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with, and to be available for the same purposes and the same 
time period as that account. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 120. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days 
for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 
sections 480 and 2883, of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such 
additional amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of 
Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense 
Family Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 
for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes and for the same period 
of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the 
Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improve-
ment Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for 
the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the 
Fund: Provided, That appropriations made available to the Funds 
shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to the 
provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 
Code, pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving 
military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, and sup-
porting facilities. 
SEC. 121. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing any solicita-
tion for a contract with the private sector for military family housing 
the Secretary of the military department concerned shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the notice described in subsection (b). 
(b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice of any 
guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments) 
proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private party under 
the contract involved in the event of— 
(A) the closure or realignment of the installation for which 
housing is provided under the contract; 
(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installa-
tion; or 
(C) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed 
at such installation. 
(2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the nature 
of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and likelihood, 
if any, of the liability of the Federal Government with respect 
to the guarantee. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 122. In addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from 
the accounts established by sections 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) 
of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), to the fund established by section 1013(d) of 
the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the 
Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C.
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3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available in this title for operation and maintenance of family 
housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and mainte-
nance of all family housing units, including general or flag officer 
quarters: Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may 
be spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any general 
or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant 
to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, except 
that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted if the limitation 
is exceeded solely due to costs associated with environmental 
remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or flag 
officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 124. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement 
Account established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, 
United States Code, are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended for the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such 
section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 
section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 125. None of the funds made available in this title, or 
in any Act making appropriations for military construction which 
remain available for obligation, may be obligated or expended to 
carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing 
project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or 
at a military installation for the purposes of supporting a function 
that has been approved for realignment to another installation, 
in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note), unless such a project at a military installation approved 
for realignment will support a continuing mission or function at 
that installation or a new mission or function that is planned 
for that installation, or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies 
that the cost to the United States of carrying out such project 
would be less than the cost to the United States of cancelling 
such project, or if the project is at an active component base that 
shall be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having 
multi-agency use, that another Government agency has indicated 
it will assume ownership of the completed project. The Secretary 
of Defense may not transfer funds made available as a result 
of this limitation from any military construction project, land 
acquisition, or family housing project to another account or use 
such funds for another purpose or project without the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
This section shall not apply to military construction projects, land 
acquisition, or family housing projects for which the project is 
vital to the national security or the protection of health, safety,
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or environmental quality: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees within seven days 
of a decision to carry out such a military construction project. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 126. During the 5-year period after appropriations avail-
able in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construc-
tion and family housing operation and maintenance and construc-
tion have expired for obligation, upon a determination that such 
appropriations will not be necessary for the liquidation of obligations 
or for making authorized adjustments to such appropriations for 
obligations incurred during the period of availability of such appro-
priations, unobligated balances of such appropriations may be trans-
ferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
Construction, Defense’’, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same time period and for the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred. 
SEC. 127. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this title 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. 
SEC. 128. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
in an account funded under the headings in this title may be 
transferred among projects and activities within the account in 
accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military 
construction and family housing construction contained in the 
explanatory statement of managers to accompany this Act and 
in the guidance for military construction reprogrammings and 
notifications contained in Department of Defense Financial Manage-
ment Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of December 
1996, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 129. Of the funds made available in this title, the following 
accounts are hereby reduced in the following amounts to reflect 
adjusted inflation and bid savings projections: ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Army’’, $230,000,000; ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, $235,000,000; and ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 
$64,091,000. 
SEC. 130. Of the funds made available under the following 
headings in Public Law 110–329, the following amounts associated 
with unobligated balances are hereby rescinded: ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Army’’, $33,000,000; ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, 
$51,468,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$93,268,000; ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$33,000,000; and ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$7,000,000.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as author-
ized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 
of title 38, United States Code; pension benefits to or on behalf 
of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated 
Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency and other officers’ 
retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment 
of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed 
under the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized 
by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 53, 
55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $47,396,106,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$29,283,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’, ‘‘Medical support 
and compliance’’, and ‘‘Information technology systems’’ for nec-
essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 
53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source 
for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as may 
be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed 
to ‘‘Medical care collections fund’’ to augment the funding of indi-
vidual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pen-
sioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 
33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 
Code, $9,232,369,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That expenses for rehabilitation program services and assistance 
which the Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) 
of section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged 
to this account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insur-
ance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, 
and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by title 38, 
United States Code, chapters 19 and 21, $49,288,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by sub-
chapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2010, 
within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross 
obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapted 
housing loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $165,082,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $29,000, as authorized by chapter 
31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $2,298,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $328,000, which may be paid to the 
appropriation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United 
States Code, $664,000. 
GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR HOMELESS 
VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
transitional housing loan program authorized by subchapter VI 
of chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code, not to exceed $750,000 
of the amounts appropriated by this Act for ‘‘General operating 
expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’ may be expended. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, 
inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in sec-
tion 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care and 
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, 
and including medical supplies and equipment, food services, and 
salaries and expenses of health care employees hired under title 
38, United States Code, and aid to State homes as authorized 
by section 1741 of title 38, United States Code; $71,843,500,000,
H. R. 3288—266 
plus reimbursements, of which $37,136,000,000 shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2010, and shall remain available until September 
30, 2011: Provided, That, of the amount made available under 
this heading for fiscal year 2010, not to exceed $1,015,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision of 
medical treatment for veterans who have service-connected disabil-
ities, lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provision of basic 
medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 
6: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing 
of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities 
to enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based on 
requirements established by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the implementation of the program described in the previous proviso 
shall incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: 
Provided further, That for the Department of Defense/Department 
of Veterans Affairs Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as author-
ized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, a minimum 
of $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended for any pur-
pose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and 
research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses 
in support of capital policy activities; and administrative and legal 
expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts 
owed the Department as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.); $10,237,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
of which $5,307,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2010, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading for fiscal 
year 2010, not to exceed $145,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2011. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities and other nec-
essary facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; for adminis-
trative expenses in support of planning, design, project manage-
ment, real property acquisition 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, altering, 
improving, or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise provided 
for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and 
purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry serv-
ices, $10,599,000,000, plus reimbursements, of which $5,740,000,000 
shall become available on October 1, 2010, and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2011: Provided, That, of the amount made
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available under this heading for fiscal year 2010, not to exceed 
$145,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Pro-
vided further, That, of the amount available for fiscal year 2010, 
$130,000,000 for non-recurring maintenance shall be allocated in 
a manner not subject to the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
and prosthetic research and development as authorized by chapter 
73 of title 38, United States Code, $581,000,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administra-
tion 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; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
repair, alteration or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 
of the National Cemetery Administration, $250,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $24,200,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2011. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative 
expenses in support of Department-Wide capital planning, manage-
ment and policy activities, uniforms, or allowances therefor; not 
to exceed $25,000 for official reception 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, 
$2,086,707,000: 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 necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) 
to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to 
obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve max-
imum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: 
Provided further, That the Veterans Benefits Administration shall 
be funded at not less than $1,689,207,000: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$111,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Pro-
vided further, That from the funds made available under this 
heading, the Veterans Benefits Administration may purchase (on 
a one-for-one replacement basis only) up to two passenger motor 
vehicles for use in operations of that Administration in Manila, 
Philippines. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses for information technology systems and 
telecommunications support, including developmental information
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systems and operational information systems; for pay and associated 
costs; and for the capital asset acquisition of information technology 
systems, including management and related contractual costs of 
said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$3,307,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available until 
September 30, 2011: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able under this heading 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 review requirements established by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget; (2) complies with the Department of Veterans 
Affairs enterprise architecture; (3) conforms with an established 
enterprise life cycle methodology; and (4) complies with the acquisi-
tion rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition 
management practices of the Federal Government: Provided further, 
That not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a re-
programming base letter which sets forth, by project, the operations 
and maintenance costs, with salary expenses separately designated, 
and development costs to be carried out utilizing amounts made 
available under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $800,485,000 may not be obli-
gated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the 
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress a certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to 
be obligated and expended for each development project. 
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.), $109,000,000, 
of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2011. 
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, 
architectural 
and 
engineering 
services, 
construction management 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 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 available in a previous 
major project appropriation, $1,194,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $16,000,000 shall be to make reimburse-
ments as provided in section 13 of the Contract Disputes Act of 
1978 (41 U.S.C. 612) for claims paid for contract disputes: Provided,
H. R. 3288—269 
That except for advance planning activities, including needs assess-
ments which may or may not lead to capital investments, and 
other capital asset management related activities, including port-
folio development and management 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 funds provided for the purchase of land for the 
National Cemetery Administration through the land acquisition 
line item, none of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be used for 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 2010, for each 
approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a 
construction documents contract by September 30, 2010; and (2) 
by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2011: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
promptly submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a written report on any approved major 
construction project for which obligations are not incurred within 
the time limitations established above: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under this heading, $933,030,000 shall 
be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified 
under this heading in the explanatory statement of managers to 
accompany this Act. 
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 plan-
ning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital invest-
ments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guar-
antee 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 acquisition, 
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, $703,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, 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 remodel, modify, or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections
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8131 through 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $100,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States in establishing, expanding, or 
improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by section 2408 
of title 38, United States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2010 for ‘‘Compensa-
tion and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur-
ance and indemnities’’ may be transferred as necessary to any 
other of the mentioned appropriations: 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 Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2010, in this Act or any other Act, 
under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, 
and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the 
accounts: Provided, That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘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 notification from the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees 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 requests 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 Committees 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 authorized 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 authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the appropria-
tions 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.
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SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be available 
for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
ficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or examination under the 
laws providing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving 
such treatment under sections 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United 
States Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimburse-
ment of the cost of such hospitalization or examination 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 ‘‘Compensa-
tion and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur-
ance and indemnities’’ shall be available 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 2009. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall be available 
to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropria-
tions 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 ‘‘Com-
pensation and pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2010, 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 ‘‘General operating 
expenses’’ and ‘‘Information technology systems’’ accounts 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 such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2010 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 such an insurance program exceeds 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 Secretary shall determine the 
cost of administration for fiscal year 2010 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 
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 enhanced-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 of the Department
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of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Employment Discrimination 
Complaint Adjudication under section 319 of title 38, United States 
Code, for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 
costs but not exceed $35,257,000 for the Office of Resolution 
Management and $3,287,000 for the Office of Employment and 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments 
may be made in advance for services to be furnished based on 
estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be 
credited to the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Information tech-
nology 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 which 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-service-connected disability described in sec-
tion 1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that person has disclosed to 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 
may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement informa-
tion for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other debt 
due the United States, the reasonable charges for such care or 
services from any person who does not make such disclosure as 
required: Provided further, That any amounts so recovered for care 
or services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by 
the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds 
or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including 
disposal) may be deposited into the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ 
and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ accounts and be used for 
construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 
and improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction 
or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in ‘‘Construc-
tion, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’. 
SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical services’’ 
are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equip-
ment; 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 ‘‘Medical services’’, to remain 
available until expended for the purposes of that account.
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SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into 
agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations which are 
party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with the Indian Health 
Service, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations serving rural 
Alaska which have entered 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 veterans 
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 external 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 bound-
aries of the Municipality of Anchorage, the Fairbanks North Star 
Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna 
Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ‘‘Construc-
tion, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ accounts, 
to remain available 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 veterans within their respective Net-
works. 
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 ‘‘Medical services’’, 
‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical facilities’’, ‘‘General 
operating expenses’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ 
accounts for fiscal year 2010, may be transferred to or from the 
‘‘Information technology systems’’ account: 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 an approval 
is issued. 
SEC. 221. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ account may be transferred between projects: Pro-
vided, That no project may be increased or decreased by more 
than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Commit-
tees 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. 
SEC. 222. (a) Upon a determination by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs that such action is in the national interest, and will have
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a direct benefit for veterans through increased access to treatment, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer not more than 
$5,000,000 to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for 
the Graduate Psychology Education Program, which includes treat-
ment of veterans, to support increased training of psychologists 
skilled in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic 
brain injury, and related disorders. 
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may only 
use funds transferred under this section for the purposes described 
in subsection (a). 
(c) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify Congress 
of any such transfer of funds under this section. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with— 
(1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing 
and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of 
Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
(Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); or 
(2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 224. Of the amounts made available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2010, in this Act or any other 
Act, under the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ account for non-recurring mainte-
nance, not more than 20 percent of the funds made available 
shall be obligated during 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. 
SEC. 225. Section 1925(d)(3) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘appropriation ‘General Operating Expenses, 
Department of Veterans Affairs’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriations for 
‘General Operating Expenses and Information Technology Systems, 
Department of Veterans Affairs’ ’’. 
SEC. 226. Section 1922(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘administrative costs to the Government for 
the costs of’’ and inserting ‘‘administrative support financed by 
the appropriations for ‘General Operating Expenses, Department 
of Veterans Affairs’ and ‘Information Technology Systems, Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs’ for’’. 
SEC. 227. (a) Effective October 1, 2010, the North Chicago 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center located in Lake County, Illinois, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Captain James A. Lovell 
Federal Health Care Center’’. 
(b) Any reference to the medical center referred to in subsection 
(a) in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper 
of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the 
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. 
SEC. 228. Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2010’’. 
SEC. 229. Section 1714(c) of title 38, United States Code is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting 
‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: