therefor. 


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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

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

5 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con6 struction Authorization Acts, $103,946,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the 

8 amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,337,000 shall be 

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

11 the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 

12 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

14 determination and the reasons therefor. 

15 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

16 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita17 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad18 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 

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

20 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza21 tion Acts, $51,528,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount appro23 priated, not to exceed $2,123,000 shall be available for 

24 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv25 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 


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1 Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary 

2 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro3 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

4 and the reasons therefor. 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

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

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

10 Construction Authorization Acts, $49,492,000, to remain 

11 available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the 

12 amount appropriated, not to exceed $6,892,000 shall be 

13 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en14 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

15 the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga16 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

18 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

19 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

20 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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

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

25 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 


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1 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 

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

4 remain available until expended. 

5 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

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

9 $78,609,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2019. 

11 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

12 ARMY

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

15 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in16 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $350,976,000. 

17 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

18 CORPS

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

22 authorized by law, $16,412,000, to remain available until 

23 September 30, 2019. 


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1 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

2 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

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

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

7 law, $354,029,000. 

8 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

9 FORCE

10 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

11 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas12 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

13 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

14 $327,747,000. 

15 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

16 DEFENSE-WIDE

17 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

18 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 

19 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 

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

21 $61,100,000. 

22 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

23 IMPROVEMENT FUND

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1 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu2 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro3 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili4 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 

5 CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, 

6 DEFENSE-WIDE

7 For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 

8 for, necessary for the destruction of the United States 

9 stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in ac10 cordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 

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

12 destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are 

13 not in the chemical weapon stockpile, as currently author14 ized by law, $38,715,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2019, which shall be only for the Assembled 

16 Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 

17 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

18 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

19 Closure Account, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the 

20 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

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

22 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 

23 (Public Law 112–239), $270,085,000, to remain available 

24 until expended. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

3 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a4 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 

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

6 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 

7 the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there8 for. 

9 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con10 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve11 hicles. 

12 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con13 struction may be used for advances to the Federal High14 way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 

15 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 

16 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author17 ized therein are certified as important to the national de18 fense by the Secretary of Defense. 

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

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

21 the United States for which specific appropriations have 

22 not been made. 

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

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

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


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1 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi2 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina3 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 

4 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

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

6 $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 

7 of Defense to be in the public interest. 

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

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

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

11 except housing for which funds have been made available 

12 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con13 struction. 

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

15 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 

16 relocate any activity from one base or installation to an17 other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap18 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

20 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con21 struction project or activity for which American steel pro22 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 

23 the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

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1 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 

2 property taxes in any foreign nation. 

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

4 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

5 without prior notification to the Committees on Appro6 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

8 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

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

10 projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan11 tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 

12 bordering the Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are 

13 awarded to United States firms or United States firms 

14 in joint venture with host nation firms. 

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

16 title for military construction in the United States terri17 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

18 Atoll, or in countries within the United States Central 

19 Command Area of Responsibility, may be used to award 

20 any contract estimated by the Government to exceed 

21 $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That this 

22 section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

23 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a 

24 United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive 

25 and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 


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1 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall not 

2 apply to contract awards for military construction on 

3 Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re4 sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 

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

6 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in7 cluding the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and 

8 scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 

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

10 expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

11 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

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

13 made available in this title which are limited for obligation 

14 during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during 

15 the last 2 months of the fiscal year. 

16 SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

17 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

18 for construction authorized for each such military depart19 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 

20 current session of Congress. 

21 SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 

22 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex23 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

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1 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 

2 and on subsequent claims, if any. 

3 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, any funds made available to a military department 

5 or defense agency for the construction of military projects 

6 may be obligated for a military construction project or 

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

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

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

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

11 obligated from funds available for military construction 

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

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

14 such project is increased pursuant to law. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

2 and the same time period as that account. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

7 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 

9 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

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

11 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

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

13 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

14 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 

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

16 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 

17 from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

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

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

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

25 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 


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

2 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 

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

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

7 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

8 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

9 Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 

10 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 

11 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated 

12 with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 

13 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall 

14 be merged with and be available for the same purposes 

15 and for the same time period as the fund to which trans16 ferred. 

17 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

19 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 

20 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 

21 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 

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

23 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen24 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica25 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 


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

2 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

4 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 

5 solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi6 ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 

7 of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 

8 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an9 nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

10 Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex11 penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar12 ters for the prior fiscal year. 

13 SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im14 provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec15 tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro16 priated and shall be available until expended for the pur17 poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 

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

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 123. During the 5-year period after appropria21 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

22 for military construction and family housing operation and 

23 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

24 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

25 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 


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1 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga2 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap3 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

4 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur5 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

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

7 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans8 ferred. 

