IIB 
Calendar No. 91 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2055 
[Report No. 112–29] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 15, 2011 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
JUNE 30, 2011 
Reported by Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction, the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 
installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $3,141,491,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 
of this amount, not to exceed $255,241,000 shall be avail-
able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 
services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of Army determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro-
vided further, That of the unobligated balances available 
for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ from prior appropria-
tions Acts (other than appropriations designated by law 
as being for contingency operations directly related to the
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$100,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 
this appropriation, $2,461,547,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of this amount, 
not to exceed $84,362,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 
reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the unobligated 
balances available for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and 
Marine Corps’’ from prior appropriations Acts (other than 
appropriations designated by law as being for contingency 
operations directly related to the global war on terrorism 
or as an emergency requirement), $25,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 
installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $1,279,358,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of this 
amount, not to exceed $81,913,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 
Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 
for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the un-
obligated balances available for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’ from prior appropriations Acts (other than ap-
propriations designated by law as being for contingency 
operations directly related to the global war on terrorism 
or as an emergency requirement), $32,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments),
as
currently
authorized
by
law, 
$3,665,157,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 
be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 
of Defense available for military construction or family 
housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes, and for the 
same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 
transferred: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $454,602,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$24,118,000 shall be available for payments to the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization for the planning, design, and 
construction of a new North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
headquarters: Provided further, That of the unobligated 
balances available for ‘‘Military Construction, Defense- 
Wide’’ in prior appropriations Acts (other than appropria-
tions designated by law as being for contingency oper-
ations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 
as an emergency requirement), $131,400,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefore, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $773,592,000 (increased by $25,000,000), to 
remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 
That
of
the
amount
appropriated,
not
to
exceed 
$20,671,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization
Acts, $116,246,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not 
to exceed $9,000,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au-
thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 
reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $280,549,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $28,924,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary 
of Defense determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 
Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $26,299,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $2,591,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Air Force 
Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 
Acts, $33,620,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not 
to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au-
thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 
reasons therefor. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa-
cilities and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 
defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 
by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Acts, $272,611,000 (re-
duced by $25,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$186,897,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016.
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for op-
eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $494,858,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 
authorized by law, $100,972,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 
law, $367,863,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law,
$84,804,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
and
insurance
premiums,
as
authorized
by
law, 
$404,761,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
military departments) for operation and maintenance, 
leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 
$50,723,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $2,184,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu-
ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro-
viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili-
tary family housing and supporting facilities.
HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE FUND 
For the Homeowners Assistance Fund established by 
section 1013 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli-
tan Development Act of 1966, (42 U.S.C. 3374), as 
amended, $1,284,000, to remain available until expended. 
CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 
for, necessary for the destruction of the United States 
stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in ac-
cordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 
Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the 
destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are 
not in the chemical weapon stockpile, as currently author-
ized by law, $75,312,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016, which shall be only for the Assembled 
Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
1990 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 
Closure Account 1990, established by section 2906(a)(1) 
of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
(10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $373,543,000, to remain available 
until expended.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
2005 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 
Closure Account 2005, established by section 2906A(a)(1) 
of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
(10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $258,776,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Department of Defense 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress 14 days prior to obligating an amount 
for a construction project that exceeds or reduces the 
amount identified for that project in the most recently 
submitted budget request for this account by 20 percent 
or $2,000,000, whichever is less: Provided further, That 
the previous proviso shall not apply to projects costing less 
than $5,000,000, except for those projects not previously 
identified in any budget submission for this account and 
exceeding the minor construction threshold under section 
2805 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, 
That of the unobligated balances available under this 
heading from prior appropriation Acts (other than appro-
priations designated by law as being for contingency oper-
ations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 
as an emergency requirement), $50,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded, which represent savings resulting from favorable 
bids. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 
exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 
except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 
the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there-
for. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal High-
way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 
the construction of access roads as authorized by section 
210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author-
ized therein are certified as important to the national de-
fense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to begin construction of new bases in 
the United States for which specific appropriations have 
not been made.
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 
in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by 
the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi-
neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina-
tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 
by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 
General; (3) where the estimated value is less than 
$25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 
of Defense to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
except housing for which funds have been made available 
in annual Acts making appropriations for military con-
struction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 
relocate any activity from one base or installation to an-
other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 
the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family hous-
ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 
property taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 
projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 
within the United States Central Command Area of Re-
sponsibility, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
title for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries within the United States Central 
Command Area of Responsibility, may be used to award 
any contract estimated by the Government to exceed
$1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That this 
section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 
which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a 
United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive 
and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 
20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to contract awards for military construction on 
Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re-
sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in-
cluding the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and 
scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 
States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts 
expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds 
made available in this title which are limited for obligation 
during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during 
the last 2 months of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 
current session of Congress.
SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec-
tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 
and on subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds made available to a military department 
or defense agency for the construction of military projects 
may be obligated for a military construction project or 
contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract, 
at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after 
the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made 
available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are 
obligated from funds available for military construction 
projects; and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated 
for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of 
such project is increased pursuant to law. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, proceeds depos-
ited to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 
established by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authoriza-
tion Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act 
(10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C)
of such Act, may be transferred to the account established 
by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be 
merged with, and to be available for the same purposes 
and the same time period as that account. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 119. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 
14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me-
dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 
may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family 
Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 
for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 
directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense 
Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac-
counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap-
propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria-
tions made available to the Funds shall be available to
cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 
of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili-
tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 120. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the accounts established by sections 
2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to 
the fund established by subsection (d) of section 1013 of 
the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associ-
ated with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred 
under subsection (a)(1)(A) of such section 1013. Any 
amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as 
the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available in this title for operation and 
maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 
source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family
housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 
Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may be 
spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen-
eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica-
tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 
medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact 
notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 
solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi-
ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an-
nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex-
penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar-
ters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec-
tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro-
priated and shall be available until expended for the pur-
poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 
transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
title, or in any Act making appropriations for military con-
struction which remain available for obligation, may be ob-
ligated or expended to carry out a military construction, 
land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili-
tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in-
stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that 
has been approved for realignment to another installation, 
in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101– 
510: 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project at a mili-
tary installation approved for realignment will support a 
continuing mission or function at that installation or a 
new mission or function that is planned for that installa-
tion, or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the 
cost to the United States of carrying out such project 
would be less than the cost to the United States of cancel-
ling such project, or if the project is at an active compo-
nent base that shall be established as an enclave or in the 
case of projects having multi-agency use, that another 
Government agency has indicated it will assume ownership 
of the completed project. The Secretary of Defense may 
not transfer funds made available as a result of this limi-
tation from any military construction project, land acquisi-
tion, or family housing project to another account or use 
such funds for another purpose or project without the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress. This section shall not apply to 
military construction projects, land acquisition, or family 
housing projects for which the project is vital to the na-
tional security or the protection of health, safety, or envi-
ronmental quality: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall notify the congressional defense committees 
within seven days of a decision to carry out such a military 
construction project. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this
title may be transferred among projects and activities 
within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in the report of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives to accom-
pany this bill and in the guidance for military construction 
reprogrammings and notifications contained in Depart-
ment
of
Defense
Financial
Management
Regulation 
7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of February 2009, as 
in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account, 1990’’ from 
prior appropriations Acts (other than appropriations des-
ignated by law as being for contingency operations directly 
related to the global war on terrorism or as an emergency 
requirement), $100,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 127. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense to take bene-
ficial occupancy of more than 1,000 parking spaces pro-
vided by the combination spaces provided by the BRAC 
133 project and the lease of spaces in the immediate vicin-
ity of the BRAC 133 project. 
SEC. 128. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for any action that relates to or promotes
the expansion of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Can-
yon Maneuver Site, Colorado. 
