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U.S.C. 2687 note), $191,220,000, to remain available until
expended.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 2005
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account 2005, established by section 2906A(a)(1) of the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10
U.S.C. 2687 note), $5,237,100,000, to remain available
until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex-
ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor.
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles.
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of
title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there-
in are certified as important to the national defense by the
Secretary of Defense.
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SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this
title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the
United States for which specific appropriations have not
been made.
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this
title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements
in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the
Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer-
ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination
of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by
the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen-
eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or
(4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to
be in the public interest.
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this
title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing,
except housing for which funds have been made available
in annual Acts making appropriations for military con-
struction.
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo-
cate any activity from one base or installation to another,
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
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SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this
title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement.
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family housing
during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop-
erty taxes in any foreign nation.
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects
to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty
Organization member country, or in countries bordering the
Arabian Sea if that country has not increased its defense
spending by at least 3 percent in calendar year 2005, unless
such contracts are awarded to United States firms or
United States firms in joint venture with host nation firms.
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this
title for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein
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Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, may be
used to award any contract estimated by the Government
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That
this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for
which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United
States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon-
sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent:
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con-
tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub-
mitted by a Marshallese contractor.
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
ing the Committees on Appropriations, of the plans and
scope of any proposed military exercise involving United
States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts
expended for construction, either temporary or permanent,
are anticipated to exceed $750,000.
SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made
available in this title which are limited for obligation dur-
ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last
two months of the fiscal year.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
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ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur-
rent session of Congress.
SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection,
overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on
subsequent claims, if any.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds made available to a military department or de-
fense agency for the construction of military projects may
be obligated for a military construction project or contract,
or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any
time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal
year for which funds for such project were made available,
if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from
funds available for military construction projects; and (2)
do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project,
plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in-
creased pursuant to law.
SEC. 118. (a) Not later than December 1, 2006, the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress a report on actions taken by
the Department of Defense and the Department of State
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during the previous fiscal year to encourage host countries
to assume a greater share of the common defense burden
of such countries and the United States.
(b) The report under subsection (a) shall include a de-
scription of—
(1) attempts to secure cash and in-kind contribu-
tions from host countries for military construction
projects;
(2) attempts to achieve economic incentives of-
fered by host countries to encourage private invest-
ment for the benefit of the United States Armed
Forces;
(3) attempts to recover funds due to be paid to
the United States by host countries for assets deeded
or otherwise imparted to host countries upon the ces-
sation of United States operations at military instal-
lations;
(4) the amount spent by host countries on de-
fense, in dollars and in terms of the percent of gross
domestic product (GDP) of the host country; and
(5) for host countries that are members of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the
amount contributed to NATO by host countries, in
dollars and in terms of the percent of the total NATO
budget.
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(c) In this section, the term ‘‘host country’’ means
other member countries of NATO, Japan, South Korea, and
United States allies bordering the Arabian Sea.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 119. In addition to any other transfer authority
available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited
to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account estab-
lished by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization
Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10
U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such
Act, may be transferred to the account established by section
2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged with, and
to be available for the same purposes and the same time
period as that account.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 120. Subject to 30 days prior notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress,
such additional amounts as may be determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department
of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund from
amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family Hous-
ing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available for
the same purposes and for the same period of time as
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De-
partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im-
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provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con-
struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That
appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail-
able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of
acquiring and improving military family housing, military
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities.
SEC. 121. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing
any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for
military family housing the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress the notice described
in subsection (b).
(b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice
of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or
rental payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary to
the private party under the contract involved in the event
of—
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(A) the closure or realignment of the installation
for which housing is provided under the contract;
(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at
such installation; or
(C) the extended deployment overseas of units
stationed at such installation.
(2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the
nature of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and
likelihood, if any, of the liability of the Federal Government
with respect to the guarantee.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 122. In addition to any other transfer authority
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be
transferred from the accounts established by sections
2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to the
fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration
Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the Home-
owners Assistance Program. Any amounts transferred shall
be merged with and be available for the same purposes and
for the same time period as the fund to which transferred.
