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Calendar No. 400 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4486 

[Report No. 113–174] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 1, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

MAY 22, 2014 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, with an amendment 

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

AN ACT 

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

fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 

3 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

4 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

5 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

6 TITLE I 

7 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

8 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

9 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip10 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

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

12 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

13 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec14 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con15 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func16 tions of the Commander in Chief, $526,427,000, to re17 main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 

18 of this amount, not to exceed $51,127,000 shall be avail19 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 

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

21 unless the Secretary of the Army determines that addi22 tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no23 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

24 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

2 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip3 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in4 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

5 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

6 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

7 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 

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

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

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

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

12 authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter13 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 

14 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 

15 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 

16 reasons therefor. 

17 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

18 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip19 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 

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

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

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

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

24 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv25 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 
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1 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 

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

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

5 the funds provided under this heading for military con6 struction in Europe as identified in the table entitled 

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

8 be obligated or expended until the Department of Defense 

9 completes a European Consolidation Study. 

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip13 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa14 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen15 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

16 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

17 $2,021,690,000 (reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by 

18 $20,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 

19 2019: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

20 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 

21 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 

22 of Defense available for military construction or family 

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

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

25 same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 
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1 transferred: Provided further, That of the amount appro2 priated, not to exceed $122,240,000 (increased by 

3 $20,000,000) shall be available for study, planning, de4 sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

5 by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that 

6 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 

7 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

8 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 

9 Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 

10 this heading for military construction in Europe as identi11 fied in the table entitled ‘‘Military Construction’’ in the 

12 accompanying report may be obligated or expended until 

13 the Department of Defense completes a European Consoli14 dation Study: Provided further, That of the amount appro15 priated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 $37,918,000 shall be available for payments to the North 

17 Atlantic Treaty Organization for the planning, design, and 

18 construction of a new North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

19 headquarters. 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

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

25 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
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1 tion Acts, $126,920,000, to remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount appro3 priated, not to exceed $17,600,000 shall be available for 

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

6 National Guard determines that additional obligations are 

7 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

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

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

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

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

15 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 

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

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

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

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

23 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter24 mination and the reasons therefor. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

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

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

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

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

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

11 the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 

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

14 determination and the reasons therefor. 

15 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

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

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

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

24 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv25 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 
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1 Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary 

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

4 and the reasons therefor. 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

18 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

19 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

20 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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

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

25 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 
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1 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 

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

4 remain available until expended. 

5 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

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

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

10 2019. 

11 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

12 ARMY

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

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

17 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE

18 CORPS

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

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

23 September 30, 2019. 
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1 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

2 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

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

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

7 law, $354,029,000. 

8 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

9 FORCE

10 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

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

13 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

14 $327,747,000. 

15 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

16 DEFENSE-WIDE

17 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

18 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 

19 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 

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

21 $61,100,000. 

22 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

23 IMPROVEMENT FUND

24 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im25 provement Fund, $1,662,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu2 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro3 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili4 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 

5 CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, 

6 DEFENSE-WIDE

7 For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 

8 for, necessary for the destruction of the United States 

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

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

12 destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are 

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

16 Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 

17 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

18 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 

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

20 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

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

22 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 

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

24 until expended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

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

6 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 

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

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

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

15 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 

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

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

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

21 the United States for which specific appropriations have 

22 not been made. 

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

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

25 in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by 
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1 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi2 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina3 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 

4 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 

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

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

7 of Defense to be in the public interest. 

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

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

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

11 except housing for which funds have been made available 

12 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con13 struction. 

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

15 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 

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

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

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

23 the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

24 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart25 ment of Defense for military construction or family hous-
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1 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 

2 property taxes in any foreign nation. 

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

4 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

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

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

8 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

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

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

12 bordering the Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are 

13 awarded to United States firms or United States firms 

14 in joint venture with host nation firms. 

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

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

18 Atoll, or in countries within the United States Central 

19 Command Area of Responsibility, may be used to award 

20 any contract estimated by the Government to exceed 

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

22 section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

23 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a 

24 United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive 

25 and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 
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1 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall not 

2 apply to contract awards for military construction on 

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

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

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

8 scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 

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

10 expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

11 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

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

13 made available in this title which are limited for obligation 

14 during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during 

15 the last 2 months of the fiscal year. 

16 SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

17 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

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

20 current session of Congress. 

21 SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 

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

24 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec-
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1 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 

2 and on subsequent claims, if any. 

3 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, any funds made available to a military department 

5 or defense agency for the construction of military projects 

6 may be obligated for a military construction project or 

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

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

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

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

11 obligated from funds available for military construction 

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

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

14 such project is increased pursuant to law. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be 
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1 merged with, and to be available for the same purposes 

2 and the same time period as that account. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

7 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 

9 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 

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

11 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 

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

13 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

14 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 

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

16 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 

17 from amounts appropriated for construction of military 

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

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

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

25 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
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1 to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 

2 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 

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

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

7 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

8 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 

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

10 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 

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

12 with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 

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

14 be merged with and be available for the same purposes 

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

17 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

19 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 

20 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 

21 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 

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

23 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen24 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica25 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 
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1 medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

4 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 

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

7 of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 

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

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

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

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

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

22 for military construction and family housing operation and 

23 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

24 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 Army that— 

13 (1) performs a testing mission or function that 

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

15 is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 

16 Code; and 

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

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

20 employed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of 

21 members of the regular and reserve components of 

22 the Army assigned to the installation. 

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

24 the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional 

25 defense committees that in proposing the relocation of the 
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1 unit of the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regu2 lation 5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and respon3 sibilities for Army stationing actions. 

4 SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

5 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

6 title may be transferred among projects and activities 

7 within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

8 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

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

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

14 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

15 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme16 tery. 

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

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

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

22 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 

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

24 out construction of projects, excluding in Europe, as au25 thorized in division B of Public Law 113–66: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 

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

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

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

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

11 out construction of projects as authorized in division B 

12 of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 

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

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

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

17 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

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

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 129. Of the unobligated balances available for 

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

23 Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 

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

2 $79,577,000 are hereby rescinded. 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for 

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

7 law as being for contingency operations directly related to 

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

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances made available 

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

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

18 are hereby rescinded. 

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

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

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

2 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

3 TITLE II 

4 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

5 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

6 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 

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

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

12 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 

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

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

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

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

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

23 $78,687,709,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That not to exceed $15,430,000 of the amount ap25 propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to 
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1 ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis2 tration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec3 essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 

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

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

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

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

10 facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as 

11 authorized. 

12 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

13 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

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

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

17 remain available until expended: Provided, That expenses 

18 for rehabilitation program services and assistance which 

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

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

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

23 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

24 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

25 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
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1 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 

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

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

4 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 

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

7 authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 

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

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

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

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

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

15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

17 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

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

20 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 

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

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

25 loans not to exceed $2,877,000. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

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

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

5 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

8 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 

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

10 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

11 MEDICAL SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

13 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

14 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 

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

16 States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 

17 under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 

18 medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 

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

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

22 United States Code, assistance and support services for 

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

24 United States Code, loan repayments authorized by sec25 tion 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 
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1 Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 

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

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

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

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

8 Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision 

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

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

13 priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits 

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

16 of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize 

17 the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 

18 Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately 

19 written prescriptions based on requirements established by 

20 the Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation 

21 of the program described in the previous proviso shall 

22 incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans 

23 Affairs. 
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1 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE

2 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 

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

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

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

11 reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 

12 2015, and shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2016. 

14 MEDICAL FACILITIES

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

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

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

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

22 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 

23 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter24 ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos25 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
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1 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 

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

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

6 September 30, 2016. 

7 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

8 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

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

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

13 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

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

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

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

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

23 until September 30, 2016. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 

5 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 

6 administrative expenses in support of Department-Wide 

7 capital planning, management and policy activities, uni8 forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 

9 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas10 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 

11 Services Administration for security guard services, 

12 $321,591,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 

13 $10,500,000), of which not to exceed $16,080,000 shall 

14 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

15 That funds provided under this heading may be trans16 ferred to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 

17 Administration’’. 

18 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

19 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 

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

21 $9,429,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2016. 
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1 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 

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

6 of the General Services Administration for security guard 

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

9 $2,514,254,000 (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

10 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000): Provided, That 

11 expenses for services and assistance authorized under 

12 paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of 

13 title 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Vet14 erans Affairs determines are necessary to enable entitled 

15 veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become 

16 employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employ17 ment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in daily 

18 living, shall be charged to this account: Provided further, 

19 That of the funds made available under this heading, not 

20 to exceed $125,000,000 shall remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2016. 

22 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for information technology 

25 systems and telecommunications support, including devel-
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1 opmental information systems and operational information 

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

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

5 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 

6 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, $3,870,552,000, plus reimbursements: Pro8 vided, That $1,039,000,000 shall be for pay and associ9 ated costs, of which not to exceed $31,170,000 shall re10 main available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, 

11 That $2,283,217,000 shall be for operations and mainte12 nance, of which not to exceed $160,000,000 shall remain 

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

14 $548,335,000 shall be for information technology systems 

15 development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 

16 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided fur17 ther, That amounts made available for information tech18 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance19 ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

20 of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of 

21 the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 

23 certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obli24 gated and expended for each development project: Pro25 vided further, That amounts made available for salaries 
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1 and expenses, operations and maintenance, and informa2 tion technology systems development, modernization, and 

3 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 

6 of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 

7 approval 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 in12 creased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 

13 prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro14 priations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer 

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

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

17 this heading may be used by the Interagency Program Of18 fice through the Department of Veterans Affairs to de19 velop a standard data reference terminology model: Pro20 vided further, That of the funds made available for infor21 mation technology systems development, modernization, 

22 and enhancement for VistA Evolution, not more than 25 

23 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

24 of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appro25 priations of both Houses of Congress, and such Commit-
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1 tees approve, a report that describes: (1) the status of 

2 VistA Evolution project development and any corrective 

3 actions taken where the plan established in the VistA Evo4 lution program plan (hereinafter referred to as the 

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

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

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

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

9 actual program costs incurred and any refinements to the 

10 cost estimate presented in the Plan based on actual costs 

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

12 that have been established in the Plan; (5) program per13 formance relative to the performance measures that have 

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

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

16 Evolution program risks and issues that have been identi17 fied and any agency responses to such risks and issues; 

18 (8) the effort to achieve interoperability between the elec19 tronic health record systems of the Department of Defense 

20 and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the 

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

22 interoperable record; and (9) progress toward developing 

23 and implementing the interoperable electronic health 

24 record throughout the two Departments’ medical facilities: 

25 Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
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1 heading for information technology systems development, 

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

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

4 report accompanying this Act. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General, to include information technology, in carrying out 

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

9 U.S.C. App.), $121,411,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of 

10 which $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 

11 30, 2016. 

12 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

13 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

15 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

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

17 316, 2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 

18 Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar19 chitectural and engineering services, construction manage20 ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

21 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 

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

23 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac24 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 

25 than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
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1 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 

2 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 

3 $561,800,000, of which $527,800,000 shall remain avail4 able until September 30, 2019, and of which $34,000,000 

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That ex6 cept for advance planning activities, including needs as7 sessments which may or may not lead to capital invest8 ments, and other capital asset management related activi9 ties, including portfolio development and management ac10 tivities, and investment strategy studies funded through 

11 the advance planning fund and the planning and design 

12 activities funded through the design fund, including needs 

13 assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest14 ments, and salaries and associated costs of the resident 

15 engineers who oversee those capital investments funded 

16 through this account, and funds provided for the purchase 

17 of land for the National Cemetery Administration through 

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

19 available under this heading shall be used for any project 

20 which has not been approved by the Congress in the budg21 etary process: Provided further, That funds made available 

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

23 project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a con24 struction documents contract by September 30, 2015; and 

25 (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2016: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

2 Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written 

4 report on any approved major construction project for 

5 which obligations are not incurred within the time limita6 tions established above. 

7 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

8 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

10 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

11 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 

12 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 

13 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 

14 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro15 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 

16 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 

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

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

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

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

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

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

23 until September 30, 2019, along with unobligated balances 

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

25 which are hereby made available for any project where the 
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1 estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 

2 in such section: Provided, That funds made available 

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

4 nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 

5 of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 

6 damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 

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

8 minimize further loss by such causes. 

9 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

10 FACILITIES

11 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

12 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re13 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 

14 and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 

15 care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 

16 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $80,000,000, to re17 main available until expended. 

18 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

19 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

20 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme21 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

22 States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex23 pended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2015 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 

12 days has elapsed. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart15 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this Act 

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

17 Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac18 counts may be transferred among the accounts: Provided, 

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

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

21 or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 

22 in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica23 tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 

25 the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 
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1 That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and 

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

3 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the 

4 fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary re5 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

6 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 

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

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

9 take place only after the Secretary requests from the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 

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

12 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 

13 salaries and expenses shall be available for services au14 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 

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

16 or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author17 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 

18 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 sec4 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 

5 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

6 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim7 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina8 tion is made to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such 

9 rates as may be 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 re14 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 

15 prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 

16 2014. 

17 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

18 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

19 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

20 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 

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

22 accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 

23 and Pensions’’. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

4 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 

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

6 the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 

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

8 States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 

9 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen10 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra11 tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 

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

16 2015 that are available for dividends in that program after 

17 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 

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

19 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 

20 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 

21 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 

22 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 

23 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 

24 2015 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 

25 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 
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1 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro2 gram. 

3 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 

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

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

10 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

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

15 for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 

16 costs but not to exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Reso17 lution Management and $3,400,000 for the Office of Em18 ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Pro19 vided, That payments may be made in advance for services 

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

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

22 Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ 

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

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

25 available to enter into any new lease of real property if 
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1 the estimated annual rental cost is more than $1,000,000, 

2 unless the Secretary submits a report which the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress ap4 prove within 30 days following the date on which the re5 port is received. 

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

7 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 

8 care, or medical services provided to any person under 

9 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv10 ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 

11 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec12 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 

13 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 

14 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro15 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man16 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason17 able charges for such care or services from any person who 

18 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur19 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 

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

21 Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re22 ceived. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

3 Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction 

4 (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 

5 and improvements of any medical facility under the juris6 diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af7 fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 

8 provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con9 struction, Minor Projects’’. 

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

11 Services’’ are available— 

12 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup13 plies, and equipment; and 

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

15 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

16 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

19 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

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

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

22 the purposes of that account. 

23 SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

24 enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organi25 zations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Com-
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1 pact with the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and 

2 tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have en3 tered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under 

4 the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance 

5 Act, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 

6 dental care. The Secretary shall require participating vet7 erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 

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

9 ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands sited within the ex10 ternal boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified 

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

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

13 those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 

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

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

16 not within the boundaries of the municipality of Anchor17 age, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Penin18 sula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De21 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu22 ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 

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

24 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain avail25 able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
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1 SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 

2 title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

3 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks 

4 from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet5 erans within their respective Networks. 

6 SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

7 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the financial 

9 status of the Veterans Health Administration. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med12 ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Med13 ical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 

14 Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and 

15 ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal 

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

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

18 transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

19 shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 

20 both Houses of Congress the authority to make the trans21 fer and an approval is issued. 

22 SEC. 221. Of the amounts made available to the De23 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this 

24 Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac25 count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 
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1 percent of the funds made available shall be obligated dur2 ing the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That 

3 the Secretary may waive this requirement after providing 

4 written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 

5 both Houses of Congress. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the De8 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for 

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

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

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

12 plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint De13 partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 

14 Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by sec15 tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

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

17 and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 

18 as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec19 tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author20 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

21 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be 

22 transferred from accounts designated in this section to the 

23 Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Af24 fairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 

25 notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con2 gress. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

5 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 

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

7 at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili8 ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 

9 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

10 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail11 able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense12 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem13 onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

15 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper16 ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 

17 medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun18 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

24 be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing In25 centive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 
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1 United States Code, to remain available until expended, 

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

3 United States Code. 

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

8 rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts 

9 specified: 

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

11 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

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

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

15 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

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

17 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

18 accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 

19 September 30, 2016: 

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

21 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

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

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

25 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 
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1 SEC. 226. The Secretary of the Department of Vet2 erans Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropria3 tions of both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in 

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

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

6 whichever is less: Provided, That such notification shall 

7 occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the pro8 grammed amount: Provided further, That the Secretary 

9 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

11 bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such 

12 savings. 

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

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

15 above the scope specified for that project in the original 

16 justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 

17 request for appropriations. 

18 SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Vet19 erans Affairs shall provide on a quarterly basis to the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

21 notification of any single national outreach and awareness 

22 marketing campaign in which obligations exceed 

23 $2,000,000. 

24 SEC. 229. The Secretary shall submit to the Commit25 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a re-
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1 programming request if at any point during fiscal year 

2 2015, the funding allocated for a medical care initiative 

3 identified in the fiscal year 2015 expenditure plan is ad4 justed by more than $25,000,000 from the allocation 

5 shown in the corresponding congressional budget justifica6 tion. Such a reprogramming request may go forward only 

7 if the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

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

9 has elapsed. 

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

11 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical Serv12 ices’’ and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum 

13 of $8,371,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Serv14 ices’’ account and a maximum of $114,703,000 may be 

15 obligated from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ ac16 count for the VistA Evolution and electronic health record 

17 interoperability projects: Provided, That funds in addition 

18 to these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution 

19 and electronic health record interoperability projects upon 

20 written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

22 Congress. 

23 SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

24 provide written notification to the Committees on Appro25 priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or-
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1 ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 

2 more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 

3 the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 

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

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

6 if the past performance of the contractor resulted in the 

7 completion of a construction project at a facility of the 

8 Department of Veterans Affairs more than 24 months 

9 after the original agreed-upon completion date for the 

10 project. 

11 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 233. Of the unobligated balances available to 

13 the Department of Veterans Affairs from prior year dis14 cretionary appropriations (other than appropriations des15 ignated by law as being for an emergency requirement) 

16 $38,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

17 TITLE III 

18 RELATED AGENCIES 

19 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

22 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 

23 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun24 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 

25 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 
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1 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 

2 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for3 one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 

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

5 representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 

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

7 countries, $75,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended. 

9 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

11 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 

12 sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex13 pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 

14 36, United States Code. 

15 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

16 CLAIMS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 

19 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 

20 authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 

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

22 $2,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 

23 financial assistance as described, and in accordance with 

24 the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this 

25 heading in Public Law 102–229. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

2 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

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

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

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

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

12 such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 

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

14 of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 

15 Agencies’’ account. 

16 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

17 TRUST FUND

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

20 Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 

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

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

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

25 for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 
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1 the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis2 trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 

3 Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

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

9 at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 

10 available for ground burials. 

11 TITLE IV 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

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

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

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

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

21 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 

22 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 

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

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

25 other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
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1 relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 

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

5 before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 

6 SEC. 404. All departments and agencies funded under 

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

8 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

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

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

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

18 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 

19 of the Senate. 

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

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

23 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro24 vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
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1 SEC. 407. None of the funds made available in this 

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

3 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 

4 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa5 tives. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

20 no less than 45 days. 

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

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

23 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

24 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
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1 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

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

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

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

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

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

8 in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 

9 10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

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

14 or possessions to house any individual detained at United 

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

16 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 

17 under the control of the Department of Defense. 

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

19 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

20 Station, Guant ́anamo Bay, Cuba. 

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

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

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

2 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (2) is— 

5 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

6 control of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guant ́anamo Bay, Cuba. 

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

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

12 has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 

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

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

15 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

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

18 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

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

21 of the corporation and has made a determination that this 

22 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 

23 the Government. 

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

25 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
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1 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

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

4 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

5 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

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

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

9 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

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

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

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

15 Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 

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

18 Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

19 24, 2011. 

20 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

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

23 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec24 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex25 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
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1 SEC. 417. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

4 United States Code. 

5 SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to maintain or improve Department of 

7 Defense real property with a zero percent utilization rate 

8 according to the Department’s real property inventory 

9 database, except in the case of maintenance of an historic 

10 property as required by the National Historic Preservation 

11 Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) or in the case of maintenance 

12 to prevent a negative environmental impact as required 

13 by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

14 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

15 SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense to close a 

17 commissary store. 

18 SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 

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

20 or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

21 round. 

22 SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to create or maintain any patient record24 keeping system other than those currently approved by the 
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1 Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office in Wash2 ington, D.C. 

3 SEC. 422. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

6 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

7 of its principals— 

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

9 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren10 dered against it for: (A) commission of fraud or a 

11 criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at12 tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 

13 State, or local) contract or subcontract; (B) violation 

14 of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 

15 submission of offers; or (C) commission of embezzle16 ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc17 tion of records, making false statements, tax eva18 sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

19 stolen property; 

20 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

21 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti22 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer23 ated above in paragraph (1); or 

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

25 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
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1 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil2 ity remains unsatisfied. 

3 SEC. 423. The amounts otherwise provided by this 

4 Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 

5 for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Ad6 ministration—General Administration’’, and increasing 

7 the amount made available for ‘‘Department of Veterans 

8 Affairs Departmental Administration—Information Tech9 nology Systems’’, by $3,215,910. 

10 SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act for benefits for homeless veterans and training and 

12 outreach programs may be used by the Secretary of Vet13 erans Affairs in contravention of subchapter III of chapter 

14 20 of title 38, United States Code. 

15 SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used for a contract that includes first-class 

17 travel by the contractor. 

18 SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used for the closure or abandonment of any 

20 facility located at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. 

21 SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 

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

23 implement sole source contracting at the national level for 

24 the selection of devices and test strips for the self-moni25 toring of blood glucose. 
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1 SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to prepare an environmental impact 

3 statement in accordance with the National Environmental 

4 Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect 

5 to a health care facility of the Department of Veterans 

6 Affairs that is— 

7 (1) designated as a National Historic Land8 mark by the National Park Service; and 

9 (2) located in a highly rural area. 

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

11 and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 

12 Act, 2015’’. 

13 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

14 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 

15 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

16 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

17 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

18 TITLE I 

19 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

21 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip22 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in23 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 

24 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 

25 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
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1 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con2 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func3 tions of the Commander in Chief, $539,427,000, to remain 

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

5 amount, not to exceed $18,127,000 shall be available for 

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

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

8 Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga9 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

11 determination and the reasons therefor. 

12 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

13 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip14 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in15 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 

16 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 

17 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

18 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 

19 appropriation, $1,018,772,000, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this amount, not to 

21 exceed $33,366,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

22 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

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

24 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
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1 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE

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

7 as currently authorized by law, $811,774,000, to remain 

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

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

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

12 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 

13 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria14 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 

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

16 funds provided under this heading for military construction 

17 in the United Kingdom as identified in the table entitled 

18 ‘‘Military Construction Project Listing by Location’’ in the 

19 report accompanying this Act may be obligated or expended 

20 until the Department of Defense completes a European Con21 solidation Study, and the Secretary of Defense (1) provides 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

23 House of Representatives a comprehensive European basing 

24 strategy reflecting the findings of the Consolidation Study, 

25 and (2) certifies in writing the requirement identified in 
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1 the study for any military construction project in the 

2 United Kingdom funded in this section. 

3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip6 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa7 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen8 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

9 departments), as currently authorized by law, 

10 $1,961,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2019: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 

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

13 transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De14 fense available for military construction or family housing 

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

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

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

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

19 exceed $142,240,000 shall be available for study, planning, 

20 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 

21 by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad22 ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no23 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

24 Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro25 vided further, That of the amount appropriated, notwith-
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1 standing any other provision of law, $37,918,000 shall be 

2 available for payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga3 nization for the planning, design, and construction of a new 

4 North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters. 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

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

10 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza11 tion Acts, $126,920,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount appro13 priated, not to exceed $17,600,000 shall be available for 

14 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv15 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army 

16 National Guard determines that additional obligations are 

17 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 

18 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina19 tion and the reasons therefor. 

