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Union Calendar No. 40 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2745 

[Report No. 116–63] 

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 

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

2020, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2019 

Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, 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, 2020, 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, 2020, 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, $1,132,499,000, to re19 main available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, 

20 of this amount, not to exceed $136,099,000 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, $2,205,771,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of this amount, 

12 not to exceed $178,715,000 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, $1,588,730,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of 

25 this amount, not to exceed $153,148,000 shall be available 


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1 for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 

2 services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 

3 Air Force 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, DEFENSE-WIDE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip10 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa11 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen12 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

13 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

14 $2,025,799,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2024: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

16 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 

17 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 

18 of Defense available for military construction or family 

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

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

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

22 transferred: Provided further, That, of the amount, not to 

23 exceed $252,355,000 shall be available for study, plan24 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au25 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deterVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2745.RH H2745

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1 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

2 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

3 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

4 reasons therefor. 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

6 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita7 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad8 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu9 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

10 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza11 tion Acts, $210,819,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 

13 exceed $20,469,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

14 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

15 by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard 

16 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

17 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria18 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

19 the reasons therefor. 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

21 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita22 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad23 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

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

25 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 


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1 Acts, $115,971,000, to remain available until September 

2 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 

3 $17,000,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

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

5 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 

6 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

7 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

9 therefor. 

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

11 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita12 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad13 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

14 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con15 struction Authorization Acts, $60,928,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the 

17 amount, not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for 

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

20 Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec21 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter23 mination and the reasons therefor. 


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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

2 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita3 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad4 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 

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

6 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza7 tion Acts, $54,955,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 

9 exceed $4,780,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

10 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

11 by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 

12 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 

13 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

14 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

15 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

16 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita17 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad18 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

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

20 Construction Authorization Acts, $59,750,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the 

22 amount, not to exceed $4,604,000 shall be available for 

23 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv24 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air 

25 Force Reserve determines that additional obligations are 


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1 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de3 termination and the reasons therefor. 

4 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

5 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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

7 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro8 gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa9 cilities and installations (including international military 

10 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 

11 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 

12 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili13 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $172,005,000, to 

14 remain available until expended. 

15 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

16 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

17 Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De18 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

19 U.S.C. 2687 note), $398,526,000, to remain available 

20 until expended. 

21 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

22 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con23 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex24 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 


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1 $141,372,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2024. 

3 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

4 ARMY

5 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op6 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

7 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in8 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $407,907,000. 

9 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

10 CORPS

11 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma12 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace13 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 

14 authorized by law, $47,661,000, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2024. 

16 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

17 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

18 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma19 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

20 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter21 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 

22 law, $377,470,000. 

23 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

24 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

25 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 


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

2 $103,631,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2024. 

4 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

5 FORCE

6 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

7 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas8 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

9 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

10 $326,216,000. 

11 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

12 DEFENSE-WIDE

13 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

14 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 

15 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 

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

17 $57,000,000. 

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

19 IMPROVEMENT FUND

20 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im21 provement Fund, $3,045,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu23 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro24 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili25 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 


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1 MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT

2 FUND

3 For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom4 panied Housing Improvement Fund, $500,000, to remain 

5 available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini6 tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 

7 United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir8 ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 

9 supporting facilities. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

12 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a13 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 

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

15 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 

16 the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there17 for. 

18 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con19 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve20 hicles. 

21 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con22 struction may be used for advances to the Federal High23 way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 

24 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 

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1 ized therein are certified as important to the national de2 fense by the Secretary of Defense. 

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

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

5 the United States for which specific appropriations have 

6 not been made. 

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

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

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

10 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi11 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina12 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 

13 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

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

15 $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 

16 of Defense to be in the public interest. 

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

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

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

20 except housing for which funds have been made available 

21 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con22 struction. 

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

24 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 

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1 other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap2 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

4 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con5 struction project or activity for which American steel pro6 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 

7 the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

8 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart9 ment of Defense for military construction or family hous10 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 

11 property taxes in any foreign nation. 

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

13 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

14 without prior notification to the Committees on Appro15 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

17 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

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

19 projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan20 tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 

21 bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are 

22 awarded to United States firms or United States firms 

23 in joint venture with host nation firms. 

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

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1 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

2 Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 

3 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

4 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, 

5 That this section shall not be applicable to contract 

6 awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid 

7 of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest respon8 sive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater 

9 than 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall 

10 not apply to contract awards for military construction on 

11 Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re12 sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 

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

14 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in15 cluding the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and 

16 scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 

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

18 expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

19 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

20 SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

21 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

22 for construction authorized for each such military depart23 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 

24 current session of Congress. 


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1 SEC. 115. 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. 116. 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. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 

21 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me22 dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 

23 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

24 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 

25 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 


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

2 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

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

4 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

5 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 

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

7 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 

8 from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

9 unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac10 counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

11 purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap12 propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria13 tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 

14 cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

16 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

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

18 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 

19 of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili20 tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

23 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

24 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

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


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1 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 

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

3 with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 

4 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall 

5 be merged with and be available for the same purposes 

6 and for the same time period as the fund to which trans7 ferred. 

8 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

10 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 

11 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 

12 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 

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

14 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen15 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica16 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 

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

18 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

20 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 

21 solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi22 ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 

23 of the budget submission. 

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1 tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro2 priated and shall be available until expended for the pur3 poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 

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

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria7 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

8 for military construction and family housing operation and 

9 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

10 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

11 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

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

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

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

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

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

22 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

23 title may be transferred among projects and activities 

24 within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

25 guidelines for military construction and family housing 


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1 construction contained in Department of Defense Finan2 cial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chap3 ter 7, of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment 

4 of this Act. 

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

6 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

7 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme8 tery. 

9 SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts 

10 and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 

11 September 30, 2024: 

12 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $79,500,000; 

13 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

14 Corps’’, $546,800,000; 

15 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 

16 $230,400,000; 

17 ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 

18 $155,000,000; 

19 ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 

20 $57,000,000; and 

21 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, 

22 $24,800,000: 

23 Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 

24 out construction projects identified in the respective mili25 tary department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 


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1 2020 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such 

2 projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation 

3 and expenditure of funds to carry out construction: Pro4 vided further, That not later than 30 days after enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretary of the military department con6 cerned, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Commit7 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex8 penditure plan for funds provided under this section. 

9 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 125. Of the unobligated balances available to 

11 the Department of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, 

12 the following funds are hereby rescinded from the fol13 lowing accounts in the amounts specified: 

14 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, 

15 $45,055,000. 

16 SEC. 126. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

17 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit18 tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

19 and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc20 tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria21 tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 

22 Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 

23 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

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1 partment of Defense—Military Construction, Navy and 

2 Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Con3 struction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of Defense—Mili4 tary Construction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant to 

5 the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense 

6 Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 2020 in the 

7 funding table in section 4601 of that Act shall be imme8 diately available and allotted to contract for the full scope 

9 of authorized projects. 

10 TITLE II 

11 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

12 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

13 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

16 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex17 aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 

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

19 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 

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

21 States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle22 ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi23 cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi24 cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur25 ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 


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

2 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec3 tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 

4 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 

5 $116,801,316,000, shall become available on October 1, 

6 2020: Provided, That not to exceed $18,147,000 of the 

7 amount made available for fiscal year 2021 under this 

8 heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General Operating Ex9 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, and ‘‘Informa10 tion Technology Systems’’ for necessary expenses in imple11 menting the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 

12 38, United States Code, the funding source for which is 

13 specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’ 

14 appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as may 

15 be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be 

16 reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to aug17 ment the funding of individual medical facilities for nurs18 ing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 

19 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

20 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

21 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap22 ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 

23 61 of title 38, United States Code, $12,578,965,000, to 

24 remain available until expended and to become available 

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1 tation program services and assistance which the Sec2 retary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of sec3 tion 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 

4 under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that sub5 section, shall be charged to this account. 

6 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

7 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

8 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet9 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

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

11 Code, $17,620,000, to remain available until expended, 

12 which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 

13 under this heading that become available on October 1, 

14 2019; and in addition, $129,224,000, to remain available 

15 until expended, which shall become available on October 

16 1, 2020. 

17 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

18 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

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

20 authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 

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

22 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de23 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

24 1974: Provided further, That, during fiscal year 2020, 

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


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1 gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe2 cially adapted housing loans. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

4 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $200,377,391. 

5 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 For the cost of direct loans, $57,729, as authorized 

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

8 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

9 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 

11 made available under this heading are available to sub12 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

13 loans not to exceed $2,008,232. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

15 carry out the direct loan program, $401,880, which may 

16 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex17 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

21 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 

22 of title 38, United States Code, $1,186,000. 


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1 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 

4 Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in5 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 

6 of the General Services Administration for security guard 

7 services, and reimbursement of the Department of De8 fense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 

9 $3,025,000,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 

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

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

12 that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec13 essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex14 tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 

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

16 independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac17 count: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 

18 under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain 

19 available until September 30, 2021. 

20 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

21 MEDICAL SERVICES

22 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

23 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

24 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 

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


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1 States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 

2 under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 

3 medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 

4 food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare em5 ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to 

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

7 United States Code, assistance and support services for 

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

9 United States Code, loan repayments authorized by sec10 tion 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 

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

12 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance allow13 ances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United 

14 States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 

15 38, United States Code, and administrative expenses nec16 essary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, 

17 United States Code, and hospital care and medical serv18 ices authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States 

19 Code; $169,160,000, which shall be in addition to funds 

20 previously appropriated under this heading that become 

21 available on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, 

22 $56,158,015,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 

23 available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available 

24 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amount 

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1 $1,500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2022: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

3 provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

4 establish a priority for the provision of medical treatment 

5 for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower 

6 income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, not7 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

8 Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi9 sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment 

10 priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, not11 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

12 Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescrip13 tion drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities 

14 to enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions 

15 based on requirements established by the Secretary: Pro16 vided further, That the implementation of the program de17 scribed in the previous proviso shall incur no additional 

18 cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided fur19 ther, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 

20 that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading 

21 for medical supplies and equipment are available for the 

22 acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically for female 

23 veterans: Provided further, That of the amount made 

24 available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, not less 


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1 than $581,514,000 shall be for gender-specific care for 

2 women as described in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE

4 For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 

5 individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 

6 States Code, at non-Department facilities, 

7 $4,521,400,000, which shall be in addition to funds pre8 viously appropriated under this heading that become avail9 able on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, 

10 $17,131,179,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 

11 available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available 

12 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amount 

13 made available on October 1, 2020, under this heading, 

14 $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2022. 

