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Calendar No. 98 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2029 

[Report No. 114–57] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 4, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

MAY 21, 2015 

Reported by Mr. KIRK, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

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

fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 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, 2016, 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, $663,245,000, to re19 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 

20 of this amount, not to exceed $109,245,000 shall be avail21 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 

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

23 unless the Secretary of the Army determines that addi24 tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
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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, $1,349,678,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of this amount, 

12 not to exceed $91,649,000 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, $1,237,055,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of this 

25 amount, not to exceed $89,164,000 shall be available for 
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1 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv2 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 

3 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

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

6 and the reasons therefor. 

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 $1,931,456,000 (reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by 

15 $30,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

16 2020: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

17 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 

18 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 

19 of Defense available for military construction or family 

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

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

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

23 transferred: Provided further, That of the amount appro24 priated, not to exceed $160,404,000 (increased by 

25 $30,000,000) shall be available for study, planning, de-
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1 sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

2 by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that 

3 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 

4 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

5 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 

6 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

7 by this title may be used to construct any fiscal year 2016 

8 special operations command military construction projects 

9 until the Commander of the Special Operations Command 

10 has certified in writing and submits to the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report that 

12 includes the following: 

13 (1) A definition of ‘‘Special Operations Forces14 peculiar’’ as it applies to the use of United States 

15 Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) funding 

16 to meet military construction requirements for facili17 ties that provide healthcare services or support fit18 ness activities. 

19 (2) A description of the decision-making process 

20 used to determine whether a military construction 

21 project that provides healthcare facilities or supports 

22 fitness activities should be funded by the USSOCOM 

23 or the military departments. 

24 (3) Provides a schematic of the human perform25 ance centers by installation, a listing of the planned 
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1 equipment related to training and resiliency and a 

2 description of the mission-critical benefit of each 

3 item, an explanation of why the unique physical and 

4 psychological health services incorporated could not 

5 be provided by the Defense Health Agency or mili6 tary services, and a planned staffing breakdown. 

7 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

8 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita9 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad10 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu11 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

12 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza13 tion Acts, $167,437,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2020: Provided, That of the amount appro15 priated, not to exceed $20,337,000 shall be available for 

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

18 National Guard determines that additional obligations are 

19 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

20 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de21 termination and the reasons therefor. 

22 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

23 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita24 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad25 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
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1 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

2 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 

3 Acts, $138,738,000, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2020: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not 

5 to exceed $5,104,000 shall be available for study, plan6 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au7 thorized by law, unless the Director of the Air National 

8 Guard determines that additional obligations are nec9 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

10 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter11 mination and the reasons therefor. 

12 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

13 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita14 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad15 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

16 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con17 struction Authorization Acts, $104,295,000, to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 

19 amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,318,000 shall be 

20 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en21 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

22 the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 

23 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit24 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

25 determination 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, $36,078,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2020: Provided, That of the amount appro9 priated, not to exceed $2,208,000 shall be available for 

10 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv11 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 

12 Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary 

13 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro14 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

15 and the reasons therefor. 

16 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

17 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita18 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad19 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

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

21 Construction Authorization Acts, $65,021,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That of the 

23 amount appropriated, not to exceed $13,400,000 shall be 

24 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en25 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 
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1 the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga2 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

3 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

4 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

5 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

6 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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

8 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro9 gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa10 cilities and installations (including international military 

11 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 

12 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 

13 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili14 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $150,000,000, to 

15 remain available until expended. 

16 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

17 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con18 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex19 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

20 $99,695,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2020. 

22 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

23 ARMY

24 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op25 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
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1 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in2 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $393,511,000. 

3 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

4 CORPS

5 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma6 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace7 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 

8 authorized by law, $16,541,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2020. 

10 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

11 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

12 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma13 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

14 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter15 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 

16 law, $353,036,000. 

17 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

18 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

19 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

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

21 $160,498,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2020. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

2 FORCE

3 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

4 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas5 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

6 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

7 $331,232,000. 

8 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

9 DEFENSE-WIDE

10 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

11 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 

12 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 

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

14 $58,668,000. 

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), $251,334,000, to remain available 

20 until expended. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

23 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a24 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 

25 exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 
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1 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 

2 the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there3 for. 

4 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con5 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve6 hicles. 

7 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con8 struction may be used for advances to the Federal High9 way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 

10 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 

11 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author12 ized therein are certified as important to the national de13 fense by the Secretary of Defense. 

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

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

16 the United States for which specific appropriations have 

17 not been made. 

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

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

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

21 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi22 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina23 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 

24 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

25 General; (3) where the estimated value is less than 
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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 
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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 Gulf, 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 Gulf, 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. 
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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. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

9 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

10 for construction authorized for each such military depart11 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 

12 current session of Congress. 

13 SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 

14 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex15 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

16 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec17 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 

18 and on subsequent claims, if any. 

19 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, any funds made available to a military department 

21 or defense agency for the construction of military projects 

22 may be obligated for a military construction project or 

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

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

25 the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made 
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1 available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are 

2 obligated from funds available for military construction 

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

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

5 such project is increased pursuant to law. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 

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

10 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 

12 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

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

14 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

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

16 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

17 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 

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

19 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 

20 from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

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

23 purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap24 propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria25 tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 
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1 cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

3 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

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

5 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 

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

8 Provided further, That the transfer authority in this provi9 sion shall also be applicable to amounts appropriated for 

10 construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts in section 

11 2002 of Public Law 112–10. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

14 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

15 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

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

17 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 

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

19 with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 

20 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall 

21 be merged with and be available for the same purposes 

22 and for the same time period as the fund to which trans23 ferred. 

24 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, funds made available in this title for operation and 
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1 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 

2 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 

3 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 

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

5 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen6 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica7 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 

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

9 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

11 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 

12 solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi13 ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 

14 of the budget submission. 

15 SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im16 provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec17 tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro18 priated and shall be available until expended for the pur19 poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 

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

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria23 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

24 for military construction and family housing operation and 

25 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
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1 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

2 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

3 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga4 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap5 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

6 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur7 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

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

9 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans10 ferred. 

11 SEC. 122. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

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

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

14 Army that— 

15 (1) performs a testing mission or function that 

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

17 is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 

18 Code; and 

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

20 the total number of civilian employees of the Depart21 ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel 

22 employed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of 

23 members of the regular and reserve components of 

24 the Army assigned to the installation. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

2 the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional 

3 defense committees that in proposing the relocation of the 

4 unit of the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regu5 lation 5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and respon6 sibilities for Army stationing actions. 

7 SEC. 123. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

8 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

9 title may be transferred among projects and activities 

10 within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

11 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

12 construction contained in Department of Defense Finan13 cial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chap14 ter 7, of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enact15 ment of this Act. 

16 SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 

17 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

18 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme19 tery. 

20 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 125. Of the unobligated balances available for 

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

23 Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 

24 being for contingency operations directly related to the 
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1 global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 

2 $96,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

3 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available for 

5 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, from prior appropria6 tion Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 

7 being for contingency operations directly related to the 

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

9 $52,600,000 are hereby rescinded. 

10 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances available for 

12 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appro13 priation Acts (other than appropriations designated by law 

14 as being for contingency operations directly related to the 

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

16 $134,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

17 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 128. Of the unobligated balances made available 

19 in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec20 tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli21 tan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other 

22 than appropriations designated by law as being for contin23 gency operations directly related to the global war on ter24 rorism or as an emergency requirement), $103,918,000 

25 are hereby rescinded. 
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1 SEC. 129. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

2 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit3 tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc5 tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria6 tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 

7 Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 

8 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

9 SEC. 130. None of the funds made available by this 

10 title may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

11 of Lajes Air Force Base, Azores, and, unless and until 

12 the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to the con13 gressional defense committees that, based on operational 

14 requirements, Lajes Air Force Base is not an optimal loca15 tion for the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex, none of 

16 the funds made available by this title may be used to con17 struct phase two of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Com18 plex Consolidation at Royal Air Force Croughton, United 

19 Kingdom. 

20 SEC. 131. Notwithstanding section 124, for an addi21 tional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ in this 

22 title, $30,000,000 is provided for advances to the Federal 

23 Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 

24 for construction of access roads as authorized by section 

25 210 of title 23, United States Code. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

3 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

4 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

7 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex8 aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 

9 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 

10 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 

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

12 States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle13 ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi14 cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi15 cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur16 ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 

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

18 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec19 tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 

20 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 

21 $166,271,436,000, to remain available until expended, of 

22 which $87,146,761,000 shall become available on October 

23 1, 2016: Provided, That not to exceed $15,562,000 of the 

24 amount made available for fiscal year 2016 and 

25 $16,021,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 
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1 2017 under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General 

2 Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 

3 and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for necessary ex4 penses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, 

5 and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source 

6 for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation 

7 and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such 

8 sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient 

9 basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections 

10 Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facili11 ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as au12 thorized. 

13 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

14 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

15 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap16 ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 

17 61 of title 38, United States Code, $32,088,826,000, to 

18 remain available until expended, of which 

19 $16,743,904,000 shall become available on October 1, 

20 2016: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program 

21 services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized 

22 to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 

23 38, United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), 

24 (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to 

25 this account. 
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1 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

2 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

3 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet4 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

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

6 Code, $169,080,000, to remain available until expended, 

7 of which $91,920,000 shall become available on October 

8 1, 2016. 

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 2016, 

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, $164,558,000. 

22 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 For the cost of direct loans, $31,000, as authorized 

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

25 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
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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 $2,952,000. 

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

7 carry out the direct loan program, $367,000, 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, $1,134,000. 

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 
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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, loan repayments authorized by sec5 tion 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 

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

7 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and hospital care and med8 ical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United 

9 States Code; $969,554,000, which shall be in addition to 

10 funds previously appropriated under this heading that be11 came available on October 1, 2015; and, in addition, 

12 $51,673,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 

13 available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain available 

14 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Af16 fairs shall establish a priority for the provision of medical 

17 treatment for veterans who have service-connected disabil18 ities, lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, 

19 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec20 retary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for 

21 the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in en22 rollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, 

23 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec24 retary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing 

25 of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administra-
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1 tion facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written 

2 prescriptions based on requirements established by the 

3 Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation of 

4 the program described in the previous proviso shall incur 

5 no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

6 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

7 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

8 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

9 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad10 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi11 ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart12 ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De13 partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 

14 United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov15 ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $6,524,000,000, plus 

16 reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 

17 2016, and shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2017. 

19 MEDICAL FACILITIES

20 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op21 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

22 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad23 ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 

24 planning, design, project management, real property ac25 quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 
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1 any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 

2 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 

3 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter4 ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos5 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart6 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 

7 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate8 rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 

9 $5,074,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail10 able on October 1, 2016, and shall remain available until 

11 September 30, 2017. 

12 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

13 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

14 medical and prosthetic research and development as au15 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

16 $621,813,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail17 able until September 30, 2017. 

18 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad20 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other21 wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there22 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 

23 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper24 ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter25 ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 
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1 of the National Cemetery Administration, $266,220,000, 

2 of which not to exceed $26,600,000 shall remain available 

3 until September 30, 2017. 

4 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

5 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 

8 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 

9 administrative expenses in support of Department-wide 

10 capital planning, management and policy activities, uni11 forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 

12 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas13 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 

14 Services Administration for security guard services, 

15 $336,659,000 (reduced by $8,000,000) (increased by 

16 $8,000,000) (reduced by $500,000) (increased by 

17 $500,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $50,000) 

18 (increased by $50,000) (reduced by $3,200,000), of which 

19 not to exceed $10,100,000 shall remain available until 

20 September 30, 2017: Provided, That funds provided under 

21 this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Operating 

22 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

23 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

24 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 

25 Veterans Appeals, $107,884,000 (increased by 
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1 $2,000,000), of which not to exceed $10,788,000 shall re2 main available until September 30, 2017. 

3 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 

6 Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in7 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 

8 of the General Services Administration for security guard 

9 services, and reimbursement of the Department of De10 fense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 

11 $2,697,734,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

12 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 

13 $5,000,000): Provided, That expenses for services and as14 sistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and 

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

16 that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec17 essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex18 tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 

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

20 independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac21 count: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

22 under this heading, not to exceed $134,800,000 shall re23 main available until September 30, 2017. 
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1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses for information technology 

4 systems and telecommunications support, including devel5 opmental information systems and operational information 

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

7 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in8 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 

9 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

10 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

11 States Code, $4,038,363,000 (increased by $3,200,000), 

12 plus reimbursements: Provided, That $1,115,757,000 

13 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not to ex14 ceed $34,800,000 shall remain available until September 

15 30, 2017: Provided further, That $2,417,863,000 shall be 

16 for operations and maintenance, of which not to exceed 

17 $167,900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2017: Provided further, That $504,743,000 shall be for 

19 information technology systems development, moderniza20 tion, and enhancement, and shall remain available until 

21 September 30, 2017: Provided further, That amounts 

22 made available for information technology systems devel23 opment, modernization, and enhancement may not be obli24 gated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

25 or the Chief Information Officer of the Department of 
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1 Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropria2 tions of both Houses of Congress a certification of the 

3 amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated and expended 

4 for each development project: Provided further, That 

5 amounts made available for salaries and expenses, oper6 ations and maintenance, and information technology sys7 tems development, modernization, and enhancement may 

8 be transferred among the three subaccounts after the Sec9 retary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees 

10 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the author11 ity to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro12 vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor13 mation Technology Systems’’ account for development, 

14 modernization, and enhancement may be transferred 

15 among projects or to newly defined projects: Provided fur16 ther, That no project may be increased or decreased by 

17 more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a re18 quest to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

19 of Congress to make the transfer and an approval is 

20 issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 

21 elapsed: Provided further, That funds under this heading 

22 may be used by the Interagency Program Office through 

23 the Department of Veterans Affairs to define data stand24 ards, code sets, and value sets used to enable interoper25 ability: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
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1 for information technology systems development, mod2 ernization, and enhancement for VistA Evolution, not 

3 more than 25 percent may be obligated or expended until 

4 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Commit5 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and 

6 such Committees approve, a report that describes: (1) the 

7 status of and changes to the VistA Evolution program 

8 plan dated March 24, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the 

9 ‘‘Plan’’), the VistA 4 product roadmap dated February 26, 

10 2015 (‘‘Roadmap’’), and the VistA 4 Incremental Life 

11 Cycle Cost Estimate, dated October 26, 2014; (2) any 

12 changes to the scope or functionality of projects within 

13 the VistA Evolution program as established in the Plan; 

14 (3) actual program costs incurred to date; (4) progress 

15 in meeting the schedule milestones that have been estab16 lished in the Plan; (5) a Project Management Account17 ability System (PMAS) Dashboard Progress report that 

18 identifies each VistA Evolution project being tracked 

19 through PMAS, what functionality it is intended to pro20 vide, and what evaluation scores it has received through21 out development; (6) the definition being used for inter22 operability between the electronic health record systems 

23 of the Department of Defense and the Department of Vet24 erans Affairs, the metrics to measure the extent of inter25 operability, the milestones and timeline associated with 
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1 achieving interoperability, and the baseline measurements 

2 associated with interoperability; (7) progress toward devel3 oping and implementing all components and levels of 

4 interoperability, including semantic interoperability; (8) 

5 the change management tools in place to facilitate the im6 plementation of VistA Evolution and interoperability; and 

7 (9) any changes to the governance structure for the VistA 

8 Evolution program and its chain of decisionmaking au9 thority: Provided further, That the funds made available 

10 under this heading for information technology systems de11 velopment, modernization, and enhancement, shall be for 

12 the projects, and in the amounts, specified under this 

13 heading in the report accompanying this Act. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General, to include information technology, in carrying out 

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

18 U.S.C. App.), $131,766,000, of which not to exceed 

19 $12,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2017. 

21 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

22 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

24 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

25 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
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1 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 

2 Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar3 chitectural and engineering services, construction manage4 ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

5 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 

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

7 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac8 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 

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

10 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 

11 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 

12 $561,800,000, of which $527,800,000 shall remain avail13 able until September 30, 2020, and of which $34,000,000 

14 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That ex15 cept for advance planning activities, including needs as16 sessments which may or may not lead to capital invest17 ments, and other capital asset management related activi18 ties, including portfolio development and management ac19 tivities, and investment strategy studies funded through 

20 the advance planning fund and the planning and design 

21 activities funded through the design fund, including needs 

22 assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest23 ments, and salaries and associated costs of the resident 

24 engineers who oversee those capital investments funded 

25 through this account, and funds provided for the purchase 
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1 of land for the National Cemetery Administration through 

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

3 available under this heading shall be used for any project 

4 which has not been approved by the Congress in the budg5 etary process: Provided further, That funds made available 

6 under this heading for fiscal year 2016, for each approved 

7 project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a con8 struction documents contract by September 30, 2016; and 

9 (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Sep10 tember 30, 2017: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

11 Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written 

13 report on any approved major construction project for 

14 which obligations are not incurred within the time limita15 tions established above. 

16 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

17 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

19 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

20 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 

21 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 

22 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

23 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro24 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

25 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 
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1 site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 

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

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

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

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

6 United States Code, $406,200,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2020, along with unobligated balances 

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

9 which are hereby made available for any project where the 

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

11 in such section: Provided, That funds made available 

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

13 nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 

14 of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 

15 damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 

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

17 minimize further loss by such causes. 

18 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

19 FACILITIES

20 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

21 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re22 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 

23 and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 

24 care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 
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1 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $80,000,000, to re2 main available until expended. 

3 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

4 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

5 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme6 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

7 States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2016 for 

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

13 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans14 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro15 priations: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, 

16 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

18 the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 

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

20 days has elapsed. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart23 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this or 

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

25 Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac-
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1 counts may be transferred among the accounts: Provided, 

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

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

4 or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 

5 in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica6 tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com7 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 

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

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

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

11 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the 

12 fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary re13 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

14 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

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

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

17 take place only after the Secretary requests from the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 

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

20 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 

21 salaries and expenses shall be available for services au22 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

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

24 or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
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1 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 

2 States Code. 

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

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

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

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

7 new hospital or home. 

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

9 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

10 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex11 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet12 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec13 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 

14 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

15 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim16 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina17 tion is made to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such 

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

19 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

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

21 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail22 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re23 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

24 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

25 2015. 
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1 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

2 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

3 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

4 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 

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

6 accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 

7 and Pensions’’. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, during fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans 

11 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

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

13 the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 

14 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 

15 States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 

16 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen17 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra18 tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 

19 the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi20 nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse21 ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu22 mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 

23 2016 that are available for dividends in that program after 

24 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 

25 have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
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1 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 

2 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 

3 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 

4 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 

5 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

6 2016 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 

7 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 

8 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro9 gram. 

10 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

11 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in12 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro13 viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur14 ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

17 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

18 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage19 ment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Of20 fice of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudica21 tion under section 319 of title 38, United States Code, 

22 for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 

23 costs but not to exceed $43,700,000 for the Office of Reso24 lution Management and $3,400,000 for the Office of Em25 ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Pro-
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1 vided, That payments may be made in advance for services 

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

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

4 Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ 

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

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

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

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

9 unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits a request 

10 to enter into such lease to the Committees on Appropria11 tions of both Houses of Congress and (1) the Committees 

12 approve the request; or (2) the Committees have not re13 jected the request before the date that is 15 days after 

14 the date on which the request is received. 

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

16 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 

17 care, or medical services provided to any person under 

18 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv19 ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 

20 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec21 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 

22 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

23 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro24 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man25 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason-
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1 able charges for such care or services from any person who 

2 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur3 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 

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

5 Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re6 ceived. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas10 ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 

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

12 Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction 

13 (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 

14 and improvements of any medical facility under the juris15 diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af16 fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 

17 provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con18 struction, Minor Projects’’. 

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

20 Services’’ are available— 

21 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup22 plies, and equipment; and 

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

24 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

25 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

3 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

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

5 ‘‘Medical Services’’, to remain available until expended for 

6 the purposes of that account. 

7 SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

8 enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organi9 zations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Com10 pact with the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and 

11 tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have en12 tered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under 

13 the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance 

14 Act, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 

15 dental care. The Secretary shall require participating vet16 erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 

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

18 ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands sited within the ex19 ternal boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified 

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

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

22 those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 

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

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

25 not within the boundaries of the municipality of Anchor-
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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 Service 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 (INCLUDING 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 2016 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information 
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1 Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such trans2 fers may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate 

3 increase in the total amount made available by this Act 

4 for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: Pro5 vided further, That before a transfer may take place, the 

6 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Com7 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 

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

9 SEC. 221. Of the amounts made available to the De10 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this 

11 or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account 

12 for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 percent 

13 of the funds made available shall be obligated during the 

14 last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That the Sec15 retary may waive this requirement after providing written 

16 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

17 Houses of Congress. 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the De20 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for 

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

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

23 ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up to $266,303,000, 

24 plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint De25 partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
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1 Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by sec2 tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

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

4 and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 

5 as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec6 tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author7 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

8 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be 

9 transferred from accounts designated in this section to the 

10 Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Af11 fairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 

12 notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con14 gress: Provided further, That section 223 of Title II of 

15 Division I of Public Law 113–235 is repealed. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the De18 partment of Veterans Affairs which become available on 

19 October 1, 2016, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Sup20 port and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to 

21 $265,675,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred 

22 to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet23 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, es24 tablished by section 1704 of the National Defense Author25 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
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1 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 

2 designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de3 scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De4 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

5 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional 

6 funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 

7 section to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 

8 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 

9 upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af10 fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

11 of Congress. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

14 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

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

16 at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili17 ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 

18 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

19 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail20 able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense21 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem22 onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na23 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

24 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper25 ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
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1 medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun2 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

8 be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing In9 centive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 

10 United States Code, to remain available until expended, 

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

12 United States Code. 

13 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II 

15 of division I of Public Law 113–235, the following 

16 amounts which became available on October 1, 2015, are 

17 hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the 

18 amounts specified: 

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

20 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

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

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

24 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 
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1 (b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 

2 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

3 accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 

4 September 30, 2017: 

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

6 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

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

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

10 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

11 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no12 tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

13 Congress of all bid savings for a major construction 

14 project within 15 days of being identified that total at 

15 least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the programmed amount 

16 of the project, whichever is less. 

17 SEC. 228. None of the funds made available for 

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

19 in excess of the scope specified for that project in the origi20 nal justification data provided to the Congress as part of 

21 the request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Vet22 erans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on 

23 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

24 SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

25 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
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1 Houses of Congress a quarterly report that contains the 

2 following information from each Veterans Benefits Admin3 istration Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete 

4 a disability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims 

5 pending more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the num6 ber of claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken 

7 within the quarter to address poor performance; (6) train8 ing programs undertaken; (7) the number and results of 

9 Quality Review Team audits; and (8) the number of infor10 mal claims that are unprocessed: Provided, That each 

11 quarterly report shall be submitted no later than 30 days 

12 after the end of the respective quarter. 

13 SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

14 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

15 Houses of Congress a reprogramming request if at any 

16 point during fiscal year 2016 the funding allocated for a 

17 medical care program that is not estimated through the 

18 Enrollee Health Care Projection Model is adjusted by 

19 more than $25,000,000 from the allocation shown in the 

20 corresponding congressional budget justification. Amounts 

21 may only be reprogrammed as requested under this section 

22 if: (1) the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

23 of Congress approve the request; or (2) the Committees 

24 have not rejected the request before the date that is 15 

25 days after the date on which the request is received. 
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1 SEC. 231. Of the funds provided to the Department 

2 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical Serv3 ices’’ and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum 

4 of $5,000,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Serv5 ices’’ account and a maximum of $154,596,000 may be 

6 obligated from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ ac7 count for the VistA Evolution and electronic health record 

8 interoperability projects: Provided, That funds in addition 

9 to these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution 

10 and electronic health record interoperability projects upon 

11 written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

13 Congress. 

14 SEC. 232. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

15 provide written notification to the Committees on Appro16 priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or17 ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 

18 more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 

19 the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 

20 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 233. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate 

22 amount of $101,000,000 from the total budget authority 

23 provided for fiscal year 2016 for discretionary accounts 

24 of the Department of Veterans Affairs in— 

25 (1) this Act; or 
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1 (2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 

2 2016 in prior appropriation Acts. 

3 (b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report speci5 fying the account and amount of each rescission not later 

6 than 20 days following enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 234. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

8 provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appro9 priations of both Houses of Congress notification of any 

10 single national outreach and awareness marketing cam11 paign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 

12 SEC. 235. None of the funds available to the Depart13 ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 

14 be used to replace the current system by which the Vet15 erans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for 

16 diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 236. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 

19 determination that such action is necessary to address 

20 needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may trans21 fer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary 

22 appropriations made available for fiscal year 2016 in this 

23 title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General Oper24 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ ac25 count) or any discretionary unobligated balances within 
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1 the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those ap2 propriated for fiscal year 2016, that were provided in ad3 vance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers 

4 shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Man5 agement and Budget: Provided further, That the transfer 

6 authority provided in this section is in addition to any 

7 other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 

8 That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 

9 were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 

10 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

12 1985: Provided further, That such authority to transfer 

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

14 on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 

15 which originally appropriated and in no case where the 

16 item for which funds are requested has been denied by 

17 Congress: Provided further, That, upon determination that 

18 all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 

19 are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 

20 to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 

21 purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 

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

23 Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 

24 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

25 to make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 237. Amounts made available for the Depart3 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, under the 

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

5 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts 

6 may be transferred between such accounts: Provided, That 

7 before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet8 erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro9 priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

10 make the transfer and receive approval from such Com11 mittees for such request. 

12 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 238. Of the unobligated balances available with14 in the ‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 

15 $15,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

16 SEC. 239. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 

17 reprogram funds among major construction projects or 

18 programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 

19 $5,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by 

20 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con21 gress. 

22 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 240. Of the discretionary funds made available 

24 in Public Law 113–235 for the Department of Veterans 

25 Affairs for fiscal year 2016, $197,923,000 are rescinded 
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1 from ‘‘Medical Services’’, $42,272,000 are rescinded from 

2 ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and $15,353,000 are 

3 rescinded from ‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 

4 SEC. 241. The amounts otherwise made available by 

5 this Act for the following accounts of the Department of 

6 Veterans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following 

7 amounts: 

8 (1) ‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration—Vet9 erans Housing Benefit Program Fund’’, $3,098,000. 

10 (2) ‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration—Voca11 tional Rehabilitation Loans Program Account’’, 

12 $10,000. 

13 (3) ‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration—Native 

14 American Veteran Housing Loan Program Ac15 count’’, $25,000. 

16 (4) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical 

17 and Prosthetic Research’’, $3,109,000. 

18 (5) ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’, 

19 $1,654,000. 

20 (6) ‘‘Departmental Administration—General 

21 Administration’’, $3,877,000. 

22 (7) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of 

23 Veterans Appeals’’, $786,000. 
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1 (8) ‘‘Departmental Administration—General 

2 Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra3 tion’’, $36,568,000. 

4 (9) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa5 tion Technology Systems’’, $7,958,000. 

6 (10) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Office of 

7 Inspector General’’, $993,000. 

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, $75,100,000, to remain available until ex24 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 7299 of title 38, 

13 United States Code, $32,141,000: Provided, That 

14 $2,500,000 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 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

2 $70,800,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall re3 main available until September 30, 2017. 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 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

9 TRUST FUND

10 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire11 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 

12 Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 

13 and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis14 sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 

15 Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of 

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

17 for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 

18 the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis19 trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 

20 Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

23 heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex24 penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir25 ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 
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1 at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 

2 available for ground burials. 

3 SEC. 302. Amounts deposited during the current fis4 cal year into the special account established under 10 

5 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and shall be available until 

6 expended to support activities at the Army National Mili7 tary Cemeteries. 

8 TITLE IV 

9 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

13 Navy and Marine Corps’’, $244,004,000 to remain avail14 able until September 30, 2020, for projects outside of the 

15 United States: Provided, That such amount is designated 

16 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

17 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

18 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

22 Air Force’’$75,000,000 to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2020, for projects outside of the United States: 

24 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

25 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
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1 rorism pursuant to section 215(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

5 Defense-Wide’’, $212,996,000 to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2020, for projects outside of the United 

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

8 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

10 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

11 of 1985. 

12 TITLE V 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

14 SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 

15 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

16 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

17 SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

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

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

22 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

23 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 

24 SEC. 503. All departments and agencies funded under 

25 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
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1 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

2 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con3 duct of their business practices and public service activi4 ties. 

5 SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no6 tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 

7 Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af8 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro9 priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub10 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

11 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

12 of the Senate. 

13 SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in15 strumentality of the United States Government except 

16 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro17 vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

18 SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 

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

20 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 

21 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa22 tives. 

23 SEC. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail24 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

25 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
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1 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

2 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen3 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

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

5 (1) the public posting of the report com6 promises national security; or 

7 (2) the report contains confidential or propri8 etary information. 

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

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

11 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

12 no less than 45 days. 

13 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

15 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

16 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

19 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi20 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

21 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

24 in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

25 10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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1 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv3 ices, including construction services, where the contractor 

4 has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

5 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 

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

7 Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 

8 light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen9 cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 

10 Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

11 24, 2011. 

12 SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap13 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 

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

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

16 or possessions to house any individual detained at United 

17 States Naval Station, Guant ́anamo Bay, Cuba, for the 

18 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

19 under the control of the Department of Defense. 

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

21 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

22 Station, Guant ́anamo Bay, Cuba. 

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

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

25 States Naval Station, Guant ́anamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
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1 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

2 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (2) is— 

5 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

6 control of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guant ́anamo Bay, Cuba. 

9 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

10 SEC. 513. The amount by which the applicable alloca11 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

12 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec13 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex14 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

15 SEC. 514. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

16 Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 

17 for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Ad18 ministration—Information Technology Services’’ (and the 

19 amount specified under such heading for operations and 

20 maintenance), and by increasing the amount made avail21 able for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Serv22 ices’’, by $2,000,000. 

23 SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to carry out the closure or transfer of 

25 the United States Naval Station, Guant ́anamo Bay, Cuba. 
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1 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to carry out the Appraised Value Offer 

3 program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

4 SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 

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

6 pay a performance award under section 5384 of title 5, 

7 United States Code. 

8 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act for benefits for homeless veterans and training and 

10 outreach programs may be used by the Secretary of Vet11 erans Affairs in contravention of subchapter III of chapter 

12 20 of title 38, United States Code. 

13 SEC. 519. Not more than $4,400,000 of the funds 

14 provided by this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of 

15 Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Gen16 eral Administration’’ may be used for the Office of Con17 gressional and Legislative Affairs, and the amount other18 wise provided under such heading is hereby reduced by 

19 $1,500,000. 

20 SEC. 520. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to end, suspend, or relocate hospital22 based services with respect to a health care facility of the 

23 Department of Veterans Affairs that is— 
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1 (1) the subject of an environmental impact 

2 statement in accordance with the National Environ3 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 

4 (2) designated as a National Historic Land5 mark by the National Park Service; and 

6 (3) located in a highly rural area. 

7 SEC. 521. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new 

9 or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

10 round. 

11 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

13 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

14 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

15 of its principals: 

16 (A) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

17 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren18 dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi19 nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 

20 to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 

21 local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 

22 State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 

23 offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for24 gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 

25 making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed-
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1 eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 

2 or 

3 (B) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

4 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti5 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer6 ated above in subsection (A); or 

7 (C) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 

8 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

9 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil10 ity remains unsatisfied. 

11 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used in contravention of subtitle D of title 

13 VIII of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 

14 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 

15 SEC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to pay an award or bonus under chapter 

17 45 or 53 of title 5, United States Code, to any employee 

18 of the Office of Construction and Facilities Management 

19 of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

20 SEC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to pay the salary of any employee of 

22 the Department of Veterans Affairs who is a member of 

23 an Amputee Clinic Team (as described in VHA Handbook 

24 1173.3, ‘‘Amputee Clinic Teams and Artificial Limbs’’, 

25 dated June 4, 2004) and who is not credentialed in ac-
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1 cordance with VHA Directive 2012–030, ‘‘Credentialing 

2 of Health Care Professionals’’, issued on October 11, 

3 2012. 

4 SEC. 526. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to transfer any funds from the Veterans 

6 Choice Fund established by section 802 of the Veterans 

7 Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public 

8 Law 113–146; 128 Stat. 1802). 

9 SEC. 527. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to— 

11 (1) carry out the memorandum from the Vet12 erans Benefit Administration known as Fast Letter 

13 13–10, issued on May 20, 2013; or 

14 (2) create or maintain any patient record-keep15 ing system other than those currently approved by 

16 the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office 

17 in Washington, D.C. 

18 SEC. 528. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 

19 of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Gen20 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra21 tion’’, there is hereby appropriated, and the amount other22 wise provided by this Act for ‘‘Department of Veterans 

23 Affairs—Departmental Administration—General Admin24 istration’’ is hereby reduced by, $5,000,000. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 

2 and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 

3 Act, 2016’’. 

4 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

5 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 

6 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

7 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

8 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 

9 TITLE I 

10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

12 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip13 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in14 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 

15 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

16 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec17 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con18 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func19 tions of the Commander in Chief, $663,245,000, to remain 

20 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of this 

21 amount, not to exceed $109,245,000 shall be available for 

22 study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 

23 and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 

24 Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga25 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

2 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 this 

10 appropriation, $1,619,699,000, to remain available until 

11 September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of this amount, not 

12 to exceed $91,649,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

13 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

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

15 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 

16 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

17 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

18 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

19 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip20 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in21 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 

22 as currently authorized by law, $1,389,185,000, to remain 

23 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of this 

24 amount, not to exceed $89,164,000 shall be available for 

25 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
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1 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Air Force 

2 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

3 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria4 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

5 the reasons therefor. 

