tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to any such action and an approval is issued by the Com-
mittees. 
SEC. 245. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to purchase, breed, 
transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose of, or experiment 
on, dogs or cats as part of the conduct of any study includ-
ing an assignment of pain category D or E, as defined 
by the Pain and Distress Categories of the Department 
of Agriculture (or such successor categories developed pur-
suant to section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
2143)). 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to training pro-
grams or studies of service dogs described in section 1714 
of title 38, United States Code, or section 17.148 of title 
38, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 246. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration, Medical Community Care’’ ac-
count in this or any other Act for fiscal years 2023 and 
2024 may be used for expenses that would otherwise be 
payable from the Veterans Choice Fund established by 
section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Account-
ability Act, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
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SEC. 247. Obligations and expenditures applicable to 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account in fiscal years 2017 
through 2019 for aid to state homes (as authorized by 
section 1741 of title 38, United States Code) shall remain 
in the ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ account for such fiscal 
years. 
SEC. 248. Of the amounts made available for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, in this 
or any other Act, under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Ad-
ministration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ ac-
counts, $911,119,000 shall be made available for gender- 
specific care and programmatic efforts to deliver care for 
women veterans. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 249. Amounts made available for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ and 
‘‘General Administration’’ in this Act or prior Acts that 
remain available for obligation in fiscal year 2023 may be 
transferred as necessary to the ‘‘Asset and Infrastructure 
Review’’ account for the purposes of carrying out the VA 
Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of 2018 (subtitle A 
of title II of Public Law 115–182): Provided, That the 
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total amounts transferred may not increase the account 
by more than $2,000,000: Provided further, That in ad-
vance of any such transfer, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs 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. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 250. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Recur-
ring Expenses Transformational Fund’’ established in sec-
tion 243 of division J of Public Law 114–113, 
$48,132,853 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 251. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the status of 
the ‘‘Veterans Medical Care and Health Fund’’, estab-
lished to execute section 8002 of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2): Provided, That, 
at a minimum, the report shall include an update on obli-
gations by program, project or activity and a plan for ex-
pending the remaining funds: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs must submit notification of 
any plans to reallocate funds from the current apportion-
ment categories of ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support 
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and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Medical Commu-
nity Care’’, or ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Research’’, includ-
ing the amount and purpose of each reallocation to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
and such Committees issue an approval, or absent a re-
sponse, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
SEC. 252. By no later than September 30, 2023, the 
Secretary shall commence construction of the Community- 
Based Outpatient Clinic in Bakersfield, California in ac-
cordance with Lease No. 36C10F20L0008. 
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 coun-
tries; 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 space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for- 
one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
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countries, $87,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 ex-
pended, 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, $45,159,000: Provided, That 
$3,385,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 
financial assistance as described and in accordance with 
the process and reporting procedures set forth under this 
heading in Public Law 102–229. 
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 
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the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$93,400,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2025. 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. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for planning and design and 
construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 
and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $62,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $2,500,000 shall 
be for study, planning and design, and architect and engi-
neering services for Memorial Avenue improvements at Ar-
lington National Cemetery; and $60,000,000 shall be for 
planning and design and construction associated with the 
Southern Expansion project at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 
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and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis-
sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $75,360,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2024, of which 
$7,300,000 shall remain available until expended for con-
struction and renovation of the physical plants at the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of 
Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading from funds available in the 
Armed 
Forces 
Retirement 
Home 
Trust 
Fund, 
$25,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
MAJOR CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for necessary expenses re-
lated to design, planning, and construction for renovation 
of the Sheridan Building at the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Washington, District of Columbia, $77,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be paid from the 
general fund of the Treasury to the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and 
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shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries. 
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. 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 con-
duct of their business practices and public service activi-
ties. 
SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no-
tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af-
fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub-
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committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 405. 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 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of the United States House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 407. (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-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
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(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. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network 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. 409. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 
to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 
in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv-
ices, including construction services, where the contractor 
has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2023’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 299 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8238 
[Report No. 117–391] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2023, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 27, 2022 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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