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projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations and improve-
ments 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, sup-
plies, and equipment; 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. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical 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 pur-
poses of this account. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall allow veterans eligi-
ble under existing Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
care requirements and who reside in Alaska to obtain med-
ical care services from medical facilities supported by the 
Indian Health Service or tribal organizations. The Sec-
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retary shall: (1) limit the application of this provision to 
rural Alaskan veterans in areas where an existing Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs facility or Veterans Affairs-con-
tracted service is unavailable; (2) require participating vet-
erans 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 Realign-
ment 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 De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, minor projects’’ accounts, to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this Act, or any other Act, may 
be used for payment for E-Gov initiatives. 
SEC. 219. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 
Directors of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks from 
conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 
within their respective Networks.
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SEC. 220. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit 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 facilities’’, ‘‘General operating ex-
penses’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts 
for fiscal year 2007, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘In-
formation technology systems’’ account: Provided, That be-
fore 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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. For purposes of perfecting the funding 
sources of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new ‘‘Infor-
mation technology systems’’ account, funds made available 
for fiscal year 2007, in this or any other Act, may be trans-
ferred from the ‘‘General operating expenses’’, ‘‘National 
Cemetery Administration’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ accounts to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account: Provided, 
That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 
the transfer and an approval is issued.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Informa-
tion technology systems’’ account may be transferred be-
tween projects: Provided, That no project may be increased 
or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to sub-
mitting a request to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and an ap-
proval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed. 
SEC. 224. No funds in this Act may be deposited into 
the DOD/VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund. 
SEC. 225. The authority provided by section 2011 of 
title 38, United States Code, shall continue in effect through 
September 30, 2007. 
SEC. 226. REPORT ON USE OF LANDS AT WEST LOS 
ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL 
CENTER. (a) REPORT.— The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to Congress a report on the master plan of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to the use of 
Department lands at the West Los Angeles Department of 
Veterans Medical Center, California. 
(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection 
(a) shall set forth the following: 
(1) The master plan referred to in that sub-
section, if such a plan currently exists.
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(2) A current assessment of the master plan. 
(3) Any proposal of the Department for a vet-
erans park on the lands referred to in subsection (a), 
and an assessment of each such proposal. 
(4) Any proposal to use a portion of those lands 
as dedicated green space, and an assessment of each 
such proposal. 
(c) ALTERNATIVE REPORT ELEMENT.—If a master 
plan referred to in subsection (a) does not exist as of the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall set forth 
in the report under that subsection, in lieu of the matters 
specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), a plan 
for the development of a master plan for the use of the lands 
referred to in subsection (a) during the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 25 years 
later and during the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending 50 years later. The master 
plan referred to in subsection (a) shall be completed prior 
to the adoption of the Capital Asset Realignment for En-
hanced Services (CARES) plan for that property, or prior 
to the issuance of any enhanced use lease on the subject 
property. The CARES plan for the subject property shall 
be consistent with the master plan required by this section. 
(d) LIMITATIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not imple-
ment any portion of the master plan referred to in 
subsection (a) until 120 days after the date of the re-
ceipt by the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives of the report 
required by that subsection. 
(2) ACTIONS
OTHER
THAN
DIRECT
VETERANS 
SERVICES.—In the case of any portion of the master 
plan referred to in subsection (a) that does not relate 
exclusively to direct veterans services on the site re-
ferred to in subsection (a), the Secretary may not 
carry out such portion of the master plan without the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(e) EXEMPTIONS.—Nothing contained in this provi-
sion shall prevent the Department of Veterans Affairs from 
providing maintenance, service or programs consistent with 
the mission of the Department. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this Act, or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 
Integrated Services Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
SEC. 228. The major medical facility project for a De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in New Orle-