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for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan-
ning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital invest-
ments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guar-
antee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees 
provided 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, $630,535,000, to remain available 
until expended, along with unobligated balances of previous 
‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations 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 in this account shall be available for: (1) repairs to 
any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the 
use of the Department which are necessary because 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 remodel, 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, $165,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States in establishing, expanding, or 
improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by section 2408 
of title 38, United States Code, $39,500,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2008 for ‘‘Compensa-
tion and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur-
ance and indemnities’’ may be transferred as necessary to any 
other of the mentioned appropriations: Provided, That before a 
transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for fiscal year 2008, in 
this Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical 
Administration’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be trans-
ferred among the accounts to the extent necessary to implement 
the restructuring of the Veterans Health Administration accounts:
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Provided, That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 2007. 
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’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2008, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the 
National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Vet-
erans’ Special Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United 
States Government Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse 
the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account for the cost of administra-
tion 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 2008 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 2008 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.
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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 exceed $32,067,000 for the Office of Resolution 
Management and $3,148,000 for the Office of Employment and 
Discrimination 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 ‘‘General operating expenses’’ 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 is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits a report 
which the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
approve within 30 days following the date on which the report 
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-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 
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. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the 
discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘Construction, 
major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’. 
SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical services’’ 
are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equip-
ment; and
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(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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall allow veterans who are eligible 
under existing Department of Veterans Affairs medical care require-
ments and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical care services 
from medical facilities supported by the Indian Health Service 
or tribal organizations. The Secretary shall: (1) limit the application 
of this provision to rural Alaskan veterans in areas where an 
existing Department of Veterans Affairs facility or Veterans Affairs- 
contracted service is unavailable; (2) require participating veterans 
and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regulations, 
as established by the Secretary; (3) require this provision to be 
consistent with Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services 
activities; and (4) result in no additional cost to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs or the Indian Health Service. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. 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. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, in this Act, or any other Act, may be used to 
replace the current system by which the Veterans Integrated Serv-
ices Networks select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies 
and equipment. 
SEC. 219. 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 veterans within their respective Net-
works. 
SEC. 220. 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. 221. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical services’’, 
‘‘Medical Administration’’, ‘‘Medical facilities’’, ‘‘General operating 
expenses’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for 
fiscal year 2008, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information 
technology systems’’ account: Provided, That before a transfer may 
take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued.