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(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any 
abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health bene-
fits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider or 
organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(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.
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(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, 
or private person of State, local, or private funds (other 
than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match-
ing funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as restricting the ability of any managed care provider 
from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s 
contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan.
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SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected 
to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed 
for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 
46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human em-
bryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as 
a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, par-
thenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more 
human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legaliza-
tion of any drug or other substance included in schedule 
I of the schedules of controlled substances established under 
section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for nor-
mal and recognized executive-congressional communica-
tions. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic
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advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to de-
termine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard 
under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing 
for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health 
identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s ca-
pacity as an employer or a health care provider), until leg-
islation is enacted specifically approving the standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the 
United States and is subject to the requirement in 38 
U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual 
report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employ-
ment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as re-
quired by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such entity. 
SEC. 512. 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 pur-
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suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by paragraph 
(1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Chil-
dren’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made 
the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or
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(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change
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in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to request that a candidate for appoint-
ment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the 
political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or 
the position that the candidate holds with respect to polit-
ical issues not directly related to and necessary for the work 
of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false 
or misleading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2018 that are different than those specified 
in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
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ceding division A of this consolidated Act) or the fiscal year 
2018 budget request. 
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $500,000 in value and awarded by the De-
partment on a non-competitive basis during each quarter 
of fiscal year 2018, but not to include grants awarded on 
a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall in-
clude the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of 
funding, the governmental purpose, including a justifica-
tion for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such 
report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 
days after the end of the quarter for which the report is 
submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the perform-
ance of such work under such number has formed the basis
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for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the 
Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of 
employees of the Social Security Administration to admin-
ister Social Security benefit payments, under any agree-
ment between the United States and Mexico establishing to-
talization arrangements between the social security system 
established by title II of the Social Security Act and the 
social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 
be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to pur-
chase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection 
of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limitation does not 
apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other 
than making such purchases if the relevant State or local 
health department, in consultation with the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or 
local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at 
risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 
HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program 
is operating in accordance with State and local law.
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SEC. 521. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work 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. 522. None of the funds made available under this 
or any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may 
be provided to the Association of Community Organizations 
for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidi-
aries, allied organizations, or successors. 
SEC. 523. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 
contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 
conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
SEC. 524. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver-
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tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet 
postings, that the communication is printed, published, or 
produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense. The 
funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this require-
ment shall be derived from amounts made available to the 
agency for advertising or other communications regarding 
the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 525. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discre-
tionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry 
out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots 
shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 of division 
H of Public Law 113–76, except that in carrying out such 
Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘FISCAL 
YEAR 2018’’ for ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’ in the title of sub-
section (b) and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’ for 
‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place it appears: Provided, That 
such pilots shall include communities that have experienced 
civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to par-
ticipate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being 
carried out pursuant to the authority provided by section 
526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 524 of 
division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of division
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H of Public Law 114–113, and section 525 of division H 
of Public Law 115–31. 
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and 
prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agen-
cies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such au-
thorities. 
SEC. 526. Not later than 30 days after the end of each 
calendar quarter, beginning with the first quarter of fiscal 
year 2013, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education and the Social Security Adminis-
tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a quarterly report 
on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That 
for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, com-
mitted, and obligated but unexpended, the quarterly reports 
shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each 
source year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 
2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from 
which balances were derived. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 527. Of any available amounts appropriated 
under section 2104(a)(21) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397dd) that are unobligated as of September 25, 
2018, $3,572,000,000 are hereby rescinded as of such date.
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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, 
$309,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$5,255,576. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 
$3,359,424. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$15,142,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $1,658,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,316,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402.
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POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $3,385,810. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $436,886. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $25,132,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$78,565,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,810,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $54,198,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $6,115,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,147,000.
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EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE 
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
$7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 
$28,440. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 
the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 
(Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 
Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 
$26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $508,000.
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SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $10,536,000 of which $7,036,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2022 and of which $4,100,000 shall re-
main available until expended. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $130,076,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2022. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $18,870,349 which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2020. 
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $424,000,000 of which $20,128,950 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL 
PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX-
PENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATORS’ 
OFFICIAL
PERSONNEL
AND
OFFICE
EXPENSE
ACCOUNT’’ 
shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year 
or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. 
Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining 
after the end of the period of availability shall be returned 
to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated para-
graph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ 
under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction 
(or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such pay-
ments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in 
such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers ap-
propriate). 
