In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

May 26, 2016. 

Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 

Senate to the bill (H.R. 2577) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 

Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.’’, with the following 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 

amendment of the Senate, insert the following: 

1 DIVISION A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

2 AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RE3 LATED AGENCIES 

4 The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 

5 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for military con6 struction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 

7 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and 

8 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 in-
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1 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 

2 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

3 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec4 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con5 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func6 tions of the Commander in Chief, $503,459,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of this 

8 amount, not to exceed $98,159,000 shall be available for 

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

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

11 Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga12 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

14 determination and the reasons therefor. 

15 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

16 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip17 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in18 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

19 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

20 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

21 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 

22 appropriation, $1,021,580,000, to remain available until 

23 September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of this amount, not 

24 to exceed $88,230,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

25 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
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1 by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 

2 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 

3 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

4 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

6 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip7 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in8 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 

9 as currently authorized by law, $1,398,758,000, to remain 

10 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of this 

11 amount, not to exceed $143,582,000 shall be available for 

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

14 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

15 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro16 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 

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

18 funds made available under this heading shall be for con19 struction of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex Con20 solidation, Phase 3, at Royal Air Force Croughton, United 

21 Kingdom, unless authorized in an Act authorizing appro22 priations for fiscal year 2017 for military construction. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

7 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

8 $2,024,643,000 (reduced by $801,000) (increased by 

9 $801,000), to remain available until September 30, 2021: 

10 Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation as may 

11 be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be trans12 ferred to such appropriations of the Department of Defense 

13 available for military construction or family housing as the 

14 Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to be avail15 able for the same purposes, and for the same time period, 

16 as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided 

17 further, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 

18 $201,422,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

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

20 unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional 

21 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

23 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

2 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita3 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad4 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu5 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 

6 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza7 tion Acts, $232,930,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amount appro9 priated, not to exceed $8,729,000 shall be available for 

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

12 National Guard determines that additional obligations are 

13 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

14 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina15 tion and the reasons therefor. 

16 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

17 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita18 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad19 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 

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

21 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

22 $143,957,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2021: Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to 

24 exceed $10,462,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

25 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
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1 by law, unless the Director of the Air National Guard deter2 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

3 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 

4 both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea5 sons therefor. 

6 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

7 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita8 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad9 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 

10 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con11 struction Authorization Acts, $68,230,000, to remain avail12 able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the 

13 amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be 

14 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en15 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

16 the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 

17 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

18 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter19 mination and the reasons therefor. 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

21 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita22 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad23 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma24 rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

25 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
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1 $38,597,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 

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

3 $3,783,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

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

5 unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional 

6 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

7 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

8 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

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

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

14 Construction Authorization Acts, $188,950,000, to remain 

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

16 amount appropriated, not to exceed $4,500,000 shall be 

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

19 the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga20 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

22 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, $177,932,000, 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 $200,735,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2021. 

18 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

19 For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper20 ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

21 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in22 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $325,995,000. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

2 CORPS

3 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma4 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace5 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au6 thorized by law, $94,011,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2021. 

8 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

9 AND MARINE CORPS

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

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

14 $300,915,000. 

15 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

16 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

17 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 

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

19 $61,352,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 

20 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

21 FORCE

22 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

23 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas24 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
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1 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

2 $274,429,000. 

3 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

4 DEFENSE-WIDE

5 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

6 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili7 tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 

8 and minor construction, as authorized by law, $59,157,000. 

9 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

10 IMPROVEMENT FUND

11 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im12 provement Fund, $3,258,000, to remain available until ex13 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 

14 to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 

15 alternative means of acquiring and improving military 

16 family housing and supporting facilities. 

17 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

18 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo19 sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense 

20 Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 

21 note), $230,237,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

24 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a25 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex-
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1 ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex2 cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 

3 Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 

4 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con5 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi6 cles. 

7 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con8 struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 

9 Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con10 struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 

11 title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there12 in are certified as important to the national defense by the 

13 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 the 

16 United States for which specific appropriations have not 

17 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 the 

21 Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer22 ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 

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

24 the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen25 eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 
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1 (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 

2 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 relo11 cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 

12 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria13 tions 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 the 

18 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 housing 

21 during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop22 erty 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 Appropria2 tions 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 projects 

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

7 Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 

8 Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded to United 

9 States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 

10 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, That 

17 this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

18 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 

19 States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon20 sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 

21 Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con22 tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 

23 for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub24 mitted 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, includ3 ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 

4 of any proposed military exercise involving United States 

5 personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex6 pended 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 cur12 rent 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, inspection, 

17 overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 

18 subsequent claims, if any. 

19 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

20 any funds made available to a military department or de21 fense agency for the construction of military projects may 

22 be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 

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

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

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

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

3 do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 

4 plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in5 creased pursuant to law. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 

8 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

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

10 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

11 of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 

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

13 Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 

14 from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 

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

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

17 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De18 partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im19 provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc20 tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con21 struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 

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

23 amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 

24 appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail25 able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 
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1 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 

2 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 

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

4 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of 

5 acquiring and improving military family housing, military 

6 unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

9 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

10 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

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

12 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 

13 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with 

14 the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 

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

16 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

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

18 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 funds made available in this title for operation and mainte20 nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 

21 funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 

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

23 That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu24 ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 

25 officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
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1 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

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

3 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

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

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

6 associated with environmental remediation that could not 

7 be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis8 sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 

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

10 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 

11 and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 

12 or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 

13 SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im14 provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 

15 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 

16 shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 

17 in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur18 suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria21 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

22 for military construction and family housing operation and 

23 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

24 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

25 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
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1 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga2 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap3 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 that— 

13 (1) performs a testing mission or function that 

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

15 is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 

16 Code; and 

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

18 the total number of civilian employees of the Depart19 ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel em20 ployed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of mem21 bers of the regular and reserve components of the 

22 Army assigned to the installation. 

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

24 Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional defense 

25 committees that in proposing the relocation of the unit of 
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1 the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regulation 

2 5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and responsibilities 

3 for Army stationing actions. 

4 SEC. 123. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

5 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

6 title may be transferred among projects and activities with7 in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

8 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

9 construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 

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

11 of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment of this 

12 Act. 

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

14 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

15 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme16 tery. 

17 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 125. Of the unobligated balances available for 

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

20 Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as being 

21 for contingency operations directly related to the global war 

22 on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), $25,000,000 

23 are hereby rescinded. 
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1 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available for 

3 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, from 

4 prior appropriation Acts (other than appropriations des5 ignated by law as being for contingency operations directly 

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

7 requirement), $51,848,000 are hereby rescinded. 

8 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances available for 

10 ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appro11 priation Acts (other than appropriations designated by law 

12 as being for contingency operations directly related to the 

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

14 $37,377,000 are hereby rescinded. 

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

16 Construction, Army’’, $40,500,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such funds may 

18 only be obligated to carry out construction projects, in pri19 ority order, identified in the Department of the Army’s Un20 funded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2017 submitted by the 

21 Secretary of Defense to Congress: Provided further, That 

22 such funding is subject to authorization prior to obligation 

23 and expenditure of funds: Provided further, That, not later 

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

25 the Army shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
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1 of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 

2 provided under this section. 

3 SEC. 129. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

4 Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $293,600,000, to 

5 remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

6 such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 

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

8 the Navy’s Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2017 

9 submitted by the Secretary of Defense to Congress: Provided 

10 further, That such funding is subject to authorization prior 

11 to obligation and expenditure of funds: Provided further, 

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

13 the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi15 ture plan for funds provided under this section. 

16 SEC. 130. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

17 Construction, Army National Guard’’, $67,500,000, to re18 main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

19 such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 

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

21 the Army’s Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2017 

22 submitted by the Secretary of Defense to Congress: Provided 

23 further, That such funding is subject to authorization prior 

24 to obligation and expenditure of funds: Provided further, 

25 That, not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, 
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1 the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi3 ture plan for funds provided under this section. 

4 SEC. 131. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

5 Construction, Army Reserve’’, $86,500,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such 

7 funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 

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

9 the Army’s Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2017 

10 submitted by the Secretary of Defense to Congress: Provided 

11 further, That such funding is subject to authorization prior 

12 to obligation and expenditure of funds: Provided further, 

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

14 the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi16 ture plan for funds provided under this section. 

17 SEC. 132. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 

18 Construction, Air Force’’, $26,000,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such funds may 

20 only be obligated to carry out construction projects, in pri21 ority order, identified in the Department of the Air Force’s 

22 Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2017 submitted by 

23 the Secretary of Defense to Congress: Provided further, That 

24 such funding is subject to authorization prior to obligation 

25 and expenditure of funds: Provided further, That not later 
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1 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

2 the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Appropria3 tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for 

4 funds provided under this section. 

5 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 133. Of the unobligated balances made available 

7 in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec8 tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 

9 Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other than ap10 propriations designated by law as being for contingency op11 erations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 

12 as an emergency requirement), $25,000,000 are hereby re13 scinded. 

14 SEC. 134. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con15 gressional defense committees’’ means the Committees on 

16 Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 

17 Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 

18 Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction 

20 and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations 

21 of the House of Representatives. 

22 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 135. Of the unobligated balances available for 

24 ‘‘NATO Security Investment Program’’, from prior appro25 priations Acts (other than appropriations designated by 
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1 law as being for contingency operations directly related to 

2 the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require3 ment), $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

4 SEC. 136. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

6 of the United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, 

7 Cuba. 

8 TITLE II 

9 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

10 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

11 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be14 half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina15 tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 

16 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 

17 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

18 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 

19 burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 

20 Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad21 justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 

22 due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 

23 the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 

24 Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 

25 authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
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1 chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 

2 Code, $90,119,449,000, to remain available until expended 

3 and to become available on October 1, 2017: Provided, That 

4 not to exceed $17,224,000 of the amount made available for 

5 fiscal year 2018 under this heading shall be reimbursed to 

6 ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis7 tration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec8 essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 

9 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding 

10 source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensa11 tion and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That 

12 such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying pa13 tient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections 

14 Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facili15 ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as author16 ized. 

17 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

18 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

19 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 

20 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 

21 title 38, United States Code, $13,708,648,000, to remain 

22 available until expended and to become available on October 

23 1, 2017: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program 

24 services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized 

25 to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, 
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1 United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), 

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

3 account. 

4 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

5 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

6 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet7 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

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

9 Code, $124,504,000, to remain available until expended, of 

10 which $107,899,000 shall become available on October 1, 

11 2017. 

12 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

13 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 

14 as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 

15 by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 

16 United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 

17 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec18 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

19 further, That, during fiscal year 2017, within the resources 

20 available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 

21 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 

22 loans. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

24 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $167,612,000. 
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1 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 For the cost of direct loans, $36,000, as authorized by 

3 chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 

4 such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

5 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

6 Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 

7 under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga8 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

9 $2,517,000. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

11 carry out the direct loan program, $389,000, which may 

12 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex13 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

14 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

15 ACCOUNT

16 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

17 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 

18 title 38, United States Code, $1,163,000. 

19 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

20 MEDICAL SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

22 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

23 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet24 erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 

25 Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
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1 the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 

2 supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv3 ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 

4 hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 

5 as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 

6 Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au7 thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 

8 loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 

9 and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 

10 Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and 

11 hospital care and medical services authorized by section 

12 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $850,000,000 (in13 creased by $4,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased 

14 by $10,000,000), which shall be in addition to funds pre15 viously appropriated under this heading that became avail16 able on October 1, 2016; and, in addition, $44,886,554,000, 

17 plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 

18 2017, and shall remain available until September 30, 2018: 

19 Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 

20 1, 2017, under this heading, $1,400,000,000 shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That, 

22 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 

23 of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provi24 sion of medical treatment for veterans who have service-con25 nected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: Pro-
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1 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

2 of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority 

3 funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to vet4 erans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided 

5 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dis7 pensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Admin8 istration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately writ9 ten prescriptions based on requirements established by the 

10 Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation of the 

11 program described in the previous proviso shall incur no 

12 additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

13 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE

14 For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 

15 individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 

16 States Code, at non-Department facilities, $7,246,181,000, 

17 plus reimbursements, to be derived from amounts appro18 priated in title II of division J of Public Law 114–113 

19 under the headings ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support 

20 and Compliance’’, or ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ which became 

21 available on October 1, 2016; and, in addition, 

22 $9,409,118,000 shall become available on October 1, 2017, 

23 and shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro24 vided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 
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1 2017, under this heading, $1,500,000,000 shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2019. 

3 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

4 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

5 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 

6 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad7 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 

8 and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 

9 for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 

10 as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 

11 Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $6,654,480,000, plus reimbursements, 

13 shall become available on October 1, 2017, and shall remain 

14 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That, of the 

15 amount made available on October 1, 2017, under this 

16 heading, $100,000,000 shall remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2019. 

18 MEDICAL FACILITIES

19 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper20 ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

21 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin22 istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan23 ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 

24 and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil25 ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
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1 for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 

2 charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 

3 or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 

4 under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro5 vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 

6 employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 

7 and for laundry services, $5,434,880,000, plus reimburse8 ments, shall become available on October 1, 2017, and shall 

9 remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That, 

10 of the amount made available on October 1, 2017, under 

11 this heading, $250,000,000 shall remain available until 

12 September 30, 2019. 

13 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

14 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

15 medical and prosthetic research and development as author16 ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

17 $663,366,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 

18 until September 30, 2018. 

19 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

20 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad21 ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 

22 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 

23 cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 

24 passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 

25 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
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1 improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na2 tional Cemetery Administration, $271,220,000, of which 

3 not to exceed $26,600,000 shall remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2018. 

5 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

6 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 

9 Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad10 ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap11 ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 

12 or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re13 ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 

14 motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 

15 Administration for security guard services, $336,659,000 

16 (reduced by $5,500,000) (reduced by $1,500,000) (increased 

17 by $1,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

18 $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), of which not to ex19 ceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 

20 30, 2018: Provided, That funds provided under this heading 

21 may be transferred to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Vet22 erans Benefits Administration’’. 

23 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

24 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet25 erans Appeals, $156,096,000, of which not to exceed 
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1 $15,610,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2018. 

3 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene6 fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen8 eral Services Administration for security guard services, 

9 and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 

10 cost of overseas employee mail, $2,826,160,000 (reduced by 

11 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000): Provided, That ex12 penses for services and assistance authorized under para13 graphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, 

14 United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

15 determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to 

16 the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to 

17 obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve 

18 maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged 

19 to this account: Provided further, That, of the funds made 

20 available under this heading, not to exceed $141,000,000 

21 shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 

22 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for information technology sys25 tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
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1 mental information systems and operational information 

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

3 asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ4 ing management and related contractual costs of said ac5 quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper6 ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

7 Code, $4,220,869,000 (increased by $5,000,000), plus reim8 bursements: Provided, That $1,247,548,000 shall be for pay 

9 and associated costs, of which not to exceed $36,300,000 

10 shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided 

11 further, That $2,502,052,000 shall be for operations and 

12 maintenance, of which not to exceed $177,900,000 shall re13 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided further, 

14 That $471,269,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall be for 

15 information technology systems development, moderniza16 tion, and enhancement, and shall remain available until 

17 September 30, 2018: Provided further, That amounts made 

18 available for information technology systems development, 

19 modernization, and enhancement may not be obligated or 

20 expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Chief 

21 Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

22 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

23 Houses of Congress a certification of the amounts, in parts 

24 or in full, to be obligated and expended for each development 

25 project: Provided further, That amounts made available for 
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1 salaries and expenses, operations and maintenance, and in2 formation technology systems development, modernization, 

3 and enhancement may be transferred among the three sub4 accounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 

5 from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

6 Congress the authority to make the transfer and an ap7 proval is issued: Provided further, That amounts made 

8 available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac9 count for development, modernization, and enhancement 

10 may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 

11 projects: Provided further, That no project may be increased 

12 or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to sub13 mitting a request to the Committees on Appropriations of 

14 both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and an ap15 proval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 

16 has elapsed: Provided further, That funds under this head17 ing may be used by the Interagency Program Office through 

18 the Department of Veterans Affairs to define data stand19 ards, code sets, and value sets used to enable interoper20 ability: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail21 able under this heading for operations and maintenance 

22 and information technology systems development, mod23 ernization, and enhancement, not more than a total amount 

24 of $168,113,000 shall be available for VistA Evolution or 

25 any successor: Provided further, That none of the funds 
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1 made available by the preceding proviso may be obligated 

2 or expended for such program or any successor until the 

3 Secretary of Veterans Affairs: (1) certifies to the Committees 

4 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress that the De5 partment of Veterans Affairs has deployed modernized elec6 tronic health record software supporting clinicians of the 

7 Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of De8 fense no later than December 31, 2016, while ensuring con9 tinued support and compatibility with the interoperability 

10 platform and full standards-based interoperability, as stip11 ulated by the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal 

12 Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66); (2) submits to the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 

14 VistA Evolution Business Case and supporting documents 

15 regarding continuation of VistA Evolution or alternatives 

16 to VistA Evolution, including an analysis of necessary or 

17 desired capabilities, technical and security requirements, 

18 the plan for modernizing the platform framework, and all 

19 associated costs; and (3) submits to the Committees on Ap20 propriations of both Houses of Congress, and such Commit21 tees approve, the following: a report that describes a stra22 tegic plan for VistA Evolution, or any successor, and the 

23 associated implementation plan including metrics and 

24 timelines; a master schedule and lifecycle cost estimate for 

25 VistA Evolution or any successor; and an implementation 
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1 plan for the transition from the Project Management Ac2 countability System (PMAS) to the new project delivery 

3 framework (the Veteran-focused Integration Process (VIP)) 

4 that includes the methodology by which projects will be 

5 tracked, progress measured, and deliverables evaluated: Pro6 vided further, That the funds made available under this 

7 heading for information technology systems development, 

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

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

10 report accompanying this Act. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen13 eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 

14 provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

15 App.), $160,106,000, of which not to exceed $14,800,000 

16 shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 

17 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

18 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

20 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

21 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

22 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 

23 not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec24 tural and engineering services, construction management 

25 services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
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1 sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 

2 project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 

3 drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 

4 where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 

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

6 States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail7 able in a previous major project appropriation, 

8 $528,110,000, of which $494,310,000 shall remain available 

9 until September 30, 2021, and of which $33,800,000 shall 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That except for 

11 advance planning activities, including needs assessments 

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

13 other capital asset management related activities, including 

14 portfolio development and management activities, and in15 vestment strategy studies funded through the advance plan16 ning fund and the planning and design activities funded 

17 through the design fund, including needs assessments which 

18 may or may not lead to capital investments, and salaries 

19 and associated costs of the resident engineers who oversee 

20 those capital investments funded through this account and 

21 contracting officers who manage specific major construction 

22 projects, and funds provided for the purchase of land, secu23 rity, and maintenance for the National Cemetery Adminis24 tration through the land acquisition line item, none of the 

25 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
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1 any project which has not been approved by the Congress 

2 in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds 

3 made available under this heading for fiscal year 2017, for 

4 each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the award5 ing of a construction documents contract by September 30, 

6 2017; and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract 

7 by September 30, 2018: Provided further, That the Sec8 retary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

10 a written report on any approved major construction 

11 project for which obligations are not incurred within the 

12 time limitations established above: Provided further, That, 

13 of the amount made available under this heading, 

14 $222,620,000 for Veterans Health Administration major 

15 construction projects shall not be available until the Depart16 ment of Veterans Affairs— 

17 (1) enters into an agreement with an appro18 priate non-Department of Veterans Affairs Federal 

19 entity to serve as the design and/or construction agent 

20 for any Veterans Health Administration major con21 struction project with a Total Estimated Cost of 

22 $100,000,000 or above by providing full project man23 agement services, including management of the project 

24 design, acquisition, construction, and contract 
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1 changes, consistent with section 502 of Public Law 

2 114–58; and 

3 (2) certifies in writing that such an agreement 

4 is executed and intended to minimize or prevent sub5 sequent major construction project cost overruns and 

6 provides a copy of the agreement entered into and 

7 any required supplementary information to the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

9 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

10 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

12 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

13 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 

14 may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi15 neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

16 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 

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

18 storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi19 tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

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

21 not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 

22 project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec23 tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 

24 $372,069,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2021, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con-
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1 struction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 

2 made available for any project where the estimated cost is 

3 equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: 

4 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 

5 shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 

6 under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 

7 which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 

8 any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 

9 measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 

10 by such causes. 

11 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

12 FACILITIES

13 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

14 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re15 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 

16 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 

17 to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 

18 title 38, United States Code, $80,000,000, to remain avail19 able until expended. 

20 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

21 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

22 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme23 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

24 States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex25 pended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2017 for 

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

5 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans6 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro7 priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, 

8 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

10 the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 

11 issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 

12 has elapsed. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 

15 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017, in this or any other 

16 Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 

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

18 Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the ac19 counts: Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical 

20 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Sup21 port and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the 

22 total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 

23 other Act may take place subject to notification from the 

24 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro25 priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 
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1 purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans2 fers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 

3 Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts 

4 in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent 

5 for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 

6 requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

8 an approval is issued: Provided further, That any transfers 

9 to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place 

10 only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 

12 make the transfer and an approval is issued. 

13 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal14 aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 

15 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas16 senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 

17 and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec18 tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

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

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

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

23 new hospital or home. 

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

25 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
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1 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex2 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet3 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 

4 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 

5 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist6 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 

7 of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 

8 to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be 

9 fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

10 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

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

12 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail13 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 

14 to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 

15 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2016. 

16 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

17 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

18 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

19 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

20 except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 

21 they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen22 sions’’. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 during fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
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1 shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 

2 section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 

3 Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 

4 United States Code, and the United States Government Life 

5 Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 

6 States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

7 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech8 nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 

9 the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 

10 Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 

11 surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro12 gram during fiscal year 2017 that are available for divi13 dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac14 tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 

15 further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur16 ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu17 mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 

18 only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur19 ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis20 tration for fiscal year 2017 which is properly allocable to 

21 the provision of each such insurance program and to the 

22 provision of any total disability income insurance included 

23 in that insurance program. 

24 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 

25 proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
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1 that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en2 hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 

3 year in which the proceeds are received. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

6 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

7 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management 

8 of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em9 ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 

10 section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 

11 provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 

12 to exceed $47,668,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage13 ment and $3,532,000 for the Office of Employment Dis14 crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay15 ments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 

16 based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts 

17 received shall be credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ 

18 and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by 

19 the office that provided the service. 

20 SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af21 fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 

22 or medical services provided to any person under chapter 

23 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con24 nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 

25 title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 
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1 Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 

2 current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 

3 for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 

4 the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 

5 debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 

6 care or services from any person who does not make such 

7 disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 

8 so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 

9 year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 

10 year in which amounts are received. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac14 tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 

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

16 Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 

17 site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve18 ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 

19 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 

20 as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 

21 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 

22 Projects’’. 

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

24 Services’’ are available— 
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1 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup2 plies, and equipment; and 

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

4 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

5 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med8 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

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

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

12 of these accounts. 

13 SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 

14 into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations 

15 which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 

16 the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal 

17 organizations serving rural Alaska which have entered into 

18 contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 

19 Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to pro20 vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 

21 care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 

22 facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula23 tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas24 ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound25 aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 
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1 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set2 tlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and those lands 

3 within the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 

4 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

5 Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within 

6 the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fair7 banks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough 

8 or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the De11 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 

12 to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 

13 transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con14 struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 

15 until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 

16 SEC. 217. None of the funds made available in this 

17 title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

18 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from 

19 conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 

20 within their respective Networks. 

21 SEC. 218. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 

22 fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con24 gress a report on the financial status of the Department 

25 of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: Provided, 
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1 That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction 

2 contained in the explanatory statement described in section 

3 4 in the matter preceding division A of the Consolidated 

4 Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114–113 in title II 

5 of Division J of the consolidated Act in the paragraph enti6 tled ‘‘Quarterly Report’’, under the heading ‘‘General Ad7 ministration’’. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 219. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 

10 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 

11 and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Oper12 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Gen13 eral Administration’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Adminis14 tration’’ accounts for fiscal year 2017 may be transferred 

15 to or from the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: 

16 Provided, That such transfers may not result in a more 

17 than 10 percent aggregate increase in the total amount 

18 made available by this Act for the ‘‘Information Technology 

19 Systems’’ account: Provided further, That, before a transfer 

20 may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re21 quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

23 an approval is issued. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart3 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017 for ‘‘Medical 

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

5 Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Informa6 tion Technology Systems’’, up to $274,731,000, plus reim7 bursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of 

8 Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

9 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na10 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub11 lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for oper12 ation of the facilities designated as combined Federal med13 ical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 

14 Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 

16 That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 

17 designated in this section to the Joint Department of De18 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

19 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec20 retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria21 tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That sec22 tion 223 of title II of Division J of Public Law 114–113 

23 is repealed. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 221. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart3 ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 

4 1, 2017, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 

5 Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 

6 Facilities’’, up to $280,802,000, plus reimbursements, may 

7 be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart8 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

9 Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 

10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 

11 84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the 

12 facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 

13 as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

14 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

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

16 funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 

17 section to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of 

18 Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 

19 upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af20 fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

21 of Congress. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 222. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med24 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

25 title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa-
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1 cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 

2 described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

3 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

4 Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 

5 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 

6 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 

7 established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author8 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

9 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des10 ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 

11 by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au12 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

13 122 Stat. 4500). 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 223. Of the amounts available in this title for 

16 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 

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

18 minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD– 

19 VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by 

20 section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to remain 

21 available until expended, for any purpose authorized by sec22 tion 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 

23 SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no24 tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

25 Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 
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1 that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro2 grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, 

3 That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con4 tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur5 ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap6 propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 

7 the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an8 ticipated use of such savings. 

9 SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con10 struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex11 cess of the scope specified for that project in the original 

12 justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 

13 request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans 

14 Affairs receives approval from the Committees on Appro15 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

16 SEC. 226. Of the funds provided to the Department of 

17 Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017 for ‘‘Medical Support 

18 and Compliance’’, a maximum of $40,000,000 may be obli19 gated from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ account 

20 for the VistA Evolution and electronic health record inter21 operability projects: Provided, That funds in addition to 

22 these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and 

23 electronic health record interoperability projects upon writ24 ten notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 

25 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro2 vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria3 tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza4 tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 

5 full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 

6 Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 

7 SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro8 vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria9 tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 

10 national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 

11 which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de14 termination that such action is necessary to address needs 

15 of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 

16 ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria17 tions made available for fiscal year 2017 in this title (except 

18 appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

19 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre20 tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet21 erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 

22 2017, that were provided in advance by appropriations 

23 Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 

24 approval of the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 

25 further, That the transfer authority provided in this section 
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1 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

2 law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 

3 from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emer4 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

5 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

6 Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 

7 to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 

8 based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 

9 which originally appropriated and in no case where the 

10 item for which funds are requested has been denied by Con11 gress: Provided further, That, upon determination that all 

12 or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are 

13 not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that 

14 appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 

15 as originally appropriated: Provided further, That before 

16 a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

17 shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

19 and receive approval of that request. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Department 

22 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017, under the ‘‘Board 

23 of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 

24 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans25 ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans-
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1 fer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

2 request from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

3 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

4 receive approval from such Committees for such request. 

5 SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 

6 reprogram funds among major construction projects or pro7 grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 

8 $5,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

10 (RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 232. Of the unobligated balances available within 

12 the ‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 

13 $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

14 (RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 233. Of the discretionary funds made available 

16 in Public Law 114–113 for the Department of Veterans Af17 fairs for fiscal year 2017, $266,760,000 are rescinded from 

18 ‘‘Medical Services’’, $52,031,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Med19 ical Support and Compliance’’, and $18,591,000 are re20 scinded from ‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 

21 SEC. 234. The amounts otherwise made available by 

22 this Act for the following accounts of the Department of Vet23 erans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following amounts: 

24 (1) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical 

25 and Prosthetic Research’’, $4,004,000. 
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1 (2) ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’, 

2 $1,464,000. 

3 (3) ‘‘Departmental Administration—General 

4 Administration’’, $1,250,000. 

5 (4) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of 

6 Veterans Appeals’’, $1,214,000. 

7 (5) ‘‘Departmental Administration—General 

8 Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra9 tion’’, $24,849,000. 

10 (6) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa11 tion Technology Systems’’, $12,535,000. 

12 (7) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Office of 

13 Inspector General’’, $1,302,000. 

14 SEC. 235. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall en15 sure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 1720F(h) 

16 of title 38, United States Code— 

17 (1) provides to individuals who contact the hot18 line immediate assistance from a trained professional; 

19 and 

20 (2) adheres to all requirements of the American 

21 Association of Suicidology. 

22 SEC. 236. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

23 treat a marriage and family therapist described in sub24 section (b) as qualified to serve as a marriage and family 

25 therapist in the Department of Veterans Affairs, regardless 
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1 of any requirements established by the Commission on Ac2 creditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education. 

3 (b) A marriage and family therapist described in this 

4 subsection is a therapist who meets each of the following 

5 criteria: 

6 (1) Has a masters or higher degree in marriage 

7 and family therapy, or a related field, from a region8 ally accredited program. 

9 (2) Is licensed as a marriage and family thera10 pist in a State (as defined in section 101(20) of title 

11 38, United States Code) and possesses the highest level 

12 of licensure offered from the State. 

13 (3) Has passed the Association of Marital and 

14 Family Therapy Regulatory Board Examination in 

15 Marital and Family Therapy. 

16 SEC. 237. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

19 United States Code. 

20 SEC. 238. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to end, suspend, or relocate hospital-based 

22 services with respect to a health care facility of the Depart23 ment of Veterans Affairs that is— 
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1 (1) the subject of an environmental impact state2 ment in accordance with the National Environmental 

3 Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 

4 (2) designated as a National Historic Landmark 

5 by the National Park Service; and 

6 (3) located in a highly rural area. 

7 TITLE III 

8 RELATED AGENCIES 

9 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

12 the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 

13 acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 

14 purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 

15 cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 

16 its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 

17 space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace18 ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 

19 to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 

20 expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 

21 countries, when required by law of such countries, 

22 $75,100,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

25 the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 
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1 may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 

2 purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 

3 States Code. 

4 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

5 CLAIMS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 

8 States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 

9 by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 

10 Code, $30,945,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be 

11 available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 

12 as described, and in accordance with the process and report13 ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 

14 102–229. 

15 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

16 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

19 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol20 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

21 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace22 ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 

23 for official reception and representation expenses, 

24 $70,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re25 main available until September 30, 2019. In addition, such 
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1 sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 

2 and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart3 ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac4 count. 

5 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

6 TRUST FUND

7 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire8 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re9 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

10 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 

11 be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire12 ment Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 

13 shall remain available until expended for construction and 

14 renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re15 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

16 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: 

17 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 

18 heading from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire19 ment Home Trust Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from 

20 the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 

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 into the special account 

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

5 shall be available until expended to support activities at 

6 the Army National Military Cemeteries. 

7 TITLE IV 

8 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

9 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

12 Army’’, $18,900,000, to remain available until September 

13 30, 2021, for projects outside of the United States: Provided, 

14 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over15 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur16 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

20 Navy and Marine Corps’’, $59,809,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2021, for projects outside of the United 

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

23 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

24 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

2 1985. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

5 Air Force’’ $88,291,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2021, for projects outside of the United States: 

7 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

8 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter9 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

10 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

13 Defense-Wide’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2021, for projects outside of the United States: 

15 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

16 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter17 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

18 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 TITLE V 

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

22 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

23 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

25 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when 
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1 it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 

2 the funds are made available that the program, project, or 

3 activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 

4 to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 

5 or unfunded mandates. 

6 SEC. 503. All departments and agencies funded under 

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

8 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

9 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 

10 of their business practices and public service activities. 

11 SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti12 fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub13 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

14 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

15 of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 

16 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 

17 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

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

19 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in20 strumentality of the United States Government except pur21 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

22 in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

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

24 Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
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1 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com2 missioner of the United States House of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail4 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

5 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re6 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 

7 Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 

8 it shall serve the national interest. 

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

10 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

11 national security; or 

12 (2) the report contains confidential or propri13 etary information. 

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

15 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

16 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

17 than 45 days. 

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

19 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net20 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

21 and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

24 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi25 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
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1 SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to 

3 pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency in 

4 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 

5 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

6 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or services, 

8 including construction services, where the contractor has 

9 not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

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

11 Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the De12 partment of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light 

13 duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet 

14 inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo15 randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 

16 SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro17 priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 

18 Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 

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

20 possessions to house any individual detained at United 

21 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur22 poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 

23 the control of the Department of Defense. 
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1 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

2 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

3 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

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

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

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

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

8 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

9 (2) is— 

10 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

11 control of the Department of Defense; or 

12 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

13 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

14 SEC. 513. Unobligated balances of amounts appro15 priated under title VI of the Departments of Labor, Health 

16 and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Ap17 propriations Act, 2015 (division G of Public Law 113–235) 

18 and title IX of the Department of State, Foreign Oper19 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 

20 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall also be available 

21 for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond 

22 to Zika virus, domestically and internationally: Provided, 

23 That such amounts are designated by the Congress as an 

24 emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 

25 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
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1 of 1985, except that such amounts shall be available only 

2 if the President subsequently so designates such amounts 

3 and transmits such designation to the Congress. 

4 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

5 SEC. 514. The amount by which the applicable alloca6 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec8 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds 

9 the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

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

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

12 additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. 

13 SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

16 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

17 of its principals— 

18 (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

19 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren20 dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi21 nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 

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

23 local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 

24 State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 

25 offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, 
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1 bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making 

2 false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal crimi3 nal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 

4 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise crimi5 nally or civilly charged by a governmental entity 

6 with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated 

7 above in paragraph (1); or 

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

9 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

10 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability 

11 remains unsatisfied. 

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

13 Act may be used for the Veterans Experience Office. 

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

15 Act may be used to— 

16 (1) carry out the memorandum from the Vet17 erans Benefit Administration known as Fast Letter 

18 13–10, issued on May 20, 2013; or 

19 (2) create or maintain any patient record-keep20 ing system other than those currently approved by the 

21 Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office in 

22 Washington, D.C. 

23 SEC. 519. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Veterans 

24 Health Administration—Medical Services’’ for grants to 

25 States under subchapter III of chapter 81 of title 38, United 
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1 States Code, to expand, remodel, or alter existing buildings 

2 for furnishing nursing home care to veterans in State homes 

3 that are former nursing home facilities of the Department 

4 of Veterans Affairs, as authorized by section 8133 of such 

5 subchapter, there is hereby appropriated, and the amount 

6 otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Departmental Adminis7 tration—General Administration’’ is hereby reduced by, 

8 $10,000,000. 

9 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

10 be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

11 prioritization requirements in paragraphs (1)(C) or (2) 

12 through (5) of section 8135(c) of title 38, United States 

13 Code, with respect to the appropriation in subsection (a). 

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

15 Act may be used in contravention of sections 575.106 or 

16 575.206 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

18 Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 

19 contravention of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, 

20 United States Code. 

21 SEC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used to enforce VA Adjudication Procedure 

23 Manual M21–1, Part IV, Subpart II, Chapter 1, Section 

24 H, Topic 28.h related to Developing Claims Based on Serv25 ice Aboard Ships Offshore the RVN. 
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1 SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Vet3 erans Health Administration directive 2011–004 (or direc4 tive of the same substance) with respect to the prohibition 

5 on ‘‘VA providers from completing forms seeking rec6 ommendations or opinions regarding a Veteran’s participa7 tion in a State marijuana program’’. 

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

9 Act may be used to modify a military installation in the 

10 United States, including construction or modification of a 

11 facility on a military installation, to provide temporary 

12 housing for unaccompanied alien children. 

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

14 Act may be used to implement section 8(d)(2) of the Depart15 ment of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration 

16 Directive 3220 of November 22, 2005. 

17 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc18 tion and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropria19 tions Act, 2017’’. 

