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SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this title, or 
in any Act making appropriations for military construction which 
remain available for obligation, may be obligated or expended to 
carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing 
project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or 
at a military installation 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 military 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 installation, 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 cancelling 
such project, or if the project is at an active component 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 limitation from any military construction project, land 
acquisition, 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 national security or the protection of health, safety, 
or environmental quality: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall notify the congressional defense committees within 7 days 
of a decision to carry out such a military construction project. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after appropriations avail-
able in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construc-
tion and family housing operation and maintenance and construc-
tion 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 
obligations incurred during the period of availability of such appro-
priations, unobligated balances of such appropriations may be trans-
ferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
Construction, Defense’’, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same time period and for the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred. 
SEC. 125. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Secretary 
of the Army to relocate a unit in the Army that— 
(1) performs a testing mission or function that is not per-
formed by any other unit in the Army and is specifically stipu-
lated in title 10, United States Code; and 
(2) is located at a military installation at which the total 
number of civilian employees of the Department of the Army 
and Army contractor personnel employed exceeds 10 percent 
of the total number of members of the regular and reserve 
components of the Army assigned to the installation.
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(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary 
of the Army certifies to the congressional defense committees that 
in proposing the relocation of the unit of the Army, the Secretary 
complied with Army Regulation 5–10 relating to the policy, proce-
dures, and responsibilities for Army stationing actions. 
SEC. 126. 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 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. 
SEC. 127. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be obligated or expended for planning and design and construction 
of projects at Arlington National Cemetery. 
SEC. 128. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for decommissioning the Com-
bined Heat and Power Plant at Clear Air Force Station, Alaska, 
until the Comptroller General of the United States conducts a 
review of the data used by the Department of Defense, including 
data in the Environmental Impact Statement and Fiscal Year 2010 
Feasibility Study, to determine whether decommissioning the Com-
bined Heat and Power Plant is the most cost-effective and beneficial 
option for the day-to-day operations and missions at the installation 
in support of United States national security. 
SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 116, the Secretary of Army 
may obligate from any available military construction funds such 
additional funds that the Secretary determines are necessary to 
complete the Explosive Research and Development Loading Facility, 
Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army’’, from prior appropriations Acts (other than 
appropriations designated by law as being for contingency oper-
ations directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an 
emergency requirement), $200,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 131. 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 ter-
rorism or as an emergency requirement), $12,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 132. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force’’, from prior appropriations Acts (other than 
appropriations designated by law as being for contingency oper-
ations directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an 
emergency requirement), $39,700,000 are hereby rescinded.
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(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 133. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Defense-Wide’’, 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), $14,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 134. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air National Guard’’, from prior appropriations Acts 
(other than appropriations designated by law as being for contin-
gency operations directly related to the global war on terrorism 
or as an emergency requirement), $14,200,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 135. Of the unobligated balances made available in prior 
appropriation Acts for the fund established in section 1013(d) of 
the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other than appropriations designated by 
law as being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$99,949,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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 examinations as author-
ized 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 
Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency and other officers’ 
retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment 
of premiums due on commercial life insurance 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 sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 53, 
55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $71,476,104,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$17,049,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be reimbursed to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec-
essary expenses in implementing 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
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to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to augment the funding of 
individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pen-
sioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 
33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code, and for the payment of benefits under the Veterans 
Retraining Assistance Program, $13,135,898,000, to remain avail-
able 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 subsection, shall be charged to this account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insur-
ance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, 
and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 
19 and 21, title 38, United States Code, $77,567,000, 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 sub-
chapters 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 defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2014, 
within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross 
obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapted 
housing loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $158,430,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $5,000, 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 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $2,500,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $354,000, which may be paid to the 
appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United 
States Code, $1,109,000.