SENATE PROCUREMENTS 
SEC. 102. Section 6102 of title 41, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(i) SENATE.—Section 6101 of this title does not 
apply to agreements, contracts or purchases by any office 
of the Senate.’’. 
STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES OF 
DEPARTING SENATORS AND VICE PRESIDENTS 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 102 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 4579) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (7), re-
spectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(1) DEPARTURE
DATE.—The term ‘departure 
date’ means the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the date on which the term of a de-
parting Senator or Vice President ends; or 
‘‘(B) the date on which the departing Sen-
ator or Vice President will retire or resign. 
‘‘(2) DEPARTING
SENATOR
OR
VICE
PRESI-
DENT.—The term ‘departing Senator or Vice Presi-
dent’ means a Senator or Vice President who will not 
serve in the next term due to retirement, resignation, 
a decision to not seek reelection, or a failure to secure 
reelection.’’; and
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(C) in paragraph (3)(B), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘rate of basic pay for an employee 
for a position at ES-1’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘rate of basic pay payable for a posi-
tion at level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘1- 
year’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) DEPARTING
SENATORS
AND
VICE 
PRESIDENTS.—After the date that is 1 year be-
fore the departure date of a departing Senator or 
Vice President, the departing Senator or Vice 
President may enter into a service agreement 
under this section with an eligible employee of 
the office of the Senator or Vice President (in-
cluding an eligible employee who has completed 
a required period of employment under a pre-
vious service agreement) that includes a required 
period of employment that—
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‘‘(i) is less than 1 year; and 
‘‘(ii) shall end on the last day of the 
last full pay period ending on or before the 
departure date of the departing Senator or 
Vice President.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘under subsection (f)(7).’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) the agreement is terminated as pro-
vided under subsection (f)(7)(A); or 
‘‘(D) the employee separates from service 
with the office of a departing Senator or Vice 
President.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding a required period of employment de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1)(B))’’ after ‘‘required 
period of employment’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (7) 
and inserting the following:
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‘‘(7) CHANGE IN PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) REDUCTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
the terms of a service agreement under this 
section, the head of an employing office may 
reduce the amount of student loan payments 
made under the agreement if adequate funds 
are not available to such office. 
‘‘(ii) NOTICE.—If the head of an em-
ploying office decides to reduce the amount 
of student loan payments to an eligible em-
ployee under clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) the employing office shall 
concurrently notify the eligible em-
ployee and the Secretary of the Senate 
of the reduction; and 
‘‘(II) not later than 30 days after 
the date of the concurrent notice, the el-
igible employee may terminate the 
service agreement. 
‘‘(B) 
INCREASE.—Notwithstanding 
the 
terms of a service agreement under this section, 
the head of an employing office, with the consent 
of an eligible employee, may increase the amount
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of student loan payments made under the agree-
ment with the eligible employee, if— 
‘‘(i) the office has adequate funds 
available for the purpose of agreements 
under this section; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of the increased pay-
ment does not exceed the limitations under 
this section; and 
‘‘(iii) the total amount of the loan pay-
ments to be made (including such increase) 
during the remainder of the required period 
of employment does not exceed the amount 
of student loan indebtedness of the eligible 
employee as of the date of the increase.’’. 
(b) The amendments made by this section shall— 
(1) take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(2) apply to a service agreement under section 
102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2002 (2 U.S.C. 4579) that is in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act or entered into on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa-
tives, $1,200,000,766, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, 
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, including $10,000 
for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major-
ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma-
jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 
for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con-
ference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Pro-
vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re-
main available from January 3, 2018 until January 2, 
2019.
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MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES 
OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$562,632,498. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
cial 
and 
select, 
authorized 
by 
House 
resolutions, 
$127,053,373: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
2018, except that $3,150,200 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
priations, $23,226,000, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 
such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 
202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail-
able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2018.
