upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities with-
in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 
Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 
of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 126. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
SEC. 127. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used for decommis-
sioning the Combined Heat and Power Plant at Clear Air 
Force Station, Alaska, until the Comptroller General of the 
United States conducts a review of the data used by the 
Department of Defense, including data in the Environ-
mental Impact Statement and Fiscal Year 2010 Feasibility 
Study, to determine whether decommissioning the Com-
bined Heat and Power Plant is the most cost-effective and 
beneficial option for the day-to-day operations and missions 
at the installation in support of United States national se-
curity. 
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 be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions as authorized 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, ad-
justed-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, $71,248,171,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $9,232,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen-
eral operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 
‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ for necessary 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 pensions’’ appropria-
tion: 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 individual medical facilities for nursing home care pro-
vided to pensioners 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, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code, and for the payment of benefits 
under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, 
$13,135,898,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
Code, $77,567,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 subchapters 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 sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2014, 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, $158,430,000.
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $5,000, 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 obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,500,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $354,000, which may 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General operating ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code, $1,109,000. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet-
erans described in section 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, bioengineering services, food serv-
ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 
hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 
as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 
Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au-
thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 
loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 
and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and 
hospital care and medical services authorized by section 
1787 of title 38, United States Code; $25,000,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
this heading that become available on October 1, 2013; and, 
in addition, $45,015,527,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That not-
withstanding 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-con-
nected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority 
funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to vet-
erans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dis-
pensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Admin-
istration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately writ-
ten 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. 
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; ad-
ministrative 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.); $5,879,700,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall become available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2015. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan-
ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 
and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil-
ity 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 pro-
vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 
and for laundry services; $100,000,000 which shall be in 
addition to funds previously appropriated under this head-
ing that become available on October 1, 2013; and, in addi-
tion, $4,739,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 
available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2015. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$585,664,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2015. 
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; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration, $250,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(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, $415,885,000, 
of which not to exceed $20,151,150 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2015: Provided, That the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals shall be funded at not less than $88,294,000: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 
may be transferred to ‘‘General operating expenses, Vet-
erans Benefits Administration’’.
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services, 
and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 
cost of overseas employee mail, $2,465,490,000: 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 Af-
fairs 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 maximum independence in daily living, shall be 
charged to this account: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$123,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015: Provided 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 sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-
ing management and related contractual costs of said ac-
quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $3,703,344,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$1,011,400,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed $30,792,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 
$2,196,653,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed $152,716,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 
$495,291,000 shall be for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment may not be obligated 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 certifi-
cation of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated 
and expended for each development project: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for salaries and ex-
penses, operations and maintenance, and information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment may be transferred among the three subaccounts after 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the au-
thority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor-
mation technology systems’’ account for development, mod-
ernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 
projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That 
no project may be increased or decreased by more than 
$1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com-
mittees 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: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided for information technology sys-
tems development, modernization, and enhancement for the 
development of a joint or interoperable Department of De-
fense—Department of Veterans Affairs (DOD–VA) inte-
grated electronic health record (iEHR), not more than 25 
percent may be obligated until the DOD–VA Interagency 
Program Office submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees ap-
prove, a plan for expenditure that: (1) defines the budget 
and cost baseline for development of the iEHR; (2) identi-
fies the deployment timeline for the system for both Depart-
ments; (3) breaks out annual and total spending for each 
Department; (4) relays detailed cost-sharing business rules; 
(5) establishes data standardization schedules between the 
Departments; (6) has been submitted to the Government Ac-
countability Office for review; and (7) complies with the 
acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac-
quisition management practices of the Federal Government: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for information technology systems development, 
modernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, 
and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the 
report accompanying this Act. 
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 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $121,411,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That the Of-
fice of the Inspector General, in coordination with the De-
partment of Defense’s Office of Inspector General, shall ex-
amine the process and procedures currently in place in the
transmission of service treatment and personnel records 
from the Department of Defense to the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
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 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec-
tural and engineering services, construction management 
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, 
$342,130,000, of which $322,130,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018, and of which $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That except for 
advance planning activities, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, and 
other capital asset management related activities, including
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portfolio development and management activities, and in-
vestment strategy studies funded through the advance plan-
ning 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 salaries 
and associated costs of the resident engineers who oversee 
those capital investments funded through this account, 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 2014, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) 
by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 
September 30, 2014; and (2) by the awarding of a construc-
tion contract by September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a written report on any approved major construction 
project for 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
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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 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 
project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec-
tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$714,870,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con-
struction, 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.
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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 through 8137 of 
title 38, United States Code, $85,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2014 for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: 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
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issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014, 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 trans-
fers between the ‘‘Medical services’’ 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 Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose 
of the transfer: Provided further, That any transfers be-
tween 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 fur-
ther, 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
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Congress the authority to make the transfer and an ap-
proval 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-
senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 
and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 through 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 or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
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.
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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 2013. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
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 only from ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2014, 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, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts:
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Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2014 that are available for divi-
dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac-
tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 
further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur-
ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu-
mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 
only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis-
tration for fiscal year 2014 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 en-
hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 
year in which the proceeds are received. 
(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 of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em-
ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under
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section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 
provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 
to exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage-
ment and $3,360,000 for the Office of Employment and Dis-
crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay-
ments 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 administration’’ 
and ‘‘Information technology 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 with-
in 30 days following the date on which the report is re-
ceived. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs 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-con-
nected disability described in section 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 information
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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 ac-
tivities (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 improve-
ments 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 
‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor 
projects’’. 
SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and
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(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 Med-
ical 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 pur-
poses of that account: Provided, That, for fiscal year 2014, 
$200,000,000 deposited in the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs Medical Care Collections Fund shall be transferred to 
‘‘Medical facilities’’, to remain available until expended, for 
non-recurring maintenance at existing Veterans Health Ad-
ministration medical facilities. 
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 pro-
vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 
care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 
facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula-
tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas-
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ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound-
aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 
7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement 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 boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fair-
banks 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 De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, 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 Networks. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
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of Congress a quarterly report on the financial status of 
the Veterans Health Administration. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical fa-
cilities’’, ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, ‘‘General administration’’, and ‘‘Na-
tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 
2014, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ account: Provided, That before a transfer 
may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re-
quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued. 
SEC. 221. 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, 
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 
or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014, in this 
Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ account
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for nonrecurring maintenance, 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 Sec-
retary may waive this requirement after providing written 
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014 for ‘‘Medical 
services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical fa-
cilities’’, ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’, and ‘‘Information 
technology systems’’, up to $254,257,000, plus reimburse-
ments, may be transferred to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub-
lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for oper-
ation of the facilities designated as combined Federal med-
ical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 
That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 
designated in this section to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
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retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa-
cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 
established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des-
ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 
by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4500). 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. 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 DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive 
Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United
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States Code, to remain available until expended, for any 
purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in division 
E of Public Law 113–6, the following amounts which be-
come available on October 1, 2013, are hereby rescinded 
from the following accounts in the amounts specified: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
services’’, $1,500,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
support and compliance’’, $200,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical fa-
cilities’’, $250,000,000. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 
accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 
September 30, 2015: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
services’’, $1,500,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
support and compliance’’, $150,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical fa-
cilities’’, $250,000,000.
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SEC. 227. The Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in major con-
struction projects that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent 
of the programmed amount of the project, whichever is less: 
Provided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 
of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior 
to the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the 
anticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 228. 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 justifica-
tion data provided to the Congress as part of the request 
for appropriations. 
SEC. 229. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract using procedures 
that do not give to small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans (as that term is defined in section 
3(q)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)) that 
are included in the database under section 8127(f) of title 
38, United States Code, any preference available with re-
spect to such contract, except for a preference given to small 
business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled
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veterans (as defined in section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(2)). 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a quarterly report that contains the following 
information from each Veterans Benefits Administration 
Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete a dis-
ability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims pend-
ing more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number 
of claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within 
the quarter to address poor performance; (6) training pro-
grams undertaken; and (7) the number and results of Qual-
ity Review Team audits: Provided, That each quarterly re-
port shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end 
of the respective quarter. 
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
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space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace-
ment 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, 
$63,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 expended, 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, $35,408,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
as described, and in accordance with the process and report-
ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 
102–229.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$70,800,000, of which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2015. In addition, such sums 
as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and 
replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department 
of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 
Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading, ‘‘De-
partment of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army’’, 
may be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relo-
cation of the federally owned water main at Arlington Na-
tional 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
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Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $67,800,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and 
renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 
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. 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. 403. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2014 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 
shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 
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-
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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 
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. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 407. 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 or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 408. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
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quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
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. 409. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work 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. 410. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 
expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual detained at United
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States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur-
poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 
the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 
agency that are stationed within the United States at any 
single conference occurring outside a state of the United 
States, except for employees of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs stationed in the Philippines, unless the relevant Sec-
retary reports to the Committees on Appropriations of both
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Houses of Congress at least 5 days in advance that such 
attendance is important to the national interest. 
SEC. 412. (a) The head of any executive branch depart-
ment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this 
Act shall submit annual reports to the Inspector General 
or senior ethics official for any entity without an Inspector 
General, regarding the costs and contracting procedures re-
lated to each conference held by any such department, agen-
cy, board, commission, or office during fiscal year 2014 for 
which the cost to the United States Government was more 
than $100,000. 
(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-
ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-
ble period— 
(1) a description of its purpose; 
(2) the number of participants attending; 
(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 
States Government, including— 
(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 
(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 
(C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 
to and from the conference; and 
(D) a discussion of the methodology used to 
determine which costs relate to the conference; 
and
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(4) a description of the contracting procedures 
used including— 
(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 
competitive basis; and 
(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 
conducted by the departmental component or of-
fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 
conference. 
(c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 
by any executive branch department, agency, board, com-
mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 2014 
for which the cost to the United States Government was 
more than $20,000, the head of any such department, agen-
cy, board, commission, or office shall notify the Inspector 
General or senior ethics official for any entity without an 
Inspector General, of the date, location, and number of em-
ployees attending such conference. 
(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-
priated by this Act to an executive branch agency may not 
be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a conference 
described in subsection (c) that is not directly and program-
matically related to the purpose for which the grant or con-
tract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection 
with planning, training, assessment, review, or other rou-
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tine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or 
contract. 
(e) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for travel and conference activities that are not in 
compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 
SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING AN IMMEDIATE 
BUDGET RESOLUTION CONFERENCE 
SEC. 413. It is the sense of the Senate that the Senate 
should immediately request a conference with the House on 
the fiscal year 2014 budget, appoint conferees to resolve the 
differences in a conference committee with the House, and 
immediately thereafter convene a conference committee to 
work in a bipartisan, bicameral manner to complete work 
on a final fiscal year 2014 budget conference report. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2014’’.
Calendar No. 102 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2216 
[Report No. 113–48] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2014, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 6, 2013 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations 
JUNE 27, 2013 
Reported with an amendment