6 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip9 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa10 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen11 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

12 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

13 $2,290,767,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2020: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

15 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

16 transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De17 fense available for military construction or family housing 

18 as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 

19 be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 

20 period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 

21 Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated, not to 

22 exceed $160,404,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

23 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

24 by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad25 ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
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1 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

2 Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

4 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita5 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad6 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu7 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza9 tion Acts, $197,237,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the amount appro11 priated, not to exceed $20,337,000 shall be available for 

12 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv13 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army 

14 National Guard determines that additional obligations are 

15 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina17 tion and the reasons therefor. 

18 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

19 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita20 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad21 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

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

23 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

24 $138,738,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2020: Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to 
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1 exceed $5,104,000 shall be available for study, planning, de2 sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 

3 law, unless the Director of the Air National Guard deter4 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

5 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 

6 both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea7 sons therefor. 

8 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

9 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita10 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad11 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

12 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con13 struction Authorization Acts, $113,595,000, to remain 

14 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the 

15 amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,318,000 shall be 

16 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en17 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

18 the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 

19 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

20 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter21 mination and the reasons therefor. 

22 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

23 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita24 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad25 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma-
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1 rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

2 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

3 $36,078,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020: 

4 Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 

5 $2,208,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

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

7 unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional 

8 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

10 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

12 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita13 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad14 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 

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

16 Construction Authorization Acts, $65,021,000, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, of the 

18 amount appropriated, not to exceed $13,400,000 shall be 

19 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en20 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

21 the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga22 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com23 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

24 determination and the reasons therefor. 
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1 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

2 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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

4 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro5 gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili6 ties and installations (including international military 

7 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de8 fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 

9 section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 

10 Construction Authorization Acts, $120,000,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

13 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con14 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex15 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

16 $99,695,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020. 

17 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

18 For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper19 ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

20 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in21 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $393,511,000. 

22 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

23 CORPS

24 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma25 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
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1 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au2 thorized by law, $16,541,000, to remain available until 

3 September 30, 2020. 

4 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

5 AND MARINE CORPS

6 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma7 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 

8 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter9 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

10 $353,036,000. 

11 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

12 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

13 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

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

15 $160,498,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2020. 

17 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

18 FORCE

19 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

20 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas21 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

22 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

23 $331,232,000. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

2 DEFENSE-WIDE

3 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

4 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili5 tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 

6 and minor construction, as authorized by law, $58,668,000. 

7 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

8 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo9 sure Account 1990, established by section 2906(a) of the De10 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 

11 2687 note), $251,334,000, to remain available until ex12 pended. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

15 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a16 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex17 ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex18 cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 

19 Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 

20 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con21 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi22 cles. 

23 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con24 struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 

25 Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
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1 struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 

2 title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there3 in are certified as important to the national defense by the 

4 Secretary of Defense. 

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

6 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 

7 United States for which specific appropriations have not 

8 been made. 

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

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

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

12 Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer13 ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 

14 of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 

15 the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen16 eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 

17 (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 

18 be in the public interest. 

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

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

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

22 except housing for which funds have been made available 

23 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con24 struction. 
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1 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 

2 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo3 cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 

4 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria5 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

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

7 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con8 struction project or activity for which American steel pro9 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 

10 opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

11 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart12 ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 

13 during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop14 erty taxes in any foreign nation. 

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

16 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

17 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria18 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

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

20 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

21 estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 

22 to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 

23 Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 

24 Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
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1 States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 

2 host nation firms. 

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

4 title for military construction in the United States terri5 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

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

7 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

8 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 

9 this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

10 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 

11 States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon12 sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 

13 Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con14 tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 

15 for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub16 mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 

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

18 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ19 ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 

20 of any proposed military exercise involving United States 

21 personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex22 pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

23 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

24 SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made 

25 available in this title which are limited for obligation dur-
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1 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 

2 2 months of the fiscal year. 

3 SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

4 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

5 for construction authorized for each such military depart6 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur7 rent session of Congress. 

8 SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 

9 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex10 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

11 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 

12 overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 

13 subsequent claims, if any. 

14 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 any funds made available to a military department or de16 fense agency for the construction of military projects may 

17 be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 

18 or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 

19 time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 

20 year for which funds for such project were made available, 

21 if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 

22 funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 

23 do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 

24 plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in25 creased pursuant to law. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 118. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 

3 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

4 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 

5 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

6 of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 

7 by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 

8 Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 

9 from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 

10 Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

11 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

12 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De13 partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im14 provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc15 tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con16 struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

17 for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 

18 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 

19 appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail20 able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 

21 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

22 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

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

24 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 
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1 acquiring and improving military family housing, military 

2 unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 119. In addition to any other transfer authority 

5 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

6 transferred from the accounts established by sections 

7 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 

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

9 fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration 

10 Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 

11 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the Home12 owners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 

13 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be merged 

14 with and be available for the same purposes and for the 

15 same time period as the fund to which transferred. 

16 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 funds made available in this title for operation and mainte18 nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 

19 funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 

20 units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 

21 That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu22 ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 

23 officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 

24 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

25 pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
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1 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall 

3 be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 

4 associated with environmental remediation that could not 

5 be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis6 sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 

7 (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 

9 and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 

10 or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 

11 SEC. 121. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im12 provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 

13 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 

14 shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 

15 in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur16 suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 122. During the 5-year period after appropria19 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

20 for military construction and family housing operation and 

21 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

22 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

23 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

24 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga25 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
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1 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

2 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur3 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 

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

5 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans6 ferred. 

7 SEC. 123. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

8 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

9 title may be transferred among projects and activities with10 in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

11 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

12 construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 

13 Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 

14 of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enactment of 

15 this Act. 

16 SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 

17 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

18 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme19 tery. 

20 SEC. 125. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

21 Construction, Army’’, $34,500,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such funds may 

23 only be obligated to carry out construction projects, in pri24 ority order, identified in the Department of the Army’s Un25 funded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to Con-
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1 gress: Provided further, That such funding is subject to au2 thorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to 

3 carry out construction: Provided further, That, not later 

4 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

5 the Army shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

6 of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 

7 provided under this section. 

8 SEC. 126. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

9 Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $34,320,000, to re10 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 

11 such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 

12 projects, in priority order, identified in the Department of 

13 the Navy’s Unfunded Priority List for fiscal year 2016: 

14 Provided further, That such funding is subject to authoriza15 tion prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry 

16 out construction: Provided further, That, not later than 30 

17 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy 

18 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

19 Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 

20 under this section. 

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

22 Construction, Army National Guard’’, $51,300,000, to re23 main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 

24 such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 

25 projects, in priority order, identified in the Department of 
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1 the Army’s Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 

2 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such funding 

3 is subject to authorization prior to obligation and expendi4 ture of funds to carry out construction: Provided further, 

5 That, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, 

6 the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees 

7 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi8 ture plan for funds provided under this section. 

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

10 Construction, Army Reserve’’, $34,200,000, to remain 

11 available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That such 

12 funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 

13 projects, in priority order, identified in the Department of 

14 the Army’s Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 

15 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such funding 

16 is subject to authorization prior to obligation and expendi17 ture of funds to carry out construction: Provided further, 

18 That, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, 

19 the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi21 ture plan for funds provided under this section. 

22 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 129. Of the unobligated balances available from 

24 prior Appropriations Acts (other than appropriations that 

25 were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
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1 ment or as being for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

2 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to a concurrent resolu3 tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

4 Deficit Control Act of 1985) the following funds are hereby 

5 rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 

6 specified amounts: 

7 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $85,000,000; 

8 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $86,400,000; and 

9 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $133,000,000. 

10 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances made available 

12 in prior appropriations Acts for the fund established in sec13 tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 

14 Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374), $65,000,000 are 

15 hereby rescinded. 

16 SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

18 by this or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relo19 cate any element of a United States Air Force Rapid Engi20 neer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron En21 gineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United States until 

22 the Secretary of the Air Force (1) completes an analysis 

23 and comparison of the cost and infrastructure investment 

24 required to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squad25 ron outside of the United States versus within the United 
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1 States; (2) provides to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of both Houses of Congress (‘‘the Committees’’) a report de3 tailing the findings of the cost analysis; and (3) certifies 

4 in writing to the Committees that the preferred site for the 

5 consolidation or relocation yields the greatest savings for 

6 the Air Force: Provided, That the term ‘‘United States’’ in 

7 this section does not include any territory or possession of 

8 the United States. 