1015 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
ees, as authorized by law, $204,356,000, including: for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 
positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 
not more than $25,000 for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 
Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office 
of the Chaplain, $27,945,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 
Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $20,505,000 of 
which $6,696,000 shall remain available until expended; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administra-
tive Officer including not more than $3,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $132,865,000, of which 
$2,108,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
$4,968,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $1,492,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, 
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$2,037,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
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Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,209,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $9,937,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other author-
ized employees, $584,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $260,454,004, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,625,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
and other applicable employee benefits, $233,040,004, to re-
main available until March 31, 2019; Business Continuity 
and Disaster Recovery, $16,186,000 of which $5,000,000 
shall remain available until expended; transition activities 
for new members and staff, $2,273,000, to remain available 
until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,750,000, to 
remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 
Ethics, $1,670,000; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$720,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESEN-
TATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT RE-
DUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ 
shall be available only for fiscal year 2018. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allow-
ances for fiscal year 2018 shall be deposited in the Treasury 
and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 
budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for 
reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary 
of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin-
istration of the House of Representatives shall have author-
ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint
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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. 112. 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 Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 113. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives to make any payments from any 
Members’ Representational 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. 114. 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. 
DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report
1019 
of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep-
resentatives under section 106 of the House of Representa-
tives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 
U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to the Congress). 
DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR 
SEC. 116. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy of the Daily 
Calendar of the House of Representatives which is prepared 
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congres-
sional Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress). 
AMENDING THE HOUSE SERVICES REVOLVING FUND 
SEC. 118. (a) COLLECTION
OF CERTAIN SERVICE 
FEES.—Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 5545(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(7) The collection of a service fee from vendors 
of the Master Web Services Agreement or the Tech-
nology Services Contract for failure to abide by and 
maintain House of Representatives security policies.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS 
SEC. 119. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, upon completion of the second fiscal year which begins 
after the end of the period during which amounts appro-
priated under any of the items under the heading ‘‘House 
of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses’’ are available for 
obligation or expenditure, any such amounts which remain 
unobligated and unexpended shall be transferred to the 
heading ‘‘House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses, 
Allowances and Expenses’’ and shall be available until ex-
pended for purposes of House of Representatives Business 
Continuity and Disaster Recovery. 
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to amounts appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘House of Representatives, Sala-
ries and Expenses, Members’ Representational Allowances’’. 
(c) The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives shall notify the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives prior to the obligation
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or expenditure of any amounts transferred under subsection 
(a). 
(d) This section shall apply with respect to amounts 
appropriated for fiscal year 2018 or any succeeding fiscal 
year. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $11,169,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi-
cian and his assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At-
tending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen-
ior Medical Officer;
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(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At-
tending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist-
ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and 
(5) $2,780,000 for reimbursement to the Depart-
ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 
Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 
the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 
which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 
are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 
thereof, $3,838,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,444,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con-
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tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes-
sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $351,700,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$45,000,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief 
of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu-
rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses, $74,800,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap-
itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 
the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center for fiscal year 2018 shall be paid by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 
Department of Homeland Security.
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OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 
as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,959,000, of which 
$450,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 
the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 
Compliance in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $49,945,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
CONTRACTING PARITY 
SEC. 130. In fiscal year 2018 and thereafter, for all 
contracts for goods and services to which the Congressional 
Budget Office is a party, the following Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (FAR) clauses will apply: FAR 52.232–39 and 
FAR 52.233–4.
1025 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 
necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, op-
eration, and general and administrative support in connec-
tion with facilities and activities under the care of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; elec-
trical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 
Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or ex-
change, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle, $93,478,000. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $45,300,000, of which 
$19,458,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 
office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $13,333,000,
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of which $3,195,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2022. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $101,614,000, of which 
$38,937,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $197,294,000, 
of which $73,130,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, and of which $62,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the restoration and renovation 
of the Cannon House Office Building. 
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 
Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 
water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House 
office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the
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grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 
and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 
in any of such buildings; heating the Government Pub-
lishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating 
and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme 
Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood 
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re-
imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
to the credit of this appropriation, $106,694,000, of which 
$28,057,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2018. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $74,873,000, of which $47,500,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2022. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located,
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the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of the Cap-
itol security operations, $34,249,000, of which $13,300,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2022. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $13,800,000, of which $3,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 
as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the National Garden established under section 
307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 
(2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
itol Visitor Center, $21,470,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 140. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 
or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de-
viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 
scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 
scope of the project and/or program. 
SCRIMS 
SEC. 141. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 
building facades during restoration or construction projects 
performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean-
ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of mo-
tion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and
1030 
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-
brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 
other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Con-
gress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the in-
come of any trust fund held by the Board, $477,017,000, 
of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 
collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 
2018, and shall remain available until expended, under the 
Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 
150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from col-
lections during fiscal year 2018 and shall remain available 
until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
international legal information database and activities re-
lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 
not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 
under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec-
tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur-
1031 
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $8,653,000 
shall remain available until expended for the digital collec-
tions and educational curricula program: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,300,000 shall re-
main available until expended for upgrade of the Legisla-
tive Branch Financial Management System: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 
is provided to enhance public exhibits and visitor services 
at the Library; of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020 for planning, including devel-
oping direct and indirect cost estimates in conjunction with 
the Architect of the Capitol; and of which $8,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, may be obligated and ex-
pended only upon written approval by the Chair and rank-
ing minority member of the Subcommittee on the Legisla-
tive Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and by the Chair and ranking mi-
nority member of the Subcommittee on the Legislative 
Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
following review of a project budget justification and cost 
estimate. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$72,011,000, of which not more than $35,218,000, to re-
1032 
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2018 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 
any funds derived from collections under such section, in 
excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi-
ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 
more than $6,087,000 shall be derived from collections dur-
ing fiscal year 2018 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 
803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 
by the amount by which collections are less than 
$41,305,000: Provided further, That $2,260,000 shall be de-
rived from prior year unobligated balances: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro-
priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter-
national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the 
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals 
of developing countries in intellectual property laws and 
policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 may 
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for activities of the International Copyright 
Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and semi-
nars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any provi-
1033 
sion of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 
amounts made available under this heading which are at-
tributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 
Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 
10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred in the 
administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges program, 
with the exception of the costs of salaries and benefits for 
the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 
802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $119,279,000: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 
any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 
Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con-
gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That this 
prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confiden-
tial Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: Pro-
1034 
vided further, That a non-confidential CRS product in-
cludes any written product containing research or analysis 
that is currently available for general congressional access 
on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made 
available on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal 
course of business and does not include material prepared 
in response to Congressional requests for confidential anal-
ysis or research. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$51,498,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 
newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 
at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 150. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2018, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$190,642,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations to
1035 
the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
REVOLVING FUNDS UPDATE 
SEC. 151. The Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 
Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182a et seq.; Public 
Law 106–481) is amended— 
(1) in section 102 (2 U.S.C. 182b)— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking the 
heading and inserting ‘‘Revolving fund for sales 
shop and other services’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘(5) Training.’’; and 
(2) in section 103(f)(1) (2 U.S.C. 182c(f)(1)), by 
inserting ‘‘tribal governments (as defined in 40 
U.S.C. 502(c)(2)(B))’’ after ‘‘Federal Government,’’. 
GIFTS 
SEC. 152. The first undesignated paragraph of section 
4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Library of Congress 
Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, approved 
March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘of money for immediate 
disbursement’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘, of the following: (1) nonpersonal
1036 
services; (2) voluntary and uncompensated per-
sonal services not to exceed $10,000 per person, 
per year in value; and (3) gifts or bequests of 
money for immediate disbursement.’’; and 
(2) by adding the following sentence at the end 
of the first paragraph: ‘‘The Librarian shall make an 
annual public report regarding gifts accepted under 
this section.’’. 
APPLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 
1995 TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; ELECTION OF 
PROCEEDING 
SEC. 153. (a) APPLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL AC-
COUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995 TO THE LIBRARY OF CON-
GRESS.— 
(1) APPLICATION THROUGH DEFINITIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Con-
gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1301) is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) in subparagraph (H), by strik-
ing ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(II) in subparagraph (I), by strik-
ing the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and
1037 
(III) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(J) the Library of Congress, except for sec-
tion 220.’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (9)— 
(I) in subparagraph (C), by strik-
ing ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(II) in subparagraph (D), by 
striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
or’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) the Library of Congress, except for sec-
tion 220.’’. 
(B) PUBLIC
SERVICES
AND
ACCOMMODA-
TIONS.—Section 210(a) of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1331(a)) is 
amended— 
(i) in paragraph (9), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (10), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(11) the Library of Congress.’’.
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(C) LABOR-MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS.— 
Section 220(a) of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1351(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(i) in paragraph (2), in the paragraph 
heading, by striking ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—’’ ; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘covered employee’ does not include an em-
ployee of the Library of Congress, and the term ‘em-
ploying office’ does not include the Library of Con-
gress.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
TO
ACT.—The 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1301 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) 
in 
section 
204(a)(2) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
1314(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘and the Library of 
Congress’’ each place it appears; 
(B) 
in 
section 
205(a)(2) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
1315(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘and the Library of 
Congress’’ each place it appears; 
(C) 
in 
section 
206(a)(2) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
1316(a)(2))—
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(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and the Library of Congress’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and the Library of Congress’’; 
(D) 
in 
section 
215(a)(2) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
1341(a)(2))— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, 
the Library of Congress,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and the Library of Congress’’; and 
(E) in section 415(a) (2 U.S.C. 1415(a))— 
(i) by striking the comma after ‘‘Gen-
eral Accounting Office’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, or the Library of 
Congress’’. 
