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(e) The Department shall implement a plan under which the 
Secretary will eliminate or reduce the research conducted using 
canines, felines, or non-human primates by not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this title 
to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time employment equiva-
lents within any program of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 
31 of title 38, United States Code, does not exceed 125 veterans 
to one full-time employment equivalent. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
the programs of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 31 of title 
38, United States Code, including— 
(1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for each 
such program; and 
(2) recommendations for such action as the Secretary con-
siders necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff ratio for each 
such program. 
SEC. 249. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans Health 
Administration, Medical Community Care’’ account in this or any 
other Act for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 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 
Accountability Act, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 250. Obligations and expenditures applicable to the ‘‘Med-
ical 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. 251. Of the amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, in this or any other Act, 
under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Services’’, 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Vet-
erans Health Administration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ accounts, 
$840,446,000 shall be made available for gender-specific care and 
programmatic efforts to deliver care for women veterans. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 252. Amounts made available for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ and ‘‘General Administration’’ 
in this Act or prior Acts that remain available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2022 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 total 
amounts transferred may not increase the account by more than 
$2,000,000: Provided further, That in advance of any such transfer, 
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.
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(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 253. (a) Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Recurring 
Expenses Transformational Fund’’ established in section 243 of 
division J of Public Law 114–113, $820,000,000 is hereby rescinded 
immediately upon enactment of this Act. 
(b) For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified, to remain available until expended, in addition 
to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, as 
follows: 
(1) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—Information 
Tech-
nology Systems’’, $670,000,000, for information technology sys-
tems improvements and sustainment; and 
(2) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’, 
$150,000,000, 
for 
facilities 
infrastructure 
improvements, 
including non-recurring maintenance, at existing hospitals and 
clinics of the Veterans Health Administration: 
Provided, That prior to obligation of any of the funds provided 
in this subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must provide 
a plan for the execution of the funds appropriated in this subsection 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
and such Committees issue an approval, or absent a response, 
a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
SEC. 254. 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 quar-
terly report on the status of the ‘‘Veterans Medical Care and Health 
Fund’’, established 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 obligations by program, project 
or activity and a plan for expending the remaining funds: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must submit notifica-
tion of any plans to reallocate funds from the current apportionment 
categories of ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, or ‘‘Medical and 
Prosthetic Research’’, including 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 response, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 255. Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations Acts, the fol-
lowing funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts 
in the amounts specified: 
‘‘Veterans 
Health 
Administration—Medical 
Services’’, 
$200,000,000; 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Community 
Care’’, $200,000,000; and 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—Veterans 
Electronic 
Health Record’’, $200,000,000: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 256. Immediately upon enactment of this Act, of the 
unobligated balances of funds made available by section 8003 of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2) to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for the supply chain moderniza-
tion initiative, $76,105,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 257. Any amounts transferred to the Secretary and 
administered by a corporation referred to in section 7364(b) of 
title 38, United States Code, between October 1, 2016 and Sep-
tember 30, 2017 for purposes of carrying out an order placed with 
the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 1535 of 
title 31, United States Code, that are available for obligation pursu-
ant to section 7364(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, are to 
remain available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred 
by such corporation during the period of performance of such order, 
provided that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that 
such amounts need to remain available for such liquidation. 
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 countries; purchases and 
repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monu-
ments outside of the United States and its territories and posses-
sions; 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 representa-
tion expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, $87,500,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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 expended, for purposes author-
ized 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, $41,700,000: 
Provided, That $3,385,104 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and 
improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and 
Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or lease 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one basis 
only, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $87,000,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024. 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 construc-
tion at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s 
Home National Cemetery, $141,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for planning and design and construction associated with 
the Southern Expansion project at Arlington National Cemetery. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $77,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023, of which $9,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and renova-
tion 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account estab-
lished under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and 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
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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’’ tech-
nologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices 
and public service activities. 
SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications 
required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Subcommittee 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 instrumentality of 
the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other appropria-
tions 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 Representatives. 
SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
Web site of that agency any report required to be submitted by 
the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination 
by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or proprietary informa-
tion. 
(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 nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal 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 services, including 
construction services, where the contractor has not complied with 
Executive Order No. 12989.
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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. 
SEC. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this 
Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility 
in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo 
Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the 
custody or under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification 
of 
facilities 
at 
United 
States 
Naval 
Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, Vet-
erans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 
DIVISION K—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPER-
ATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2022 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $9,178,789,000, of which 
$808,589,000 may remain available until September 30, 2023, and 
of which up to $3,788,199,000 may remain available until expended 
for Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be allocated in accordance with para-
graphs (1) through (4) as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary expenses for 
training, human resources management, and salaries, including 
employment without regard to civil service and classification 
laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), 
as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 11; Chapter 
36), $3,216,871,000, of which up to $661,240,000 is for World-
wide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for the 
regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
activities as authorized by law, $1,791,425,000.
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(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For necessary 
expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, 
including representation to certain international organizations 
in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties 
ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 
specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms 
control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities as author-
ized, $994,768,000. 
(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for secu-
rity activities, $3,175,725,000, of which up to $3,126,959,000 
is for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(5) FEES
AND
PAYMENTS
COLLECTED.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise made available under this heading— 
(A) as authorized by section 810 of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, 
and publication programs and from fees from educational 
advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; 
and 
(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair 
House facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER MAT-
TERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
funds may be reprogrammed within and between para-
graphs (1) through (4) under this heading subject to section 
7015 of this Act. 
(B) Of the amount made available under this heading 
for 
Worldwide 
Security 
Protection, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$50,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘Emergencies 
in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, to be available 
only for emergency evacuations and rewards, as authorized: 
Provided, That the exercise of the authority provided by 
this subparagraph shall be subject to prior consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading are avail-
able for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to sec-
tion 1108(g) of title 31, United States Code, for the field 
examination of programs and activities in the United States 
funded from any account contained in this title. 
(D) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
made available for the following purposes and as specified 
under this heading in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act) to— 
(i) support the activities of an Ambassador-at- 
Large for the Arctic Region; and 
(ii) implement an Arctic Indigenous Exchange Pro-
gram. 
(E) Of the amount made available under this heading, 
up to $100,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds made available in title I of this Act under
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the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’: Provided, That 
the exercise of the authority provided by this subparagraph 
shall be subject to prior consultation with the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, as 
authorized, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$91,458,000, of which $13,718,000 may remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
heading are made available notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates 
to post inspections. 
In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight, $40,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That funds 
appropriated under this heading that are made available for the 
printing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed amounts 
for such costs during the prior fiscal year. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of educational and cultural exchange 
programs, as authorized, $753,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not less than $275,000,000 shall be for the 
Fulbright Program and not less than $113,860,000 shall be for 
Citizen Exchange Program: Provided, That fees or other payments 
received from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational 
advising and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs 
as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That a portion of the Fulbright 
awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions shall be des-
ignated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading that are made available 
for the Benjamin Gilman International Scholarships Program shall 
also be made available for the John S. McCain Scholars Program, 
pursuant to section 7075 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division 
F of Public Law 116–6): Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be made available for the Community 
Engagement Exchange Program as described under the heading 
‘‘Civil Society Exchange Program’’ in Senate Report 116–126: Pro-
vided further, That any substantive modifications from the prior 
fiscal year to programs funded by this Act under this heading 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For representation expenses as authorized, $7,415,000.
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PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, 
as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), preserving, 
maintaining, repairing, and planning for real property that are 
owned or leased by the Department of State, and renovating, in 
addition to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, 
$850,722,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, of 
which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 
expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of fur-
niture, furnishings, or generators for other departments and agen-
cies of the United States Government. 
In addition, for the costs of worldwide security upgrades, 
acquisition, and construction as authorized, $1,132,427,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of State to 
meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Con-
sular Service, as authorized, $7,885,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as authorized: 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 such funds are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
exceed $4,937,742. 
PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations Act 
(Public Law 96–8), $32,583,000. 
INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees collected 
from other executive agencies for lease or use of facilities at the 
International Center in accordance with section 4 of the Inter-
national Center Act (Public Law 90–553), and, in addition, as 
authorized by section 5 of such Act, $743,000, to be derived from 
the reserve authorized by such section, to be used for the purposes 
set out in that section.