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GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this 
Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United 
States Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices 
of Members of Congress and other offices of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the 
Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol 
which are led by employees and interns described in subsection 
(a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction 
for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours 
of the United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 209. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint resolution, or 
resolution to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) 
unless the Member requests a copy. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to deliver a printed copy of any version of the Congressional 
Record to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 211. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives to make any payments from any Members’ Representa-
tional Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle, excluding mobile 
district offices, in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for 
the vehicle in any month. 
LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO HOUSE 
SEC. 212. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to provide an aggregate number of more than 50 printed 
copies of any edition of the United States Code to all offices of 
the House of Representatives. 
AUTHORIZING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON UNION SQUARE 
SEC. 213. (a) TREATMENT AS PART OF CAPITOL GROUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of chapter 51 of title 40, 
United States Code, the United States Capitol Grounds shall 
include Union Square. 
(2) UNION
SQUARE
DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Union Square’’ means the area for which jurisdiction and 
control was transferred to the Architect of the Capitol under 
section 1202 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012 
(Public Law 112–74).
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(b) CONTINUATION OF TYPES OF ACTIVITY PREVIOUSLY AUTHOR-
IZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any limitations on the 
use of the United States Capitol Grounds (including section 
5104(c) of title 40, United States Code), the Chief of the United 
States Capitol Police (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Chief’’)— 
(A) may issue a permit authorizing a person to engage 
in commercial activity in Union Square if the activity is 
similar to the types of commercial activity permitted in 
Union Square prior to the transfer of jurisdiction and con-
trol of Union Square to the Architect of the Capitol under 
section 1202 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2012 (Public Law 112–74); and 
(B) under the terms and conditions of such a permit, 
may require the person to whom the permit is issued 
to pay a fee to cover any costs incurred by the Architect 
of the Capitol as a result of the issuance of the permit, 
if the fees are similar to the fees collected by the Director 
of the National Park Service for commercial activity per-
mitted in Union Square prior to such transfer of jurisdiction 
and control. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Chief shall carry out this section 
in accordance with such regulations as the Capitol Police Board 
may promulgate pursuant to the Board’s authority under sec-
tion 14 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1969), except 
that the Board shall promulgate the regulations in consultation 
with the Committee on House Administration of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration of the Senate. 
(c) CAPITOL TRUST ACCOUNT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States an account for the Architect of the Capitol 
to be known as the ‘‘Capitol Trust Account’’, consisting of all 
fees collected by the Chief under subsection (b)(2). 
(2) TRANSFER.—Immediately upon receiving any fees col-
lected under subsection (b)(2), the Chief shall transfer the fees 
to the Capitol Trust Account. 
(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Capitol Trust Account 
shall be available without fiscal year limitation for such mainte-
nance, improvements, and projects with respect to Union 
Square as the Architect of the Capitol considers appropriate, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2014’’.
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DIVISION J—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS 
AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2014 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facili-
ties, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by 
law, including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other 
personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, 
and for construction and operation of facilities in support of the 
functions of the Commander in Chief, $1,104,875,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this amount, 
not to exceed $64,575,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, architect and engineer services, and host nation support, 
as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 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. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, 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, $1,629,690,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this amount, 
not to exceed $80,638,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obliga-
tions 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, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facili-
ties, and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized 
by law, $1,052,796,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $11,314,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
engineer services, 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 Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 
this heading for military construction in the United Kingdom as 
identified in the table entitled ‘‘Military Construction’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act) may be obligated or
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expended until the Department of Defense completes a European 
Consolidation Study, and the Secretary of Defense (1) provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
a comprehensive European basing strategy reflecting the findings 
of the Consolidation Study, and (2) certifies in writing the require-
ment identified in the study for each of the military construction 
projects in the United Kingdom funded in this section: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this heading for 
military construction in Saipan or for Pacific Airpower Resiliency 
projects in Guam, Joint Region Marianas, as identified in the table 
entitled ‘‘Military Construction’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act) may be obligated or expended until the Depart-
ment of Defense completes a Pacific Resiliency Study and the Sec-
retary of Defense (1) provides to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a comprehensive Pacific Resiliency 
Plan, and (2) certifies in writing the requirement identified in 
the study for each of the military construction projects in Saipan, 
and for the Pacific Airpower Resiliency projects in Guam funded 
in this section. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and 
real property for activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments), as currently author-
ized by law, $3,445,423,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: 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 des-
ignate, 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 $205,185,000 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading for military construction in Ger-
many or the United Kingdom as identified in the table entitled 
‘‘Military Construction’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act) may be obligated or expended until the Department of Defense 
completes a European Consolidation Study, and the Secretary of 
Defense (1) provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a comprehensive European basing strategy 
reflecting the findings of the Consolidation Study, and (2) certifies 
in writing the requirement identified in the study for each of 
the military construction projects in Germany and the United 
Kingdom funded in this section: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$38,513,000 shall be available for payments to the North Atlantic
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Treaty Organization for the planning, design, and construction of 
a new North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Army National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized 
by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $314,740,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $22,930,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard 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, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Air National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construc-
tion Authorization Acts, $119,800,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, 
not to exceed $13,400,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 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, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$156,560,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $14,212,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the 
Army Reserve determines 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, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized 
by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $29,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $2,540,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized
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minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance 
premiums, as authorized by law, $379,444,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construc-
tion, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, exten-
sion, and alteration, as authorized by law, $76,360,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for operation 
and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construc-
tion, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as 
authorized by law, $388,598,000. 
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, $55,845,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement 
Fund, $1,780,000, to remain available until expended, for family 
housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 
10, United States Code, providing alternative means of acquiring 
and improving military family housing and supporting facilities. 
CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided for, nec-
essary for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 
chemical agents and munitions in accordance 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, $122,536,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018, which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weapons 
Alternatives program. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Clo-
sure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), as 
amended by section 2711 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239), $451,357,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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 per-
formed within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific
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approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the 
reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for construction 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for construction 
may be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads 
as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when 
projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national 
defense 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 Engineering Command, except: (1) where 
there is a determination 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 appropria-
tions for military construction. 
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 another, without prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations 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 construction project 
or activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 
manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for 
such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Department of 
Defense for military construction or family housing 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 notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
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 Atlantic Treaty Organization member 
country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, 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 territories and posses-
sions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering 
the Arabian Sea, 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
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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 responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese 
contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate 
committees of both Houses of Congress, including 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 department 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 expired or lapsed 
for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the 
cost of associated supervision, inspection, 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 deposited to the Department 
of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) 
of the Defense Authorization 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 estab-
lished 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 medium 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
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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 Improve-
ment Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ 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: Provided, That appropriations made available to the Funds 
shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) 
of the Congressional 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, military unaccompanied housing, and sup-
porting 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 section 1013(d) of 
the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the 
Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 
3374(a)(1)(A). 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 mainte-
nance 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 general 
or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, 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 
remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or flag 
officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement 
Account established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, 
United States Code, are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended for the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such 
section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 
section.