II 

Calendar No. 408 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3215 

[Report No. 112–168] 

Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 

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

2013, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2012 

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 

calendar 

A BILL 

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

fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other 

purposes. 

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, 
2 

•S 3215 PCS

1 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

2 30, 2013, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

6 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip7 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

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

9 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

10 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec11 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con12 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func13 tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,684,323,000, to re14 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

15 of this amount, not to exceed $80,173,000 shall be avail16 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 

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

18 unless the Secretary of Army determines that additional 

19 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies 

20 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con21 gress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

22 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

23 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip24 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in25 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
3 

•S 3215 PCS

1 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

2 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

3 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 

4 this appropriation, $1,650,240,000, to remain available 

5 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of this amount, 

6 not to exceed $102,619,000 shall be available for study, 

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

8 authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Navy deter9 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

10 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

12 reasons therefor. 

13 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

14 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip15 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

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

17 as currently authorized by law, $322,543,000, to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of this 

19 amount, not to exceed $18,635,000 shall be available for 

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

22 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

23 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro24 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

25 and the reasons therefor. 
4 

•S 3215 PCS

1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip4 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa5 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen6 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

7 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

8 $3,442,123,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2017: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

10 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 

11 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 

12 of Defense available for military construction or family 

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

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

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

16 transferred: Provided further, That of the amount appro17 priated, not to exceed $315,562,000 shall be available for 

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

20 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

21 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria22 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

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

24 appropriated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 $26,969,000 shall be available for payments to the North 
5 

•S 3215 PCS

1 Atlantic Treaty Organization for the planning, design, and 

2 construction of a new North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

3 headquarters. 

4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

5 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita6 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad7 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu8 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

9 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza10 tion Acts, $613,799,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That of the amount appro12 priated, not to exceed $26,622,000 shall be available for 

13 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv14 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army 

15 National Guard determines that additional obligations are 

16 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

17 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de18 termination and the reasons therefor. 

19 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

20 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita21 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad22 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

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

24 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 

25 Acts, $42,386,000, to remain available until September 
6 

•S 3215 PCS

1 30, 2017: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not 

2 to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available for study, plan3 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au4 thorized by law, unless the Director of the Air National 

5 Guard determines that additional obligations are nec6 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter8 mination and the reasons therefor. 

9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

10 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita11 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad12 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

13 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con14 struction Authorization Acts, $305,846,000, to remain 

15 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the 

16 amount appropriated, not to exceed $15,951,000 shall be 

17 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en18 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

19 the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 

20 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit21 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

22 determination and the reasons therefor. 

23 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

24 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita25 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
7 

•S 3215 PCS

1 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 

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

3 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza4 tion Acts, $49,532,000, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That of the amount appro6 priated, not to exceed $2,118,000 shall be available for 

7 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv8 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 

9 Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary 

10 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro11 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

12 and the reasons therefor. 

13 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

14 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita15 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad16 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

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

18 Construction Authorization Acts, $10,979,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the 

20 amount appropriated, not to exceed $2,879,000 shall be 

21 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en22 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

23 the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga24 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
8 

•S 3215 PCS

1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

2 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

3 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

4 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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

6 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro7 gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa8 cilities and installations (including international military 

9 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 

10 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 

11 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili12 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $254,163,000, to 

13 remain available until expended. 

14 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

15 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con16 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex17 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

18 $4,641,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 

19 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

20 ARMY

21 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op22 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

23 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in24 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $530,051,000. 
9 

•S 3215 PCS

1 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

2 CORPS

3 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma4 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace5 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 

6 authorized by law, $102,182,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2017. 

8 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

9 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

10 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma11 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

12 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter13 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 

14 law, $378,230,000. 

15 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

16 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

17 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

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

19 $83,824,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2017. 

21 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

22 FORCE

23 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

24 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas25 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
10 

•S 3215 PCS

1 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

2 $497,829,000. 

3 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

4 DEFENSE-WIDE

5 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

6 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 

7 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 

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

9 $52,238,000. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

11 IMPROVEMENT FUND

12 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im13 provement Fund, $1,786,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu15 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro16 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili17 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 

18 CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, 

19 DEFENSE-WIDE

20 For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 

21 for, necessary for the destruction of the United States 

22 stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in ac23 cordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 

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

25 destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are 
11 

•S 3215 PCS

1 not in the chemical weapon stockpile, as currently author2 ized by law, $151,000,000, to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2017, which shall be only for the Assembled 

4 Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 

5 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

6 1990 

7 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

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

9 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 

10 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $349,396,000, to remain available 

11 until expended. 