16 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

17 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

18 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

19 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad20 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi21 ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart22 ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De23 partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 

24 United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov25 ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $98,800,000, which shall 


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1 be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 

2 heading that become available on October 1, 2019; and, 

3 in addition, $7,914,191,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

4 become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain 

5 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the 

6 amount made available on October 1, 2020, under this 

7 heading, $150,000,000 shall remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2022. 

9 MEDICAL FACILITIES

10 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op11 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

12 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad13 ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 

14 planning, design, project management, real property ac15 quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 

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

17 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 

18 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter19 ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos20 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart21 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 

22 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate23 rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services; 

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1 able on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, 

2 $6,433,265,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail3 able on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until 

4 September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amount made 

5 available on October 1, 2020, under this heading, 

6 $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2022. 

8 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

9 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

10 medical and prosthetic research and development as au11 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

12 $840,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail13 able until September 30, 2021. 

14 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

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

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

22 of the National Cemetery Administration, $329,000,000, 

23 of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 

24 until September 30, 2021. 


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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 $369,200,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall re13 main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

14 funds provided under this heading may be transferred to 

15 ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis16 tration’’. 

17 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

18 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 

19 Veterans Appeals, $182,000,000, of which not to exceed 

20 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2021. 

22 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for information technology 

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1 opmental information systems and operational information 

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

3 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in4 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 

5 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

6 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, $4,343,000,000, plus reimbursements: Pro8 vided, That $1,204,238,000 shall be for pay and associ9 ated costs, of which not to exceed 3 percent shall remain 

10 available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 

11 $2,737,482,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, 

12 of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available 

13 until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 

14 $401,280,000 shall be for information technology systems 

15 development, and shall remain available until September 

16 30, 2021: Provided further, That amounts made available 

17 for salaries and expenses, operations and maintenance, 

18 and information technology systems development may be 

19 transferred among the three subaccounts after the Sec20 retary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the author22 ity to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro23 vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor24 mation Technology Systems’’ account for development 

25 may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 


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1 projects: Provided further, That no project may be in2 creased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 

3 prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro4 priations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer 

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

6 of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, That the funds 

7 made available under this heading for information tech8 nology systems development shall be for the projects, and 

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

10 accompanying this Act. 

11 VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

12 For activities related to implementation, preparation, 

13 development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte14 nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in15 cluding contractual costs associated with operations au16 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

17 and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 

18 5 and 38, United States Code, $1,603,000,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the 

20 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Commit21 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress quar22 terly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and de23 ployment implementation by facility: Provided further, 

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1 tered by that Office: Provided further, That none of the 

2 funds made available under this heading may be obligated 

3 in a manner inconsistent with deployment schedules pro4 vided to the Committees on Appropriations unless the Sec5 retary of Veterans Affairs provides notification to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations of such change and an ap7 proval is issued. 

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

10 General, to include information technology, in carrying out 

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

12 U.S.C. App.), $222,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 

13 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2021. 

14 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

15 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

17 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

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

19 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 

20 Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar21 chitectural and engineering services, construction manage22 ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

23 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 

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1 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 

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

3 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 

4 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 

5 $1,235,200,000, of which $1,036,600,000 shall remain 

6 available until September 30, 2024, and of which 

7 $198,600,000 shall remain available until expended, of 

8 which $35,000,000 shall be available for seismic improve9 ment projects and seismic program management activities, 

10 including for projects that would otherwise be funded by 

11 the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities or 

12 National Cemetery Administration accounts: Provided, 

13 That except for advance planning activities, including 

14 needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

15 investments, and other capital asset management related 

16 activities, including portfolio development and manage17 ment activities, and investment strategy studies funded 

18 through the advance planning fund and the planning and 

19 design activities funded through the design fund, including 

20 needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 

21 investments, and funds provided for the purchase, secu22 rity, and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery 

23 Administration through the land acquisition line item, 

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1 gress through the budgetary process or that has not been 

2 approved by the Congress through statute, joint resolu3 tion, or in the explanatory statement accompanying such 

4 Act and presented to the President at the time of enroll5 ment: Provided further, That such sums as may be nec6 essary shall be available to reimburse the ‘‘General Admin7 istration’’ account for payment of salaries and expenses 

8 of all Office of Construction and Facilities Management 

9 employees to support the full range of capital infrastruc10 ture services provided, including minor construction and 

11 leasing services: Provided further, That funds made avail12 able under this heading for fiscal year 2020, for each ap13 proved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of 

14 a construction documents contract by September 30, 

15 2020; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract 

16 by September 30, 2021: Provided further, That the Sec17 retary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the 

18 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

19 a written report on any approved major construction 

20 project for which obligations are not incurred within the 

21 time limitations established above: Provided further, That 

22 notwithstanding the requirements of section 8104(a) of 

23 title 38, United States Code, amounts made available 

24 under this heading for seismic improvement projects and 

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1 for the completion of both new and existing seismic 

2 projects of the Department. 