9 SEC. 124. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

10 none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 

11 by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the 

12 Army that— 

13 (1) performs a testing mission or function that 

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

15 is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 

16 Code; and 

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

18 the total number of civilian employees of the Depart19 ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel 

20 employed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of 

21 members of the regular and reserve components of 

22 the Army assigned to the installation. 

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

24 the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional 

25 defense committees that in proposing the relocation of the 


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1 unit of the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regu2 lation 5-10 relating to the policy, procedures, and respon3 sibilities for Army stationing actions. 

4 SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

5 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

6 title may be transferred among projects and activities 

7 within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

8 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

9 construction contained in Department of Defense Finan10 cial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chap11 ter 7, of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enact12 ment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 126. None of the funds made available in this 

14 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

15 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme16 tery. 

17 SEC. 127. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

18 Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Military Con19 struction, Air Force’’, ‘‘Military Construction, Army Re20 serve’’, and ‘‘Military Construction, Navy Reserve’’, 

21 $125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

23 of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry 

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1 ther, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 

2 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex4 penditure plan for funds provided under this heading. 

5 SEC. 128. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

6 Construction, Army’’ , ‘‘Military Construction, Army Na7 tional Guard’’, and ‘‘Military Construction, Army Re8 serve’’, $245,000,000, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi10 sion of law, such funds may only be obligated to carry 

11 out construction of projects as authorized in division B 

12 of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 

13 for military activities of the Department of Defense (relat14 ing to Military Construction Authorizations): Provided 

15 further, That not later than 30 days after enactment of 

16 this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

18 an expenditure plan for funds provided under this head19 ing. 

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 129. Of the unobligated balances available for 

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

23 Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 

24 being for contingency operations directly related to the 


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

2 $79,577,000 are hereby rescinded. 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for 

5 ‘‘NATO Security Investment Program’’, from prior appro6 priations Acts (other than appropriations designated by 

7 law as being for contingency operations directly related to 

8 the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require9 ment), $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances made available 

12 in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec13 tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli14 tan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other 

15 than appropriations designated by law as being for contin16 gency operations directly related to the global war on ter17 rorism or as an emergency requirement), $100,000,000 

18 are hereby rescinded. 

19 SEC. 132. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

20 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit21 tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

22 and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc23 tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria24 tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 


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1 Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 

2 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

3 TITLE II 

4 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

5 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

6 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

9 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex10 aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 

11 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 

12 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 

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

14 States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle15 ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi16 cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi17 cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur18 ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 

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

20 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec21 tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 

22 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 

23 $78,687,709,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That not to exceed $15,430,000 of the amount ap25 propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to 


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1 ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis2 tration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec3 essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 

4 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding 

5 source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Com6 pensation and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, 

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

8 patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collec9 tions Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical 

10 facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as 

11 authorized. 

12 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

13 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

14 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap15 ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 

16 61 of title 38, United States Code, $14,761,862,000, to 

17 remain available until expended: Provided, That expenses 

18 for rehabilitation program services and assistance which 

19 the Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) 

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

21 under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that sub22 section, shall be charged to this account. 

23 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

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1 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

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

3 Code, $63,257,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

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

7 authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 

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

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

11 1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2015, 

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

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

15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

16 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $160,881,000. 

17 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 For the cost of direct loans, $10,000, as authorized 

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

20 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

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

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

25 loans not to exceed $2,877,000. 


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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct loan program, $361,000, which may 

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

5 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

8 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 

9 of title 38, United States Code, $1,130,000. 

10 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

11 MEDICAL SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

13 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

14 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 

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

16 States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 

17 under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 

18 medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 

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

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

22 United States Code, assistance and support services for 

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

24 United States Code, loan repayments authorized by sec25 tion 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 


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1 Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 

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

4 States Code, $47,603,202,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

5 become available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain 

6 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not7 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

8 Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision 

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

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

13 priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits 

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

16 of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize 

17 the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 

18 Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately 

19 written prescriptions based on requirements established by 

20 the Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation 

21 of the program described in the previous proviso shall 

22 incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans 

23 Affairs. 


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1 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

2 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

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

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

9 United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov10 ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $6,144,000,000, plus 

11 reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 

12 2015, and shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2016. 

14 MEDICAL FACILITIES

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

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

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

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

22 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 

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1 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 

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

4 $4,915,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail5 able on October 1, 2015, and shall remain available until 

6 September 30, 2016. 

7 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

8 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

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

11 $588,922,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail12 able until September 30, 2016. 

