in the ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ account for such fiscal 
years. 
SEC. 250. Of the amounts made available for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this 
or any other Act, under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Ad-
ministration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 
‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ ac-
counts, $1,323,444,000 shall be made available for gen-
der-specific care and programmatic efforts to deliver care 
for women veterans. 
SEC. 251. Notwithstanding any other law, unless pre-
vented by an order issued by a federal or state court, by 
no later than September 30, 2025, the Secretary shall 
commence construction of the Community Based Out-
patient Clinic in Bakersfield, California authorized in sec-
tion 1(a)(3) of Public Law 111-82 and in accordance with 
Lease No.36C10F20L0008 or successor lease. 
SEC. 252. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the status of 
the ‘‘Veterans Medical Care and Health Fund’’, estab-
lished to execute section 8002 of the American Rescue 
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Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2): Provided, That, 
at a minimum, the report shall include an update on obli-
gations by program, project or activity and a plan for ex-
pending the remaining funds. 
SEC. 253. Any amounts transferred to the Secretary 
and administered by a corporation referred to in section 
7364(b) of title 38, United States Code, between October 
1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 for purposes of carrying 
out an order placed with the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs pursuant to section 1535 of title 31, United States 
Code, that are available for obligation pursuant to section 
7364(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, are to remain 
available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred 
by such corporation during the period of performance of 
such order, provided that the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs determines that such amounts need to remain avail-
able for such liquidation. 
SEC. 254. Unobligated balances available under the 
headings ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construc-
tion, Minor Projects’’ may be obligated by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for a facility pursuant to section 
2(e)(1) of the Communities Helping Invest through Prop-
erty and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 
(Public Law 114–294; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note), as amended, 
to provide additional funds or to fund an escalation clause 
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under such section of such Act: Provided, That before such 
unobligated balances are obligated pursuant to this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress the authority to obligate such unobligated balances 
and such Committees issue an approval, or absent a re-
sponse, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 
That the request to obligate such unobligated balances 
must provide Congress notice that the entity described in 
section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 114–294, as amended, has 
exhausted available cost containment approaches as set 
forth in the agreement under section 2(c) of such Public 
Law. 
SEC. 255. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to implement, administer, or other-
wise carry out the Department of Veterans Affairs interim 
final rule published on September 9, 2022, or any suc-
cessor to such rule, or to propose, promulgate, or imple-
ment any substantially similar rule or policy. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be expended for any abortion, including through a medical 
benefits package or health benefits program that includes 
coverage of abortion. 
(c) The limitations established in subsection (b) shall 
not apply to an abortion— 
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(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
SEC. 256. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for surgical procedures or hormone thera-
pies for the purposes of gender affirming care. 
SEC. 257. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
fly or display a flag over a facility of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs or a national cemetery other than the 
flag of the United States, the flag of a State, Territory, 
or District of Columbia, the flag of an Indian Tribal gov-
ernment, the flag of the Department, the flag of an Armed 
Force, or the POW/MIA flag. 
SEC. 258. During the period beginning on October 
1, 2024 and ending on September 30, 2025, none of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to admin-
ister, implement, or enforce the final rule issued by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to ‘‘Change in Rates 
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VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation’’ (88 Fed. 
Reg. 10032) and published on February 16, 2023. 
SEC. 259. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out VHA Directive 1193.01, 
‘‘Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Program for Vet-
erans Health Administration Health Care Personnel’’. 
SEC. 260. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide any services to any individual 
unlawfully present in the United States who is not eligible 
for health care under the laws administered by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 261. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
under section 5502 of title 38, United States Code, in any 
case arising out of the administration by the Secretary of 
laws and benefits under such title, to report a person who 
is deemed mentally incapacitated, mentally incompetent, 
or to be experiencing an extended loss of consciousness 
as a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defec-
tive under subjection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of 
title 18, United States Code, without the order or finding 
a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of com-
petent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself 
or herself or others. 
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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 $15,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
countries, $90,020,000, 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. 
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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, $47,200,000: Provided, That 
$3,800,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 
financial assistance as described and in accordance with 
the process and reporting procedures set forth under this 
heading in Public Law 102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 
$2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$105,514,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027. In addition, 
such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 
repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease 
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of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 
Agencies’’ account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for planning and design and 
construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 
and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $42,000,000, to 
remain available until expended for planning and design 
and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 
project at Arlington National Cemetery. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces 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, $69,520,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026, of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for con-
struction and renovation of the physical plants at the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of 
Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading from funds available in the 
Armed 
Forces 
Retirement 
Home 
Trust 
Fund, 
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$25,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
MAJOR CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary to support efforts to complete 
the renovation of the Sheridan Building at the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of Co-
lumbia, $31,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be paid from the general fund of the Treasury to 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries. 
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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. 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. 404. 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, 
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and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 405. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 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 Web site of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
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the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 30days. 
SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds 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. 409. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 
to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 
in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv-
ices, including construction services, where the contractor 
has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 
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or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matter pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
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SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex-
ecutive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 
7009), Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 
Reg. 34593), or Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 
2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825). 
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 
activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 
or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 
SEC. 416. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 
title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-
section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal Government to— 
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(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
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stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 
Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 
certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 
would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 
such purposes but for a determination against such person 
wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 
or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 
or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 417. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for any office, programs, or activity for 
the purposes of diversity, equity, and inclusion training 
or implementation. 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce COVID-19 mask mandates. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce Ex-
ecutive Order No. 14057 of December 8, 2021. 
SEC. 420. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to implement any of the following executive 
orders: 
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