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, $421,117,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2024, 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, $150,000,000, to 

13 remain 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 2020 for 

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

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

2 place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 

3 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con4 gress the authority to make the transfer and such Com5 mittees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period 

6 of 30 days has elapsed. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart9 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020, in this or 

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

11 Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 

12 and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred 

13 among the accounts: Provided, That any transfers among 

14 the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, 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 among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Med22 ical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compli23 ance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the 

24 cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 

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1 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

2 to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided 

3 further, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facili4 ties’’ account may take place only after the Secretary re5 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

7 and an approval is issued. 

8 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 

9 salaries and expenses shall be available for services au10 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

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

12 or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author13 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 

14 States Code. 

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

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

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

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

19 new hospital or home. 

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

21 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

22 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex23 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet24 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec25 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 


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1 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

2 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim3 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina4 tion is made to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such 

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

6 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

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

8 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail9 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re10 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

11 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

12 2019. 

13 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

14 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

15 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

16 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 

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

18 accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 

19 and Pensions’’. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, during fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of Veterans 

23 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

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

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1 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 

2 States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 

3 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen4 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra5 tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 

6 the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi7 nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse8 ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu9 mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 

10 2020 that are available for dividends in that program after 

11 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 

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

13 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 

14 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 

15 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 

16 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 

17 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

18 2020 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 

19 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 

20 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro21 gram. 

22 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

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1 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur2 ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

5 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

6 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage7 ment, the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint 

8 Adjudication, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for 

9 all services provided at rates which will recover actual 

10 costs but not to exceed $57,263,000 for the Office of Reso11 lution Management, $6,000,000 for the Office of Employ12 ment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and 

13 $4,628,000 for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion: Pro14 vided, That payments may be made in advance for services 

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

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

17 Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ 

18 accounts for use by the office that provided the service. 

19 SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans 

20 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 

21 care, or medical services provided to any person under 

22 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv23 ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 

24 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec25 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 


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1 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

2 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro3 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man4 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason5 able charges for such care or services from any person who 

6 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur7 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 

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

9 Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re10 ceived. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas14 ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 

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

16 Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction 

17 (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 

18 and improvements of any medical facility under the juris19 diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af20 fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 

21 provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con22 struction, Minor Projects’’. 

23 SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 

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1 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup2 plies, and equipment; and 

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

4 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

5 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

8 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

9 of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 

10 ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac11 counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 

12 of these accounts. 

13 SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

14 enter into agreements with Federally Qualified Health 

15 Centers in the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal 

16 organizations which are party to the Alaska Native Health 

17 Compact with the Indian Health Service, to provide 

18 healthcare, including behavioral health and dental care, to 

19 veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require par20 ticipating veterans and facilities to comply with all appro21 priate rules and regulations, as established by the Sec22 retary. The term ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands 

23 which are not within the boundaries of the municipality 

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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the De3 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu4 ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 

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

6 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain avail7 able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

8 SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of 

9 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

10 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress a report on the financial status of the 

12 Department of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: 

13 Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall include 

14 the direction contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quar15 terly reporting’’, under the heading ‘‘General Administra16 tion’’ in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 

17 Public Law 114–223. 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med20 ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Sup21 port and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Op22 erating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 

23 ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, 

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1 tion Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such 

2 transfers may not result in a more than 10 percent aggre3 gate increase in the total amount made available by this 

4 Act for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: 

5 Provided further, That, before a transfer may take place, 

6 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

8 the authority to make the transfer and an approval is 

9 issued. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the De12 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020 for 

13 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 

14 Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Con15 struction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology 

16 Systems’’, up to $314,409,000, plus reimbursements, may 

17 be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—De18 partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstra19 tion Fund, established by section 1704 of the National De20 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 

21 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be used for operation 

22 of the facilities designated as combined Federal medical 

23 facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hun24 ter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

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1 That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 

2 designated in this section to the Joint Department of De3 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

4 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec5 retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro6 priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 

7 That section 220 of title II of division C of Public Law 

8 115–244 is repealed. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the De11 partment of Veterans Affairs which become available on 

12 October 1, 2020, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Com13 munity Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 

14 ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to $322,931,000, plus reimburse15 ments, may be transferred to the Joint Department of De16 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

17 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 

18 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

19 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used 

20 for operation of the facilities designated as combined Fed21 eral medical facilities as described by section 706 of the 

22 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 

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

24 Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from 

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1 ment of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Med2 ical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifica3 tion by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

7 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

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

9 at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili10 ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 

11 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

12 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail13 able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of De14 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

15 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 

16 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

17 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper18 ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 

19 medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun20 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

21 Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Pro22 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the 

23 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

24 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2573), amounts trans25 ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 


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1 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 

2 shall remain available until expended. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for 

5 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 

6 Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 

7 minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

8 DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as au9 thorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 

10 Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose 

11 authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 

12 SEC. 223. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no13 tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

14 Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 

15 that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro16 grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Pro17 vided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 

18 of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Pro19 vided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 

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

22 describe the anticipated use of such savings. 

