ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 
the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate-
rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 
$4,915,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2015, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as au-
thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$588,922,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not other-
wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there-
for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper-
ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter-
ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 
of the National Cemetery Administration, $256,800,000, 
of which not to exceed $25,600,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
administrative expenses in support of Department-Wide 
capital planning, management and policy activities, uni-
forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
Services
Administration
for
security
guard
services, 
$321,591,000
(reduced
by
$1,000,000)
(reduced
by 
$10,500,000), of which not to exceed $16,080,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading may be trans-
ferred to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 
Veterans Appeals, $94,294,000, of which not to exceed 
$9,429,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016.
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 
of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services, and reimbursement of the Department of De-
fense
for
the
cost
of
overseas
employee
mail, 
$2,514,254,000 (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000): 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 Vet-
erans Affairs determines are necessary to enable entitled 
veterans: (1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become 
employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employ-
ment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in daily 
living, shall be charged to this account: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, not 
to exceed $125,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology 
systems and telecommunications support, including devel-
opmental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, in-
cluding management and related contractual costs of said 
acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 
operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $3,870,552,000, plus reimbursements: Pro-
vided, That $1,039,000,000 shall be for pay and associ-
ated costs, of which not to exceed $31,170,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, 
That $2,283,217,000 shall be for operations and mainte-
nance, of which not to exceed $160,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 
$548,335,000 shall be for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obli-
gated and expended for each development project: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for salaries
and expenses, operations and maintenance, and informa-
tion technology systems development, modernization, and 
enhancement may be transferred among the three sub-
accounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 
approval is issued: Provided further, That amounts made 
available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac-
count for development, modernization, and enhancement 
may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 
projects: Provided further, That no project may be in-
creased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 
prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro-
priations 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: Provided further, That funds under 
this heading may be used by the Interagency Program Of-
fice through the Department of Veterans Affairs to de-
velop a standard data reference terminology model: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available for infor-
mation technology systems development, modernization, 
and enhancement for VistA Evolution, not more than 25 
percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress, and such Commit-
tees approve, a report that describes: (1) the status of 
VistA Evolution project development and any corrective 
actions taken where the plan established in the VistA Evo-
lution program plan (hereinafter referred to as the 
‘‘Plan’’), VistA 4 product roadmap (Roadmap), or the 
VistA Evolution cost estimate, dated March 24, 2014 may 
have fallen short; (2) any changes to the scope of the 
VistA Evolution program as established in the Plan; (3) 
actual program costs incurred and any refinements to the 
cost estimate presented in the Plan based on actual costs 
incurred; (4) progress in meeting the schedule milestones 
that have been established in the Plan; (5) program per-
formance relative to the performance measures that have 
been identified in the Plan and the Roadmap; (6) plans 
for testing the VistA system and test results; (7) VistA 
Evolution program risks and issues that have been identi-
fied and any agency responses to such risks and issues; 
(8) the effort to achieve interoperability between the elec-
tronic health record systems of the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the 
scope, cost, schedule, and performance benchmarks of the 
interoperable record; and (9) progress toward developing 
and implementing the interoperable electronic health 
record throughout the two Departments’ medical facilities: 
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. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, to include information technology, in carrying out 
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $121,411,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of 
which $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2016. 
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, and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 
Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar-
chitectural and engineering services, construction manage-
ment 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 ac-
quisition, 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 available in a previous major project appropriation, 
$561,800,000, of which $527,800,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, and of which $34,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That ex-
cept 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 
activities funded through the design fund, including needs 
assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, 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 acquisition 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 budg-
etary process: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading for fiscal year 2015, for each approved 
project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a con-
struction documents contract by September 30, 2015; and 
(2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Sep-
tember 30, 2016: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written 
report on any approved major construction project for 
which obligations are not incurred within the time limita-
tions 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 
engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro-
vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 
site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 316, 2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 38, 
United States Code, not otherwise provided for, 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, $495,200,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, 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: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the 
nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 
of the Department 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, $80,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2015 for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans-
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 Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this Act 
or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac-
counts may be transferred among the accounts: Provided, 
That any transfers 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 notifica-
tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further,
That any transfers between 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 re-
quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and an approval is issued: Provided further, That any 
transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may 
take place only after the Secretary requests from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 
salaries and expenses shall be available for services au-
thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 
or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by sections 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 sec-
tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 
or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim-
bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina-
tion 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 re-
quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 
prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 
2014. 
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 Pensions’’.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2015, 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 ‘‘Gen-
eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 
the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi-
nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse-
ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu-
mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 
2015 that are available for dividends in that program after 
claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 
have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 
amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 
reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 
surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2015 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 pro-
gram. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 
lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in-
curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro-
viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur-
ing 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 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage-
ment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Of-
fice of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudica-
tion under section 319 of title 38, United States Code, 
for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 
costs but not to exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Reso-
lution Management and $3,400,000 for the Office of Em-
ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Pro-
vided, 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 ‘‘Information 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress ap-
prove within 30 days following the date on which the re-
port is received. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs 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-serv-
ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 
such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec-
retary 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: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man-
ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason-
able charges for such care or services from any person who 
does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur-
ther, 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 re-
ceived. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas-
ing activities (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 improvements of any medical facility under the juris-
diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 
provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’. 
SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ are available— 
(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 
Medical 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 purposes of that account. 
SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organi-
zations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Com-
pact with the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and 
tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have en-
tered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under 
the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance 
Act, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 
dental care. The Secretary shall require participating vet-
erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 
and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 
‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands sited within the ex-
ternal boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified 
in sections 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement 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 Anchor-
age, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Penin-
sula 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 pursu-
ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain avail-
able 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 vet-
erans within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the financial 
status of the Veterans Health Administration. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med-
ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Med-
ical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and 
‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal 
year 2015 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ account: 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 trans-
fer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 221. Of the amounts made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this 
Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac-
count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20
percent of the funds made available shall be obligated dur-
ing the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That 
the Secretary may waive this requirement after providing 
written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up to $252,366,000, 
plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint De-
partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by sec-
tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) 
and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 
as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec-
tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be 
transferred from accounts designated in this section to the 
Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Af-
fairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Such sums as may be deposited to the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided 
at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili-
ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail-
able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense- 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper-
ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun-
can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000 shall 
be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing In-
centive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38,
United States Code, to remain available until expended, 
for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II 
of division J of Public Law 113–76, the following amounts 
which become available on October 1, 2014, are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts 
specified: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 
accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 
September 30, 2016: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Facilities’’, $250,000,000.
SEC. 226. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in 
major construction projects that total at least $5,000,000, 
or 5 percent of the programmed amount of the project, 
whichever is less: Provided, That such notification shall 
occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the pro-
grammed amount: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of such 
bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such 
savings. 
SEC. 227. The scope of work for a project included 
in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may not be increased 
above the scope specified for that project in the original 
justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 
request for appropriations. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall provide on a quarterly basis to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
notification of any single national outreach and awareness 
marketing
campaign
in
which
obligations
exceed 
$2,000,000. 
SEC. 229. The Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a re-
programming request if at any point during fiscal year 
2015, the funding allocated for a medical care initiative 
identified in the fiscal year 2015 expenditure plan is ad-
justed by more than $25,000,000 from the allocation 
shown in the corresponding congressional budget justifica-
tion. Such a reprogramming request may go forward only 
if the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress approve the request or if a period of 14 days 
has elapsed. 
SEC. 230. Of the funds provided to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum 
of $8,371,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’ account and a maximum of $114,703,000 may be 
obligated from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ ac-
count for the VistA Evolution and electronic health record 
interoperability projects: Provided, That funds in addition 
to these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution 
and electronic health record interoperability projects upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide written notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or-
ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 
more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to award a contract to any contractor 
if the past performance of the contractor resulted in the 
completion of a construction project at a facility of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs more than 24 months 
after the original agreed-upon completion date for the 
project. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 233. Of the unobligated balances available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs from prior year dis-
cretionary appropriations (other than appropriations des-
ignated by law as being for an emergency requirement) 
$38,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
TITLE III 
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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
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(D) A description of any legal or adminis-
trative action taken with respect to any such em-
ployee. 
(2) INITIAL
REPORT.—The initial report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(A) The findings and recommendations for 
corrective action contained in reports submitted 
to the Secretary by the Medical Inspector during 
the four-year period ending on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act relating to the 
quality of health care provided to veterans by the 
Veterans Health Administration and the access 
of veterans to such health care. 
(B) A description of any legal or adminis-
trative action taken with respect to any employee 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs resulting 
from the findings and recommendations con-
tained in the reports of the Medical Inspector de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(C) The status of any legal or administra-
tive action described in subparagraph (B) as of 
the date of the submittal of the initial report 
under subsection (a). 
(c) AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that each report submitted