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further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 
is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 
that this further action is not necessary to protect the in-
terests of the Government. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 517. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 518. 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-
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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 respect to such contract, except for a preference given 
to small business concerns owned and controlled by serv-
ice-disabled veterans (as that term is defined in section 
3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(2)). 
SEC. 519. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to hire a new director of a national ceme-
tery who is not a veteran. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prohibit a veterans service organiza-
tion that is participating in the funeral or memorial serv-
ice of a veteran from reciting any words as part of such 
service or memorial. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to modify, maintain, or manage a struc-
ture, building, or barracks for a person, unit, or mission 
of the Armed Forces or Department of Defense outside 
of the normal tour of duty restationing or authorized base 
closure and realignment process. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available to enforce section 526 of the Energy 
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Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
140; 42 U.S.C. 17142). 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the salary or compensation of a Di-
rector of Construction and Facilities Management of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs (or an individual acting 
as such Director) who does not meet the qualifications for 
such position required under section 312A(b) of title 38, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
pay a performance award under section 5384 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2013’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 31, 2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 421 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5854 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 5, 2012 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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