23 SEC. 224. None of the funds made available for 

24 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project 

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1 nal justification data provided to the Congress as part of 

2 the request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Vet3 erans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

5 SEC. 225. Not later than 30 days after the end of 

6 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

7 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress a quarterly report containing perform9 ance measures and data from each Veterans Benefits Ad10 ministration Regional Office: Provided, That, at a min11 imum, the report shall include the direction contained in 

12 the section entitled ‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the 

13 heading ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 

14 Administration’’ in the joint explanatory statement accom15 panying Public Law 114–223: Provided further, That the 

16 report shall also include information on the number of ap17 peals pending at the Veterans Benefits Administration as 

18 well as the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly 

19 basis. 

20 SEC. 226. 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 

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1 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

2 provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appro3 priations of both Houses of Congress notification of any 

4 single national outreach and awareness marketing cam5 paign in which obligations exceed $1,000,000. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 

8 determination that such action is necessary to address 

9 needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may trans10 fer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary 

11 appropriations made available for fiscal year 2020 in this 

12 title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General Oper13 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ ac14 count) or any discretionary unobligated balances within 

15 the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those ap16 propriated for fiscal year 2020, that were provided in ad17 vance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers 

18 shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Man19 agement and Budget: Provided further, That the transfer 

20 authority provided in this section is in addition to any 

21 other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 

22 That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 

23 were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 

24 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

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1 1985: Provided further, That such authority to transfer 

2 may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 

3 on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 

4 which originally appropriated and in no case where the 

5 item for which funds are requested has been denied by 

6 Congress: Provided further, That, upon determination that 

7 all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 

8 are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 

9 to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 

10 purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 

11 That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 

12 Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

14 to make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 229. Amounts made available for the Depart17 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020, under the 

18 ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating 

19 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts 

20 may be transferred between such accounts: Provided, That 

21 before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet22 erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro23 priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

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1 SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 

2 reprogram funds among major construction projects or 

3 programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 

4 $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con6 gress. 

7 SEC. 231. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

8 ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 

9 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 

10 (1) provides to individuals who contact the hot11 line immediate assistance from a trained profes12 sional; and 

13 (2) adheres to all requirements of the American 

14 Association of Suicidology. 

15 (b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 

16 may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Execu17 tive action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

18 from appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil 

19 service position, or establishing a new civil service position, 

20 at the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to 

21 such a position relating to the hotline specified in sub22 section (a). 

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1 (A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 

2 given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 

3 States Code; and 

4 (B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 

5 (i) any Executive order, presidential memo6 randum, or other action by the President; and 

7 (ii) any agency policy, order, or other di8 rective. 

9 SEC. 232. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

10 may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

11 hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environ12 mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at 

13 existing Veterans Health Administration medical facilities 

14 located in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 as part 

15 of a planned realignment of VA services until the Sec16 retary provides to the Committees on Appropriations of 

17 both Houses of Congress a report including the following 

18 elements: 

19 (1) a national realignment strategy that in20 cludes a detailed description of realignment plans 

21 within each Veterans Integrated Services Network 

22 (VISN), including an updated Long Range Capital 

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1 (2) an explanation of the process by which 

2 those plans were developed and coordinated within 

3 each VISN; 

4 (3) a cost versus benefit analysis of each 

5 planned realignment, including the cost of replacing 

6 Veterans Health Administration services with con7 tract care or other outsourced services; 

8 (4) an analysis of how any such planned re9 alignment of services will impact access to care for 

10 veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, includ11 ing travel distances and transportation costs to ac12 cess a VA medical facility and availability of local 

13 specialty and primary care; 

14 (5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 

15 designation and the methodology used to determine 

16 the buildings’ condition and utilization; 

17 (6) a description of how any realignment will be 

18 consistent with requirements under the National 

19 Historic Preservation Act; and 

20 (7) consideration given for reuse of historic 

21 buildings within newly identified realignment re22 quirements: Provided, That, this provision shall not 

23 apply to capital projects in VISN 23, or any other 

24 VISN, which have been authorized or approved by 

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1 SEC. 233. Effective during the period beginning on 

2 October 1, 2018 and ending on January 1, 2024, none 

3 of the funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans 

4 Affairs by this or any other Act may be obligated or ex5 pended in contravention of the ‘‘Veterans Health Adminis6 tration Clinical Preventive Services Guidance Statement 

7 on the Veterans Health Administration’s Screening for 

8 Breast Cancer Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as 

9 issued by the Veterans Health Administration National 

10 Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. 

11 SEC. 234. (a) Chapter 17 of title 38, United States 

12 Code, is amended by inserting after section 1720I the fol13 lowing new section: 

14 ‘‘§ 1720J. Provision of assisted reproductive tech15 nology or adoption reimbursements for 

16 certain disabled veterans 

17 ‘‘(a) PROVISION OF SERVICES.—Subject to the avail18 ability of appropriations, the Secretary may provide— 

19 ‘‘(1) fertility counseling and treatment using as20 sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran 

21 or the spouse of a covered veteran; or 

22 ‘‘(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered vet23 eran. 