20 DIVISION B—ZIKA RESPONSE 

21 APPROPRIATIONS 

22 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

23 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

24 fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur25 poses, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

3 SERVICES 

4 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

5 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities 

8 and Program Support’’, $170,000,000, which shall become 

9 available upon enactment of this Act and remain available 

10 until September 30, 2016, to prevent, prepare for, and re11 spond to Zika virus, domestically and internationally: Pro12 vided, That products purchased with such funds may, at 

13 the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Serv14 ices, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under 

15 section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service (‘‘PHS’’) Act: 

16 Provided further, That such funds may be used for purchase 

17 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries: 

18 Provided further, That the provisions of section 317S of the 

19 PHS Act shall apply to the use of funds appropriated in 

20 this paragraph as determined by the Director of the Centers 

21 for Disease Control and Prevention (‘‘CDC’’) to be appro22 priate: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this 

23 paragraph may be transferred by the Director of CDC to 

24 other accounts of the CDC for the purposes provided in this 

25 paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
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1 priated under this heading, up to $50,000,000 may be 

2 transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under 

3 the heading ‘‘Health Resources and Services Administra4 tion—Maternal and Child Health’’ for an additional 

5 amount for the Maternal and Child Health Services Block 

6 Grant Program only for the following activities related to 

7 patient care associated with the Zika virus: prenatal care, 

8 delivery care, postpartum care, newborn health assessments, 

9 and care for infants with special health care needs: Pro10 vided further, That such transfer authority is in addition 

11 to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided 

12 further, That such transferred funds may be awarded not13 withstanding section 502 of the Social Security Act: Pro14 vided further, That such transferred funds may be awarded 

15 for special projects of regional and national significance to 

16 States, Puerto Rico, other Territories, Indian Tribes, Tribal 

17 Organizations and Urban Indian Organizations authorized 

18 under title V of such Act: Provided further, That no funding 

19 provided by a grant from funds in the fifth proviso may 

20 be used to make a grant to any other organization or indi21 vidual. 
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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

3 DISEASES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 

6 Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, $230,000,000, which shall 

7 become available upon enactment of this Act and remain 

8 available until September 30, 2016, for preclinical and 

9 clinical development of vaccines for the Zika virus: Pro10 vided, That such funds may be transferred by the Director 

11 of the National Institutes of Health (‘‘NIH’’) to other ac12 counts of the NIH for the purposes provided in this para13 graph: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 

14 addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 

15 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 

16 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such amount shall 

19 be available only if the President subsequently so designates 

20 such amount and transmits such designation to the Con21 gress. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

2 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So5 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $103,000,000, which shall 

6 become available upon enactment of this Act and remain 

7 available until September 30, 2016, to develop necessary 

8 countermeasures and vaccines, including the development 

9 and purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, nec10 essary medical supplies, and administrative activities to re11 spond to Zika virus, domestically and internationally: Pro12 vided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph may be 

13 used to procure security countermeasures (as defined in sec14 tion 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act): Provided further, 

15 That paragraphs (1) and (7)(C) of subsection (c) of section 

16 319F–2 of the PHS Act, but no other provisions of such 

17 section, shall apply to such security countermeasures pro18 cured with funds appropriated in this paragraph: Provided 

19 further, That products purchased with funds appropriated 

20 in this paragraph may, at the discretion of the Secretary 

21 of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the Stra22 tegic National Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the PHS 

23 Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this 

24 paragraph may be transferred to the fund authorized by 

25 section 319F–4 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That such 
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1 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency re2 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

4 except that such amount shall be available only if the Presi5 dent subsequently so designates such amount and transmits 

6 such designation to the Congress. 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

8 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT

9 SEC. 101. Funds appropriated by this title shall only 

10 be available for obligation if the Secretary of Health and 

11 Human Services notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

12 in writing at least 15 days in advance of such obligation: 

13 Provided, That the requirement of this section may be 

14 waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to 

15 human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case 

16 of any such waiver, notification to such Committees shall 

17 be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later 

18 than 3 days after taking the action to which such notifica19 tion requirement was applicable: Provided further, That 

20 any notification provided pursuant to such a waiver shall 

21 contain an explanation of the emergency circumstances. 

22 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

23 SEC. 102. Not later than 30 days after enactment of 

24 this Act the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

25 submit to the Committees on Appropriations a consolidated 
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1 report on the proposed uses of funds appropriated by this 

2 title for which the obligation of funds is anticipated: Pro3 vided, That such report shall be updated and submitted to 

4 such Committees every 30 days until all funds have been 

5 fully expended. 

6 OVERSIGHT

7 SEC. 103. Of the funds appropriated by this title under 

8 the heading ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’’, 

9 up to— 

10 (1) $500,000 shall be transferred to, and merged 

11 with, funds available under the heading ‘‘Office of In12 spector General’’, and shall remain available until ex13 pended, for oversight of activities supported with 

14 funds appropriated by this title: Provided, That the 

15 transfer authority provided by this paragraph is in 

16 addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

17 law; and 

18 (2) $500,000 shall be made available to the 

19 Comptroller General of the United States, and shall 

20 remain available until expended, for oversight of ac21 tivities supported with funds appropriated by the 

22 title: Provided, That the Secretary of Health and 

23 Human Services shall consult with the Committees on 

24 Appropriations prior to obligating such funds. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

3 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

4 DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con6 sular Programs’’, $9,100,000, which shall become available 

7 upon enactment of this Act and remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2016, for necessary expenses to support the cost 

9 of medical evacuations and other response efforts related to 

10 the Zika virus and health conditions directly associated 

11 with the Zika virus: Provided, That such amount is des12 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur13 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such 

15 amount shall be available only if the President subsequently 

16 so designates such amount and transmits such designation 

17 to the Congress. 

18 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

19 DEVELOPMENT 

20 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

21 OPERATING EXPENSES

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 

23 $10,000,000, which shall become available upon enactment 

24 of this Act and remain available until September 30, 2016, 

25 for necessary expenses to support response efforts related to 
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1 the Zika virus and health conditions directly associated 

2 with the Zika virus: Provided, That such amount is des3 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur4 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such 

6 amount shall be available only if the President subsequently 

7 so designates such amount and transmits such designation 

8 to the Congress. 

9 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

10 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

11 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Global Health Pro13 grams’’, $100,000,000, which shall become available upon 

14 enactment of this Act and remain available until September 

15 30, 2016, for vector control activities to prevent, prepare 

16 for, and respond to the Zika virus internationally. 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

18 TRANSFER AUTHORITIES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 201. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this title 

21 under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 

22 up to— 

23 (1) $1,350,000 may be made available for med24 ical evacuation costs of any other department or 

25 agency of the United States under Chief of Mission 
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1 authority and may be transferred to any other appro2 priation of such department or agency for such costs; 

3 and 

4 (2) $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and 

5 merged with, funds available under the heading 

6 ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv7 ice’’. 

8 (b) The transfer authorities provided by this section 

9 are in addition to any other transfer authority provided 

10 by law. 

11 (c) Any amount transferred pursuant to this section 

12 is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

13 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

14 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that 

15 such amount shall be available only if the President subse16 quently so designates such amount and transmits such des17 ignation to Congress. 

18 (d) Upon a determination that all or part of the funds 

19 transferred pursuant to the authorities provided by this sec20 tion are not necessary for such purposes, such amounts may 

21 be transferred back to such appropriation. 

22 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT

23 SEC. 202. Funds appropriated by this title shall only 

24 be available for obligation if the Secretary of State or the 

25 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
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1 national Development, as appropriate, notifies the Commit2 tees on Appropriations in writing at least 15 days in ad3 vance of such obligation: Provided, That the requirement 

4 of this section may be waived if failure to do so would pose 

5 a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided fur6 ther, That in case of any such waiver, notification to such 

7 Committees shall be provided as early as practicable, but 

8 in no event later than 3 days after taking the action to 

9 which such notification requirement was applicable: Pro10 vided further, That any notification provided pursuant to 

11 such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the emer12 gency circumstances. 

13 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

14 SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after enactment of 

15 this Act the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Ad16 ministrator of the United States Agency for International 

17 Development, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria18 tions a consolidated report on the proposed uses of funds 

19 appropriated by this title for which the obligation of funds 

20 is anticipated: Provided, That such report shall be updated 

21 and submitted to such Committees every 30 days until all 

22 funds have been fully expended. 

23 OVERSIGHT

24 SEC. 204. Of the funds appropriated by this title under 

25 the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, up to— 
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1 (1) $500,000 shall be transferred to, and merged 

2 with, funds available under the heading ‘‘United 

3 States Agency for International Development, Funds 

4 Appropriated to the President, Office of Inspector 

5 General’’, and shall remain available until expended, 

6 for oversight of activities supported with funds appro7 priated by this title: Provided, That the transfer au8 thority provided by this paragraph is in addition to 

9 any other transfer authority provided by law; and 

10 (2) $500,000 shall be made available to the 

11 Comptroller General of the United States, and shall 

12 remain available until expended, for oversight of ac13 tivities supported with funds appropriated by this 

14 title: Provided, That the Secretary of State and the 

15 Comptroller General shall consult with the Commit16 tees on Appropriations prior to obligating such funds. 

17 TITLE III 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

19 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 301. (a) Of the unobligated balances of amounts 

21 appropriated under title VI of the Departments of Labor, 

22 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 

23 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division G of Public 

24 Law 113–235) and title IX of the Department of State, For25 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
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1 Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), 

2 $352,100,000 are rescinded: Provided, That after consulta3 tion with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health 

4 and Human Services, the Director of the Office of Manage5 ment and Budget (OMB Director) shall determine the ac6 counts and amounts from which the rescission is to be de7 rived and apply the rescission made pursuant to this sub8 section: Provided further, That not later than 30 days after 

9 enactment of this Act, the OMB Director shall transmit a 

10 report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 

11 amounts rescinded pursuant to this section by agency, ac12 count, program, project, and activity. 

13 (b) Of the unobligated balances available in the Non14 recurring expenses fund established in section 223 of divi15 sion G of Public Law 110–161 (42 U.S.C. 3514a) from any 

16 fiscal year, including amounts transferred to the Non17 recurring expenses fund under that section before, on, or 

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, $270,000,000 are 

19 rescinded. 

20 SEC. 302. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 

21 the additional amounts appropriated pursuant to this Act 

22 for fiscal year 2016 are subject to the requirements for funds 

23 contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 

24 (Public Law 114–113). 
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Zika Response Ap2 propriations Act, 2016’’. 

3 DIVISION C—ZIKA VECTOR CONTROL 

4 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Zika Vector Control 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. USE OF AUTHORIZED PESTICIDES. 

8 Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

9 Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(5) USE OF AUTHORIZED PESTICIDES.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

13 section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution 

14 Control Act, the Administrator or a State may 

15 not require a permit under such Act for a dis16 charge from a point source into navigable waters 

17 of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or 

18 use under this Act, or the residue of such a pes19 ticide, resulting from the application of such pes20 ticide. 

21 ‘‘(B) SUNSET.—This paragraph shall cease 

22 to be effective on September 30, 2018.’’. 
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1 SEC. 3. DISCHARGES OF PESTICIDES. 

2 Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

3 (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(s) DISCHARGES OF PESTICIDES.— 

6 ‘‘(1) NO PERMIT REQUIREMENT.—Except as pro7 vided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be re8 quired by the Administrator or a State under this Act 

9 for a discharge from a point source into navigable 

10 waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, 

11 or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

12 Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, re13 sulting from the application of such pesticide. 

14 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

15 apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or pes16 ticide residue: 

17 ‘‘(A) A discharge resulting from the appli18 cation of a pesticide in violation of a provision 

19 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

20 Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting 

21 water quality, if— 

22 ‘‘(i) the discharge would not have oc23 curred but for the violation; or 

24 ‘‘(ii) the amount of pesticide or pes25 ticide residue in the discharge is greater 
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1 than would have occurred without the viola2 tion. 

3 ‘‘(B) Stormwater discharges subject to regu4 lation under subsection (p). 

5 ‘‘(C) The following discharges subject to reg6 ulation under this section: 

7 ‘‘(i) Manufacturing or industrial efflu8 ent. 

9 ‘‘(ii) Treatment works effluent. 

10 ‘‘(iii) Discharges incidental to the nor11 mal operation of a vessel, including a dis12 charge resulting from ballasting operations 

13 or vessel biofouling prevention. 

14 ‘‘(3) SUNSET.—This subsection shall cease to be 

15 effective on September 30, 2018.’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 2577 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT