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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 division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2023’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8294 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2023, and for other pur-
poses.