9 TITLE II 

10 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

11 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

12 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be15 half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina16 tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 

17 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 

18 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

19 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 

20 burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 

21 Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad22 justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 

23 due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 

24 the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 

25 Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 
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1 authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 

2 chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 

3 Code, $166,271,436,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, of which $87,146,761,000 shall become available on 

5 October 1, 2016: Provided, That not to exceed $15,562,000 

6 of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2016 and 

7 $16,021,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 

8 2017 under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General 

9 Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 

10 and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for necessary ex11 penses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, 

12 and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source 

13 for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and 

14 Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums 

15 as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, 

16 shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to 

17 augment the funding of individual medical facilities for 

18 nursing 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 chapters 

22 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 

23 title 38, United States Code, $32,088,826,000, to remain 

24 available until expended, of which $16,743,904,000 shall be25 come available on October 1, 2016: Provided, That expenses 
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1 for rehabilitation program services and assistance which the 

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

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

4 under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, 

5 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, $169,080,000, to remain available until expended, of 

12 which $91,920,000 shall become available on October 1, 

13 2016. 

14 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

15 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 

16 as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 

17 by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 

18 United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 

19 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec20 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

21 further, That, during fiscal year 2016, within the resources 

22 available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 

23 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 

24 loans. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

2 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $164,558,000. 

3 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 For the cost of direct loans, $31,000, as authorized by 

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

6 such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

7 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

8 Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 

9 under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga10 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

11 $2,952,381. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct loan program, $367,000, which may 

14 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex15 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

16 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

17 ACCOUNT

18 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

19 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 

20 title 38, United States Code, $1,134,000. 

21 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

22 MEDICAL SERVICES

23 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

24 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

25 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet-
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1 erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 

2 Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 

3 the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 

4 supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv5 ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 

6 hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 

7 as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 

8 Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au9 thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 

10 loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 

11 and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 

12 Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and 

13 hospital care and medical services authorized by section 

14 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $1,134,197,000, which 

15 shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 

16 this heading that become available on October 1, 2015; and, 

17 in addition, $51,673,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

18 become available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain 

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

20 amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this 

21 heading, $1,400,000,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2018: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

23 any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

24 shall establish a priority for the provision of medical treat25 ment for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, 
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1 lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, 

2 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 

3 of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi4 sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment pri5 ority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith6 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet7 erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 

8 drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en9 rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 

10 on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur11 ther, That the implementation of the program described in 

12 the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 

13 Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That, of 

14 the amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this 

15 heading, not less than $900,000,000 shall be available for 

16 highly effective Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) clinical treat17 ments including clinical treatments with modern medica18 tions that have significantly higher cure rates than older 

19 medications, are easier to prescribe, and have fewer and 

20 milder side effects. 

21 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

22 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

23 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

24 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad25 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 
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1 and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 

2 for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 

3 as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 

4 Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $6,524,000,000, plus reimbursements, 

6 shall become available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain 

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

8 amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this 

9 heading, $100,000,000 shall remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2018. 

11 MEDICAL FACILITIES

12 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper13 ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

14 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin15 istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan16 ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 

17 and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil18 ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 

19 for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 

20 charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 

21 or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 

22 under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro23 vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 

24 employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 

25 and for laundry services, $5,074,000,000, plus reimburse-
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1 ments, shall become available on October 1, 2016, and shall 

2 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That, 

3 of the amount made available on October 1, 2016, under 

4 this heading, $250,000,000 shall remain available until 

5 September 30, 2018. 

6 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

7 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

8 medical and prosthetic research and development as author9 ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

10 $621,813,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 

11 until September 30, 2017. 

12 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad14 ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 

15 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 

16 cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 

17 passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 

18 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 

19 improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na20 tional Cemetery Administration, $266,220,000, of which 

21 not to exceed $26,600,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2017. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 

5 Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad6 ministrative expenses in support of Department-Wide cap7 ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 

8 or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re9 ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 

10 motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 

11 Administration for security guard services, $311,591,000, 

12 of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available 

13 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That funds provided 

14 under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper15 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

16 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

17 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet18 erans Appeals, $107,884,000, of which not to exceed 

19 $10,788,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2017. 

21 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene24 fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 

25 hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen-
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1 eral Services Administration for security guard services, 

2 and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 

3 cost of overseas employee mail, $2,697,734,000: Provided, 

4 That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 

5 paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 

6 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af7 fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 

8 (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 

9 and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 

10 to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 

11 charged to this account: Provided further, That, of the funds 

12 made available under this heading, not to exceed 

13 $160,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2017. 

15 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

16 For necessary expenses for information technology sys17 tems and telecommunications support, including develop18 mental information systems and operational information 

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

20 asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ21 ing management and related contractual costs of said ac22 quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper23 ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

24 Code, $4,106,363,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 

25 $1,115,757,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
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1 which not to exceed $34,800,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 

3 $2,512,863,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of 

4 which not to exceed $175,000,000 shall remain available 

5 until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 

6 $477,743,000 shall be for information technology systems 

7 development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 

8 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided fur9 ther, That amounts made available for information tech10 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance11 ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

12 of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of the 

13 Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certifi15 cation of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated 

16 and expended for each development project: Provided fur17 ther, That amounts made available for salaries and ex18 penses, operations and maintenance, and information tech19 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance20 ment may be transferred among the three subaccounts after 

21 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Commit22 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the au23 thority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro24 vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor25 mation Technology Systems’’ account for development, mod-
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1 ernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 

2 projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That 

3 no project may be increased or decreased by more than 

4 $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 

6 make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 

7 response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 

8 That funds under this heading may be used by the Inter9 agency Program Office through the Department of Veterans 

10 Affairs to develop a standard data reference terminology 

11 model: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 

12 for information technology systems development, mod13 ernization, and enhancement for VistA Evolution, not more 

14 than 25 percent may be obligated or expended until the Sec15 retary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Ap16 propriations of both Houses of Congress, and such Commit17 tees approve, a report that describes: (1) the status of and 

18 changes to the VistA Evolution program plan dated March 

19 24, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Plan’’), the VistA 

20 4 product roadmap dated February 26, 2015 (‘‘Roadmap’’), 

21 and the VistA 4 Incremental Life Cycle Cost Estimate, 

22 dated October 26, 2014; (2) any changes to the scope or 

23 functionality of projects within the VistA Evolution pro24 gram as established in the Plan; (3) actual program costs 

25 incurred to date; (4) progress in meeting the schedule mile-
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1 stones that have been established in the Plan; (5) a Project 

2 Management Accountability System (PMAS) Dashboard 

3 Progress report that identifies each VistA Evolution project 

4 being tracked through PMAS, what functionality it is in5 tended to provide, and what evaluation scores it has re6 ceived throughout development; (6) the definition being used 

7 for interoperability between the electronic health record sys8 tems of the Department of Defense and the Department of 

9 Veterans Affairs, the metrics to measure the extent of inter10 operability, the milestones and timeline associated with 

11 achieving interoperability, and the baseline measurements 

12 associated with interoperability; (7) progress toward devel13 oping and implementing all components and levels of inter14 operability, including semantic interoperability; (8) the 

15 change management tools in place to facilitate the imple16 mentation of VistA Evolution and interoperability; and (9) 

17 any changes to the governance structure for the VistA Evo18 lution program and its chain of decisionmaking authority: 

19 Provided further, That the funds made available under this 

20 heading for information technology systems development, 

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

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

23 report accompanying this Act. 
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen3 eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 

4 provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

5 App.), $126,766,000, of which $12,676,000 shall remain 

6 available until September 30, 2017. 

7 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

8 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

10 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

11 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

12 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

13 not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec14 tural and engineering services, construction management 

15 services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as16 sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 

17 project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 

18 drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 

19 where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 

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

21 States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail22 able in a previous major project appropriation, 

23 $1,027,064,000, of which $967,064,000 shall remain avail24 able until September 30, 2020, and of which $60,000,000 

25 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That ex-
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1 cept for advance planning activities, including needs assess2 ments which may or may not lead to capital investments, 

3 and other capital asset management related activities, in4 cluding portfolio development and management activities, 

5 and investment strategy studies funded through the advance 

6 planning fund and the planning and design activities fund7 ed through the design fund, including needs assessments 

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

9 salaries and associated costs of the resident engineers who 

10 oversee those capital investments funded through this ac11 count, and funds provided for the purchase of land for the 

12 National Cemetery Administration through the land acqui13 sition line item, none of the funds made available under 

14 this heading shall be used for any project which has not 

15 been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: 

16 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

17 heading for fiscal year 2016, for each approved project shall 

18 be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction docu19 ments contract by September 30, 2016; and (2) by the 

20 awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2017: 

21 Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

22 shall promptly submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of both Houses of Congress a written report on any ap24 proved major construction project for which obligations are 

25 not incurred within the time limitations established above: 
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1 Provided further, That, of the amount made available on 

2 October 1, 2016, under this heading, $490,700,000 for Vet3 erans Health Administration major construction projects 

4 shall not be available until the Secretary of Veterans Af5 fairs: 

6 (1) Enters into an agreement with the U.S. 

