Houses of Congress a quarterly report that contains the 
following information from each Veterans Benefits Admin-
istration Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete 
a disability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims 
pending more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the num-
ber of claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken 
within the quarter to address poor performance; (6) train-
ing programs undertaken; (7) the number and results of 
Quality Review Team audits; and (8) the number of infor-
mal claims that are unprocessed: Provided, That each 
quarterly report shall be submitted no later than 30 days 
after the end of the respective quarter. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a reprogramming request if at any 
point during fiscal year 2016 the funding allocated for a 
medical care program that is not estimated through the 
Enrollee Health Care Projection Model is adjusted by 
more than $25,000,000 from the allocation shown in the 
corresponding congressional budget justification. Amounts 
may only be reprogrammed as requested under this section 
if: (1) the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress approve the request; or (2) the Committees 
have not rejected the request before the date that is 15 
days after the date on which the request is received.
SEC. 231. Of the funds provided to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum 
of $5,000,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’ account and a maximum of $154,596,000 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. 232. 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. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 233. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate 
amount of $101,000,000 from the total budget authority 
provided for fiscal year 2016 for discretionary accounts 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs in— 
(1) this Act; or
(2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 
2016 in prior appropriation Acts. 
(b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report speci-
fying the account and amount of each rescission not later 
than 20 days following enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 234. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress notification of any 
single national outreach and awareness marketing cam-
paign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 
SEC. 235. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Vet-
erans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for 
diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 236. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 
determination that such action is necessary to address 
needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may trans-
fer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary 
appropriations made available for fiscal year 2016 in this 
title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ ac-
count) or any discretionary unobligated balances within
the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2016, that were provided in ad-
vance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers 
shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided in this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 
were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985: Provided further, That such authority to transfer 
may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 
on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 
which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which funds are requested has been denied by 
Congress: Provided further, That, upon determination that 
all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 
are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 
to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 
purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 
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 receive approval of that request.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 237. Amounts made available for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, under the 
‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts 
may be transferred between such accounts: Provided, That 
before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and receive approval from such Com-
mittees for such request. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 238. Of the unobligated balances available with-
in the ‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 
$15,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 239. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or 
programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$5,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 240. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in Public Law 113–235 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2016, $197,923,000 are rescinded
from ‘‘Medical Services’’, $42,272,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and $15,353,000 are 
rescinded from ‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 
SEC. 241. The amounts otherwise made available by 
this Act for the following accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following 
amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration—Vet-
erans Housing Benefit Program Fund’’, $3,098,000. 
(2) ‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration—Voca-
tional Rehabilitation Loans Program Account’’, 
$10,000. 
(3) ‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration—Native 
American Veteran Housing Loan Program Ac-
count’’, $25,000. 
(4) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical 
and Prosthetic Research’’, $3,109,000. 
(5) 
‘‘National 
Cemetery 
Administration’’, 
$1,654,000. 
(6) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Administration’’, $3,877,000. 
(7) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of 
Veterans Appeals’’, $786,000.
(8) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, $36,568,000. 
(9) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, $7,958,000. 
(10) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Office of 
Inspector General’’, $993,000. 
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 $7,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
countries, $75,100,000, 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 7299 of title 38, 
United States Code, $32,141,000: Provided, That 
$2,500,000 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 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$70,800,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2017. 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. 
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, 
and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis-
sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex-
penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir-
ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main
at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 
available for ground burials. 
SEC. 302. Amounts deposited during the current fis-
cal year into the special account established under 10 
U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended to support activities at the Army National Mili-
tary Cemeteries. 
TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $244,004,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, for projects outside of the 
United States: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’ $75,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 215(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $212,996,000 to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, for projects outside of the United 
States: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. 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. 502. 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. 503. 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. 504. 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-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 505. 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. 506. 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. 507. (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. 
(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. 508. (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. 509. 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. 510. 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. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 
light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen-
cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated 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. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 513. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 514. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Ad-
ministration—Information Technology Services’’ (and the 
amount specified under such heading for operations and 
maintenance), and by increasing the amount made avail-
able for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Serv-
ices’’, by $2,000,000. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or transfer of 
the United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba.
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the Appraised Value Offer 
program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
pay a performance award under section 5384 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for benefits for homeless veterans and training and 
outreach programs may be used by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs in contravention of subchapter III of chapter 
20 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 519. Not more than $4,400,000 of the funds 
provided by this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Gen-
eral Administration’’ may be used for the Office of Con-
gressional and Legislative Affairs, and the amount other-
wise provided under such heading is hereby reduced by 
$1,500,000. 
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to end, suspend, or relocate hospital- 
based services with respect to a health care facility of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs that is—
(1) the subject of an environmental impact 
statement in accordance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
(2) designated as a National Historic Land-
mark by the National Park Service; and 
(3) located in a highly rural area. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new 
or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 
round. 
SEC. 522. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 
of its principals: 
(A) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi-
nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 
to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 
local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for-
gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed-
eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 
or 
(B) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated above in subsection (A); or 
(C) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of subtitle D of title 
VIII of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay an award or bonus under chapter 
45 or 53 of title 5, United States Code, to any employee 
of the Office of Construction and Facilities Management 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salary of any employee of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs who is a member of 
an Amputee Clinic Team (as described in VHA Handbook 
1173.3, ‘‘Amputee Clinic Teams and Artificial Limbs’’, 
dated June 4, 2004) and who is not credentialed in ac-
cordance with VHA Directive 2012–030, ‘‘Credentialing 
of Health Care Professionals’’, issued on October 11, 
2012. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to transfer any funds from the Veterans 
Choice Fund established by section 802 of the Veterans 
Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–146; 128 Stat. 1802). 
SEC. 527. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) carry out the memorandum from the Vet-
erans Benefit Administration known as Fast Letter 
13–10, issued on May 20, 2013; or 
(2) create or maintain any patient record-keep-
ing system other than those currently approved by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office 
in Washington, D.C. 
SEC. 528. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 
of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Gen-
eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, there is hereby appropriated, and the amount other-
wise provided by this Act for ‘‘Department of Veterans 
Affairs—Departmental Administration—General Admin-
istration’’ is hereby reduced by, $5,000,000.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2016’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 30, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2029 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2016, and for other purposes.