20 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

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

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

25 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
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1 $94,663,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 

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

3 $7,700,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

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

5 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 

6 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 

7 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 

9 therefor. 

10 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE

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

14 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con15 struction Authorization Acts, $103,946,000, to remain 

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

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

18 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en19 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

20 the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 

21 are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 

22 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter23 mination and the reasons therefor. 
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1 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE

2 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita3 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad4 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma5 rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 

7 $51,528,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 

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

9 $2,123,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 

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

11 unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional 

12 obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

14 of the determination and the reasons therefor. 

15 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE

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

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

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

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

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

23 available for study, planning, design, and architect and en24 gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 

25 the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga-
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1 tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com2 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 

3 determination and the reasons therefor. 

4 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

5 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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

7 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro8 gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili9 ties and installations (including international military 

10 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de11 fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 

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

13 Construction Authorization Acts, $199,700,000, to remain 

14 available until expended. 

15 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY

16 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con17 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex18 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 

19 $78,609,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 

20 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

21 For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper22 ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 

23 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in24 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $350,976,000. 
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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, $16,412,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2019. 

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 $354,029,000. 

15 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

16 FORCE

17 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 

18 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas19 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 

20 and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 

21 $327,747,000. 

22 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

23 DEFENSE-WIDE

24 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 

25 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
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1 tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 

2 and minor construction, as authorized by law, $61,100,000. 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING

4 IMPROVEMENT FUND

5 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im6 provement Fund, $1,662,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 

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

9 alternative means of acquiring and improving military 

10 family housing and supporting facilities. 

11 CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE12 WIDE

13 For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 

14 for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stock15 pile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance 

16 with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authoriza17 tion Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 

18 of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 

19 chemical weapon stockpile, as currently authorized by law, 

20 $38,715,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 

21 which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weapons 

22 Alternatives program. 

23 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT

24 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo25 sure Account 1990, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the 
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1 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

2 U.S.C. 2687 note), as amended by section 2711 of the Na3 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub4 lic Law 112–239), $380,085,000, to remain available until 

5 expended. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

8 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a9 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex10 ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex11 cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 

12 Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 

13 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con14 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi15 cles. 

16 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con17 struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 

18 Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con19 struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 

20 title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there21 in are certified as important to the national defense by the 

22 Secretary of Defense. 

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

24 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 
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1 United States for which specific appropriations have not 

2 been made. 

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

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

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

6 Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer7 ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 

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

9 the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen10 eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 

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

12 be in the public interest. 

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

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

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

16 except housing for which funds have been made available 

17 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con18 struction. 

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

20 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo21 cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 

22 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria23 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

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

25 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
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1 struction project or activity for which American steel pro2 ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 

3 opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 

4 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart5 ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 

6 during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop7 erty taxes in any foreign nation. 

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

9 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 

10 without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria11 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

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

13 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 

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

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

16 Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 

17 Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are awarded to United 

18 States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 

19 host nation firms. 

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

21 title for military construction in the United States terri22 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 

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

24 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 

25 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That 
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1 this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 

2 which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 

3 States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon4 sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 

5 Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con6 tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 

7 for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub8 mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 

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

10 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ11 ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 

12 of any proposed military exercise involving United States 

13 personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex14 pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 

15 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 

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

17 available in this title which are limited for obligation dur18 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 

19 2 months of the fiscal year. 

20 SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 

21 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 

22 for construction authorized for each such military depart23 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur24 rent session of Congress. 
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1 SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 

2 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex3 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 

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

5 overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 

6 subsequent claims, if any. 

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

8 any funds made available to a military department or de9 fense agency for the construction of military projects may 

10 be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 

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

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

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

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

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

16 do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 

17 plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in18 creased pursuant to law. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

21 available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited 

22 to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account estab23 lished by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization 

24 Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 

25 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such 
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1 Act, may be transferred to the account established by section 

2 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 

3 Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged with, and 

4 to be available for the same purposes and the same time 

5 period as that account. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 119. 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. 120. In addition to any other transfer authority 

9 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 

10 transferred from the accounts established by sections 

11 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 

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

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

14 Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 

15 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the Home16 owners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 

17 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be merged 

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

19 same time period as the fund to which transferred. 

20 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 funds made available in this title for operation and mainte22 nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 

23 funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 

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

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

2 officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 

3 days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 

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

5 Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

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

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

8 associated with environmental remediation that could not 

9 be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis10 sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 

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

12 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 

13 and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 

14 or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 

15 SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im16 provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 

17 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 

18 shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 

19 in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur20 suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 

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

22 title, or in any Act making appropriations for military 

23 construction which remain available for obligation, may be 

24 obligated or expended to carry out a military construction, 

25 land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili-
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1 tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in2 stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that has 

3 been approved for realignment to another installation, in 

4 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 

5 of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 

6 U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project at a military in7 stallation approved for realignment will support a con8 tinuing mission or function at that installation or a new 

9 mission or function that is planned for that installation, 

10 or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the cost to 

11 the United States of carrying out such project would be less 

12 than the cost to the United States of cancelling such project, 

13 or if the project is at an active component base that shall 

14 be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having 

15 multi-agency use, that another Government agency has in16 dicated it will assume ownership of the completed project. 

17 The Secretary of Defense may not transfer funds made 

18 available as a result of this limitation from any military 

19 construction project, land acquisition, or family housing 

20 project to another account or use such funds for another 

21 purpose or project without the prior approval of the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. This 

23 section shall not apply to military construction projects, 

24 land acquisition, or family housing projects for which the 

25 project is vital to the national security or the protection 
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1 of health, safety, or environmental quality: Provided, That 

2 the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional de3 fense committees within 7 days of a decision to carry out 

4 such a military construction project. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after appropria7 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

8 for military construction and family housing operation and 

9 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 

10 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 

11 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 

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

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

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

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

20 SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

21 available in an account funded under the headings in this 

22 title may be transferred among projects and activities with23 in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 

24 guidelines for military construction and family housing 

25 construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 
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1 Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 

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

3 this Act. 

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

5 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 

6 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme7 tery. 

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

9 Construction, Army’’, $60,000,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2019, for construction of quality-of-life 

11 projects included in the Army Fiscal Year 2015 unfunded 

12 priority list submitted to Congress on April 1, 2014: Pro13 vided, That such funding is subject to authorization prior 

14 to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out plan15 ning and design and construction: Provided further, That 

16 not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec17 retary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Ap18 propriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 

19 plan for funds provided under this section. 

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

21 Construction, Army National Guard’’, $40,000,000, to re22 main available until September 30, 2019, for construction 

23 of projects included in the Army National Guard Fiscal 

24 Year 2015 unfunded priority list submitted to Congress on 

25 April 1, 2014: Provided, That such funding is subject to 
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1 authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds 

2 to carry out planning and design and construction: Pro3 vided further, That not later than 30 days after enactment 

4 of this Act, the Director of the Army National Guard shall 

5 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

6 of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 

7 this section. 

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

9 Construction, Army Reserve’’, $50,000,000, to remain 

10 available until September 30, 2019, for construction of 

11 projects included in the Army Reserve Fiscal Year 2015 un12 funded priority list submitted to Congress on April 1, 2014: 

13 Provided, That such funding is subject to authorization 

14 prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 

15 planning and design and construction: Provided further, 

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

17 the Chief of the Army Reserve shall submit to the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex19 penditure plan for funds provided under this section. 

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

21 Construction, Navy’’, $200,000,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2019, for construction of quality-of-life 

23 projects included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Opportunity, 

24 Growth and Security Initiative budget request: Provided, 

25 That such funding is subject to authorization prior to obli-
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1 gation and expenditure of funds to carry out planning and 

2 design and construction: Provided further, That not later 

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

4 the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

5 of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 

6 provided under this section. 

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

8 Construction, Air Force’’, $100,000,000, to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2019, for construction of quality10 of-life projects included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Oppor11 tunity, Growth and Security Initiative budget request: Pro12 vided, That such funding is subject to authorization prior 

13 to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out plan14 ning and design and construction: Provided further, That 

15 not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on 

17 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 

18 plan for funds provided under this section. 

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

20 Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, $15,000,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2019, for construction of 

22 quality-of-life projects included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Op23 portunity, Growth and Security Initiative budget request: 

24 Provided, That such funding is subject to authorization 

25 prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 
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1 planning and design and construction: Provided further, 

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

3 the Chief of the Air Force Reserve shall submit to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 

5 expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 133. Of the unobligated balances available from 

8 prior Appropriations Acts (other than appropriations that 

9 were designated by the Congress as an emergency require10 ment or as being for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

11 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to a concurrent resolu12 tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

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

14 rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 

15 specified amounts: 

16 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $148,447,000; 

17 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 

18 Corps’’, $100,000,000; 

19 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $65,000,000; 

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

21 $50,000,000; 

22 ‘‘Family Housing Construction, Army’’, 

23 $35,000,000; and 

24 ‘‘NATO Security Investment Program’’, 

25 $25,000,000. 
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1 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 134. Of the unobligated balances made available 

3 in prior appropriations Acts for the fund established in sec4 tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 

5 Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374), $50,000,000 are 

6 hereby rescinded. 

7 TITLE II 

8 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

9 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

10 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be13 half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina14 tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 

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

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

17 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 

18 burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 

19 Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad20 justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 

21 due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 

22 the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 

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

24 authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 

25 chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 
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1 Code, $78,687,709,000, to remain available until expended: 

2 Provided, That not to exceed $15,430,000 of the amount ap3 propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen4 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra5 tion’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for necessary 

6 expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, 

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

8 for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and 

9 Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums 

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

11 shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to 

12 augment the funding of individual medical facilities for 

13 nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 

14 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

15 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 

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

17 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 

18 title 38, United States Code, $14,761,862,000, to remain 

19 available until expended: Provided, That expenses for reha20 bilitation program services and assistance which the Sec21 retary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of sec22 tion 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than under 

23 paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall 

24 be charged to this account. 
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1 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

2 For military and naval insurance, national service life 

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

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

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

7 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND

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

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

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

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

12 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec13 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

14 further, That during fiscal year 2015, within the resources 

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

16 direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 

17 loans. 

18 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

20 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

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

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

24 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

25 Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 
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1 under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga2 tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 

3 $2,877,000. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

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

6 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General operating ex7 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

8 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

11 loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 

12 title 38, United States Code, $1,130,000. 

13 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

14 MEDICAL SERVICES

15 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 

16 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 

17 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet18 erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 

19 Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 

20 the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 

21 supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv22 ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 

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

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

25 Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au-
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1 thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 

2 loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 

3 and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 

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

5 hospital care and medical services authorized by section 

6 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $100,000,000, which 

7 shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 

8 this heading that become available on October 1, 2014; and, 

9 in addition, $47,603,202,000, plus reimbursements, shall 

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

11 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not12 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 

13 Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision 

14 of medical treatment for veterans who have service-con15 nected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: Pro16 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority 

18 funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to vet19 erans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided 

20 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dis22 pensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Admin23 istration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately writ24 ten prescriptions based on requirements established by the 

25 Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation of the 
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1 program described in the previous proviso shall incur no 

2 additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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.), $6,144,000,000, plus reimbursements, 

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

14 available until September 30, 2016. 

15 MEDICAL FACILITIES

16 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper17 ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 

18 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin19 istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan20 ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 

21 and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil22 ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 

23 for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 

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

25 or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
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1 under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro2 vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 

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

4 and for laundry services; $125,000,000 which shall be in 

5 addition to funds previously appropriated under this head6 ing that become available on October 1, 2014; and, in addi7 tion, $4,915,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 

8 available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain available 

9 until September 30, 2016. 

10 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

11 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 

12 medical and prosthetic research and development as author13 ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 

14 $588,922,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2016. 

16 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION

17 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad18 ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 

19 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 

20 cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 

21 passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 

22 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 

23 improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na24 tional Cemetery Administration, $256,800,000, of which 
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1 not to exceed $25,600,000 shall remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2016. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 

7 Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad8 ministrative expenses in support of Department-Wide cap9 ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 

10 or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re11 ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 

12 motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 

13 Administration for security guard services, $321,591,000, 

14 of which not to exceed $9,660,000 shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That funds provided 

16 under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper17 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 

18 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS

19 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet20 erans Appeals, $99,294,000, of which not to exceed 

21 $9,429,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2016. 
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1 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene4 fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 

5 hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen6 eral Services Administration for security guard services, 

7 and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 

8 cost of overseas employee mail, $2,524,254,000: Provided, 

9 That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 

10 paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 

11 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af12 fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 

13 (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 

14 and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 

15 to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 

16 charged to this account: Provided further, That of the funds 

17 made available under this heading, not to exceed 

18 $124,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2016. 

20 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

21 For necessary expenses for information technology sys22 tems and telecommunications support, including develop23 mental information systems and operational information 

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

25 asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-
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1 ing management and related contractual costs of said ac2 quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper3 ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

4 Code, $3,913,344,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 

5 $1,039,000,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 

6 which not to exceed $30,792,000 shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

8 $2,343,217,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of 

9 which not to exceed $164,025,000 shall remain available 

10 until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

11 $531,127,000 shall be for information technology systems 

12 development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 

13 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided fur14 ther, That amounts made available for information tech15 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance16 ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

17 of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of the 

18 Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 

19 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certifi20 cation of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated 

21 and expended for each development project: Provided fur22 ther, That amounts made available for salaries and ex23 penses, operations and maintenance, and information tech24 nology systems development, modernization, and enhance25 ment may be transferred among the three subaccounts after 
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1 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Commit2 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the au3 thority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro4 vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor5 mation Technology Systems’’ account for development, mod6 ernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 

7 projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That 

8 no project may be increased or decreased by more than 

9 $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 

11 make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 

12 response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 

13 That funds under this heading may be used by the Inter14 agency Program Office through the Department of Veterans 

15 Affairs to develop a standard data reference terminology 

16 model: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

17 for information technology systems development, mod18 ernization, and enhancement for VistA Evolution, not more 

19 than 25 percent may be obligated or expended until the Sec20 retary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Ap21 propriations of both Houses of Congress, and such Commit22 tees approve, a report that describes: (1) the status of VistA 

23 Evolution project development and any corrective actions 

24 taken where the plan established in the VistA Evolution 

25 program plan (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Plan’’), VistA 
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1 4 product roadmap (Roadmap), or the VistA Evolution cost 

2 estimate, dated March 24, 2014 may have fallen short; (2) 

3 any changes to the scope of the VistA Evolution program 

4 as established in the Plan; (3) actual program costs in5 curred and any refinements to the cost estimate presented 

6 in the Plan based on actual costs incurred; (4) progress in 

7 meeting the schedule milestones that have been established 

8 in the Plan; (5) program performance relative to the per9 formance measures that have been identified in the Plan 

10 and the Roadmap; (6) plans for testing the VistA system 

11 and test results; (7) VistA Evolution program risks and 

12 issues that have been identified and any agency responses 

13 to such risks and issues; (8) the effort to achieve interoper14 ability between the electronic health record systems of the 

15 Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Af16 fairs, including the scope, cost, schedule, and performance 

17 benchmarks of the interoperable record; (9) progress toward 

18 developing and implementing the interoperable electronic 

19 health record throughout the two Departments’ medical fa20 cilities; and (10) a detailed governance structure for the 

21 VistA Evolution program, including the establishment of a 

22 single program director and integrator who shall have re23 sponsibility for the entire program: Provided further, That 

24 the funds made available under this heading for informa25 tion technology systems development, modernization, and 
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1 enhancement, shall be for the projects, and in the amounts, 

2 specified under this heading in the report accompanying 

3 this Act. 

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen6 eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 

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

8 App.), $126,411,000, of which $12,141,000 shall remain 

9 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That the Of10 fice of Inspector General shall conduct an audit of sched11 uling practices and procedures at Department of Veterans 

12 Affairs Medical Facilities across all Veteran Integrated 

13 Service Networks. 

14 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

15 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

17 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

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

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

20 not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec21 tural and engineering services, construction management 

22 services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as23 sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 

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

25 drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
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1 where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 

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

3 States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail4 able in a previous major project appropriation, 

5 $561,800,000, of which $527,800,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2019, and of which $34,000,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended: Provided, That except for 

8 advance planning activities, including needs assessments 

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

10 other capital asset management related activities, including 

11 portfolio development and management activities, and in12 vestment strategy studies funded through the advance plan13 ning fund and the planning and design activities funded 

14 through the design fund, including needs assessments which 

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

16 and associated costs of the resident engineers who oversee 

17 those capital investments funded through this account, and 

18 funds provided for the purchase of land for the National 

19 Cemetery Administration through the land acquisition line 

20 item, none of the funds made available under this heading 

21 shall be used for any project which has not been approved 

22 by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, 

23 That funds made available under this heading for fiscal 

24 year 2015, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) 

25 by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 
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1 September 30, 2015; and (2) by the awarding of a construc2 tion contract by September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

3 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to 

4 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con5 gress a written report on any approved major construction 

6 project for which obligations are not incurred within the 

7 time limitations established above. 

8 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

9 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 

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

11 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 

12 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 

13 may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi14 neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 

15 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 

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

17 storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi18 tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 

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

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

21 project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec22 tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 

23 $540,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2019, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con25 struction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 
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1 made available for any project where the estimated cost is 

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

3 Provided, That funds made available under this heading 

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

5 under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 

6 which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 

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

8 measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 

9 by such causes. 

10 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

11 FACILITIES

12 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 

13 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re14 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 

15 domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 

16 to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 

17 title 38, United States Code, $100,000,000, to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES

20 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 

21 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme22 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 

23 States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2015 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 2015, in this Act or any 

16 other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical support 

17 and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may 

18 be transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any 

19 transfers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical 

20 Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of 

21 the total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 

22 other Act may take place subject to notification from the 

23 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro24 priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 

25 purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans-
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1 fers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Support 

2 and Compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceed3 ing the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take 

4 place only after the Secretary requests from the Committees 

5 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 

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

7 further, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facili8 ties’’ account may take place only after the Secretary re9 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

10 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

11 an approval is issued. 

12 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal13 aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 

14 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas15 senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 

16 and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec17 tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

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

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

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

22 new hospital or home. 

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

24 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 

25 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
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1 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet2 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 

3 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 

4 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist5 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 

6 of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 

7 to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at such rates as may be 

8 fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

9 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 

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

11 and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be avail12 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 

13 to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 

14 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2014. 

15 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 

16 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 

17 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 

18 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

19 except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 

20 they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and pen21 sions’’. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

24 during fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

25 shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
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1 section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 

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

3 United States Code, and the United States Government Life 

4 Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 

5 States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General operating expenses, 

6 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech7 nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 

8 the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 

9 Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 

10 surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro11 gram during fiscal year 2015 that are available for divi12 dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac13 tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 

14 further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur15 ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu16 mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 

17 only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur18 ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis19 tration for fiscal year 2015 which is properly allocable to 

20 the provision of each such insurance program and to the 

21 provision of any total disability income insurance included 

22 in that insurance program. 

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

24 proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 

25 that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
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1 hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 

2 year in which the proceeds are received. 

3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

5 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 

6 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management 

7 of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em8 ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 

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

10 provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 

11 to exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage12 ment and $3,400,000 for the Office of Employment Dis13 crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay14 ments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 

15 based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts 

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

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

18 the office that provided the service. 

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

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

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

22 unless the Secretary submits a report which the Committees 

23 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve with24 in 30 days following the date on which the report is re25 ceived. 
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1 SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af2 fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 

3 or medical services provided to any person under chapter 

4 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con5 nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 

6 title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 

7 Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 

8 current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 

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

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

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

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

13 disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 

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

15 year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 

16 year in which amounts are received. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac20 tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 

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

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

23 site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve24 ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 

25 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
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1 as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 

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

3 Projects’’. 

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

5 Services’’ are available— 

6 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup7 plies, and equipment; and 

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

9 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 

10 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med13 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

14 title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to ‘‘Medical 

15 Services’’, to remain available until expended for the pur16 poses of that account: Provided, That, for fiscal year 2015, 

17 $250,000,000 deposited in the Department of Veterans Af18 fairs Medical Care Collections Fund shall be transferred to 

19 ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, to remain available until expended, 

20 for non-recurring maintenance at existing Veterans Health 

21 Administration medical facilities. 

22 SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 

23 into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations 

24 which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 

25 the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal 
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1 organizations serving rural Alaska which have entered into 

2 contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 

3 Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to pro4 vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 

5 care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 

6 facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula7 tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas8 ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound9 aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 

10 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set11 tlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and those lands 

12 within the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 

13 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

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

15 the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fair16 banks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough 

17 or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De20 partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 

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

22 transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con23 struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 

24 until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
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1 SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 

2 title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 

3 Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from 

4 conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 

5 within their respective Networks. 

6 SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub7 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

8 of Congress a quarterly report on the financial status of 

9 the Veterans Health Administration. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 

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

13 Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Bene14 fits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na15 tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 

16 2015 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech17 nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That before a transfer 

18 may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re19 quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both 

20 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 

21 an approval is issued. 

22 SEC. 221. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

23 made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart24 ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 

25 is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 
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1 Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 

2 the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro3 priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 

4 or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available to the De6 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this 

7 Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac8 count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 per9 cent of the funds made available shall be obligated during 

10 the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That the 

11 Secretary may waive this requirement after providing writ12 ten notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

13 Houses of Congress. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart16 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical 

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

18 Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Informa19 tion Technology Systems’’, up to $252,366,000, plus reim20 bursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of 

21 Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

22 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na23 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub24 lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for oper25 ation of the facilities designated as combined Federal med-
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1 ical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 

2 Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

3 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 

4 That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 

5 designated in this section to the Joint Department of De6 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

7 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec8 retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria9 tions of both Houses of Congress. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 224. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart12 ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 

13 1, 2015, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 

14 Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to 

15 $245,398,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to 

16 the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 

17 Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established 

18 by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

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

20 and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 

21 as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec22 tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author23 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 

24 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be trans25 ferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 
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1 Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 

2 Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifi3 cation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 225. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med7 ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 

8 title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa9 cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 

10 described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 

11 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

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

13 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 

14 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 

15 established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author16 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

17 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des18 ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 

19 by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 

21 122 Stat. 4500). 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

25 and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000 shall 
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1 be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incen2 tive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 

3 United States Code, to remain available until expended, for 

4 any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 

5 States Code. 

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

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

8 J of Public Law 113–76, the following amounts which be9 come available on October 1, 2014, are hereby rescinded 

10 from the following accounts in the amounts specified: 

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

12 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

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

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

16 Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 

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

18 Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 

19 accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2016: 

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

22 Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 

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

24 Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
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1 (3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 

2 Facilities’’, $100,000,000. 

3 SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Veterans 

4 Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 

5 both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in major con6 struction projects that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent 

7 of the programmed amount of the project, whichever is less: 

8 Provided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 

9 of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Provided 

10 further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior 

12 to the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the 

13 anticipated use of such savings. 

14 SEC. 229. The scope of work for a project included in 

15 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may not be increased above 

16 the scope specified for that project in the original justifica17 tion data provided to the Congress as part of the request 

18 for appropriations. 

19 SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub20 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

21 of Congress a quarterly report that contains the following 

22 information from each Veterans Benefits Administration 

23 Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete a dis24 ability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims pend25 ing more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number 
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1 of claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within 

2 the quarter to address poor performance; (6) training pro3 grams undertaken; and (7) the number and results of Qual4 ity Review Team audits: Provided, That each quarterly re5 port shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end 

6 of the respective quarter. 

7 SEC. 231. Of the funds provided to the Department of 

8 Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical Services’’ 

9 and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum of 

10 $1,139,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Services’’ 

11 account and a maximum of $69,804,000 may be obligated 

12 from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ account for 

13 the VistA Evolution and electronic health record interoper14 ability projects: Provided, That funds in addition to these 

15 amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and elec16 tronic health record interoperability projects upon written 

17 notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

19 SEC. 232. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro20 vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria21 tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza22 tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 

23 full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 

24 Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
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1 SEC. 233. The Secretary of the Department of Veterans 

2 Affairs shall provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress notification 

4 of any single national outreach and awareness marketing 

5 campaign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 

6 SEC. 234. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

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

8 hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environ9 mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at ex10 isting Veterans Health Administration medical facilities, 

11 located in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23, as part 

12 of a planned realignment of VA services until the Secretary 

13 provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

14 Houses of Congress a report including the following ele15 ments: (1) a national realignment strategy that includes a 

16 detailed description of realignment plans within each Vet17 erans Integrated Service Network (VISN); (2) an expla18 nation of the process by which those plans were developed 

19 and coordinated within the VISN; (3) a cost vs. benefit 

20 analysis of each planned realignment, including the cost of 

21 replacing Veterans Health Administration services with 

22 contract care or other outsourced services; (4) an analysis 

23 of how any such planned realignment of services will im24 pact access to care for veterans living in rural or highly 

25 rural areas, including travel distances and transportation 
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1 costs to access a VA medical facility and availability of 

2 local specialty and primary care; (5) an inventory of VA 

3 buildings with historic designation and the methodology 

4 used to determine the buildings condition and utilization; 

5 (6) a description of how any realignment will be consistent 

6 with requirements under the National Historic Preservation 

7 Act; and (7) consideration given for reuse of historic build8 ings. 

9 SEC. 235. None of the funds available to the Depart10 ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 

11 be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 

12 Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 

13 monitoring supplies and equipment. 

14 SEC. 236. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

15 shall be used to provide performance bonuses for Medical 

16 Directors, Assistant Medical Directors, or Senior Executive 

17 Service employees of the Veterans Health Administration 

18 until (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Inspector 

19 General conducts an audit of scheduling practices and pro20 cedures at VA medical centers across all Veteran Integrated 

21 Service Networks, (2) a report on the findings and rec22 ommendations of the audit is submitted to Congress, and 

23 (3) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides Congress with 

24 an implementation plan to address the findings and rec25 ommendations of the Inspector General audit. 
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1 SEC. 237. Of the funds available to the Department 

2 for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, not less than 

3 $35,000,000 shall be available to provide contract care for 

4 veterans in rural and highly rural areas. 

5 SEC. 238. (a) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently 

7 than once every 180 days thereafter, the Medical Inspector 

8 of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Con9 gress a report on the programs and activities of the Veterans 

10 Health Administration. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each report submitted under 

13 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

14 (A) A description of such problems or defi15 ciencies as the Medical Inspector may identify in 

16 programs and activities of the Veterans Health 

17 Administration. 

18 (B) An indication of whether the General 

19 Counsel of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

20 has reviewed the findings of the Medical Inspec21 tor with respect to such problems or deficiencies. 

22 (C) A description of any findings by the 

23 General Counsel of any violation of law com24 mitted by an employee of the Department result25 ing from the review under subparagraph (B). 
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1 (D) A description of any legal or adminis2 trative action taken with respect to any such em3 ployee. 

4 (2) INITIAL REPORT.—The initial report re5 quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

6 (A) The findings and recommendations for 

7 corrective action contained in reports submitted 

8 to the Secretary by the Medical Inspector during 

9 the four-year period ending on the day before the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act relating to the 

11 quality of health care provided to veterans by the 

12 Veterans Health Administration and the access 

13 of veterans to such health care. 

14 (B) A description of any legal or adminis15 trative action taken with respect to any employee 

16 of the Department of Veterans Affairs resulting 

17 from the findings and recommendations con18 tained in the reports of the Medical Inspector de19 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

20 (C) The status of any legal or administra21 tive action described in subparagraph (B) as of 

22 the date of the submittal of the initial report 

23 under subsection (a). 

24 (c) AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.—The Secretary of 

25 Veterans Affairs shall ensure that each report submitted 
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1 under subsection (a) is available to the public on an Inter2 net website of the Department not later than 30 days after 

3 the submittal of the report to Congress. 

4 (d) OTHER REPORTS.—In carrying out the functions 

5 of the Office of the Medical Inspector of the Department of 

6 Veterans Affairs, the Medical Inspector shall— 

7 (1) submit to Congress any other report prepared 

8 by the Medical Inspector; and 

9 (2) make such report available to the public on 

10 an Internet website of the Department. 

11 (e) PRIVACY MATTERS.—Any medical or other per12 sonal information contained in any report under this sec13 tion shall be protected from disclosure or misuse in accord14 ance with the laws on privacy applicable to such informa15 tion. 

16 SEC. 239. (a) TRANSFER OF AMOUNT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of amounts that are available 

18 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the appro19 priations account under the heading ‘‘MEDICAL FA20 CILITIES’’ for fiscal year 2015, the amount specified 

21 in paragraph (2) shall be transferred to the appro22 priations account under the heading ‘‘MEDICAL SERV23 ICES’’. 

24 (2) AMOUNT SPECIFIED.—The amount specified 

25 in this paragraph is the amount that the Secretary 
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1 of Veterans Affairs determines is necessary to provide 

2 to veterans in the catchment area of any facility or 

3 proposed facility specified in subsection (d) health 

4 care services pursuant to contracts that are of equiva5 lent or better quality than health care services pro6 vided by community based outpatient clinics of the 

7 Department. 

8 (b) USE OF AMOUNTS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use the 

10 amount transferred to the appropriations account 

11 under the heading ‘‘MEDICAL SERVICES’’ pursuant to 

12 subsection (a) to provide health care services to vet13 erans in the catchment area of any facility or pro14 posed facility specified in subsection (d). 

15 (2) PRIORITY.—Priority for the receipt of health 

16 care services under paragraph (1) shall be given to 

17 veterans residing in areas that have been underserved 

18 by the Department for the longest period of time, as 

19 determined by the Secretary. 

20 (3) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Any amounts 

21 transferred pursuant to subsection (a) for the purpose 

22 of providing health care services to veterans described 

23 in paragraph (1) are in addition to any other 

24 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 

25 for such purpose. 
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1 (c) TRANSFER FOR LEASES.—Effective on the date on 

2 which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that a 

3 major medical facility lease for a facility or proposed facil4 ity specified in subsection (d) is specifically authorized by 

5 law and the Secretary has entered into a contract for the 

6 lease of such facility, there is transferred from the unobli7 gated balances of the amounts transferred under subsection 

8 (a) to the appropriations account of the Department of Vet9 erans Affairs under the heading ‘‘MEDICAL FACILITIES’’ an 

10 amount equal to the amount specifically authorized by law 

11 for the major medical facility lease. 

12 (d) FACILITIES AND PROPOSED FACILITIES SPECI13 FIED.—The facilities and proposed facilities specified in 

14 this subsection are the following: 

15 (1) A clinical research and pharmacy coordi16 nating center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

17 (2) A community-based outpatient clinic in 

18 Brick, New Jersey. 

19 (3) A new primary care and dental clinic annex 

20 in Charleston, South Carolina. 

21 (4) The Cobb County community-based Out22 patient Clinic in Cobb County, Georgia. 

23 (5) The Leeward Outpatient Healthcare Access 

24 Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, including a co-located 

25 clinic with the Department of Defense and the co-loca-
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1 tion of the Honolulu Regional Office of the Veterans 

2 Benefits Administration and the Kapolei Vet Center 

3 of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

4 (6) A community-based outpatient clinic in 

5 Johnson County, Kansas. 

6 (7) A replacement community-based outpatient 

7 clinic in Lafayette, Louisiana. 

8 (8) A community-based outpatient clinic in Lake 

9 Charles, Louisiana. 

10 (9) Outpatient clinic consolidation in New Port 

11 Richey, Florida. 

12 (10) An outpatient clinic in Ponce, Puerto Rico. 

13 (11) Lease consolidation in San Antonio, Texas. 

14 (12) A community-based outpatient clinic in 

15 San Diego, California. 

16 (13) An outpatient clinic in Tyler, Texas. 

17 (14) The Errera Community Care Center in 

18 West Haven, Connecticut. 

19 (15) The Worcester community-based Outpatient 

20 Clinic in Worcester, Massachusetts. 

21 (16) The expansion of a community-based out22 patient clinic in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 

23 (17) A multispecialty clinic in Chattanooga, 

24 Tennessee. 
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1 (18) The expansion of a community-based out2 patient clinic in Chico, California. 

3 (19) A community-based outpatient clinic in 

4 Chula Vista, California. 

5 (20) A new research lease in Hines, Illinois. 

6 (21) A replacement research lease in Houston, 

7 Texas. 

8 (22) A community-based outpatient clinic in 

9 Lincoln, Nebraska. 

10 (23) A community-based outpatient clinic in 

11 Lubbock, Texas. 

12 (24) Community-based outpatient clinic consoli13 dation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 

14 (25) A community-based outpatient clinic in 

15 Phoenix, Arizona. 

16 (26) The expansion of a community-based out17 patient clinic in Redding, California. 

18 (27) The expansion of a community-based out19 patient clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

20 SEC. 240. (a) REMOVAL OF SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERV21 ICE EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF22 FAIRS FOR PERFORMANCE.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 

23 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

24 new section: 
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1 ‘‘§ 713. Senior Executive Service: removal based on 

2 performance 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

4 ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding subchapter V of chapter 35 

5 of title 5, subchapter V of chapter 75 of title 5, or any 

6 other provision of law, the Secretary may remove any 

7 individual who is an employee of the Department 

8 from a Senior Executive Service position (as defined 

9 in section 3132(a) of title 5) if the Secretary deter10 mines the performance of the individual warrants 

11 such removal. 

12 ‘‘(2) If the Secretary so removes such an indi13 vidual, the Secretary may— 

14 ‘‘(A) remove the individual from the civil 

15 service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5); or 

16 ‘‘(B) appoint the individual to a General 

17 Schedule position at any grade of the General 

18 Schedule the Secretary determines appropriate. 

19 ‘‘(b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 

20 after removing an individual from the Senior Executive 

21 Service under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to 

22 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 

23 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representa24 tives notice in writing of such removal and the reason for 

25 such removal.’’. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

2 the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following new item: 

‘‘713. Senior Executive Service: removal based on performance.’’. 

4 TITLE III 

5 RELATED AGENCIES 

6 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

9 the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 

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

11 purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 

12 cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 

13 its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 

14 space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace15 ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 

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

17 expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 

18 countries, when required by law of such countries, 

19 $73,285,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 

22 the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 

23 may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 

24 purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 

25 States Code. 
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1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS

2 CLAIMS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 

5 States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 

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

7 Code, $34,390,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be 

8 available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 

9 as described, and in accordance with the process and report10 ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 

11 102–229. 

12 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

13 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 

16 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol17 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 

18 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace19 ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 

20 for official reception and representation expenses, 

21 $65,800,000, of which not to exceed $3,000,000 shall remain 

22 available until September 30, 2016. In addition, such sums 

23 as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and 

24 replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department 

25 of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 
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1 Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading, ‘‘De2 partment of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army’’, 

3 may be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relo4 cation of the federally owned water main at Arlington Na5 tional Cemetery, making additional land available for 

6 ground burials. 

7 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME

8 TRUST FUND

9 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire10 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re11 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

12 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 

13 be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire14 ment Home Trust Fund, $63,400,000, of which $1,000,000 

15 shall remain available until expended for construction and 

16 renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re17 tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 

18 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 

19 TITLE IV 

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

21 SEC. 401. 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. 402. 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. 403. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

7 year 2015 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 

8 shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 

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

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

11 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela12 tionships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 

13 the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, 

14 booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation 

15 designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 

16 Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 

17 SEC. 405. All departments and agencies funded under 

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

19 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 

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

21 of their business practices and public service activities. 

22 SEC. 406. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti23 fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub24 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 

25 and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
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1 of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 

2 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 

3 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

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

5 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in6 strumentality of the United States Government except pur7 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

8 in, this or any other appropriations Act. 

9 SEC. 408. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail10 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

11 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re12 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 

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

14 it shall serve the national interest. 

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

16 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

17 national security; or 

18 (2) the report contains confidential or propri19 etary information. 

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

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

22 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

23 than 45 days. 

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

25 Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
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1 work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 

2 and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

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

7 SEC. 410. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro8 priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 

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

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

11 possessions to house any individual detained at United 

12 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur13 poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 

14 the control of the Department of Defense. 

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

16 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

17 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

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

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

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

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

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

23 (2) is— 

24 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

25 control of the Department of Defense; or 
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1 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

2 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

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

4 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 

5 of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 

6 agency that are stationed within the United States at any 

7 single conference occurring outside a state of the United 

8 States, except for employees of the Department of Veterans 

9 Affairs stationed in the Philippines, unless the relevant Sec10 retary reports to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress at least 5 days in advance that such 

12 attendance is important to the national interest. 

13 SEC. 412. (a) The head of any executive branch depart14 ment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 

15 Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General 

16 or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 

17 General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures re18 lated to each conference held by any such department, agen19 cy, board, commission, or office during fiscal year 2015 for 

20 which the cost to the United States Government was more 

21 than $100,000. 

22 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con23 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica24 ble period— 

25 (1) a description of its purpose; 
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1 (2) the number of participants attending; 

2 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 

3 States Government, including— 

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

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

6 (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 

7 to and from the conference; and 

8 (D) a discussion of the methodology used to 

9 determine which costs relate to the conference; 

10 and 

11 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

12 used including— 

13 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

14 competitive basis; and 

15 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

16 conducted by the departmental component or of17 fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 

18 conference. 

19 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

20 by any executive branch department, agency, board, com21 mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 2015 

22 for which the cost to the United States Government was 

23 more than $20,000, the head of any such department, agen24 cy, board, commission, or office shall notify the Inspector 

25 General or senior ethics official for any entity without an 
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1 Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of em2 ployees attending such conference. 

3 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro4 priated by this Act to an executive branch agency may not 

5 be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 

6 described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program7 matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con8 tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 

9 with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou10 tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 

11 contract. 

12 (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

13 be used for travel and conference activities that are not in 

14 compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memo15 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 

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

17 and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

18 Act, 2015’’. 
Calendar No. 400 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4486 

[Report No. 113–174] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for military construction, 

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

MAY 1, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

M

Appropriations 

AY 22, 2014 

Reported with an amendment