13 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad15 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other16 wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there17 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 

18 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper19 ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter20 ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 

21 of the National Cemetery Administration, $256,800,000, 

22 of which not to exceed $25,600,000 shall remain available 

23 until September 30, 2016. 


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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 $321,591,000, of which not to exceed $16,080,000 shall 

13 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

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

16 Administration’’. 

17 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

18 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 

19 Veterans Appeals, $94,294,000, of which not to exceed 

20 $9,429,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2016. 

22 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

23 ADMINISTRATION

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1 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 

2 of the General Services Administration for security guard 

3 services, and reimbursement of the Department of De4 fense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 

5 $2,514,254,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 

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

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

8 that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec9 essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex10 tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 

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

12 independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac13 count: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

14 under this heading, not to exceed $125,000,000 shall re15 main available until September 30, 2016. 

16 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses for information technology 

19 systems and telecommunications support, including devel20 opmental information systems and operational information 

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

22 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in23 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 

24 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

25 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 


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1 States Code, $3,870,552,000, plus reimbursements: Pro2 vided, That $1,039,000,000 shall be for pay and associ3 ated costs, of which not to exceed $31,170,000 shall re4 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, 

5 That $2,283,217,000 shall be for operations and mainte6 nance, of which not to exceed $160,000,000 shall remain 

7 available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

8 $548,335,000 shall be for information technology systems 

9 development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 

10 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided fur11 ther, That amounts made available for information tech12 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance13 ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

14 of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of 

15 the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 

17 certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obli18 gated and expended for each development project: Pro19 vided further, That amounts made available for salaries 

20 and expenses, operations and maintenance, and informa21 tion technology systems development, modernization, and 

22 enhancement may be transferred among the three sub23 accounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 

24 from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

25 of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 


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1 approval is issued: Provided further, That amounts made 

2 available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac3 count for development, modernization, and enhancement 

4 may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 

5 projects: Provided further, That no project may be in6 creased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 

7 prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro8 priations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer 

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

10 of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, That funds under 

11 this heading may be used by the Interagency Program Of12 fice through the Department of Veterans Affairs to de13 velop a standard data reference terminology model: Pro14 vided further, That of the funds made available for infor15 mation technology systems development, modernization, 

16 and enhancement for VistA Evolution, not more than 25 

17 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

18 of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appro19 priations of both Houses of Congress, and such Commit20 tees approve, a report that describes: (1) the status of 

21 VistA Evolution project development and any corrective 

22 actions taken where the plan established in the VistA Evo23 lution program plan (hereinafter referred to as the 

24 ‘‘Plan’’), VistA 4 product roadmap (Roadmap), or the 

25 VistA Evolution cost estimate, dated March 24, 2014 may 


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1 have fallen short; (2) any changes to the scope of the 

2 VistA Evolution program as established in the Plan; (3) 

3 actual program costs incurred and any refinements to the 

4 cost estimate presented in the Plan based on actual costs 

5 incurred; (4) progress in meeting the schedule milestones 

6 that have been established in the Plan; (5) program per7 formance relative to the performance measures that have 

8 been identified in the Plan and the Roadmap; (6) plans 

9 for testing the VistA system and test results; (7) VistA 

10 Evolution program risks and issues that have been identi11 fied and any agency responses to such risks and issues; 

12 (8) the effort to achieve interoperability between the elec13 tronic health record systems of the Department of Defense 

14 and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the 

15 scope, cost, schedule, and performance benchmarks of the 

16 interoperable record; and (9) progress toward developing 

17 and implementing the interoperable electronic health 

18 record throughout the two Departments’ medical facilities: 

19 Provided further, That the funds made available under this 

20 heading for information technology systems development, 

21 modernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, 

22 and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the 

23 report accompanying this Act. 


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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.), $121,411,000, of which $10,000,000 shall 

6 remain available until September 30, 2016. 

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, and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 

13 Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar14 chitectural and engineering services, construction manage15 ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

16 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 

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

18 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac19 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 

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

21 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 

22 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 

23 $561,800,000, of which $527,800,000 shall remain avail24 able until September 30, 2019, and of which $34,000,000 

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1 cept for advance planning activities, including needs as2 sessments which may or may not lead to capital invest3 ments, and other capital asset management related activi4 ties, including portfolio development and management ac5 tivities, and investment strategy studies funded through 

6 the advance planning fund and the planning and design 

7 activities funded through the design fund, including needs 

8 assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest9 ments, and salaries and associated costs of the resident 

10 engineers who oversee those capital investments funded 

11 through this account, and funds provided for the purchase 

12 of land for the National Cemetery Administration through 

13 the land acquisition line item, none of the funds made 

14 available under this heading shall be used for any project 

15 which has not been approved by the Congress in the budg16 etary process: Provided further, That funds made available 

17 under this heading for fiscal year 2015, for each approved 

18 project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a con19 struction documents contract by September 30, 2015; and 

20 (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Sep21 tember 30, 2016: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

22 Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees 

23 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written 

24 report on any approved major construction project for 


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1 which obligations are not incurred within the time limita2 tions established above. 

3 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

4 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

6 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

7 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 

8 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 

9 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

10 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro11 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

12 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

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

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

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

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

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

18 United States Code, $495,200,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2019, along with unobligated balances 

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

21 which are hereby made available for any project where the 

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

23 in such section: Provided, That funds made available 

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

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1 of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 

2 damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 

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

4 minimize further loss by such causes. 

5 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

6 FACILITIES

7 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

8 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re9 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 

10 and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 

11 care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 

12 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $80,000,000, to re13 main available until expended. 

14 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

15 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

16 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme17 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

18 States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2015 for 

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

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1 priations: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, 

2 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

3 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

4 the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 

5 issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 

6 days has elapsed. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart9 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this Act 

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

11 Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac12 counts may be transferred among the accounts: Provided, 

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

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

15 or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 

16 in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica17 tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 

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

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

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

22 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the 

23 fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary re24 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

25 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 


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

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

3 take place only after the Secretary requests from the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 

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

6 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 

7 salaries and expenses shall be available for services au8 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

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

10 or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author11 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 

12 States Code. 

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

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

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

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

17 new hospital or home. 

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

19 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

20 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex21 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet22 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec23 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 

24 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

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1 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina2 tion is made to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such 

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

4 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

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

6 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail7 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re8 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

9 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

10 2014. 

11 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

12 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

13 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

14 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 

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

16 accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 

17 and Pensions’’. 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, during fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Veterans 

21 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

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

23 the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 

24 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 

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1 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen2 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra3 tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 

4 the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi5 nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse6 ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu7 mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 

8 2015 that are available for dividends in that program after 

9 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 

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

11 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 

12 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 

13 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 

14 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 

15 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

16 2015 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 

17 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 

18 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro19 gram. 

20 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

21 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in22 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro23 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur24 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 or funds for 

3 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

4 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage5 ment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Of6 fice of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudica7 tion under section 319 of title 38, United States Code, 

8 for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 

9 costs but not to exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Reso10 lution Management and $3,400,000 for the Office of Em11 ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Pro12 vided, That payments may be made in advance for services 

13 to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided further, 

14 That amounts received shall be credited to the ‘‘General 

15 Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ 

16 accounts 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 

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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 

22 (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 

23 and improvements of any medical facility under the juris24 diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af25 fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 


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1 provided 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 expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

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

20 title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

21 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks 

22 from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet23 erans within their respective Networks. 

24 SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

25 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 


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1 Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the financial 

2 status of the Veterans Health Administration. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med5 ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Med6 ical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 

7 Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and 

8 ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal 

9 year 2015 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information 

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

11 transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

12 shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 

13 both Houses of Congress the authority to make the trans14 fer and an approval is issued. 

15 SEC. 221. Of the amounts made available to the De16 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this 

17 Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac18 count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 

19 percent of the funds made available shall be obligated dur20 ing the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That 

21 the Secretary may waive this requirement after providing 

22 written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 both Houses of Congress. 


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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the De3 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for 

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

5 ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and 

6 ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up to $252,366,000, 

7 plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint De8 partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 

9 Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by sec10 tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

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

12 and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 

13 as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec14 tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author15 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

16 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be 

17 transferred from accounts designated in this section to the 

18 Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Af19 fairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 

20 notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con22 gress. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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1 of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided 

2 at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili3 ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 

4 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

5 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail6 able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense7 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem8 onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

10 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper11 ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 

12 medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun13 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

19 be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing In20 centive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 

21 United States Code, to remain available until expended, 

22 for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, 

23 United States Code. 


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1 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 225. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II 

3 of division J of Public Law 113–76, the following amounts 

4 which become available on October 1, 2014, are hereby 

5 rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts 

6 specified: 

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

8 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

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

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

12 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

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

14 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

15 accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2016: 

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

18 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

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

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

22 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

23 SEC. 226. The Secretary of the Department of Vet24 erans Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropria25 tions of both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in 


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

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

3 whichever is less: Provided, That such notification shall 

4 occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the pro5 grammed amount: Provided further, That the Secretary 

6 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of such 

8 bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such 

9 savings. 

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

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

12 above the scope specified for that project in the original 

13 justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 

14 request for appropriations. 

15 SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Vet16 erans Affairs shall provide on a quarterly basis to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

18 notification of any single national outreach and awareness 

19 marketing campaign in which obligations exceed 

20 $2,000,000. 

21 SEC. 229. The Secretary shall submit to the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a re23 programming request if at any point during fiscal year 

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1 justed by more than $25,000,000 from the allocation 

2 shown in the corresponding congressional budget justifica3 tion. Such a reprogramming request may go forward only 

4 if the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

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

6 has elapsed. 

7 SEC. 230. Of the funds provided to the Department 

8 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical Serv9 ices’’ and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum 

10 of $8,371,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Serv11 ices’’ account and a maximum of $114,703,000 may be 

12 obligated from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ ac13 count for the VistA Evolution and electronic health record 

14 interoperability projects: Provided, That funds in addition 

15 to these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution 

16 and electronic health record interoperability projects upon 

17 written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

18 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

19 Congress. 

20 SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

21 provide written notification to the Committees on Appro22 priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or23 ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 

24 more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 

25 the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 


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1 SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to award a contract to any contractor 

3 if the past performance of the contractor resulted in the 

4 completion of a constructon project at a facility of the De5 partment of Veterans Affairs more than 24 months after 

6 the original agreed-upon completion date for the project. 

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 233. Of the unobligated balances available to 

9 the Department of Veterans Affairs from prior year dis10 cretionary appropriations (other than appropriations des11 ignated by law as being for an emergency requirement) 

12 $38,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

13 TITLE III 

14 RELATED AGENCIES 

15 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

18 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

19 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun20 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 

21 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 

22 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

23 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for24 one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 

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


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1 representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 

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

3 countries, $75,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended. 

5 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

7 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 

8 sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex9 pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 

10 36, United States Code. 

11 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

12 CLAIMS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 

15 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 

16 authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 

17 United States Code, $31,386,000: Provided, That 

18 $2,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 

19 financial assistance as described, and in accordance with 

20 the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this 

21 heading in Public Law 102–229. 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

2 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

5 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol6 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

7 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re8 placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 

9 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

10 $61,881,000, of which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall re11 main available until September 30, 2016. In addition, 

12 such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 

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

14 of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 

15 Agencies’’ account. 

16 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

17 TRUST FUND

18 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire19 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 

20 Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 

21 and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis22 sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 

23 Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $63,400,000, of 

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

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1 the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis2 trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 

3 Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

6 heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex7 penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir8 ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 

9 at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 

10 available for ground burials. 

11 TITLE IV 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

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

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

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

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

21 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

22 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 

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

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

25 other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 


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1 relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 

2 for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pam3 phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presen4 tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 

5 before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 

6 SEC. 404. All departments and agencies funded under 

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

8 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

9 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con10 duct of their business practices and public service activi11 ties. 

12 SEC. 405. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no13 tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 

14 Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af15 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro16 priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub17 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

18 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

19 of the Senate. 

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

21 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in22 strumentality of the United States Government except 

23 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro24 vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 


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

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

3 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 

4 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa5 tives. 

6 SEC. 408. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail7 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

8 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re9 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

10 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen11 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

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

13 (1) the public posting of the report com14 promises national security; or 

15 (2) the report contains confidential or propri16 etary information. 

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

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

19 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

20 no less than 45 days. 

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

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

23 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

24 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 


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

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

3 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi4 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

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

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

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

8 in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

9 10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

10 SEC. 411. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap11 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

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

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

14 or possessions to house any individual detained at United 

15 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, for the 

16 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

17 under the control of the Department of Defense. 

18 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

19 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

20 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

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

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

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

2 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (2) is— 

5 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

6 control of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

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

10 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv11 ices, including construction services, where the contractor 

12 has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

13 SEC. 413. None of the funds made available by this 

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

15 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

16 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor17 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

18 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

19 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un20 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

21 of the corporation and has made a determination that this 

22 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 

23 the Government. 

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

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


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1 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

2 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor3 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

4 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

5 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

6 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree7 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

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

9 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

10 or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter11 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro12 tect the interests of the Government. 

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

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

15 Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 

16 light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen17 cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 

18 Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

19 24, 2011. 

20 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

21 SEC. 416. The amount by which the applicable alloca22 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

23 Apppropriations of the House of Representatives under 

24 section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 


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1 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 

2 $0. 

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

4 and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 

5 Act, 2015’’. 


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[FULL COMMITTEE PRINT] 

Union Calendar No. ll 

113TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. ll 

[Report No. 113–ll] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for military construction, 

2015, and for other purposes. agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 

, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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