12 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

13 2005 

14 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

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

16 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 

17 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $126,697,000, to remain available 

18 until expended. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

21 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a22 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 

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

24 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 
12 

•S 3215 PCS

1 the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there2 for. 

3 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con4 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles. 

6 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con7 struction may be used for advances to the Federal High8 way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 

9 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 

10 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author11 ized therein are certified as important to the national de12 fense by the Secretary of Defense. 

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

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

15 the United States for which specific appropriations have 

16 not been made. 

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

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

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

20 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi21 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina22 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 

23 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

24 General; (3) where the estimated value is less than 
13 

•S 3215 PCS

1 $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 

2 of Defense to be in the public interest. 

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

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

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

6 except housing for which funds have been made available 

7 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con8 struction. 

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

10 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 

11 relocate any activity from one base or installation to an12 other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap13 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

15 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con16 struction project or activity for which American steel pro17 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 

18 the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

19 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart20 ment of Defense for military construction or family hous21 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 

22 property taxes in any foreign nation. 

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

24 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
14 

•S 3215 PCS

1 without prior notification to the Committees on Appro2 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

4 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

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

6 projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan7 tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 

8 bordering the Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are 

9 awarded to United States firms or United States firms 

10 in joint venture with host nation firms. 

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

12 title for military construction in the United States terri13 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

14 Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, may be 

15 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

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

17 That this section shall not be applicable to contract 

18 awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid 

19 of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest respon20 sive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater 

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

22 not apply to contract awards for military construction on 

23 Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re24 sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
15 

•S 3215 PCS

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

2 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in3 cluding the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and 

4 scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 

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

6 expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

7 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

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

9 made available in this title which are limited for obligation 

10 during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during 

11 the last 2 months of the fiscal year. 

12 SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

13 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

14 for construction authorized for each such military depart15 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 

16 current session of Congress. 

17 SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 

18 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex19 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

20 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec21 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 

22 and on subsequent claims, if any. 

23 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, any funds made available to a military department 

25 or defense agency for the construction of military projects 
16 

•S 3215 PCS

1 may be obligated for a military construction project or 

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

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

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

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

6 obligated from funds available for military construction 

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

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

9 such project is increased pursuant to law. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

12 available to the Department of Defense, proceeds depos13 ited to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 

14 established by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authoriza15 tion Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act 

16 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) 

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

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

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

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

21 and the same time period as that account. 

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

24 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me25 dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 
17 

•S 3215 PCS

1 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 

3 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

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

5 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

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

7 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

8 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 

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

10 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 

11 from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

12 unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac13 counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

14 purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap15 propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria16 tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 

17 cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con18 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

19 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

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

21 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 

22 of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili23 tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
18 

•S 3215 PCS

1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

3 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

4 transferred from the accounts established by sections 

5 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 

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

7 the fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstra8 tion Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 

9 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the 

10 Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 

11 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 

12 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

13 for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 

14 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

16 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 

17 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 

18 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 

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

20 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen21 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica22 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 

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

24 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

•S 3215 PCS

1 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 

2 solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi3 ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 

4 of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 

5 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an6 nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex8 penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar9 ters for the prior fiscal year. 

10 SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im11 provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec12 tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro13 priated and shall be available until expended for the pur14 poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 

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

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

17 title, or in any Act making appropriations for military con18 struction which remain available for obligation, may be ob19 ligated or expended to carry out a military construction, 

20 land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili21 tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in22 stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that 

23 has been approved for realignment to another installation, 

24 in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 

25 Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101– 
20 

•S 3215 PCS

1 510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project at a mili2 tary installation approved for realignment will support a 

3 continuing mission or function at that installation or a 

4 new mission or function that is planned for that installa5 tion, or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the 

6 cost to the United States of carrying out such project 

7 would be less than the cost to the United States of cancel8 ling such project, or if the project is at an active compo9 nent base that shall be established as an enclave or in the 

10 case of projects having multi-agency use, that another 

11 Government agency has indicated it will assume ownership 

12 of the completed project. The Secretary of Defense may 

13 not transfer funds made available as a result of this limi14 tation from any military construction project, land acquisi15 tion, or family housing project to another account or use 

16 such funds for another purpose or project without the 

17 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 both Houses of Congress. This section shall not apply to 

19 military construction projects, land acquisition, or family 

20 housing projects for which the project is vital to the na21 tional security or the protection of health, safety, or envi22 ronmental quality: Provided, That the Secretary of De23 fense shall notify the congressional defense committees 

24 within seven days of a decision to carry out such a military 

25 construction project. 
21 

•S 3215 PCS

1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after appropria3 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

4 for military construction and family housing operation and 

5 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

6 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

7 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

8 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga9 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap10 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

11 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur12 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

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

14 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans15 ferred. 

16 SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

17 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

18 title may be transferred among projects and activities 

19 within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

20 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

21 construction contained in Department of Defense Finan22 cial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chap23 ter 7, of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enact24 ment of this Act. 
22 

•S 3215 PCS

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

2 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

3 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme4 tery. 

5 TITLE II 

6 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

7 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

8 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

11 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex12 aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 

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

14 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 

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

16 States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle17 ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi18 cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi19 cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur20 ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 

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

22 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec23 tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 

24 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 

25 $61,741,232,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
23 

•S 3215 PCS

1 vided, That not to exceed $9,204,000 of the amount ap2 propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to 

3 ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis4 tration’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Infor5 mation technology systems’’ for necessary expenses in im6 plementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of 

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

8 is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pen9 sions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as 

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

11 be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical care collections fund’’ to aug12 ment the funding of individual medical facilities for nurs13 ing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 

14 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

15 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

16 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap17 ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61 

18 of title 38, United States Code, and for the payment of 

19 benefits under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Pro20 gram, $12,607,476,000, to remain available until ex21 pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation pro22 gram services and assistance which the Secretary is au23 thorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 

24 of title 38, United States Code, other than under para-
24 

•S 3215 PCS

1 graphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be 

2 charged to this account. 

3 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

4 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

5 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet6 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

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

8 Code, $104,600,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

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

12 authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 

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

14 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de15 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

16 1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2013, 

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

18 gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe19 cially adapted housing loans. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

21 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $157,814,000. 

22 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

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

25 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
25 

•S 3215 PCS

1 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres2 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 

3 made available under this heading are available to sub4 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 

5 loans not to exceed $2,729,000. 

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

7 carry out the direct loan program, $346,000, which may 

8 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General operating ex9 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

10 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

13 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 

14 of title 38, United States Code, $1,089,000. 

15 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

16 MEDICAL SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

18 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

19 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 

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

21 States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 

22 under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 

23 medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 

24 food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare em25 ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to 
26 

•S 3215 PCS

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

2 United States Code, assistance and support services for 

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

4 United States Code, and loan repayments authorized by 

5 section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus 

6 Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 

7 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note); $155,000,000, which 

8 shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 

9 this heading that become available on October 1, 2012; 

10 and in addition, $43,557,000,000, plus reimbursements, 

11 shall become available on October 1, 2013, and shall re12 main available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That 

13 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 

14 of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provi15 sion of medical treatment for veterans who have service16 connected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: 

17 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi18 sion of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give 

19 priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits 

20 to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Pro21 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

22 of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize 

23 the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 

24 Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately 

25 written prescriptions based on requirements established by 
27 

•S 3215 PCS

1 the Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation 

2 of the program described in the previous proviso shall 

3 incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans 

4 Affairs. 

5 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

6 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

7 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

8 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad9 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi10 ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart11 ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De12 partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 

13 United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov14 ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.); $6,033,000,000, plus 

15 reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 

16 2013, and shall remain available until September 30, 

17 2014. 

18 MEDICAL FACILITIES

19 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op20 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

21 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad22 ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 

23 planning, design, project management, real property ac24 quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 

25 any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
28 

•S 3215 PCS

1 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 

2 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter3 ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos4 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart5 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 

6 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate7 rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 

8 $4,872,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail9 able on October 1, 2013, and shall remain available until 

10 September 30, 2014. 

11 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

12 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

13 medical and prosthetic research and development as au14 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

15 $582,674,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail16 able until September 30, 2014. 

17 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad19 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other20 wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there21 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 

22 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper23 ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter24 ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 

25 of the National Cemetery Administration, $258,284,000, 
29 

•S 3215 PCS

1 of which not to exceed $25,828,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2014. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 

7 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 

8 administrative expenses in support of Department-Wide 

9 capital planning, management and policy activities, uni10 forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 

11 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas12 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 

13 Services Administration for security guard services, 

14 $424,737,000, of which not to exceed $20,837,000 shall 

15 remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 

16 That the Board of Veterans Appeals shall be funded at 

17 not less than $86,006,000: Provided further, That funds 

18 provided under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘Gen19 eral operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra20 tion’’. 

21 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 

24 Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in25 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 
30 

•S 3215 PCS

1 of the General Services Administration for security guard 

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

4 $2,164,074,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 

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

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

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

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

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

13 under this heading, not to exceed $113,000,000 shall re14 main available until September 30, 2014: Provided further, 

15 That from the funds made available under this heading, 

16 the Veterans Benefits Administration may purchase (on 

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

18 motor vehicles for use in operations of that Administration 

19 in Manila, Philippines. 

20 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

21 For necessary expenses for information technology 

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

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

25 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in-
31 

•S 3215 PCS

1 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 

2 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

3 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, $3,327,444,000, plus reimbursements: Pro5 vided, That $1,021,000,000 shall be for pay and associ6 ated costs, of which not to exceed $30,630,000 shall re7 main available until September 30, 2014: Provided further, 

8 That $1,812,045,000 shall be for operations and mainte9 nance, of which not to exceed $181,204,500 shall remain 

10 available until September 30, 2014: Provided further, That 

11 $494,399,000 shall be for information technology systems 

12 development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 

13 remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided fur14 ther, That amounts made available for information tech15 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance16 ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

17 of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of 

18 the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 

20 certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obli21 gated and expended for each development project: Pro22 vided further, That amounts made available for salaries 

23 and expenses, operations and maintenance, and informa24 tion technology systems development, modernization, and 

25 enhancement may be transferred among the three sub-
32 

•S 3215 PCS

1 accounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 

2 from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

3 of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 

4 approval is issued: Provided further, That the funds made 

5 available under this heading for information technology 

6 systems development, modernization, and enhancement, 

7 shall be for the projects, and in the amounts, specified 

8 under this heading in the report accompanying this Act. 

9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

11 General, to include information technology, in carrying out 

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

13 U.S.C. App.), $115,000,000, of which $6,000,000 shall re14 main available until September 30, 2014. 

15 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

16 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

18 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

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

20 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 

21 Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar22 chitectural and engineering services, construction manage23 ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

24 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 

25 under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 
33 

•S 3215 PCS

1 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac2 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 

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

4 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 

5 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 

6 $532,470,000, to remain available until expended, of 

7 which $5,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as 

8 provided in section 13 of the Contract Disputes Act of 

9 1978 (41 U.S.C. 7108) for claims paid for contract dis10 putes: Provided, That except for advance planning activi11 ties, including needs assessments which may or may not 

12 lead to capital investments, and other capital asset man13 agement related activities, including portfolio development 

14 and management activities, and investment strategy stud15 ies funded through the advance planning fund and the 

16 planning and design activities funded through the design 

17 fund, including needs assessments which may or may not 

18 lead to capital investments, and salaries and associated 

19 costs of the resident engineers who oversee those capital 

20 investments funded through this account, and funds pro21 vided for the purchase of land for the National Cemetery 

22 Administration through the land acquisition line item, 

23 none of the funds made available under this heading shall 

24 be used for any project which has not been approved by 

25 the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, 
34 

•S 3215 PCS

1 That funds made available under this heading for fiscal 

2 year 2013, for each approved project shall be obligated: 

3 (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract 

4 by September 30, 2013; and (2) by the awarding of a con5 struction contract by September 30, 2014: Provided fur6 ther, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prompt7 ly submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress a written report on any approved 

9 major construction project for which obligations are not 

10 incurred within the time limitations established above. 

11 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

12 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

14 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

15 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 

16 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 

17 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

18 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro19 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

20 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

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

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

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

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

25 amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 
35 

•S 3215 PCS

1 United States Code, $607,530,000, to remain available 

2 until expended, along with unobligated balances of pre3 vious ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations which 

4 are hereby made available for any project where the esti5 mated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 

6 in such section: Provided, That funds made available 

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

8 nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 

9 of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 

10 damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 

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

12 minimize further loss by such causes. 

13 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

14 FACILITIES

15 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

16 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re17 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 

18 and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 

19 care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 

20 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $85,000,000, to re21 main available until expended. 

22 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

23 For grants to assist States and tribal governments 

24 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme25 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
36 

•S 3215 PCS

1 States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2013 for 

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

7 and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans8 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro9 priations: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, 

10 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

12 the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 

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

14 days has elapsed. 

15 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart17 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013, in this Act 

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

19 support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ ac20 counts may be transferred among the accounts: Provided, 

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

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

23 or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 

24 in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica25 tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
37 

•S 3215 PCS

1 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 

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

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

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

5 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the 

6 fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary re7 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

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

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

11 take place only after the Secretary requests from the Com12 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 

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

14 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 

15 salaries and expenses shall be available for services au16 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

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

18 or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author19 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 

20 States Code. 

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

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

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

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

25 new hospital or home. 
38 

•S 3215 PCS

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

2 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

3 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex4 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet5 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec6 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 

7 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

8 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim9 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina10 tion is made to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at such 

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

12 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

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

14 and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be avail15 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re16 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

17 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

18 2012. 

19 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

20 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

21 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

22 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 

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

24 accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 

25 and pensions’’. 
39 

•S 3215 PCS

1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, during fiscal year 2013, the Secretary of Veterans 

4 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

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

6 the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 

7 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 

8 States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 

9 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen10 eral operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra11 tion’’ and ‘‘Information technology systems’’ accounts for 

12 the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi13 nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse14 ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu15 mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 

16 2013 that are available for dividends in that program after 

17 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 

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

19 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 

20 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 

21 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 

22 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 

23 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

24 2013 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 

25 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 
40 

•S 3215 PCS

1 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro2 gram. 

3 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

4 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in5 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro6 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur7 ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 

8 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

10 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

11 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage12 ment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Of13 fice of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudica14 tion under section 319 of title 38, United States Code, 

15 for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 

16 costs but not exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolu17 tion Management and $3,360,000 for the Office of Em18 ployment and Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: 

19 Provided, That payments may be made in advance for 

20 services to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided 

21 further, That amounts received shall be credited to the 

22 ‘‘General administration’’ and ‘‘Information technology 

23 systems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the 

24 service. 
41 

•S 3215 PCS

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

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

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

4 unless the Secretary submits a report which the Commit5 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress ap6 prove within 30 days following the date on which the re7 port is received. 

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

9 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 

10 care, or medical services provided to any person under 

11 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv12 ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 

13 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec14 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 

15 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

16 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro17 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man18 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason19 able charges for such care or services from any person who 

20 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur21 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 

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

23 Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re24 ceived. 
42 

•S 3215 PCS

1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas4 ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 

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

6 minor projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (in7 cluding site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and 

8 improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdic9 tion or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

10 Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount pro11 vided for in ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con12 struction, minor projects’’. 

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

14 services’’ are available— 

15 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup16 plies, and equipment; and 

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

18 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

19 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

22 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

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

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

25 the purposes of that account: Provided, That, for fiscal 
43 

•S 3215 PCS

1 year 2013, $200,000,000 deposited in the Department of 

2 Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund shall be 

3 transferred to ‘‘Medical facilities’’, to remain available 

4 until expended, for non-recurring maintenance at existing 

5 Veterans Health Administration medical facilities. 

6 SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

7 enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organi8 zations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Com9 pact with the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and 

10 tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have en11 tered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under 

12 the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance 

13 Act, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 

14 dental care. The Secretary shall require participating vet15 erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 

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

17 ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands sited within the ex18 ternal boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified 

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

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

21 those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 

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

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

24 not within the boundaries of the municipality of Anchor-
44 

•S 3215 PCS

1 age, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Penin2 sula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De5 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu6 ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 

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

8 ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ accounts, to remain avail9 able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

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

11 title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

12 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks 

13 from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet14 erans within their respective Networks. 

15 SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

16 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

17 Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the financial 

18 status of the Veterans Health Administration. 

19 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med21 ical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Med22 ical facilities’’, ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans 

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

24 ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal 

25 year 2013, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Informa-
45 

•S 3215 PCS

1 tion technology systems’’ account: Provided, That before 

2 a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Af3 fairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations 

4 of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the 

5 transfer and an approval is issued. 

6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 221. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Informa8 tion technology systems’’ account for development, mod9 ernization, and enhancement may be transferred between 

10 projects or to newly defined projects: Provided, That no 

11 project may be increased or decreased by more than 

12 $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

14 to make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent 

15 a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 

16 SEC. 222. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this Act or any other Act for the 

18 Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner 

19 that is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transpor20 tation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 

21 Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 

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

23 119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, 

24 United States Code. 
46 

•S 3215 PCS

1 SEC. 223. Of the amounts made available to the De2 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013, in this 

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

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

7 the Secretary may waive this requirement after providing 

8 written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 both Houses of Congress. 

10 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 224. Of the amounts appropriated to the De12 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013 for 

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

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

15 ‘‘Information technology systems’’, up to $247,356,000, 

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

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

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

21 and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 

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

25 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be 
47 

•S 3215 PCS

1 transferred from accounts designated in this section to the 

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

4 notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con6 gress. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 225. Such sums as may be deposited to the 

9 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

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

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

13 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

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

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

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

23 Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
48 

•S 3215 PCS

1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 226. Of the amounts available in this title for 

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

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

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

7 United States Code, to remain available until expended, 

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

9 United States Code. 

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

11 SEC. 227. (a) Of the funds appropriated in division 

12 H of Public Law 112–74, the following amounts which 

13 become available on October 1, 2012, are hereby rescinded 

14 from the following accounts in the amounts specified: 

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

16 services’’, $1,500,000,000. 

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

18 support and compliance’’, $250,000,000. 

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

20 facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

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

22 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

23 accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 

24 September 30, 2014: 
49 

•S 3215 PCS

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

2 services’’, $1,500,000,000. 

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

4 support and compliance’’, $250,000,000. 

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

6 facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

7 SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Vet8 erans Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropria9 tions of both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in 

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

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

12 whichever is less: Provided, That such notification shall 

13 occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the pro14 grammed amount: Provided further, That the Secretary 

15 shall notify the committees 14 days prior to the obligation 

16 of such bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use 

17 of such savings. 

18 SEC. 229. The scope of work for a project included 

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

20 above the scope specified for that project in the original 

21 justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 

22 request for appropriations. 

23 SEC. 230. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to enter into a contract using procedures 

25 that do not give to small business concerns owned and con-
50 

•S 3215 PCS

1 trolled by veterans (as that term is defined in section 

2 3(q)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)) 

3 that are included in the database under section 8127(f) 

4 of title 38, United States Code, any preference available 

5 with respect to such contract, except for a preference given 

6 to small business concerns owned and controlled by serv7 ice-disabled veterans (as defined in section 3(q)(2) of the 

8 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(2)). 

9 SEC. 231. Section 315(b) of title 38, United States 

10 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2012’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’. 

12 SEC. 232. (a) CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR

13 NURSING HOME CARE.—Section 1745(a) of title 38, 

14 United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Sec16 retary shall pay each State home for nursing home 

17 care at the rate determined under paragraph (2)’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall enter into a con19 tract (or agreement under section 1720(c)(1) of this 

20 title) with each State home for payment by the Sec21 retary for nursing home care provided in the home’’; 

22 and 

23 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

24 following new paragraph (2): 
51 

•S 3215 PCS

1 ‘‘(2) Payment under each contract (or agreement) be2 tween the Secretary and a State home under paragraph 

3 (1) shall be based on a methodology, developed by the Sec4 retary in consultation with the State home, to adequately 

5 reimburse the State home for the care provided by the 

6 State home under the contract (or agreement).’’. 

7 (b) STATE NURSING HOMES.—Section 1720(c)(1)(A) 

8 of such title is amended— 

9 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and insert10 ing a semicolon; 

11 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 

12 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

14 clause: 

15 ‘‘(iii) a provider of services eligible to enter into 

16 a contract pursuant to section 1745(a) of this title 

17 who is not otherwise described in clause (i) or (ii).’’. 

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) The amendments made 

19 by this section shall apply to care provided on or after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 (2) In the case of a State home that provided nursing 

22 home care on the day before the date of the enactment 

23 of this Act for which the State home was eligible for pay 

24 under section 1745(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 

25 at the request of any State home, the Secretary shall offer 
52 

•S 3215 PCS

1 to enter into a contract (or agreement described in such 

2 section) with such State home under such section, as 

3 amended by subsection (a), for payment for nursing home 

4 care provided by such State home under such section that 

5 reflects the overall methodology of reimbursement for such 

6 care that was in effect for such State home on the day 

7 before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 TITLE III 

9 RELATED AGENCIES 

10 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

13 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

14 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun15 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 

16 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 

17 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

18 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for19 one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 

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

21 representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 

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

23 countries, $58,400,000, to remain available until ex24 pended. 
53 

•S 3215 PCS

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, $32,481,000: Provided, That 

14 $2,726,323 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 
54 

•S 3215 PCS

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

2 $41,000,000, of which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall re3 main available until September 30, 2014. 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, $107,800,000, to 

12 remain available until September 30, 2017, of which, 

13 $84,000,000 shall be for planning and design and con14 struction associated with the Millennium Project at Ar15 lington National Cemetery; and $19,000,000 shall be for 

16 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv17 ices for future expansion of burial space at Arlington Na18 tional Cemetery. 

19 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

20 TRUST FUND

21 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire22 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 

23 Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 

24 and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis25 sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 
55 

•S 3215 PCS

1 Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $67,590,000, of 

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

3 for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 

4 the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis5 trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 

6 Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

9 heading, ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex10 penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir11 ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 

12 at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 

13 available for ground burials. 

14 TITLE IV 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

17 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

18 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

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

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

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

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

24 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

25 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
56 

•S 3215 PCS

1 SEC. 403. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

2 year 2013 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 

3 shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this 

4 Act. 

5 SEC. 404. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

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

7 other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 

8 relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 

9 for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pam10 phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presen11 tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 

12 before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 

13 SEC. 405. All departments and agencies funded under 

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

15 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

16 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con17 duct of their business practices and public service activi18 ties. 

19 SEC. 406. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no20 tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 

21 Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af22 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro23 priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub24 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
57 

•S 3215 PCS

1 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

2 of the Senate. 

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

4 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in5 strumentality of the United States Government except 

6 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro7 vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

8 SEC. 408. (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. 409. (a) None of the funds made available in 

24 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
58 

•S 3215 PCS

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. 410. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap8 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

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

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

11 or possessions to house any individual detained at United 

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

13 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

14 under the control of the Department of Defense. 

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

16 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

17 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

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

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

20 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

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

22 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

23 and 

24 (2) is— 
59 

•S 3215 PCS

1 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

2 control of the Department of Defense; or 

3 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

4 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

5 SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend7 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart8 ment or agency that are stationed within the United 

9 States at any single conference occurring outside a state 

10 of the United States, except for employees of the Depart11 ment of Veterans Affairs stationed in the Philippines, un12 less the relevant Secretary reports to the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 5 days 

14 in advance that such attendance is important to the na15 tional interest. 

16 SEC. 412. (a) The head of any department, agency, 

17 board or commission funded by this Act shall submit quar18 terly reports to the Inspector General, or the senior ethics 

19 official for any entity without an inspector general, of the 

20 appropriate department, agency, board or commission re21 garding the costs and contracting procedures relating to 

22 each conference held by the department, agency, board or 

23 commission during fiscal year 2013 for which the cost to 

24 the Government was more than $20,000. 
60 

•S 3215 PCS

1 (b) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall 

2 include, for each conference described in that subsection 

3 held during the applicable quarter— 

4 (1) a description of the purpose and number of 

5 participants attending that conference; 

6 (2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Gov7 ernment relating to that conference, including— 

8 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

9 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

10 and 

11 (C) a discussion of the methodology used 

12 to determine which costs relate to that con13 ference; and 

14 (3) a description of the contracting procedures 

15 relating to that conference, including— 

16 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

17 competitive basis for that conference; and 

18 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

19 conducted by the department, agency, board or 

20 commission in evaluating potential contractors 

21 for that conference. 

22 (c) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

23 be used for travel and conference activities that are not 

24 in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 

25 memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 
61 

•S 3215 PCS

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

2 and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria3 tions Act, 2013’’. 
Calendar No. 408 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3215 

[Report No. 112–168] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for military construction, 

2013, and for other purposes. agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 

MAY 22, 2012 

Read twice and placed on the calendar