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1 quirements for funds contained in section 508 of division 

2 H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public 

3 Law 115–31). 

4 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) The term ‘adoption reimbursement’ means 

6 reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 

7 an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en8 actment of this section under the same terms as 

9 apply under the adoption reimbursement program of 

10 the Department of Defense, as authorized in De11 partment of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including 

12 the reimbursement limits and requirements set forth 

13 in such instruction, as in effect on the date of the 

14 enactment of this section. 

15 ‘‘(2) The term ‘assisted reproductive tech16 nology’ means benefits relating to reproductive as17 sistance provided to a member of the Armed Forces 

18 who incurs a serious injury or illness on active duty 

19 pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, as de20 scribed in the memorandum on the subject of ‘Policy 

21 for Assisted Reproductive Services for the Benefit of 

22 Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) 

23 Active Duty Service Members’ issued by the Assist24 ant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 

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1 policy, as in effect on the date of the enactment of 

2 this section, including any limitations on the amount 

3 of such benefits available to such a member, except 

4 that— 

5 ‘‘(A) the periods regarding embryo 

6 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 

7 III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 

8 shall not apply; and 

9 ‘‘(B) such term includes embryo 

10 cryopreservation and storage without limitation 

11 on the duration of such cryopreservation and 

12 storage. 

13 ‘‘(3) The term ‘covered veteran’ means a vet14 eran who has a service-connected disability that re15 sults in the inability of the veteran to procreate 

16 without the use of fertility treatment.’’. 

17 (b) The table of sections at the beginning of such 

18 chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 

19 to section 1720I the following new item: 

‘‘1720J. Provision of assisted reproductive technology or adoption reimbursements for certain disabled veterans.’’. 

20 SEC. 235. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this Act or any other Act for the 

22 Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner 

23 that is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transpor24 tation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 


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1 Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 

2 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 

3 119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, 

4 United States Code. 

5 SEC. 236. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall 

6 not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 

7 Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Ad8 ministration, or National Cemetery Administration to con9 tractor performance by a business concern that is at least 

10 51 percent owned by one or more Indian tribes as defined 

11 in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one 

12 or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec13 tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 237. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

15 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the 

16 Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall dis17 continue using Social Security account numbers to identify 

18 individuals in all information systems of the Department 

19 of Veterans Affairs as follows: 

20 (1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary 

21 of Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under 

22 laws administered by the Secretary, not later than 5 

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1 (2) For all individuals not described in para2 graph (1), not later than 8 years after the date of 

3 the enactment of this Act. 

4 (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a So5 cial Security account number to identify an individual in 

6 an information system of the Department of Veterans Af7 fairs only if the use of such number is required to obtain 

8 information the Secretary requires from an information 

9 system that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 

10 SEC. 238. For funds provided to the Department of 

11 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and 2021 

12 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, section 239 of Division A of Public 

13 Law 114–223 shall apply. 

14 SEC. 239. None of the funds appropriated in this or 

15 prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 

16 the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to trans17 fer any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Com18 pensation Fund to any other account within the Depart19 ment of Veterans Affairs. 

20 SEC. 240. Of the funds provided to the Department 

21 of Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and fiscal 

22 year 2021 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in 

23 each year to carry out and expand the child care program 

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1 SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in this title may be used by the Sec3 retary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement re4 lated to resolving a dispute or claim with an individual 

5 that would restrict in any way the individual from speak6 ing to members of Congress or their staff on any topic 

7 not otherwise prohibited from disclosure by Federal law 

8 or required by Executive Order to be kept secret in the 

9 interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign af10 fairs. 

11 SEC. 242. For funds provided to the Department of 

12 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2020 and 2021, 

13 section 258 of Division A of Public Law 114–223 shall 

14 apply. 

15 SEC. 243. For an additional amount for the Depart16 ment of Veterans Affairs, $1,000,000,000 to remain avail17 able until expended, for infrastructure improvements, in18 cluding new construction, and in addition to amounts oth19 erwise made available in this Act for such purpose, of 

20 which: 

21 (1) $850,000,000 shall be available for seismic 

22 improvement projects and seismic program manage23 ment activities, including projects that would other24 wise be funded by the Construction, Major Projects, 


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1 the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities, 

2 or National Cemetery Administration accounts; 

3 (2) $150,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Departmental 

4 Administration—Construction, Minor Projects’’: 

5 Provided, That the additional amounts appropriated under 

6 this section for the purpose of minor construction may be 

7 used to carry out critical life-safety projects identified in 

8 the Department’s annual facility condition assessments; 

9 sustainment projects; modernization projects; infrastruc10 ture repair; renovations at existing Veterans Health Ad11 ministration medical centers and outpatient clinics; and 

12 projects included in the Strategic Capital Investment 

13 Process plan: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 

14 requirements of section 8104(a) of title 38, United States 

15 Code, amounts made available under this heading for seis16 mic improvement projects and seismic program manage17 ment activities shall be available for the completion of both 

18 new and existing projects of the Department: Provided 

19 further, That the additional amounts appropriated under 

20 this section may not be obligated or expended until the 

21 Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 

22 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and such 

23 Committees approve, a detailed expenditure plan, includ24 ing project descriptions and costs, for any minor construc25 tion, major construction, or seismic improvement project 


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1 being funded with the additional amounts made available 

2 in this administrative provision. 

