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the north and south sides of Wilshire Boulevard and west 
of the 405 Freeway. 
(b) SPECIAL PROVISION REGARDING LEASE WITH 
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOMELESS.—Notwithstanding 
any provision of this Act, section 7 of the Homeless Veterans 
Comprehensive Services Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–590) 
shall remain in effect. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8162(c)(1) of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or section 225(a) of the Mili-
tary Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’ after ‘‘section 
421(b)(2) of the Veterans’ Benefits and Services Act 
of 1988 (Public Law 100–322; 102 Stat. 553)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘that section’’ and inserting 
‘‘such sections’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, including the 
amendment made by this section, shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 226. The Department shall continue research into 
Gulf War Illness at levels not less than those made available 
in fiscal year 2007, within available funds contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 227. (a) ANONYMOUS REPORTING OF WASTE, 
FRAUD, OR ABUSE.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
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of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish and main-
tain on the homepage of the Internet website of the Office 
of Inspector General a mechanism by which individuals can 
anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with 
respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) LINK TO OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FROM 
HOMEPAGE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish and 
maintain on the homepage of the Internet website of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs a direct link to the Internet 
website of the Office of Inspector General of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 228. (a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
TO SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO 
TRAIN PSYCHOLOGISTS.—Upon a determination by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs that such action is in the na-
tional interest, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may trans-
fer not more than $5,000,000 to the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services for the Graduate Psychology Edu-
cation Program to support increased training of psycholo-
gists skilled in the treatment of post-traumatic stress dis-
order, traumatic brain injury, and related disorders. 
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(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.— 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services may only 
use funds transferred under this section for the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall notify Congress of any such transfer of funds under 
this section. 
SEC. 229. (a) REPORTS ON RECONSTRUCTION OF DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IN 
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.—(1) Not later than October 1 
and April 1 each year, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 
on the current status of the reconstruction of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in New Orleans, 
Louisiana. Each report shall include the following: 
(A) The current status of the reconstruction of 
the Medical Center, including the status of any ongo-
ing environmental assessments, the status of any cur-
rent construction, and an assessment of the adequacy 
of funding necessary to complete the reconstruction. 
(B) If reconstruction of the Medical Center is 
subject to any major delay— 
(i) a description of each such delay; 
(ii) an explanation for each such delay; and 
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(iii) a description of the action being taken 
or planned to address the delay. 
(C) A description of current and anticipated 
funding for the reconstruction of the Medical Center, 
including an estimate of any additional funding re-
quired for the reconstruction. 
(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) shall cease on 
the day that the reconstruction of the Medical Center re-
ferred to in that paragraph is completed. 
(b) REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IN NEW ORLEANS 
AS
POLYTRAUMA
REHABILITATION
CENTER
OR 
POLYTRAUMA NETWORK SITE.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 
setting forth the recommendation of the Secretary as to 
whether or not the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center being reconstructed in new Orleans, Louisiana, 
should be designated as a tier I polytrauma rehabilitation 
center or a polytrauma network site. 
SEC. 230. (a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR MEDICAL 
SERVICES.—The amount appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this title under the heading ‘‘MEDICAL SERV-
ICES’’ is hereby increased by $125,000,000. 
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(b) AVAILABILITY.—Of the amount appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this title under the heading 
‘‘MEDICAL
SERVICES’’, as increased by subsection (a), 
$125,000,000 shall be available for the Veterans Beneficiary 
Travel Program. The amount available for the Veterans 
Beneficiary Travel Program under this subsection is in ad-
dition to any other amounts available for that program 
under this title. 
(c) OFFSET.—The amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this title for the Veterans Health Admin-
istration under the heading ‘‘MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION’’ is 
hereby decreased by $125,000,000. 
SEC. 231. (a) REPORT ON ACCESS TO MEDICAL SERV-
ICES PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
TO VETERANS IN REMOTE RURAL AREAS.—Not later than 
six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report setting forth the following: 
(1) A description of the following: 
(A) The unique challenges and costs faced 
by veterans in remote rural areas of contiguous 
and non-contiguous States when obtaining med-
ical services from the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
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(B) The need to improve access to locally- 
administered care for veterans who reside in re-
mote rural areas. 
(C) The need to fund alternative sources of 
medical services— 
(i) in areas where facilities of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs are not acces-
sible to veterans without leaving such areas; 
and 
(ii) in cases in which receipt of med-
ical services by a veteran in a facility of the 
Department requires transportation of such 
veteran by air due to geographic and 
infrastructural constraints. 
(2) An assessment of the potential for increasing 
local access to medical services for veterans in remote 
rural areas of contiguous and non-contiguous States 
through strategic partnerships with other government 
and local private health care providers. 
(b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Subcommittees referred to in section 407. 
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SEC. 232. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used during fiscal year 
2008 to round down dollar amounts to the next lower whole 
dollar for payments of the following: 
(1) Disability compensation under section 1114 
of 38, United States Code. 
(2) Additional compensation for dependents 
under section 1115(1) of such title. 
(3) Clothing allowance under section 1162 of 
such title. 
(4) Dependency and indemnity compensation to 
surviving spouse under subsections (a) through (d) of 
section 1311 of such title. 
(5) Dependency and indemnity compensation to 
children under sections 1313(a) and 1314 of such 
title. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with— 
(1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub-
lic Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); or 
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(2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 234. LIEUTENANT COLONEL CLEMENT C. VAN 
WAGONER DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINIC. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Affairs 
clinic located in Alpena, Michigan, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wag-
oner Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu-
lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic referred 
to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the ‘‘Lieutenant Colonel Clement C. Van Wagoner Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Clinic’’. 
SEC. 235. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry 
out a major medical facility lease in fiscal year 2008 in 
an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 to implement the rec-
ommendations outlined in the August, 2007 Study of South 
Texas Veterans’ Inpatient and Specialty Outpatient Health 
Care Needs. 
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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 countries; 
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 replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to ex-
ceed $7,500 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$45,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, $11,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, 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 7251–7298 of title 38, United States Code, 
$24,217,000: Provided, That $1,120,000 shall be available 
for the purpose of providing financial assistance as de-
scribed, 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 Na-
tional 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, 
$31,865,000, to remain available until expended. 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 Defense 
Agencies account. 
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Funds appropriated under this Act may be provided 
to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of the fed-
erally-owned watermain at Arlington 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 Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $55,724,000. 
GENERAL FUND PAYMENT, ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT 
HOME 
For payment to the ‘‘Armed Forces Retirement Home’’, 
$5,900,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. None of the funds in this title under the 
heading ‘‘American Battle Monuments Commission’’ shall 
be available for the Capital Security Costs Sharing pro-
gram. 
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. 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. 402. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2008 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 403. 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. 404. 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 rela-
tionships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 
the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation 
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 
SEC. 405. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
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statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 406. 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 pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 407. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 408. (a) ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE 
SERVICES
FOR
FEMALE
SERVICEMEMBERS
AND
VET-
ERANS.—The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct an assessment of the adequacy of the mental 
health care services provided by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and the Department of Defense to female members 
of the Armed Forces and female veterans to meet the mental 
health care needs of such members and veterans. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than September 1, 2008, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the Subcommittees re-
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ferred to in section 407 a report on the assessment required 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 409. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to enter into a 
contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award 
a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective con-
tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency award-
ing the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee has 
filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years 
preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a 
criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
and has not been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assess-
ment for which the liability remains unsatisfied unless the 
assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 
offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal 
Revenue Service and is not in default or the assessment is 
the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial ap-
peal. 
SEC. 410. (a) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of Aurora, 
Colorado. 
(2) The term ‘‘deed’’ means the quitclaim deed— 
(A) conveyed by the Secretary to the City; 
and 
(B) dated May 24, 1999. 
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(3) The term ‘‘non-Federal land’’ means— 
(A) parcel I of the Fitzsimons Army Med-
ical Center, Colorado; and 
(B) the parcel of land described in the deed. 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
(b)(1) In accordance with paragraph (2), and subject 
to each term and condition required under paragraph (3), 
to allow the City to convey to the United States the non- 
Federal land to be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
for the construction of a veterans medical facility, the Sec-
retary may execute such instruments as determined by the 
Secretary to be necessary to modify or release any condition 
under which the non-Federal land would revert to the 
United States. 
(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), with respect to the 
non-Federal land, the Secretary shall alter— 
(A) each provision of the deed relating to a re-
versionary interest of the United States; and 
(B) any other reversionary interest of the United 
States. 
To authorize the use of the property to include use as a 
veteran’s facility in addition to use for recreational pur-
poses. 
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(3) The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary to protect the interests of the United 
States. 
SEC. 411. For an additional amount $100,000,000, 
with $50,000,000 each to the Cities of Denver, Colorado, 
and St. Paul, Minnesota, shall be available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security for State and local law enforce-
ment entities for security and related costs, including over-
time, associated with the Democratic National Convention 
and Republican National Convention in 2008. The Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall provide for an audit of 
all amounts made available under this section, including 
expenditures by State and local law enforcement entities. 
Amounts provided by this section are designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 204 of S. Con. 
Res. 21 (110th Congress). 
SEC. 412. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for any action that 
is related to or promotes the expansion of the boundaries 
or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. 
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