7 Army Corps of Engineers, to serve as the design and 

8 construction agent for Veterans Health Administra9 tion projects with a Total Estimated Cost of 

10 $250,000,000 or above. 

11 (2) That such an agreement will designate the 

12 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the design and con13 struction agent to serve as— 

14 (A) the overall construction project man15 ager, with a dedicated project delivery team in16 cluding engineers, medical facility designers, and 

17 professional project managers; 

18 (B) the facility design manager, with a 

19 dedicated design manager and technical support; 

20 (C) the design agent, with standardized and 

21 rigorous facility designs; 

22 (D) the architect/engineer designer; and 

23 (E) the overall construction agent, with a 

24 dedicated construction and technical team dur-
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1 ing pre-construction, construction, and commis2 sioning phases. 

3 (3) Certifies in writing that such an agreement 

4 is in effect and will prevent subsequent major con5 struction project cost overruns, provides a copy of the 

6 agreement entered into (and any required supple7 mentary information) to the Committees on Appro8 priations of both Houses of Congress, and a period of 

9 60 days has elapsed. 

10 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

11 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

13 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

14 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 

15 may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi16 neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

17 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 

18 the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 

19 storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi20 tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

21 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

22 not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 

23 project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec24 tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 

25 $378,080,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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1 2020, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con2 struction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 

3 made available for any project where the estimated cost is 

4 equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: 

5 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 

6 shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 

7 under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 

8 which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 

9 any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 

10 measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 

11 by such causes. 

12 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

13 FACILITIES

14 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

15 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re16 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 

17 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 

18 to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 

19 title 38, United States Code, $100,000,000, to remain avail20 able until expended. 

21 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

22 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

23 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme24 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
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1 States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex2 pended. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2016 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 days 

14 has elapsed. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 

17 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this Act or any 

18 other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical support 

19 and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may 

20 be transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any 

21 transfers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical 

22 Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of 

23 the total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 

24 other Act may take place subject to notification from the 

25 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro-
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1 priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 

2 purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans3 fers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Support 

4 and Compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceed5 ing the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take 

6 place only after the Secretary requests from the Committees 

7 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

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

9 further, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facili10 ties’’ account may take place only after the Secretary re11 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

12 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

13 an approval is issued. 

14 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal15 aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 

16 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas17 senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 

18 and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec19 tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

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

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

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

24 new hospital or home. 
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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 sections 

6 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 

7 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist8 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 

9 of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 

10 to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be 

11 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 required 

16 to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 

17 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2015. 

18 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

19 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

20 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

21 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

22 except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 

23 they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen24 sions’’. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 during fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

4 shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 

5 section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 

6 Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 

7 United States Code, and the United States Government Life 

8 Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 

9 States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General operating expenses, 

10 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech11 nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 

12 the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 

13 Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 

14 surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro15 gram during fiscal year 2016 that are available for divi16 dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac17 tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 

18 further, That, if the cost of administration of such an insur19 ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu20 mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 

21 only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur22 ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis23 tration for fiscal year 2016 which is properly allocable to 

24 the provision of each such insurance program and to the 
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1 provision of any total disability income insurance included 

2 in that insurance program. 

3 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 

4 proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 

5 that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en6 hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 

7 year in which the proceeds are received. 

8 (INCLUDING 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 Management 

12 of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em13 ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 

14 section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 

15 provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 

16 to exceed $43,700,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage17 ment and $3,400,000 for the Office of Employment Dis18 crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay19 ments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 

20 based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts 

21 received shall be credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ 

22 and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by 

23 the office that provided the service. 
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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 211. Of the amounts made available to the De3 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for the 

4 Office of Rural Health under the heading ‘‘Medical Serv5 ices’’, including any advance appropriation for fiscal year 

6 2016 provided in prior appropriation Acts, up to 

7 $20,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with funds 

8 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Grants for Construction 

9 of State Extended Care Facilities’’. 

10 SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af11 fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 

12 or medical services provided to any person under chapter 

13 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con14 nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 

15 title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 

16 Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 

17 current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 

18 for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 

19 the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 

20 debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 

21 care or services from any person who does not make such 

22 disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 

23 so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 

24 year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 

25 year in which amounts are received. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac4 tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 

5 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

6 Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 

7 site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve8 ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 

9 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 

10 as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 

11 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

12 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 Med22 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

23 title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to ‘‘Medical 

24 Services’’, to remain available until expended for the pur25 poses of that account: Provided, That, for fiscal year 2016, 
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1 up to $27,000,000 deposited in the Department of Veterans 

2 Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund shall be transferred 

3 to ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, to remain available 

4 until expended, for development of the Medical Care Collec5 tions Fund electronic data exchange provider and payer 

6 system. 

7 SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 

8 into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations 

9 which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 

10 the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal 

11 organizations serving rural Alaska which have entered into 

12 contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 

13 Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to pro14 vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 

15 care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 

16 facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula17 tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas18 ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound19 aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 

20 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set21 tlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and those lands 

22 within the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 

23 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

24 Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within 

25 the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fair-
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1 banks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough 

2 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 pursuant 

6 to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 

7 transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con8 struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 

9 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 from 

13 conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 

14 within their respective Networks. 

15 SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub16 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

17 of Congress a quarterly report on the financial status of 

18 the Veterans Health Administration. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 

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

22 Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Bene23 fits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na24 tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 

25 2016 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech-
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1 nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That, before a transfer 

2 may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re3 quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

4 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

5 an approval is issued. 

6 SEC. 221. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart8 ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 

9 is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 

10 Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 

11 the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro12 priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 

13 or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available to the De15 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this 

16 Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac17 count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 per18 cent of the funds made available shall be obligated during 

19 the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That the 

20 Secretary may waive this requirement after providing writ21 ten notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart25 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical 
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1 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical 

2 Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Informa3 tion Technology Systems’’, up to $266,303,000, plus reim4 bursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of 

5 Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

6 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na7 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub8 lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for oper9 ation of the facilities designated as combined Federal med10 ical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 

11 Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

12 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 

13 That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 

14 designated in this section to the Joint Department of De15 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

16 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec17 retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria18 tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That sec19 tion 223 of Title II of Division I of Public Law 113–235 

20 is repealed. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 224. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart23 ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 

24 1, 2016, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 

25 Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to 
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1 $265,675,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to 

2 the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 

3 Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established 

4 by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

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

6 and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 

7 as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec8 tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author9 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 

10 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be trans11 ferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 

12 Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 

13 Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifi14 cation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit15 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 225. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med18 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

19 title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa20 cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 

21 described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

22 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

23 Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 

24 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 

25 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 
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1 established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author2 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

3 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des4 ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 

5 by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au6 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

7 122 Stat. 4500). 

8 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

12 be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incen13 tive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 

14 United States Code, to remain available until expended, for 

15 any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 

16 States Code. 

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

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

19 I of Public Law 113–235, the following amounts which be20 come available on October 1, 2015, are hereby rescinded 

21 from the following accounts in the amounts specified: 

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

23 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

25 Support and Compliance’’, $150,000,000. 
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1 (3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

2 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

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

4 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

5 accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2017: 

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

8 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

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

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

12 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

13 SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Veterans 

14 Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

15 both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in major con16 struction projects that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent 

17 of the programmed amount of the project, whichever is less: 

18 Provided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 

19 of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Provided 

20 further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior 

22 to the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the 

23 anticipated use of such savings. 

24 SEC. 229. The scope of work for a project included in 

25 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may not be increased above 
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1 the scope specified for that project in the original justifica2 tion data provided to the Congress as part of the request 

3 for appropriations. 

4 SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub5 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

6 of Congress a quarterly report that contains the following 

7 information from each Veterans Benefits Administration 

8 Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete a dis9 ability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims pend10 ing more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number 

11 of claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within 

12 the quarter to address poor performance; (6) training pro13 grams undertaken; and (7) the number and results of Qual14 ity Review Team audits: Provided, That each quarterly re15 port shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end 

16 of the respective quarter. 

