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a study and submit to Congress a report on the use of de-
fense access road funding to build alternate routes for mili-
tary equipment traveling to missile launch facilities, taking 
into consideration the location of local populations, security 
risks, safety, and impacts of weather. 
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, $90,119,449,000, to remain available until expended
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and to become available on October 1, 2017: Provided, That 
not to exceed $17,224,000 of the amount made available for 
fiscal year 2018 under this heading shall be reimbursed to 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’’, 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 ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying pa-
tient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections 
Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facili-
ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as author-
ized. 
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, $13,708,648,000, to remain 
available until expended and to become available on October 
1, 2017: 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),
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(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, $124,504,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $107,899,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2017. 
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 2017, 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, $198,856,000.
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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $36,000, 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 
$2,517,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $389,000, 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, $1,163,000. 
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
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cost of overseas employee mail, $2,856,160,000: 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 5 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 
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,
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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; $1,078,993,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
this heading that became available on October 1, 2016; and, 
in addition, $44,886,554,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2017, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available on October 1, 2017, under this 
heading, $1,400,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall establish a priority for the provision of medical treat-
ment for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, 
lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi-
sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment pri-
ority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 
drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en-
rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based
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on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, 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 the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 
amounts appropriated under this heading for medical sup-
plies and equipment are available for the acquisition of 
prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide access to therapeutic listening devices to veterans 
struggling with mental health related problems, substance 
abuse, or traumatic brain injury. 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 
individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, at non-Department facilities, $7,246,181,000, 
plus reimbursements, of which $2,000,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020; and, in addition, 
$9,409,118,000 shall become available on October 1, 2017, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available on October 1, 
2017, $1,500,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021.
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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.), $6,654,480,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall become available on October 1, 2017, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That, of the 
amount made available on October 1, 2017, under this 
heading, $100,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
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,
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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; $495,100,000, which shall be in 
addition to funds previously appropriated under this head-
ing that became available on October 1, 2016; and, in addi-
tion, $5,434,880,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 
available on October 1, 2017, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That, of the amount 
made available on October 1, 2017, under this heading, 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
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, 
$675,366,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro-
priated under this heading are available for prosthetic re-
search specifically for female veterans, and for toxic expo-
sure research.
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NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration, $286,193,000, of which 
not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
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, $417,959,000, 
of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That funds provided under
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this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals, $156,096,000, of which not to exceed 10 per-
cent shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That up to $2,500,000 may be available to facilitate 
the furnishing of legal and other assistance, without charge, 
to veterans and other individuals who are unable to afford 
the cost of legal representation in connection with a decision 
by the Board of Veterans Appeals under chapter 71 of title 
38, United States Code, in accordance with the process and 
reporting procedures set forth in Public Law 102–229 under 
the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ under the heading 
‘‘Court of Veterans Appeals’’: Provided further, That the 
Board of Veterans Appeals submits to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certification 
that there is a substantial unmet need for pro bono rep-
resentation before the Board of Veterans Appeals prior to 
expending funds for this purpose. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information
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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, $4,278,259,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$1,272,548,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed $37,100,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
$2,534,442,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed $180,200,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
$471,269,000 shall be for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2018: 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-
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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 funds under this heading may be used by the Inter-
agency Program Office through the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to define data standards, code sets, and value sets 
used to enable interoperability: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, $300,000 shall be 
available to carry out a matching program with the De-
partment of Education to identify veterans who are unem-
ployable due to a service-connected disability and who are 
also borrowers of Federal student loans in order to stream-
line and expedite the process through which such veterans 
may discharge their Federal student loans. Provided fur-
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ther, That of the funds made available for information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment for VistA Evolution or any successor program, not 
more than 25 percent may be obligated or expended until 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: 
(1) Certifies in writing to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress that the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs has met the require-
ments contained in the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act of Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66) 
which require that electronic health record systems of 
the Department of Defense and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs have reached interoperability, com-
ply with national standards and architectural re-
quirements identified by the DoD/VA Interagency 
Program Office in collaboration with the Office of Na-
tional Coordinator for Health Information Tech-
nology; 
(2) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress the VistA Evolution Busi-
ness Case and supporting documents regarding con-
tinuation of VistA Evolution or alternatives to VistA 
Evolution, including an analysis of necessary or de-
sired capabilities, technical and security require-
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ments, the plan for modernizing the platform frame-
work, and all associated costs; 
(3) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees ap-
prove, the following: a report that describes a strategic 
plan for VistA Evolution, or any successor program, 
and the associated implementation plan including 
metrics and timelines; a master schedule and lifecycle 
cost estimate for VistA Evolution or any successor; 
and an implementation plan for the transition from 
the Project Management Accountability System to a 
new project delivery framework, the Veteran-focused 
Integration Process, that includes the methodology by 
which projects will be tracked, progress measured, and 
deliverables evaluated; 
(4) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report outlining the stra-
tegic plan to reach interoperability with private sec-
tor healthcare providers, the timeline for reaching 
‘‘meaningful use’’ as defined by the Office of National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology for 
each data domain covered under the VistA Evolution 
program, and the extent to which the Department of 
Veterans Affairs leverages the State Health Informa-
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tion Exchanges to share health data with private sec-
tor providers; and 
(5) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees ap-
prove, the following: a report that describes the extent 
to which VistA Evolution, or any successor program, 
maximizes the use of commercially available software 
used by DoD and the private sector, requires an open 
architecture that leverages best practices and rapidly 
adapts to technologies produced by the private sector, 
enhances full interoperability between the VA and 
DoD and between VA and the private sector, and en-
sures the security of personally identifiable informa-
tion of veterans and beneficiaries: 
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.), $160,106,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2018.
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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, 
$528,110,000, of which $448,110,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021, and of which $80,000,000 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 
portfolio development and management activities, and in-
vestment strategy studies funded through the advance plan-
ning fund and the planning and design activities funded
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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 
contracting officers who manage specific major construction 
projects, and funds provided for the purchase, security, and 
maintenance of land for the National Cemetery Administra-
tion through the land acquisition line item, none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
any project that has not been notified to Congress through 
the budgetary process or that has not been approved by the 
Congress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explan-
atory statement accompanying such Act and presented to 
the President at the time of enrollment: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading for fiscal 
year 2017, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) 
by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 
September 30, 2017; and (2) by the awarding of a construc-
tion contract by September 30, 2018: 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: Provided further, That, 
of the amount made available under this heading,
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$222,620,000 for Veterans Health Administration major 
construction projects shall not be available until the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs— 
(1) enters into an agreement with an appro-
priate non-Department of Veterans Affairs Federal 
entity to serve as the design and/or construction agent 
for any Veterans Health Administration major con-
struction project with a Total Estimated Cost of 
$100,000,000 or above by providing full project man-
agement services, including management of the project 
design, 
acquisition, 
construction, 
and 
contract 
changes, consistent with section 502 of Public Law 
114–58; and 
(2) certifies in writing that such an agreement 
is executed and intended to minimize or prevent sub-
sequent major construction project cost overruns and 
provides a copy of the agreement entered into and 
any required supplementary information to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi-
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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, 
$372,069,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, 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. 
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-
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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, $90,000,000, 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, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2017 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 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017, in this or any other 
Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the ac-
counts: Provided, That any transfers 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 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 fis-
cal 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 ap-
proval 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.
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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. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail-
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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 2016. 
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 2017, 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: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2017 that are available for divi-
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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 2017 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. 
(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 of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em-
ployment 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 
to exceed $47,668,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage-