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remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or flag 
officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement 
Account established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, 
United States Code, are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended for the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such 
section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 
section. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this title, or 
in any Act making appropriations for military construction which 
remain available for obligation, may be obligated or expended to 
carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing 
project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or 
at a military installation for the purposes of supporting a function 
that has been approved for realignment to another installation, 
in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 
2687 note), unless such a project at a military installation approved 
for realignment will support a continuing mission or function at 
that installation or a new mission or function that is planned 
for that installation, or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies 
that the cost to the United States of carrying out such project 
would be less than the cost to the United States of cancelling 
such project, or if the project is at an active component base that 
shall be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having 
multi-agency use, that another Government agency has indicated 
it will assume ownership of the completed project. The Secretary 
of Defense may not transfer funds made available as a result 
of this limitation from any military construction project, land 
acquisition, or family housing project to another account or use 
such funds for another purpose or project without the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
This section shall not apply to military construction projects, land 
acquisition, or family housing projects for which the project is 
vital to the national security or the protection of health, safety, 
or environmental quality: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees within seven days 
of a decision to carry out such a military construction project. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after appropriations avail-
able in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construc-
tion and family housing operation and maintenance and construc-
tion have expired for obligation, upon a determination that such 
appropriations will not be necessary for the liquidation of obligations 
or for making authorized adjustments to such appropriations for 
obligations incurred during the period of availability of such appro-
priations, unobligated balances of such appropriations may be trans-
ferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
Construction, Defense’’, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same time period and for the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred.
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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 within the account in 
accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military 
construction and family housing construction contained in Depart-
ment 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. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Army shall close Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon, 
not later than 1 year after the completion of chemical demilitariza-
tion activities required under the Chemical Weapons Convention. 
(b) The closure of the Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon, and 
subsequent management and property disposal shall be carried 
out in accordance with procedures and authorities contained in 
the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A 
of title XXIX of Public Law 110–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect or limit 
the application of, or any obligation to comply with, any environ-
mental law, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) 
and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.). 
(d) The Secretary of the Army may retain minimum essential 
ranges, facilities, and training areas at Umatilla Chemical Depot, 
totaling approximately 7,500 acres, as a training enclave for the 
reserve components of the Armed Forces to permit the conduct 
of individual and annual training. 
SEC. 127. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Secretary of Defense to take beneficial occupancy 
of more than 2,000 parking spaces (other than handicap-reserved 
spaces) to be provided by the BRAC 133 project: Provided, That 
this limitation may be waived in part if: (1) the Secretary of Defense 
certifies to Congress that levels of service at existing intersections 
in the vicinity of the project have not experienced failing levels 
of service as defined by the Transportation Research Board Highway 
Capacity Manual over a consecutive 90-day period; (2) the Depart-
ment of Defense and the Virginia Department of Transportation 
agree on the number of additional parking spaces that may be 
made available to employees of the facility subject to continued 
90-day traffic monitoring; and (3) the Secretary of Defense notifies 
the congressional defense committees in writing at least 14 days 
prior to exercising this waiver of the number of additional parking 
spaces to be made available: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall implement the Department of Defense Inspector 
General recommendations outlined in report number DODIG–2012– 
024, and certify to Congress not later than 180 days after enactment 
of this Act that the recommendations have been implemented. 
SEC. 128. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this title may be obligated or expended for a permanent 
United States Africa Command headquarters outside of the United 
States until the Secretary of Defense provides the congressional 
defense committees an analysis of all military construction costs 
associated with establishing a permanent location overseas versus 
in the United States. 
SEC. 129. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used for any action that relates to or promotes the expansion
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of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, 
Colorado. 
SEC. 130. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Secretary 
of the Army to relocate a unit in the Army that— 
(1) performs a testing mission or function that is not per-
formed by any other unit in the Army and is specifically stipu-
lated in title 10, United States Code; and 
(2) is located at a military installation at which the total 
number of civilian employees of the Department of the Army 
and Army contractor personnel employed exceeds 10 percent 
of the total number of members of the regular and reserve 
components of the Army assigned to the installation. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary 
of the Army certifies to the congressional defense committees that 
in proposing the relocation of the unit of the Army, the Secretary 
complied with Army Regulation 5–10 relating to the policy, proce-
dures, and responsibilities for Army stationing actions. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances available under the 
following headings from prior appropriations Acts (other than appro-
priations designated by law as being for contingency operations 
directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an emergency 
requirement), the following amounts are hereby rescinded: ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army’’, $100,000,000; ‘‘Military Construction, Navy 
and Marine Corps’’, $25,000,000; ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 
$32,000,000; 
and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$131,400,000. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 132. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Department 
of Defense Base Closure Account 2005’’, from prior appropriations 
Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as being for 
contingency operations directly related to the global war on ter-
rorism or as an emergency requirement), $258,776,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as author-
ized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 
of title 38, United States Code; pension benefits to or on behalf 
of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated 
Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency and other officers’ 
retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment
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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, $51,237,567,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$32,187,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Informa-
tion technology 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’’ appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, 
shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical care collections fund’’ to augment 
the funding of individual medical 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 chapters 21, 30, 31, 
33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 
Code, $12,108,488,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That expenses for rehabilitation program services and assist-
ance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection 
(a) of section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 
under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall 
be charged to this account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insur-
ance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, 
and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 
19 and 21, title 38, United States Code, $100,252,000, 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 sub-
chapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2012, 
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, $154,698,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $19,000, 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