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SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2017, in this or any other Act, under 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be 
transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any transfers 
among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, 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 notification from the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose of the transfer: 
Provided further, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
‘‘Medical Community Care’’, 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 
requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval 
is issued: Provided further, That any transfers to or from the 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place only after the Secretary 
requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval 
is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for services authorized 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 authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the appropria-
tions for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’) shall be available for the purchase of any site for or 
toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be available 
for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
ficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or examination under the 
laws providing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving 
such treatment under sections 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United 
States Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimburse-
ment of the cost of such hospitalization or examination 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 ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans Insur-
ance and Indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of prior year 
accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the 
corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal 
year 2016. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall be available 
to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropria-
tions 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 ‘‘Com-
pensation and Pensions’’.
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SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2017, 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 ‘‘General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: Provided, 
That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings 
accumulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 2017 
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 accumu-
lated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the 
extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2017 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 program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds 
to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account 
during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, 
may be obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds 
are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for salaries 
and other administrative expenses shall also be available to 
reimburse the Office of Resolution Management of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Employment Discrimination 
Complaint Adjudication under section 319 of title 38, United States 
Code, for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 
costs but not to exceed $47,668,000 for the Office of Resolution 
Management and $3,932,000 for the Office of Employment Discrimi-
nation Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be 
made in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 
costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be credited 
to the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. 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-service-connected disability described in sec-
tion 1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that person has disclosed to 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 
may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement informa-
tion for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other debt 
due the United States, the reasonable charges for such care or 
services from any person who does not make such disclosure as 
required: Provided further, That any amounts so recovered for care
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or services provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by 
the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds 
or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including 
disposal) may be deposited into the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ 
and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for 
construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 
and improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction 
or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in ‘‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’. 
SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equip-
ment; 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. 214. 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 the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and 
‘‘Medical Community Care’’ accounts to remain available until 
expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into 
agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in the State 
of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal organizations which are 
party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with the Indian Health 
Service, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 
dental care, to veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require 
participating veterans and facilities to comply with all appropriate 
rules and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 
‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands which are not within the 
boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North 
Star Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ‘‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, 
to remain available until expended for the purposes of these 
accounts. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts appropriated in title II of division 
J of Public Law 114–113 under the heading ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
which become available on October 1, 2016, $7,246,181,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 218. Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the
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Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report 
on the financial status of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
the preceding quarter: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 
shall include the direction contained in the paragraph entitled 
‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ 
in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
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SEC. 219. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compli-
ance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘National 
Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 2017 may be 
transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ 
account: Provided, That such transfers may not result in a more 
than 10 percent aggregate increase in the total amount made avail-
able by this Act for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: 
Provided further, That, before a transfer may take place, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
the transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with: 
(1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 
119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
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SEC. 221. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, up to $274,731,000, plus reimbursements, 
may be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, estab-
lished by section 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 section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization 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 Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That section 
223 of title II of division J of Public Law 114–113 is repealed. 
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SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2017,