SEC. 129. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Army to relocate 
a unit of the Army that would impact more than 200 per-
sonnel, calculated as the sum of impacted members of the 
regular or reserve components of the Army, civilian em-
ployees of the Department of the Army, and Army con-
tractor personnel, unless the Secretary certifies to the con-
gressional defense committees that the Secretary complied 
with Army Regulation 5–10 relating to the policy, proce-
dures, and responsibilities for Army stationing actions. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 
behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex-
aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 
13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 
pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 
by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle-
ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi-
cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi-
cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur-
ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 
of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 
541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec-
tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 
53,
55,
and
of
title
38,
United
States
Code, 
$58,067,319,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $32,187,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to 
‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Infor-
mation technology systems’’ for necessary expenses in im-
plementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of 
title 38, United States Code, the funding source for which 
is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as 
may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall 
be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical care collections fund’’ to aug-
ment the funding of individual medical facilities for nurs-
ing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap-
ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61
of title 38, United States Code, $11,011,086,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That expenses for 
rehabilitation program services and assistance which the 
Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of 
section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 
under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that sub-
section, shall be charged to this account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
Code, $100,252,000, to remain available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 
authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2012, 
within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 
gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe-
cially adapted housing loans.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $154,698,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $19,000, as authorized 
by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $3,019,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $343,000, which may 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General operating ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 
of title 38, United States Code, $1,116,000. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and
veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 
under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 
medical supplies and equipment, food services, and sala-
ries and expenses of health care employees hired under 
title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes as author-
ized by section 1741 of title 38, United States Code, as-
sistance and support services for caregivers as authorized 
by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, and loan 
repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 
and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Pub-
lic Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note) 
$41,354,000,000,
plus
reimbursements,
shall
become 
available on October 1, 2012, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2013: Provided, That, of the amount 
made available under this heading $1,000,000,000 (re-
duced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000) shall 
remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for 
the provision of medical treatment for veterans who have 
service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have special 
needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
give priority funding for the provision of basic medical
benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 
through 6: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from 
Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled vet-
erans with privately written prescriptions based on re-
quirements established by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That the implementation of the program described in the 
previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided in Public Law 112–10 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, Medical services’’ for fiscal year 
2012, $664,000,000 shall be available only in the fourth 
quarter of the fiscal year upon approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of a request 
from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to release such 
funding due to unanticipated needs related to economic 
conditions. 
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi-
ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart-
ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De-
partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov-
ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.); $5,746,000,000 (re-
duced by $100,000) (increased by $100,000), plus reim-
bursements, shall become available on October 1, 2012, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2013: Pro-
vided, That, of the amount made available under this 
heading $100,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 
planning, design, project management, real property ac-
quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 
any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 
activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter-
ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos-
pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
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, 
$5,441,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2012, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available under this heading, $100,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014. 
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, 
$508,774,000 (increased by $22,000,000), plus reim-
bursements, shall remain available until September 30, 
2013. 
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, $250,934,000, 
of which not to exceed $25,100,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2013: Provided, That no funds shall 
be made available to any project associated with the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration’s Urban Initiative pro-
gram until a strategy to serve rural veterans is finalized 
and operational. 
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, 
$422,500,000 (reduced by $22,000,000), of which not to 
exceed $22,144,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That $20,000,000 shall be 
used to increase the Department’s acquisition workforce 
capacity and capabilities and may be transferred by the 
Secretary 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 Adminis-
tration’’.
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, 
$2,020,128,000 (reduced by $100,000) (increased by 
$100,000): Provided, That expenses for services and as-
sistance 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 
maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum 
independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac-
count: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $105,856,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2013: Provided further, 
That from the funds made available under this heading, 
the Veterans Benefits Administration may purchase (on 
a one-for-one replacement 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 
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, $3,025,000,000 (reduced by $70,000,000) 
(increased by $70,000,000), plus reimbursements, shall 
remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, 
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 Affairs enterprise architecture; 
(3) conforms with an established enterprise life cycle 
methodology; and (4) complies with the acquisition rules, 
requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
ment practices of the Federal Government: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a reprogramming base letter which 
sets forth, by project, the operations and maintenance 
costs, with salary expenses separately designated, and de-
velopment costs to be carried out utilizing amounts made 
available under this heading. 
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.), $109,391,000, of which $6,000,000 shall re-
main 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 plan-
ning, architectural and engineering services, construction 
management 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, 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, $589,604,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016, 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. 612) for claims 
paid for contract disputes: Provided, That except for ad-
vance planning activities, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, and 
other capital asset management related activities, includ-
ing portfolio development and management activities, and 
investment strategy studies funded through the advance 
planning fund and the planning and design activities fund-
ed through the design fund, including needs assessments 
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 ac-
count, 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 budgetary proc-
ess: 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 con-
struction documents contract by September 30, 2012; and 
(2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Sep-
tember 30, 2013: 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, 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, $475,091,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016, along with unobligated bal-
ances of previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appro-
priations 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 be-
cause 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 re-
main available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal governments 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United
States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: Provided, That before such transfer may take 
place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress the authority to make the transfer and such Com-
mittees 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 2012, 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 made 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 Department of Veterans Affairs 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 
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 pensions’’.