17 SEC. 231. Of the funds provided to the Department of 

18 Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical Services’’ 

19 and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum of 

20 $5,000,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Services’’ 

21 account and a maximum of $154,596,000 may be obligated 

22 from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ account for 

23 the VistA Evolution and electronic health record interoper24 ability projects: Provided, That funds in addition to these 

25 amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and elec-
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1 tronic health record interoperability projects upon written 

2 notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

4 SEC. 232. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro5 vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria6 tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza7 tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 

8 full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 

9 Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 

10 SEC. 233. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro11 vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria12 tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 

13 national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 

14 which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 

15 SEC. 234. Not more than $4,400,000 of the funds pro16 vided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Vet17 erans Affairs—Departmental Administration—General 

18 Administration’’ may be used for the Office of Congres19 sional and Legislative Affairs. 

20 SEC. 235. None of the funds available to the Depart21 ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 

22 be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 

23 Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 

24 monitoring supplies and equipment. 
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1 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 236. Of the discretionary funds made available 

3 in title II of division I of Public Law 113–235 for the De4 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, 

5 $198,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Medical Services’’, 

6 $42,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Medical Support and 

7 Compliance’’, and $15,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Medical 

8 Facilities’’. 

9 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 237. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate 

11 amount of $55,000,000 from the total budget authority pro12 vided for fiscal year 2016 for discretionary accounts of the 

13 Department of Veterans Affairs in— 

14 (1) this Act; or 

15 (2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 

16 2016 in prior appropriation Acts. 

17 (b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report speci19 fying the account and amount of each rescission not later 

20 than 30 days following enactment of this Act. 

21 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 238. Of the unobligated balances available within 

23 the ‘‘DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 

24 $50,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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1 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 239. Of the discretionary funds made available 

3 in title II of division I of Public Law 113–235 for the De4 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, 

5 $1,052,000 are rescinded from ‘‘General Administration’’, 

6 and $5,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Construction, Minor 

7 Projects’’. 

8 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 240. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate 

10 amount of $90,293,000 from prior year unobligated bal11 ances available within discretionary accounts of the De12 partment of Veterans Affairs; 

13 (b) No funds may be rescinded from amounts provided 

14 under the following headings: 

15 (1) ‘‘Medical Services’’; 

16 (2) ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Research’’; 

17 (3) ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’; 

18 (4) ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’; 

19 (5) ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Ben20 efits Administration’’; 

21 (6) ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; 

22 (7) ‘‘Grants for Construction of State Extended 

23 Care Facilities’’; and 

24 (8) ‘‘Grants for Construction of Veterans Ceme25 teries’’. 
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1 (c) No amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

2 were designated by the Congress as an emergency require3 ment pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 

4 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

5 of 1985, as amended. 

6 (d) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report speci8 fying the account and amount of each rescission not later 

9 than 30 days following enactment of this Act. 

10 SEC. 241. Section 2302(a)(2)(A)(viii) of title 5, United 

11 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or under title 38’’ 

12 after ‘‘of this title’’. 

13 SEC. 242. The Department of Veterans Affairs is au14 thorized to administer financial assistance grants and enter 

15 into cooperative agreements with organizations, utilizing a 

16 competitive selection process, to train and employ homeless 

17 and at-risk veterans in natural resource conservation man18 agement. 

19 SEC. 243. Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, 

20 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub21 section: 

22 ‘‘(c)(1) Whenever the Inspector General, in carrying 

23 out the duties and responsibilities established under the In24 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), issues a work 
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1 product that makes a recommendation or otherwise suggests 

2 corrective action, the Inspector General shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) submit the work product to— 

4 ‘‘(i) the Secretary; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af6 fairs, the Committee on Homeland Security 

7 and Governmental Affairs, and the Com8 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

9 ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af10 fairs, the Committee on Oversight and Gov11 ernment Reform, and the Committee on Ap12 propriations of the House of Representa13 tives; 

14 ‘‘(iv) if the work product was initiated 

15 upon request by an individual or entity 

16 other than the Inspector General, that indi17 vidual or entity; and 

18 ‘‘(v) any Member of Congress upon re19 quest; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the Inspector General shall submit all 

21 final work products to— 

22 ‘‘(i) if the work product was initiated 

23 upon request by an individual or entity 

24 other than the Inspector General, that indi25 vidual or entity; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) any Member of Congress upon re2 quest; and 

3 ‘‘(C) not later than 3 days after the work 

4 product is submitted in final form to the Sec5 retary, post the work product on the Internet 

6 website of the Inspector General. 

7 ‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 

8 to authorize the public disclosure of information that 

9 is specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other 

10 provision of law.’’. 

11 SEC. 244. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

12 be used to pay the salary of any individual who (a) was 

13 the Executive Director of the Office of Acquisition, Logistics 

14 and Construction, and (b) who retired from Federal service 

15 in the midst of an investigation, initiated by the Depart16 ment of Veterans Affairs, into delays and cost overruns as17 sociated with the design and construction of the new med18 ical center in Aurora, Colorado. 

19 SEC. 245. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for 

21 the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account for fiscal year 2016 in this 

22 Act of any other Act, not less than $10,000,000 shall be used 

23 to hire additional caregiver support coordinators to support 

24 the programs of assistance and support for caregivers of vet25 erans under section 1720G of title 38, United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 246. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in 

3 this Act may be used in a manner that would— 

4 (1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to par5 ticipate in a State-approved medicinal marijuana 

6 program; 

7 (2) deny any services from the Department to a 

8 veteran who is participating in such a program; or 

9 (3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health 

10 care provider of the Department to make appropriate 

11 recommendations, fill out forms, or take steps to com12 ply with such a program. 

13 TITLE III 

14 RELATED AGENCIES 

15 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

18 the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 

19 acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 

20 purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 

21 cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 

22 its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 

23 space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace24 ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 

25 to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 
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1 expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 

2 countries, when required by law of such countries, 

3 $75,100,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

6 the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 

7 may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 

8 purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 

9 States Code. 

10 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

11 CLAIMS

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 

14 States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 

15 by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 

16 Code, $32,141,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be 

17 available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 

18 as described, and in accordance with the process and report19 ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 

20 102–229. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

22 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

25 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
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1 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

2 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace3 ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 

4 for official reception and representation expenses, 

5 $70,800,000, of which not to exceed $28,000,000 shall re6 main available until September 30, 2018. In addition, such 

7 sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 

8 and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart9 ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac10 count. 

11 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

12 TRUST FUND

13 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire14 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re15 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

16 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 

17 be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire18 ment Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 

19 shall remain available until expended for construction and 

20 renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re21 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

22 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

25 heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex-
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1 penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir2 ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 

3 at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 

4 available for ground burials. 

5 SEC. 302. Amounts deposited during the current fiscal 

6 year to the special account established under 10 U.S.C. 

7 4727 are appropriated and shall be available until ex8 pended to support activities at the Army National Military 

9 Cemeteries. 

10 TITLE IV 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

13 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

14 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

16 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when 

17 it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 

18 the funds are made available that the program, project, or 

19 activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 

20 to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 

21 or unfunded mandates. 

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

23 year 2016 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 

24 shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 
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1 SEC. 404. No part of any funds appropriated in this 

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

3 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela4 tionships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 

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

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

7 designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 

8 Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 

9 SEC. 405. All departments and agencies funded under 

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

11 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

12 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 

13 of their business practices and public service activities. 

14 SEC. 406. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti15 fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub16 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

17 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

18 of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 

19 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 

20 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

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

22 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in23 strumentality of the United States Government except pur24 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

25 in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
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1 SEC. 408. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail2 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

3 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re4 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 

5 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 

6 it shall serve the national interest. 

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

8 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

9 national security; or 

10 (2) the report contains confidential or propri11 etary information. 

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

13 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

14 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

15 than 45 days. 

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

17 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net18 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

19 and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

22 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi23 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

24 SEC. 410. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro25 priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
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1 Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 

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

3 possessions to house any individual detained at United 

4 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur5 poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 

6 the control of the Department of Defense. 

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

8 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

9 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

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

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

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

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

14 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

15 (2) is— 

16 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

17 control of the Department of Defense; or 

18 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

19 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

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

21 Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

22 2016’’. 
Calendar No. 98 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2029 

[Report No. 114–57] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for military construction, 

2016, and for other purposes. agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 

MAY 4, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

M

Appropriations 

AY 21, 2015 

Reported with an amendment