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NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $217,709,000, of which 
not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap-
ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms 
or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and the Depart-
ment of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 
$1,612,031,000: Provided, That expenses for services and as-
sistance 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 necessary to 
enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible, 
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to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable 
employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in 
daily living, shall be charged to this account: Provided fur-
ther, That the Veterans Benefits Administration shall be 
funded at not less than $1,329,044,000: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, not 
to exceed $75,000,000 shall be available for obligation until 
September 30, 2009: Provided further, That from the funds 
made available under this heading, the Veterans Benefits 
Administration may purchase up to two passenger motor 
vehicles for use in operations of that Administration in Ma-
nila, Philippines. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$88,700,000, of which $3,630,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2009. 
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, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 
of title 38, United States Code, including planning, archi-
tectural and engineering services, construction management 
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services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
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 avail-
able 
in 
a 
previous 
major 
project 
appropriation, 
$727,400,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$2,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided in 
section 13 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 
612) for claims paid for contract disputes: Provided, That 
except for advance planning activities, including needs as-
sessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, and other capital asset management related activi-
ties, such as portfolio development and management activi-
ties, and investment strategy studies funded through the ad-
vance planning fund and the planning and design activities 
funded through the design fund and CARES funds, includ-
ing needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 
investments, none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be used for any project which has not been 
approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided in this appropriation 
for fiscal year 2008, for each approved project (except those 
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for CARES activities referenced above) shall be obligated: 
(1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract 
by September 30, 2008; and (2) by the awarding of a con-
struction contract by September 30, 2009: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly report 
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress any approved major construction 
project in 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 engi-
neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 
the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi-
tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 
8162 of title 38, United States Code, where the 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, $751,398,000, to remain available until expended, 
along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, 
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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 for: (1) 
repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the juris-
diction 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 8131–8137 of title 38, 
United States Code, $250,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS 
CEMETERIES 
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, 
or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by sec-
tion 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $100,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
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mental information systems and operational information 
systems; including pay and associated cost for operations 
and maintenance associated staff; for the capital asset ac-
quisition of information technology systems, including 
management and related contractual costs of said acquisi-
tions, including contractual costs associated with operations 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$1,898,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated 
until the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: 
(1) meets the capital planning and investment control re-
view requirements established by the Office of Management 
and Budget; (2) complies with the Department of Veterans 
Affairs enterprise architecture; (3) conforms with an estab-
lished enterprise life cycle methodology; and (4) complies 
with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and 
systems acquisition management practices of the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That within 60 days of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a reprogramming base letter which provides, 
by project, the costs included in this appropriation. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2008, in 
this Act or any other Act, for ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insurance 
and indemnities’’ may be transferred as necessary to any 
other of the mentioned appropriations: Provided, That be-
fore a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the 
transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a response, 
a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for fiscal year 
2008, in this Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical serv-
ices’’, ‘‘Medical Administration’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ 
accounts may be transferred between the accounts to the ex-
tent necessary to implement the restructuring of the Vet-
erans Health Administration accounts: Provided, That be-
fore a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the 
transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, hire of pas-
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senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 
and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901–5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
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 the construction of any new hos-
pital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such 
benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment 
under sections 7901–7904 of title 5, United States Code or 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
of cost 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 required 
to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2007. 
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 from ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2008, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 
U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund 
(38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ‘‘General 
operating expenses’’ account for the cost of administration 
of the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in an insurance program in 
fiscal year 2008 that are available for dividends in that 
program after claims have been paid and actuarially deter-
mined reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That 
if the cost of administration of an insurance program ex-
ceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that 
program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent 
of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal 
year 2008 which is properly allocable to the provision of 
each insurance program and to the provision of any total 
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disability income insurance included in such insurance 
program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during 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 Management 
and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint 
Adjudication for all services provided at rates which will 
recover actual costs but not exceed $32,067,000 for the Office 
of Resolution Management and $3,148,000 for the Office of 
Employment and Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: 
Provided, That payments may be made in advance for serv-
ices to be furnished based on estimated costs: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts received shall be credited to ‘‘General 
operating expenses’’ 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 is more than $300,000 unless 
the Secretary submits a report which the Committees on 
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