(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 ‘‘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 
2012 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 
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 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 for salaries 
and other administrative expenses shall also be available 
to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Employ-
ment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under sec-
tion 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 Manage-
ment and $3,360,000 for the Office of Employment and 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That 
payments may be made in advance for services to be fur-
nished based on estimated costs: Provided further, That 
amounts received shall be credited to the ‘‘General admin-
istration’’ 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 (in-
cluding site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and 
improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdic-
tion or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount pro-
vided 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 September 30, 2016, 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 2012, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Informa-
tion technology systems’’ account: Provided, That before 
a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall request 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 may be transferred be-
tween projects: Provided, 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. 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2012, 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. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2012 for 
‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, 
‘‘Medical facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’, and 
‘‘Information technology systems’’, up to $241,666,000, 
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. 224. Such sums as may be deposited to the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, for health care 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. 225. 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 until expended, for any 
purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title X 
of division B of Public Law 112–10, the following amounts 
which become available on October 1, 2011, are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts 
specified: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
services’’, $1,000,000,000.
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
support and compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
facilities’’, $100,000,000. 
(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, 2013: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
services’’, $1,000,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
support and compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
facilities’’, $100,000,000. 
SEC. 227. 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 entering into a contract: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify the committees 14 
days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and shall 
describe the anticipated use of such savings.
SEC. 228. 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. 229. (a) Section 5701 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(l)(1) The Secretary shall disclose to a State con-
trolled substance monitoring program, including a pro-
gram under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g–3), the name and address of a veteran 
or a dependent of a veteran to the extent necessary to 
prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the terms ‘State’ and ‘con-
trolled substance’ have the meaning given such terms in 
section 399O(m) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280g–3(m)).’’. 
(b) Section 7332(b)(2) of title 38, Unites States Code 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G)(i) To a State controlled substance moni-
toring program, including a program under section 
399O of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
280g–3), to the extent necessary to prevent misuse 
and diversion of prescription medicines. 
‘‘(ii) In this subparagraph, the terms ‘State’ 
and ‘controlled substance’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 399O(m) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–3(m)).’’. 
SEC. 230. Not more than $250,000 may be used by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct any single 
national outreach and awareness marketing campaign, in-
cluding motorsports sponsorship, prior to submitting a re-
quest to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress and an approval is issued or absent a re-
sponse, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
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, $61,100,000, 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 7298 of title 38, 
United
States
Code,
$30,770,000:
Provided,
That 
$2,726,363 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, as authorized by law, for 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington 
National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one 
basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $45,800,000, to remain 
available until expended. In addition, such sums as may 
be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and re-
placement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department 
of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 
Funds appropriated under this Act may be provided 
to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of the 
federally-owned water main at Arlington National Ceme-
tery making additional land available for ground burials. 
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, $67,700,000, of 
which $2,000,000 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. 
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. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, or for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 
SEC. 404. 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. 405. 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. 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 website 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. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi-
aries or successors. 
SEC. 409. (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. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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. 411. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used by an agency 
of the executive branch to exercise the power of eminent 
domain (to take private property for public use) without 
the payment of just compensation. 
SEC. 412. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Defense in this 
Act may be used to renovate, expand, or construct any 
facility in the continental United States for the purpose 
of housing any individual who has been detained, at any 
time after September 11, 2001, at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to execute a contract for goods or services, includ-
ing construction services, where the contractor has not 
complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or to 
make a grant to, any corporation that was convicted of
a felony criminal violation under any Federal or State law 
within the preceding 24 months. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 415. 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. 416. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to declare as excess to the needs of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs or otherwise take any ac-
tion to exchange, trade, auction, transfer, or otherwise dis-
pose of, or reduce the acreage of, Federal land and im-
provements at the St. Albans campus, consisting of ap-
proximately 55 acres of land, with borders near Linden 
Boulevard on the northwest, 115th Avenue on the west, 
the Long Island Railroad on the northeast, and Baisley 
Boulevard on the southeast. 
SEC. 417. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available to enforce section 526 of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
140; 42 U.S.C. 17142). 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract using procedures 
that do not give to small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans (as that term is defined in section 
3(q)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)) 
that are included in the database under section 8127(f) 
of title 38, United States Code, any preference available 
with respect to such contract, except for a preference given 
to small business concerns owned and controlled by serv-
ice-disabled veterans (as that term defined in section 
3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(2)). 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res-
olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2012’’. 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $3,066,891,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of this 
amount, not to exceed $255,241,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of Defense determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 
appropriation, $2,187,622,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016: Provided, That of this amount, not to 
exceed $84,362,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad-
ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $1,227,058,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of this 
amount, not to exceed $81,913,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$3,380,917,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De-
fense available for military construction or family housing 
as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $439,602,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad-
ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount appropriated, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $24,118,000 shall be 
available for payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization for the planning, design, and construction of a new 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $773,592,000, to remain available until Sep-