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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, $5,441,000,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall become available on October 1, 2012, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2013. 
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, 
$581,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2013. 
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, $250,934,000, of which 
not to exceed $25,100,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013.
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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, $431,257,000, 
of which not to exceed $21,562,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2013: Provided, That $15,000,000 shall 
be to increase the Department’s acquisition workforce ca-
pacity and capabilities and may be transferred by the Sec-
retary to any other account in the Department to carry out 
the purposes provided therein: Provided further, That funds 
provided under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General 
operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
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, and reimbursement of the 
Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee
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mail, $2,018,764,000: 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 Affairs determines are nec-
essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex-
tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and main-
tain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum inde-
pendence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $105,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 20, 2013: Provided further, That from 
the funds made available under this heading, the Veterans 
Benefits Administration may purchase (on a one-for-one re-
placement basis only) up to two passenger motor vehicles 
for use in operations of that Administration in Manila, 
Philippines. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information 
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
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Code, $3,161,376,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$915,000,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which 
not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided further, That $1,709,953,000 
shall be for operations and maintenance as designated in 
the President’s 2012 budget justification, of which not to 
exceed $110,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2013: Provided further, That $536,423,000 shall be for 
information technology systems development, moderniza-
tion, and enhancement as designated in the President’s 
2012 budget justification, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be obligated 
until the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: 
(1) meets the capital planning and investment 
control review requirements established by the Office 
of Management and Budget; 
(2) complies with the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs enterprise architecture; 
(3) conforms with an established enterprise life 
cycle methodology; and 
(4) complies with the acquisition rules, require-
ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
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ment practices of the Federal Government: Provided 
further, That amounts made available for information 
technology systems development, modernization, and 
enhancement may not be obligated or expended until 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Infor-
mation Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a certification of the amounts, in 
parts or in full, to be obligated and expended for each 
development project: Provided further, That amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses, operations 
and maintenance, and information technology sys-
tems development, modernization, and enhancement 
may be transferred among the three subaccounts after 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress the authority to make the transfer and an ap-
proval is issued: 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.
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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 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $112,391,000, of which $6,600,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013. 
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, 
$589,604,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided in 
section 13 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C.
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612) for claims paid for contract disputes: Provided, That 
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, including portfolio development and management ac-
tivities, and investment strategy studies funded through the 
advance planning fund and the planning and design activi-
ties funded through the design fund, including needs assess-
ments 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 funds provided for the purchase of land for 
the National Cemetery Administration through the land ac-
quisition line item, none of the funds made available under 
this heading shall be used for any project which has not 
been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for fiscal year 2012, for each approved project shall 
be obligated: 
(1) by the awarding of a construction documents 
contract by September 30, 2012; and 
(2) by the awarding of a construction contract 
by September 30, 2013: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
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of Congress a written report on any approved major 
construction project for which obligations are not in-
curred 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 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi-
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, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 
8162 of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated 
cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set 
forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States 
Code, $550,091,000, to remain available until expended, 
along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, 
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: Pro-
vided, That funds made available under this heading shall 
be for:
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(1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Depart-
ment 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-
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, $85,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal governments in 
establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries 
as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United States 
Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2012 for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
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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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2012, in this Act or any 
other Act, under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support 
and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be 
transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any trans-
fers 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 Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose 
of the transfer: Provided further, That any transfers be-
tween the ‘‘Medical services’’ and ‘‘Medical support and 
compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding 
the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to
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make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided fur-
ther, 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 ap-
proval is issued. 
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
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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-
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 2011. 
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 2012, 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,
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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 2012 that are available for divi-
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 2012 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
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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 
exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolution Management 
and $3,360,000 for the Office of Employment and Discrimi-
nation Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments 
may be made in advance for services to be furnished based 
on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts received 
shall be credited to the ‘‘General administration’’ and ‘‘In-
formation technology systems’’ accounts for use by the office 
that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available to enter into any new lease of real property if 
the estimated annual rental cost is more than $1,000,000, 
unless the Secretary submits a report which the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve with-
in 30 days following the date on which the report is re-
ceived. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 
or medical services provided to any person under chapter 
17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con-
nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such
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title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 
current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 
debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 
care or services from any person who does not make such 
disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 
so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 
year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor 
projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve-
ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 
‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor 
projects’’. 
SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
services’’ are available—
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(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to ‘‘Medical 
services’’, to remain available until expended for the pur-
poses of that account. 
SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 
into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 
the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations serving rural Alaska which have entered into 
contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 
Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to pro-
vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 
care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 
facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula-
tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas-
ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound-
aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 
7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set-
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tlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and those lands 
within the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 
7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within 
the boundaries of the Municipality of Anchorage, the Fair-
banks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough 
or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, minor projects’’ accounts, to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 
Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from 
conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 
within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a quarterly report on the financial status of 
the Veterans Health Administration.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical fa-
cilities’’, ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, ‘‘General administration’’, and ‘‘Na-
tional cemetery administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 
2012, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ account: Provided, That before a transfer 
may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re-
quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Informa-
tion technology systems’’ account for development, mod-
ernization, and enhancement may be transferred between 
projects or to newly defined projects: Provided, 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. 
SEC. 222. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-