SEC. 256. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for surgical procedures or hormone thera-
pies for the purposes of gender affirming care. 
SEC. 257. During the period beginning on October 
1, 2025 and ending on September 30, 2026, none of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to admin-
ister, implement, or enforce the final rule issued by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to ‘‘Change in Rates 
VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation’’ (88 Fed. 
Reg. 10032) and published on February 16, 2023. 
SEC. 258. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out VHA Directive 1193.01, 
‘‘Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Program for Vet-
erans Health Administration Health Care Personnel’’. 
SEC. 259. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide any services to any individual 
unlawfully present in the United States who is not eligible 
for health care under the laws administered by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 260. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
under section 5502 of title 38, United States Code, in any 
case arising out of the administration by the Secretary of 
laws and benefits under such title, to report a person who 
is deemed mentally incapacitated, mentally incompetent, 
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or to be experiencing an extended loss of consciousness 
as a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defec-
tive under subjection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of 
title 18, United States Code, without the order or finding 
a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of com-
petent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself 
or herself or others. 
SEC. 261. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Veterans Health Ad-
ministration’’ from prior appropriations Acts, including 
any funds transferred from the Medical Care Collections 
Fund to accounts under such heading, $15,889,000,000 
is hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Re-
search’’ or amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further; 
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a plan for rescinding amounts pur-
suant to this section not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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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 $15,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
countries, $106,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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. 
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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, $49,000,000: Provided, That 
$3,800,000 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 for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$115,000,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2028. In addition, 
such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 
repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease 
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of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 
Agencies’’ account. 
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, $70,520,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027, of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for con-
struction and renovation of the physical plants at the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of 
Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading from funds available in the 
Armed 
Forces 
Retirement 
Home 
Trust 
Fund, 
$25,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries. 
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