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding this or any other provision
of law, funds made available in this title for operation and
maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive source
of funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing
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units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided,
That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu-
ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag
officer quarters without 30 days prior notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress,
except that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted
if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs associated
with environmental remediation that could not be reason-
ably anticipated at the time of the budget submission: Pro-
vided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comp-
troller) is to report annually to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress all operation and
maintenance expenditures for each individual general or
flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing in this section precludes the Secretary
of a military department, after notifying the congressional
defense committees and waiting 21 days, from using funds
derived under section 2601, chapter 403, chapter 603, or
chapter 903 of title 10, United States Code, for the mainte-
nance or repair of general and flag officer quarters at the
military service academy under the jurisdiction of that Sec-
retary: Provided further, That each Secretary of a military
department shall provide an annual report by February 15
to the congressional defense committees on the amount of
funds that were derived under section 2601, chapter 403,
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chapter 603, or chapter 903 of title 10, United States Code,
in the previous year and were obligated for the construction,
improvement, repair, or maintenance of any military facil-
ity or infrastructure.
SEC. 124. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of section
2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and
shall be available until expended for the purposes specified
in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur-
suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 125. None of the funds made available in this
title, or in any Act making appropriations for military
construction which remain available for obligation, may be
obligated or expended to carry out a military construction,
land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili-
tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in-
stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that has
been approved for realignment to another installation, in
2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act
of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10
U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project at a military in-
stallation approved for realignment will support a con-
tinuing mission or function at that installation or a new
mission or function that is planned for that installation,
or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the cost to
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the United States of carrying out such project would be less
than the cost to the United States of cancelling such project,
or if the project is at an active component base that shall
be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having
multi-agency use, that another Government agency has in-
dicated it will assume ownership of the completed project.
The Secretary of Defense may not transfer funds made
available as a result of this limitation from any military
construction project, land acquisition, or family housing
project to another account or use such funds for another
purpose or project without the prior approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. This
section shall not apply to military construction projects,
land acquisition, or family housing projects for which the
project is vital to the national security or the protection
of health, safety, or environmental quality: Provided, That
the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional de-
fense committees within seven days of a decision to carry
out such a military construction project.
SEC. 126. Section 3001(o) of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Recon-
struction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108–
106; 117 Stat. 1238; 5 U.S.C. App., note to section 8G of
Public Law 95–452), as amended by section 1054(b) of the
John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
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Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364), is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(o) TERMINATION.—(1)(A) The Office of the Inspector
General shall terminate 10 months after 80 percent of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Iraq
Relief and Reconstruction Fund have been expended.
‘‘(B) For purposes of calculating the termination of
the Office of the Inspector General under this subsection,
any United States funds appropriated or otherwise made
available for fiscal year 2006 for the reconstruction of Iraq,
irrespective of the designation of such funds, shall be deemed
to be amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to
the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
‘‘(2) The Special Inspector General for Iraq Recon-
struction shall, prior to the termination of the Office of the
Special Inspector General under paragraph (1), prepare a
final forensic audit report on all funds deemed to be
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the
Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.’’.
SEC. 127. (a) Of the amount appropriated or otherwise
made available by this title under the heading ‘‘FAMILY
HOUSING
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE, 
ARMY’’,
$7,500,000 may be available for the lease of not more than
300 additional housing units in the vicinity of Fairbanks,
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Alaska. Such funds may not be available for the construc-
tion or purchase of such units.
(b)(1) The total cost of a unit leased under subsection
(a), including the cost of utilities, maintenance, and oper-
ation, may not exceed $25,000 per year.
(2) A lease entered into under subsection (a) may not
exceed 5 years in duration or include an option to extend
the lease beyond the 5-year period beginning on the date
the lease commences.
SEC. 128. (a) The amount appropriated or otherwise
made available by this title under the heading ‘‘MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’ and available
for ‘‘Replacement Vehicle Bridge, Increment 2, Naval Sta-
tion, Newport, Rhode Island’’ is hereby increased by
$3,410,000.
(b) The amount appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this title under the heading ‘‘MILITARY CONSTRUC-
TION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’ and available for ‘‘Haz-
ardous Material Storage Facility, Naval Station Newport,
Rhode Island’’ is hereby reduced by $3,410,000.
SEC. 129. (a) The amount appropriated or otherwise
made available by this title under the heading ‘‘MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION, AIR
FORCE’’ is hereby increased by
$750,000.
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(b) Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made
available by this title under the heading ‘‘MILITARY CON-
STRUCTION, AIR FORCE’’, as increased by subsection (a),
$750,000 may be available for the Air Force Financial
Management Center.
(c) The amount appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this title under the heading ‘‘NORTH ATLANTIC
TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM’’
is hereby reduced by $750,000.
SEC. 130. Subsection (c) of section 1077 of the John
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2007 (Public Law 109–364) is hereby repealed.
SEC. 131. (a) The amount available for ‘‘MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION, AIR
FORCE’’ is hereby reduced by
$25,400,000 for ‘‘Basic Expeditionary Airmen Training
Facility, Lackland AFB, Texas’’.
(b) The amount available for ‘‘Department of Defense
Base Closure Account 2005’’ is hereby increased by
$25,400,000.
SEC. 132. Of the amount appropriated or otherwise
made available by chapter 7 of title I of the Department
of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Ad-
dress Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic In-
fluenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–148) under the heading
‘‘MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’
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and available for the replacement of a Bachelor Enlisted
Quarters at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport,
Mississippi, $13,400,000 may be available for the construc-
tion of an additional Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Naval
Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS PROGRAMS
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 law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13,
18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf
of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15,
51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, the
Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency
and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits
and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial
life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of
title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C.
App. 540 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by
law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23,
51, 53, 55, and 61; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76
Stat. 1198), $38,007,095,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $28,112,000 of the
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amount appropriated under this heading shall be reim-
bursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical serv-
ices’’ 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’’ appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums as may be earned on an actual quali-
fying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical care
collections fund’’ to augment the funding of individual med-
ical facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners
as authorized.
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law
(38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55,
and 61), $3,262,006,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program
services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized
to provide under section 3104(a) of title 38, United States
Code, other than under subsection (a)(1), (2), (5), and (11)
of that section, 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 title 38, United States Code, chapter 19; 70
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Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $49,850,000, to remain available
until expended.
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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 2007, 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, $153,185,000.
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $53,000, 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-
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tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed
$4,242,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $305,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘General operating expenses’’.
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of
title 38, United States Code, $615,000: Provided, That no
new loans in excess of $30,000,000 may be made in fiscal
year 2007.
GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR
HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the administrative expenses to carry out the guar-
anteed transitional housing loan program authorized by
subchapter VI of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code,
not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this
Act for ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical serv-
ices’’ may be expended.
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VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 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 and salaries and expenses of
healthcare employees hired under title 38, United States
Code, and aid to State homes as authorized by section 1741
of title 38, United States Code; and for necessary expenses
in the administration of the medical, hospital, nursing
home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research ac-
tivities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in
support of capital policy activities; and administrative and
legal expenses of the Department for collecting and recov-
ering 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.);
$28,689,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of
the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed
$1,350,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish
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a priority for treatment for veterans who are service-con-
nected disabled, 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 FACILITIES
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities
and other necessary facilities for the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration; for administrative expenses in support of
planning, design, project management, real property acqui-
sition and disposition, construction and renovation of any
facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Depart-
ment; for oversight, engineering and architectural activities
not charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improv-
ing or providing facilities in the several hospitals and
homes under the jurisdiction of the Department, not other-
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wise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of tem-
porary employees and purchase of materials; for leases of
facilities; 
and 
for 
laundry 
and 
food 
services,
$3,569,000,000, 
plus 
reimbursements, 
of 
which
$250,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008.
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, to remain
available until September 30, 2008, $412,000,000, plus re-
imbursements, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be
used for Gulf War Illness research.
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;
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $160,733,000, of which
not to exceed $8,037,000 shall be available until September
30, 2008.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
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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, and the Depart-
ment of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail,
$1,467,764,000: Provided, That expenses for services and as-
sistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11)
of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, that the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are necessary to
enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible,
to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable
employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in
daily living, shall be charged to this account: Provided fur-
ther, That the Veterans Benefits Administration shall be
funded at not less than $1,167,859,000: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, not
to exceed $75,000,000 shall be available for obligation until
September 30, 2008: Provided further, That from the funds
made available under this heading, the Veterans Benefits
Administration may purchase up to two passenger motor
vehicles for use in operations of that Administration in Ma-
nila, Philippines.
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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,
$70,599,000, of which $3,474,950 shall remain available
until September 30, 2008.
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending and improving
any of the facilities including parking projects under the
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316,
2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122
of title 38, United States Code, including planning, archi-
tectural 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,
$429,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$2,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided in
section 13 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C.
612) for claims paid for contract disputes: Provided, That
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except for advance planning activities, including needs as-
sessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, and other capital asset management related activi-
ties, such as portfolio development and management activi-
ties, and investment strategy studies funded through the ad-
vance planning fund and the planning and design activities
funded through the design fund and CARES funds, includ-
ing needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital
investments, none of the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be used for any project which has not been
approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided in this appropriation
for fiscal year 2007, for each approved project (except those
for CARES activities referenced above) shall be obligated:
(1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract
by September 30, 2007; and (2) by the awarding of a con-
struction contract by September 30, 2008: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly report
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress any approved major construction
project in 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
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans