United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov-
ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.); $6,033,000,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 
2013, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2014. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 
planning, design, project management, real property ac-
quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 
any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 
activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter-
ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos-
pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 
the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate-
rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 
$4,872,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2013, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2014. 
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MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as au-
thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$582,674,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not other-
wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there-
for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper-
ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter-
ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 
of the National Cemetery Administration, $258,284,000, 
of which not to exceed $25,828,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2014: Provided, That none of the 
funds under this heading may be used to expand the 
Urban Initiative project beyond those sites outlined in the 
fiscal year 2012 or previous budget submissions or any 
other rural strategy, other than the Rural Initiative in-
cluded in the fiscal year 2013 budget submission, until 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a strat-
egy to serve the burial needs of veterans residing in rural 
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and highly rural areas and that strategy has been ap-
proved by the Committees: Provided further, That the 
strategy shall include: (1) A review of previous policies of 
the National Cemetery Administration regarding estab-
lishment of new national cemeteries, including whether the 
guidelines of the Administration for establishing national 
cemetery annexes remain valid; (2) Data identifying the 
number of and geographic areas where rural veterans are 
not currently served by national or existing State ceme-
teries and identification of areas with the largest unserved 
populations, broken down by veterans residing in urban 
versus rural and highly rural; (3) Identification of the 
number of veterans who reside within the 75-mile radius 
of a cemetery that is limited to cremations or of a State 
cemetery which has residency restrictions, as well as an 
examination of how many communities that fall under a 
75-mile radius have an actual driving distance greater 
than 75 miles; (4) Reassessment of the gaps in service, 
factoring in the above conditions that limit rural and high-
ly rural veteran burial options; (5) An assessment of the 
adequacy of the policy of the Administration on estab-
lishing new cemeteries proposed in the fiscal year 2013 
budget request; (6) Recommendations for an appropriate 
policy on new national cemeteries to serve rural or highly 
rural areas; (7) Development of a national map showing 
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the locations and number of all unserved veterans; and 
(8) A time line for the implementation of such strategy 
and cost estimates for using the strategy to establish new 
burial sites in at least five rural or highly rural locations: 
Provided further, That the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall review the strategy to ensure that it 
includes the elements listed above prior to the submission 
of the report by the Secretary: Provided further, That this 
strategy shall be submitted no later 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
administrative expenses in support of Department-Wide 
capital planning, management and policy activities, uni-
forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services, 
$416,737,000, of which not to exceed $20,837,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading may be trans-
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ferred to ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 
of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services, and reimbursement of the Department of De-
fense 
for 
the 
cost 
of 
overseas 
employee 
mail, 
$2,164,074,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 
assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and 
(11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec-
essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex-
tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 
maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum 
independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac-
count: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $113,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2014. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology 
systems and telecommunications support, including devel-
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amounts made available for salaries and expenses, oper-
ations and maintenance, and information technology sys-
tems development, modernization, and enhancement may 
be transferred among the three subaccounts after the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the author-
ity to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor-
mation technology systems’’ account for development, 
modernization, and enhancement may be transferred be-
tween projects or to newly defined projects: Provided fur-
ther, That no project may be increased or decreased by 
more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a re-
quest to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress to make the transfer and an approval is 
issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading for information technology systems de-
velopment, modernization, and enhancement, shall be for 
the projects, and in the amounts, specified under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided to develop an inte-
grated Department of Defense –Department of Veterans 
Affairs (DOD-VA) integrated health record, not more 
than twenty-five percent shall be available for obligation 
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until the DOD-VA Interagency Program Office submits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress a completed fiscal year 2013 execution and 
spending plan and a long-term roadmap for the life of the 
project that includes, but is not limited to, the following: 
(a) annual and total spending for each Department; (b) 
a quarterly schedule of milestones for each Department 
over the life of the project; (c) detailed cost-sharing busi-
ness rules; and (d) data standardization schedules between 
the Departments. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, to include information technology, in carrying out 
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $113,000,000, of which $6,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2014. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
316, 2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 
Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar-
chitectural and engineering services, construction manage-
ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
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costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 
under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 
and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac-
quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 
than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 
made available in a previous major project appropriation, 
$532,470,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, of which $5,000,000 shall be to make reimburse-
ments as provided in section 7108 of title 41, United 
States Code, for claims paid for contract disputes: Pro-
vided, That except for advance planning activities, includ-
ing needs assessments which may or may not lead to cap-
ital investments, and other capital asset management re-
lated activities, including portfolio development and man-
agement activities, and investment strategy studies funded 
through the advance planning fund and the planning and 
design activities funded through the design fund, including 
needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 
investments, and salaries and associated costs of the resi-
dent engineers who oversee those capital investments 
funded through this account, and funds provided for the 
purchase of land for the National Cemetery Administra-
tion through the land acquisition line item, none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
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any project which has not been approved by the Congress 
in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for fiscal year 2013, 
for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the 
awarding of a construction documents contract by Sep-
tember 30, 2013; and (2) by the awarding of a construc-
tion contract by September 30, 2014: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a written report on any approved major con-
struction project for which obligations are not incurred 
within the time limitations established above. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 
which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 
engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro-
vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 
site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 316, 2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 38, 
United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 
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estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the 
amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 
United States Code, $607,530,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, along with unobligated balances 
of previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations 
which are hereby made available for any project where the 
estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 
in such section: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the 
nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 
of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 
damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 
and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to 
minimize further loss by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 
FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 
and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 
care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 
8137 of title 38, United States Code, $85,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
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GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal governments 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2013 for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 
days has elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013, in this Act 
or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical 
support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ ac-
counts may be transferred among the accounts: Provided, 
That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical services’’ and 
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‘‘Medical support and compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent 
or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 
in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica-
tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 
That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical services’’ and 
‘‘Medical support and compliance’’ accounts in excess of 
1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the 
fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary re-
quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and an approval is issued: Provided further, That any 
transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ account may 
take place only after the Secretary requests from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 
salaries and expenses shall be available for services au-
thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 
or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
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SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, minor projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec-
tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 
or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim-
bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina-
tion is made to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at such 
rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be avail-
able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re-
quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 
prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 
2012. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
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prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 
3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 
accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 
and pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2013, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 
Fund under section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, 
the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 
1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 
States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 
1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen-
eral operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’ and ‘‘Information technology systems’’ accounts for 
the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi-
nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse-
ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu-
mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 
2013 that are available for dividends in that program after 
claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 
have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 
amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 
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reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 
surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2013 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 
such insurance program and to the provision of any total 
disability income insurance included in that insurance pro-
gram. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 
lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in-
curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro-
viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur-
ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage-
ment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Of-
fice of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudica-
tion under section 319 of title 38, United States Code, 
for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 
costs but not to exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Reso-
lution Management and $3,360,000 for the Office of Em-
ployment and Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: 
Provided, That payments may be made in advance for 
services to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided 
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further, That amounts received shall be credited to the 
‘‘General administration’’ and ‘‘Information technology 
systems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the 
service. 
SEC. 211. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available to enter into any new lease of real property if 
the estimated annual rental cost is more than $1,000,000, 
unless the Secretary submits a report the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve within 
30 days following the date on which the report is received. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 
care, or medical services provided to any person under 
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv-
ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 
such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 
may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 
information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man-
ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason-
able charges for such care or services from any person who 
does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur-
ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 
provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the 
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Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re-
ceived. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas-
ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 
the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 
minor projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (in-
cluding site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and 
improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdic-
tion or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount pro-
vided for in ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, minor projects’’. 
SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to 
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‘‘Medical services’’, to remain available until expended for 
the purposes of that account. 
SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organi-
zations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Com-
pact with the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and 
tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have en-
tered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under 
the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance 
Act, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 
dental care. The Secretary shall require participating vet-
erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 
and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 
‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands sited within the ex-
ternal boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified 
in sections 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and 
those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 
sections 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are 
not within the boundaries of the Municipality of Anchor-
age, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Penin-
sula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu-
ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and 
‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ accounts, to remain avail-
able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 
Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks 
from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet-
erans within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the financial 
status of the Veterans Health Administration. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med-
ical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Med-
ical facilities’’, ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘General administration’’, and 
‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal 
year 2013, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Informa-
tion technology systems’’ account: Provided, That before 
a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
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fairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the 
transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 221. Of the amounts made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013, in this 
Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ ac-
count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 
percent of the funds made available shall be obligated dur-
ing the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That 
the Secretary may waive this requirement after providing 
written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013 for 
‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, 
‘‘Medical facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’, and 
‘‘Information technology systems’’, up to $247,356,000, 
plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint De-
partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by sec-
tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) 
and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 
as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec-
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tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be 
transferred from accounts designated in this section to the 
Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Af-
fairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Such sums as may be deposited to the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, for health care provided 
at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili-
ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail-
able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense- 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper-
ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun-
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can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, 
and ‘‘Medical facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000, shall 
be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing In-
centive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 
United States Code, to remain available until expended, 
for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II 
of division H of Public Law 112–74, the following 
amounts which became available on October 1, 2012, are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the 
amounts specified: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
services’’, $1,800,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
support and compliance’’, $200,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
facilities’’, $400,000,000. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 
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SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall provide on a quarterly basis to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
notification of any single national outreach and awareness 
marketing 
campaign 
in 
which 
obligations 
exceed 
$2,000,000. 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall include in the sufficiency letter re-
quired by section 117(d) of title 38, United States Code, 
that is due to the Congress on July 31 of each year a 
description of any changes exceeding $250,000,000 in 
funding requirements for the Medical Services account re-
sulting from the spring recalculation of the Enrollee 
Healthcare Projection Model. Any such revised data shall 
not be modified to align with the pending budget request. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall submit a reprogramming request to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
whenever a change of ten percent or more is proposed in 
funding for the current year or advance year in the Med-
ical Services initiatives listed in the Congressional submis-
sion. Such reprogramming may only go forward if the 
Committees have approved the request or if a period of 
fourteen days has elapsed. 
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(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 231. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in Public Law 112-74 to the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs for fiscal year 2013, $62,924,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical services’’, $12,737,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and $5,593,000 are 
rescinded from ‘‘Medical facilities’’. Amounts rescinded in 
this section shall be derived from amounts that would oth-
erwise have been available for the increase in civilian pay 
for fiscal year 2013 proposed in the President’s request. 
SEC. 232. (a) The amounts otherwise made available 
by this Act for the following accounts of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following 
amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration--Medical 
and prosthetic research’’, $809,000. 
(2) 
‘‘National 
Cemetery 
Administration’’, 
$360,000. 
(3) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
administration’’, $1,575,000. 
(4) ‘‘Departmental Administration--General op-
erating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, $6,100,000. 
(5) ‘‘Departmental Administration--Information 
technology systems’’, $3,250,000. 
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(6) ‘‘Departmental Administration--Office of In-
spector General’’, $450,000. 
(b) Amounts reduced in subsection (a) shall be de-
rived from amounts that would otherwise have been avail-
able for the increase in civilian pay for 2013 proposed in 
the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget request. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 
the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun-
tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 
national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 
States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 
and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for- 
one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
countries, $59,290,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 
sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex-
pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 
36, United States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 
authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 
United 
States 
Code, 
$31,187,000 
Provided, 
That 
$2,726,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 
financial assistance as described, and in accordance with 
the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this 
heading in Public Law 102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington 
National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one 
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basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $173,733,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which, not less than 
$84,000,000 shall be for the Millennium Project. In addi-
tion, such sums as may be necessary for parking mainte-
nance, repairs and replacement, to be derived from the 
‘‘Lease of Department of Defense Real Property for De-
fense Agencies’’ account. Funds appropriated under this 
Act may be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for 
the relocation of the federally owned water main at Arling-
ton National Cemetery making additional land available 
for ground burials. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 
and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis-
sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $67,590,000, of 
which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 
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TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $150,768,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. Of the unobligated balances in section 
2005 in title X, of Public Law 112-10 and division H in 
title IV of Public Law 112–74, $150,768,000 are hereby 
rescinded: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
SEC. 402. Availability of funds.—Each amount des-
ignated in this Act by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
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section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 
(or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subse-
quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 
when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 
to which the funds are made available that the program, 
project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 
property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 503. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 
for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pam-
phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presen-
tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 
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SEC. 504. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con-
duct of their business practices and public service activi-
ties. 
SEC. 505. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no-
tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af-
fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 506. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able in this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this or any other appropriations 
Act. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of the United States House of Representa-
tives. 
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SEC. 508. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 
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Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi-
aries or successors. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used by an agency 
of the executive branch to exercise the power of eminent 
domain (to take the private property for public use) with-
out the payment of just compensation. 
SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 
or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
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(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used by an agency 
of the executive branch to pay for first-class travel by an 
employee of the agency in contravention of sections 301– 
10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to execute a contract for goods or services, includ-
ing construction services, where the contractor has not 
complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor-
poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 
of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 
convcited) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding 
agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has 
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or 
such officer or agent, and made a determination that this 
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