XVII of division A of Public Law 111–84, and shall be 
available to fund operations of the integrated Captain 
James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting 
of the North Chicago Veteran Affairs Medical Center, and 
Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities 
designated as a combined Federal medical facility as de-
scribed by section 1706 of Public Law 110–417. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 227. 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 Department of Defense/Department 
of Veterans Affairs Health Care Sharing Incentive 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 RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 228. (a) Of the funds appropriated in the Mili-
tary Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117, Divi-
sion E), the following amounts which become available on 
October 1, 2010 are hereby permanently cancelled from 
the accounts in the amounts specified: 
‘‘Medical services’’, Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, $1,015,000,000;
‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, Department 
of Veterans Affairs, $145,000,000; and 
‘‘Medical facilities’’, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, $145,000,000. 
(b) An additional amount is appropriated to the fol-
lowing accounts in the amounts specified, to become avail-
able on October 1, 2010 and to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2012: 
‘‘Medical services’’, Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, $1,015,000,000; 
‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, Department 
of Veterans Affairs, $145,000,000; and 
‘‘Medical facilities’’, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, $145,000,000. 
SEC. 229. For an additional amount for the ‘‘General 
operating expenses’’ account, $23,584,000, to increase the 
Department’s acquisition workforce capacity and capabili-
ties: Provided, That such funds may be transferred by the 
Secretary to any other account in the Department to carry 
out the purposes provided herein: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be available only to supplement and not to sup-
plant existing acquisition workforce activities: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available for training,
recruitment, retention, and hiring additional members of 
the acquisition workforce as defined by the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.): Provided further, That such funds shall be avail-
able for information technology in support of acquisition 
workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to 
improve acquisition management. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress within 30 days of enact-
ment of this Act the planned funding allocation from each 
of the Veterans Health Administration accounts to the 
National Reserve Fund and any subsequent increase in 
these allocations of ten percent or more: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall notify the Committees of any planned 
obligation of the National Reserve Fund fifteen days be-
fore such obligation takes place, as well as the intended 
use of the funds. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in 
major construction projects that total at least $5,000,000, 
or five percent of the programmed amount, whichever is 
less: Provided, That such notification shall occur within 
14 days after the date on which funds are obligated.
SEC. 232. The scope of work for a project included 
in ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, may not be increased 
above the scope specified for that project in the original 
justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 
request for appropriations, without prior notification to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
SEC. 233. Of the amounts made available for fiscal 
year 2011 for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ in Public Law 111– 
117, $162,734,000 shall be available for renewable energy 
projects at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
facility campuses subject to section 8103 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
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, $65,667,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be for improvements 
and rehabilitation of the Bataan Death March Memorial 
at the Cabanatuan American Memorial in the Philippines. 
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, $90,147,000: Provided, That, of the 
foregoing amount, $62,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
General Services Administration for the construction of a 
courthouse to house the United States Court of Appeals 
for Veterans Claims: Provided further, That $2,515,229
shall be available for the purpose of providing financial 
assistance as described, and in accordance with the proc-
ess 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 of two passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$39,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds available under this heading 
shall be for construction of a perimeter wall at Arlington 
National Cemetery. In addition, such sums as may be nec-
essary for parking maintenance, repairs and replacement, 
to be derived from the Lease of Department of Defense 
Real Property for Defense Agencies account. 
Funds appropriated under this Act may be provided 
to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of the 
federally-owned water main at Arlington National Ceme-
tery 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, $71,200,000, 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. 
TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army’’, $929,996,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and 
expended to carry out planning and design and military 
construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated,
$10,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of De-
fense — Other Department of Defense Programs — Of-
fice of the Inspector General’’, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same time period as the appropriation 
to which transferred, for the purpose of carrying out au-
dits of military construction projects in Afghanistan: Pro-
vided further, That this transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority available to the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’, $280,504,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and 
expended to carry out planning and design and military 
construction projects not otherwise authorized by law. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $46,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and 
expended to carry out planning and design and military 
construction projects not otherwise authorized by law.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Unless otherwise specified, each amount in 
this title is designated as an emergency requirement and 
necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to sections 
403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2010. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000, unless 
such contracts are awarded to United States firms or 
United States firms in joint venture with host nation 
firms. 
SEC. 403. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award any contract estimated by the 
Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: 
Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to con-
tract awards for which the lowest responsive and respon-
sible bid of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest 
responsive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by 
greater than 20 percent: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may waive the limitation imposed by this 
section upon a determination that such limitation is incon-
sistent with national security: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress no later than five 
days following a decision to waive the limitation imposed 
in this section. 
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. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2011 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 
shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this 
Act. 
SEC. 503. 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. 504. 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. 
SEC. 505. 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. 506. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 507. 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. 508. 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. 
SEC. 509. (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. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi-
aries. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated by any 
covered executive agency in contravention of the certifi-
cation requirement of section 6(b) of the Iran Sanctions
Act of 1996, as included in the revisions to the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation pursuant to such section. 
SEC. 512. (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. 513. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the processing of new enhanced-use 
leases at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Sol-
diers located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
SEC. 514. 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. 515. 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 private property for public use) without 
the payment of just compensation.
SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Defense in this 
Act may be used to renovate or construct any facility in 
the continental United States for the purpose of housing 
any individual who has been detained, at any time after 
September 11, 2001, at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2011’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5822 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2011, and for other purposes.