3 SEC. 244. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth4 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deny 

5 an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 

6 to any records, documents, or other materials available to 

7 the department or agency of the United States Govern8 ment over which such Inspector General has responsibil9 ities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

10 App.), or to prevent or impede the access of such Inspector 

11 General to such records, documents, or other materials, 

12 under any provision of law, except a provision of law that 

13 expressly refers to such Inspector General and expressly 

14 limits the right of access of such Inspector General. 

15 (b) A department or agency covered by this section 

16 shall provide its Inspector General access to all records, 

17 documents, and other materials in a timely manner. 

18 (c) Each Inspector General covered by this section 

19 shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on dis20 closure relevant to the information provided by the depart21 ment or agency over which that Inspector General has re22 sponsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

23 U.S.C. App.). 

24 (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 

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1 Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure 

3 by any department or agency covered by this section to 

4 comply with this section. 

5 SEC. 245. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used in a manner that would increase wait 

7 times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of 

8 the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

9 SEC. 246. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available by this Act to the Veterans Health 

11 Administration may be used in fiscal year 2020 to convert 

12 any program which received specific purpose funds in fis13 cal year 2019 to a general purpose funded program unless 

14 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits written notifica15 tion of any such proposal to the Committees on Appropria16 tions of both Houses of Congress at least thirty days prior 

17 to any such action and an approval is issued by the Com18 mittees. 

19 SEC. 247. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), 

20 none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

21 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to purchase, breed, 

22 transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose of, or experiment 

23 on, dogs as part of the conduct of any study including 

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1 culture (or such successor categories developed pursuant 

2 to section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2143)). 

3 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to training pro4 grams or studies of service dogs described in section 1714 

5 of title 38, United States Code, or section 17.148 of title 

6 38, Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 SEC. 248. None of the funds made available by this 

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

9 close the community based outpatient clinic located in 

10 Bainbridge, New York, until the Secretary of Veterans Af11 fairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Senate a market area 

13 assessment. 

14 SEC. 249. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 

16 once every five-year period thereafter, the Secretary of 

17 Veterans Affairs shall update the handbook of the Depart18 ment of Veterans Affairs titled ‘‘Planning and Activating 

19 Community Based Outpatient Clinics’’, or a successor 

20 handbook, to reflect current policies, best practices, and 

21 clarify the roles and responsibilities of the personnel of 

22 the Department involved in the leasing projects of the De23 partment. 

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1 patient clinic’’ in the same manner as such term is defined 

2 in the Veterans Health Administration Site Tracking 

3 database (commonly known as ‘‘VAST’’) as of the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act. 

5 (c) The Secretary shall ensure that the Veterans 

6 Health Administration incorporates the best practices con7 tained in the handbook specified in subsection (a) in con8 ducting oversight of the medical centers of the Depart9 ment of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Integrated 

10 Service Network. 

11 (d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the en12 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide guidance 

13 and training to employees of the Veterans Health Admin14 istration for the use of the handbook specified in sub15 section (a). The Secretary shall update such guidance and 

16 training together with each update of such handbook. 

17 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 250. Of the funds made available for fiscal year 

19 2019 under the heading ‘‘Department of Veterans Af20 fairs—Departmental Administration—Veterans Elec21 tronic Health Record’’ in title II of division C of the En22 ergy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Con23 struction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 

24 (Public Law 115–244), $70,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 


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1 SEC. 251. Section 252 of the Military Construction, 

2 Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

3 Act, 2018 (division J of Public Law 115–141; 132 Stat. 

4 825; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘The 

5 Secretary may carry out a 2-year pilot program’’ and in6 serting ‘‘During the period preceding October 1, 2022, the 

7 Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a 2-year pilot 

8 program’’. 

9 TITLE III 

10 RELATED AGENCIES 

11 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

14 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

15 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun16 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 

17 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 

18 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

19 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for20 one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 

21 vehicles; not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and 

22 representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 

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

24 countries, $104,000,000, to remain available until ex25 pended. 


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1 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 

4 sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex5 pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 

6 36, United States Code. 

7 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

8 CLAIMS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 

11 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 

12 authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 

13 United States Code, $35,400,000: Provided, That 

14 $2,698,997 shall be available for the purpose of providing 

15 financial assistance as described and in accordance with 

16 the process and reporting procedures set forth under this 

17 heading in Public Law 102–229. 

18 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

19 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

22 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol23 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

24 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re25 placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 


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1 $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

2 $80,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re3 main available until September 30, 2022. In addition, 

4 such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 

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

6 of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 

7 Agencies’’ account. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 For necessary expenses for planning and design and 

10 construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 

11 and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $131,000,000, to 

12 remain available until expended, for planning and design 

13 and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 

14 project at Arlington National Cemetery. 

15 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME TRUST FUND

16 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire17 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 

18 Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 

19 and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis20 sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 

21 Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $70,300,000, of 

22 which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

23 for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 

24 the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis25 trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 


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1 Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the 

2 amounts made available under this heading from funds 

3 available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 

4 Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund 

5 of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

7 SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 

8 established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and 

9 shall be available until expended to support activities at 

10 the Army National Military Cemeteries. 

11 TITLE IV 

12 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

13 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

14 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

16 Army’’, $156,860,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2024, for projects outside of the United States: 

18 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

19 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter20 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

22 as amended. 

23 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

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1 able until September 30, 2024, for projects outside of the 

2 United States: Provided, That such amount is designated 

3 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

4 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

7 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

9 Air Force’’ $436,564,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2024, for projects outside of the United States: 

11 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

12 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter13 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal14 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

15 as amended. 

16 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

18 Defense-Wide’’, $46,000,000, to remain available until 

19 September 30, 2024, for projects outside of the United 

20 States: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

21 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

22 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

23 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

24 of 1985, as amended. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 401. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

3 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

4 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

5 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

6 of 1985 shall be available only if the President subse7 quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

8 designations to the Congress. 

9 TITLE V 

10 NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF 

11 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

12 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

14 Navy and Marine Corps’’, $1,210,948,000: Provided, That 

15 such amounts may be obligated and expended to carry out 

16 planning and design and military construction projects au17 thorized by law: Provided further, That such amounts are 

18 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re19 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

21 as amended. 

22 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

24 Air Force’’, $1,035,752,000: Provided, That such 

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1 ning and design and military construction projects author2 ized by law: Provided further, That such amounts are des3 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re4 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

6 as amended. 

7 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

9 Army National Guard’’, $50,000,000: Provided, That such 

10 amounts may be obligated and expended to carry out plan11 ning and design and military construction projects author12 ized by law: Provided further, That such amounts are des13 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re14 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal15 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

16 as amended. 

17 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

19 Army Reserve’’, $3,300,000: Provided, That such amounts 

20 may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and 

21 design and military construction projects authorized by 

22 law: Provided further, That such amounts are designated 

23 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

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1 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amend2 ed. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 SEC. 501. Each amount designated in this title as 

5 being for an emergency requirement as pursuant to sec6 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer7 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only 

8 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

9 amounts and transmits such amounts and transmits such 

10 designations to the Congress: Provided, That none of the 

11 funds shall be available for obligation until the Commit12 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

13 and the Senate receive a master plan for the installations 

14 and a form 1391 for each specific project: Provided fur15 ther, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

16 Act, the Service Secretaries or their designee, shall submit 

17 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan 

19 for funds provided under this heading. 

20 TITLE VI 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in 

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

24 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 


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1 SEC. 602. 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. 603. All departments and agencies funded under 

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

10 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

11 ‘‘E–Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con12 duct of their business practices and public service activi13 ties. 

14 SEC. 604. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no15 tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 

16 Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af17 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro18 priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub19 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

20 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

21 of the Senate. 

22 SEC. 605. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in24 strumentality of the United States Government except 


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1 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro2 vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

3 SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this 

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

5 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 

6 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa7 tives. 

8 SEC. 607. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail9 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

10 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re11 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

12 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen13 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

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

15 (1) the public posting of the report com16 promises national security; or 

17 (2) the report contains confidential or propri18 etary information. 

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

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

21 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

22 no less than 45 days. 

23 SEC. 608. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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


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1 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

2 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

5 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi6 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

7 SEC. 609. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

10 in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

11 10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

12 SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv14 ices, including construction services, where the contractor 

15 has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

16 SEC. 611. None of the funds made available by this 

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

18 Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 

19 light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen20 cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 

21 Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

22 24, 2011. 

23 SEC. 612. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, none of the funds appropriated in this or any other 

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1 tion 2801 of title 10, United States Code, for any of fiscal 

2 years 2015 through 2019 or for fiscal year 2020 may be 

3 obligated, expended, or used to design, construct, or carry 

4 out a project to construct a wall, barrier, fence, or road 

5 along the Southern border of the United States or a road 

6 to provide access to a wall, barrier, or fence constructed 

7 along the Southern border of the United States. 

8 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE

9 PROVIDERS

10 SEC. 613. (a) Subject to subsection (b), none of the 

11 funds appropriated by this bill may be provided to a child 

12 care center, child care agency, or child care provider that 

13 employs an individual who has been convicted of— 

14 (1) A sex offense; 

15 (2) An offense involving a child victim; or 

16 (3) A violent crime involving any of the fol17 lowing: 

18 (A) Elder abuse. 

19 (B) Gun Violence. 

20 (C) Domestic Violence. 

21 (D) Terrorism. 

22 (b) Payment may be made under this section to a 

23 child care center, child care agency, or child care provider 

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1 section (a) from having any contact with children while 

2 on the job until the case is resolved. 

3 SEC. 614. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to replace or diminish the quality of care 

5 provided by the TRICARE program (as defined in Section 

6 1072 of Title 10 of the United States Code). 

7 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, 

8 Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

9 Act, 2020’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 40 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2745 

[Report No. 116–63] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for military construction, 

2020, and for other purposes. agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 

MAY 15, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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