(b) ELECTION OF PROCEEDING.— 
(1) PROCEDURE.—Section 401(3) of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1401(3)) 
is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘either’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end;
1040 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) in the case of an Library claimant (as 
defined in section 404(a)), a proceeding described 
in section 404(b)(3) that relates to the violation 
at issue.’’. 
(2) ELECTION.—Section 404 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1404) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) ELECTION
AFTER
PROCEEDINGS
INITIALLY 
BROUGHT UNDER THIS ACT.—Not’’; and 
(B) by inserting after the section heading 
the following: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DIRECT ACT.—The term ‘direct Act’ means 
an Act (other than this Act), or provision of the Re-
vised Statutes, that is specified in section 201, 202, 
203, or 210. 
‘‘(2) DIRECT PROVISION.—The term ‘direct pro-
vision’ means a provision (including a definitional 
provision) of a direct Act that applies the rights or 
protections of a direct Act (including rights and pro-
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tections relating to nonretaliation or noncoercion) to 
a library claimant. 
‘‘(3) LIBRARY
CLAIMANT.—The term ‘Library 
claimant’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a direct provision 
(other than a provision described in subpara-
graph (B)), an employee of the Library of Con-
gress who is covered by that direct provision, 
and 
‘‘(B) with respect to a direct provision that 
applies the rights or protections of title II or III 
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq., 12181 et seq.), an indi-
vidual who is eligible to provide services for or 
receive services from the Library of Congress and 
who is covered by that provision.’’; 
(C) in subsection (b), as added by subpara-
graph (A) of this paragraph— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘may either’’ and inserting 
‘‘who initially requested counseling and me-
diation under this title may elect to’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end;
1042 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
‘‘(3) in the case of a Library claimant, bring the 
claim, complaint, or charge that is brought for a pro-
ceeding before the corresponding Federal agency, 
under the corresponding direct provision.’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) ELECTION
AFTER
PROCEEDINGS
INITIALLY 
BROUGHT UNDER OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS OR LABOR LAW.— 
A library claimant who initially brings a claim, complaint, 
or charge under a direct provision for a proceeding before 
a Federal agency may, prior to requesting a hearing under 
the agency’s procedures, elect to— 
‘‘(1) bring any civil action relating to the claim, 
complaint, or charge, that is available to the Library 
claimant, 
‘‘(2) file a complaint with the Office in accord-
ance with section 405, or 
‘‘(3) file a civil action in accordance with section 
408 in the United States district court for the district 
in which the employee is employed or for the District 
of Columbia.’’. 
(c) PROSPECTIVE APPLICABILITY.—This section and 
the amendments made by this section—
1043 
(1) shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
this section; and 
(2) shall apply to any charge, complaint, or 
claim, that is made on or after the date of enactment 
of this section, of a violation of— 
(A) section 201, 202, 203, 207, or 210 of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1311 et seq.); or 
(B) a direct provision as defined in section 
404(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1404) (as added by subsection 
(b)). 
EQUAL ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
REPORTS 
SEC. 154. (a) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) CRS PRODUCT.—In this section, the term 
‘‘CRS product’’ means any final written work prod-
uct of CRS containing research or analysis in any 
format that is available for general congressional ac-
cess on the CRS Congressional Intranet. 
(2) CRS REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘‘CRS Report’’ means any written CRS product, 
including an update to a previous written CRS 
product, consisting of—
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(i) a Congressional Research Service 
Report; or 
(ii) a Congressional Research Service 
Authorization of Appropriations Product 
and Appropriations Product, which is 
available for general congressional access on 
the CRS Congressional Intranet. 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘CRS Report’’ 
does not include— 
(i) any CRS product that is deter-
mined by the CRS Director to be a con-
fidential product or service because it was 
prepared in response to a congressional re-
quest or requests for confidential analysis or 
research and is not available for general 
congressional access on the CRS Congres-
sional Intranet; 
(ii) any Congressional Research Serv-
ice Report or any Congressional Research 
Service Authorization of Appropriations 
Product and Appropriations Product re-
ported or produced before the effective date 
of this Act which, as of such effective date, 
is not available for general congressional ac-
cess on the CRS Congressional Intranet; or
1045 
(iii) a written CRS product that has 
been made available by CRS for publication 
on a public website maintained by the GPO 
Director (other than the Website) or the Li-
brary of Congress. 
(3) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(A) the term ‘‘CRS’’ means the Congres-
sional Research Service; 
(B) the term ‘‘CRS Congressional Intranet’’ 
means the Website maintained by CRS at 
www.crs.gov, or a successor website, for the pur-
pose of providing to Members and employees of 
Congress access to information from CRS; 
(C) the term ‘‘CRS Director’’ means the Di-
rector of CRS; 
(D) the term ‘‘Librarian of Congress’’ 
means the Librarian of Congress appointed pur-
suant to 2 U.S.C. 136–1; 
(E) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ includes 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Con-
gress; and 
(F) the term ‘‘Website’’ means the website 
established and maintained under subsection (b). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CRS REPORTS THROUGH LI-
BRARY OF CONGRESS WEBSITE.—
1046 
(1) WEBSITE.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE.— 
The Librarian of Congress, in consultation with 
the CRS Director, shall establish and maintain 
a public website containing CRS Reports and an 
index of all CRS Reports contained on the 
website, in accordance with this subsection. 
(B) FORMAT.—On the Website, CRS Re-
ports 
shall 
be 
searchable, 
sortable, 
and 
downloadable, including downloadable in bulk. 
(C) FREE
ACCESS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Librarian of Congress 
may not charge a fee for access to the Website. 
(2) UPDATES; DISCLAIMER.—The Librarian of 
Congress, in consultation with the CRS Director, 
shall ensure that the Website— 
(A) is updated contemporaneously, auto-
matically, and electronically to include each new 
or updated CRS Report released on or after the 
effective date of this section; 
(B) shows the status of each CRS Report as 
new, updated, or archived; and 
(C) displays the following statement in ref-
erence to the CRS Reports included on the 
Website: ‘‘These documents were prepared by the
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Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS 
serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congres-
sional committees and Members of Congress. It 
operates solely at the behest of and under the di-
rection of Congress. Information in a CRS Re-
port should not be relied upon for purposes other 
than public understanding of information that 
has been provided by CRS to Members of Con-
gress in connection with CRS’s institutional 
role. CRS Reports, as a work of the United 
States Government, are not subject to copyright 
protection in the United States. Any CRS Re-
port may be reproduced and distributed in its 
entirety without permission from CRS. However, 
as a CRS Report may include copyrighted im-
ages or material from a third party, you may 
need to obtain the permission of the copyright 
holder if you wish to copy or otherwise use copy-
righted material.’’. 
(3) FURNISHING
OF
NECESSARY
INFORMATION 
AND TECHNOLOGY.—The CRS Director shall consult 
with and provide assistance to the Librarian of Con-
gress to ensure— 
(A) that the Librarian of Congress is pro-
vided with all of the information necessary to
1048 
carry out this section, including all of the infor-
mation described in clauses (i) through (iv) of 
subsection (c)(1)(A), in such format and manner 
as the Librarian of Congress considers appro-
priate; and 
(B) that CRS makes available any informa-
tion and assistance as may be necessary to fa-
cilitate the contemporaneous, automatic, and 
electronic provision of CRS Reports to the Li-
brarian of Congress as required under this sec-
tion. 
(4) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—The Librarian of Con-
gress may publish other information on the Website. 
(5) ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES.—The Librarian 
of Congress and the CRS Director may use additional 
techniques to make CRS Reports available to the pub-
lic, if such techniques are consistent with this section 
and any other applicable laws. 
(6) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The CRS Direc-
tor is encouraged to make additional CRS products 
that are not confidential products or services avail-
able to the Librarian of Congress for publication on 
the Website, and the Librarian of Congress is encour-
aged to publish such CRS products on the Website.
1049 
(7) EXPANSION OF CONTENTS OF ANNUAL RE-
PORT TO CONGRESS TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON EF-
FORTS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE 
ON WEBSITE.—Section 203(i) of the Legislative Reor-
ganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(i)) is amended 
by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
following: ‘‘, and shall include in the report a descrip-
tion of the efforts made by the Director to make addi-
tional Congressional Research Service products that 
are not confidential products or services available to 
the Librarian of Congress for publication on the 
website established and maintained under section 124 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018.’’. 
(c) WEBSITE CONTENTS.— 
(1) SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
REPORTS 
POSTED ON WEBSITE.— 
(A) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
LIBRARIAN
OF 
CONGRESS.—With respect to each CRS Report 
included on the Website, the Librarian of Con-
gress shall include— 
(i) the name and identification num-
ber of the CRS Report; 
(ii) an indication as to whether the 
CRS Report is new, updated, or archived;
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(iii) the date of release of the CRS Re-
port; and 
(iv) any other information the Librar-
ian of Congress, in consultation with the 
CRS Director, considers appropriate. 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
CRS
DIREC-
TOR.—With respect to each CRS Report included 
on the Website, the CRS Director shall, prior to 
transmitting the Report to the Librarian of Con-
gress— 
(i) at the discretion of the CRS Direc-
tor, remove the name of and any contact in-
formation for any employee of CRS; and 
(ii) include in the CRS Report the fol-
lowing written statement: ‘‘This document 
was prepared by the Congressional Research 
Service (CRS). CRS serves as nonpartisan 
shared staff to congressional committees and 
Members of Congress. It operates solely at 
the behest of and under the direction of Con-
gress. Information in a CRS Report should 
not be relied upon for purposes other than 
public understanding of information that 
has been provided by CRS to Members of 
Congress in connection with CRS’s institu-
1051 
tional role. CRS Reports, as a work of the 
United States Government, are not subject 
to copyright protection in the United 
States. Any CRS Report may be reproduced 
and distributed in its entirety without per-
mission from CRS. However, as this CRS 
Report may include copyrighted images or 
material from a third party, you may need 
to obtain the permission of the copyright 
holder if you wish to copy or otherwise use 
copyrighted material.’’. 
(2) SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
INDEX
ON 
WEBSITE.—The Librarian of Congress shall ensure 
that the index of all CRS Reports published on the 
Website is— 
(A) comprehensive; 
(B) contemporaneously updated; 
(C) searchable; 
(D) sortable; 
(E) maintained in a human-readable for-
mat; 
(F) maintained in a structured data for-
mat; 
(G) downloadable; and
1052 
(H) inclusive of each item of information 
described in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to 
each CRS Report. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO DUTIES OF CRS.— 
Section 203(d) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(7); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(9) to comply with the requirements of, and 
provide information and technological assistance con-
sistent with, section 124 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2018.’’. 
(e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) NO
EFFECT
ON
SPEECH
OR
DEBATE 
CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may be construed to 
diminish, qualify, condition, waive, or otherwise af-
fect the applicability of clause 1 of section 6 of article 
I of the Constitution of the United States (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Speech or Debate Clause’’) or any 
other privilege available to Congress or Members, of-
1053 
fices, or employees of Congress with respect to any 
CRS Report made available online under this section. 
(2) CONFIDENTIAL
COMMUNICATIONS.—Nothing 
in this section may be construed to waive the require-
ment that any confidential communication by CRS to 
a Member, office, or committee of Congress shall re-
main under the custody and control of Congress and 
may be released only by Congress and its Houses, 
Members, offices, and committees, in accordance with 
the rules and privileges of each House and the re-
quirements of this section. 
(3) DISSEMINATION OF CRS PRODUCTS.—Noth-
ing in this section may be construed to limit or other-
wise affect the ability of a Member, office, or com-
mittee of Congress to disseminate CRS products on a 
website of the Member, office, or committee or to oth-
erwise provide CRS products to the public, including 
as part of constituent service activities. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2)(C), this section and the amendments made 
by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date 
on which the Librarian of Congress submits the cer-
tification described in paragraph (2)(B).
1054 
(2) PROVISION
OF
INFORMATION
AND
TECH-
NOLOGY.— 
(A) CRS DEADLINE.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
CRS Director shall provide the Librarian of 
Congress with the information necessary for the 
Librarian of Congress to begin the initial oper-
ation of the Website. 
(B) CERTIFICATION.—Upon provision of the 
information described in subparagraph (A), the 
Librarian of Congress shall submit to Congress a 
certification that the CRS Director has provided 
the information necessary for the Librarian of 
Congress to begin the initial operation of the 
Website. 
(C) TECHNICAL DELAYS.—In the event of 
technical difficulties encountered in planning or 
implementing the requirements of this section 
and the amendments made by this section, upon 
providing a detailed report submitted by the Li-
brarian of Congress or the CRS Director to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
the Senate detailing the nature of the technical 
difficulties and the timeline for resolving such 
technical difficulties, the effective date established
1055 
by subsection (f)(1) shall be extended for up to 
90 additional days. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in 
any format; publishing of Government publications author-
ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
publishing, and distribution of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $79,528,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 
under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 
section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided 
to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
may be expended to print a document, report, or publica-
1056 
tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 
such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con-
gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print-
ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of 
title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be 
used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 
a monthly and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of the 
Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 
for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, 
other Government agencies, and designated depository and 
international exchange libraries as authorized by law,
1057 
$29,000,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than 
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 
sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2016 and 
2017 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided 
further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub-
lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for car-
rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office 
Business Operations Revolving Fund, $8,540,000, to re-
main available until expended, for information technology 
development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for
1058 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re-
volving Fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 
may be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
Government Publishing Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, 
That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be 
available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 pas-
senger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils 
to the Director of the Government Publishing Office shall 
be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the Business 
Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 
more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of such title: Provided further, That activities financed 
through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may pro-
vide information in any format: Provided further, That the 
Business Operations Revolving Fund and the funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘Public Information Programs of 
the Superintendent of Documents’’ may not be used for con-
tracted security services at Government Publishing Office’s 
passport facility in the District of Columbia.
1059 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 
in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 
901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre-
scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $578,916,653: 
Provided, That of this amount $10,000,000 is provided for 
information technology investments and building facility 
projects to remain available until September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided further, That, in addition, $23,800,000 of payments 
received under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 
31, United States Code, shall be available without fiscal 
year limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation
1060 
and appropriations for administrative expenses of any 
other department or agency which is a member of the Na-
tional Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Inter-
governmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by 
the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses 
of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That pay-
ments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reim-
bursements to any appropriation from which costs involved 
are initially financed: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available to transfer amounts to the De-
partment of the Army for the construction of an Army facil-
ity at Redstone Arsenal for the sole, unlimited use of GAO: 
Provided further, That hereafter, amounts appropriated for 
the salaries and expenses of the Government Accountability 
Office shall be available to transfer to the Department of 
the Army for the maintenance of such facility. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to support 
Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging
1061 
in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 
civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the 
central government of Russia. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Development Trust Fund established under section 
116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train-
ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com-
mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 
by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2018 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
1062 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
propriated for is different from that specifically established 
by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 
items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 
hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
are a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 
law. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates
1063 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 206. 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 pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap-
itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 
tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ-
ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 
offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless 
through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of 
the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 
2242(b)(8)). 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap-
1064 
proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 
Capitol. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION 
J—MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION, 
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $923,994,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $101,470,000 shall be available for
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study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, 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, $1,553,275,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That, of this amount, not 
to exceed $219,069,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as author-
ized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy 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, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
1066 
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $1,543,558,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $97,852,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, 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 Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$2,811,513,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: 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 De-
fense available for military construction or family housing 
as the Secretary may designate, 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:
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Provided further, That, of the amount, not to exceed 
$210,717,000 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 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall 
provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense com-
mittees on the construction timeline and obligations for the 
Poland Aegis Ashore complex. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $220,652,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That, of the amount, not to ex-
ceed $16,271,000 shall be available for study, planning, de-
sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of
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both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea-
sons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$171,491,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 
$18,000,000 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, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $83,712,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $6,887,000 shall be available for
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study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$95,271,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: 
Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $24,430,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect 
and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Sec-
retary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military
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Construction Authorization Acts, $73,535,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $4,725,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That, the 
Chief of the Air Force Reserve shall take immediate action 
to address unfunded military construction requirements for 
access control points and security issues at Air Force Re-
serve facilities. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de-
fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 
section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $177,932,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 
note), $310,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$182,662,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That none of the funds provided under this 
heading for family housing construction may be expended 
for family housing improvements on Kwajalein Atoll until 
the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional de-
fense committees that the new housing units represent the 
best value to the taxpayer and that no reasonable alter-
natives exist at a lower cost. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $348,907,000.
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FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $83,682,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$328,282,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$85,062,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges,
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and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$318,324,000. 
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 mili-
tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $59,169,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $2,726,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, 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. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT 
FUND 
For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom-
panied Housing Improvement Fund, $623,000, to remain 
available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini-
tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir-
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ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 
supporting facilities. 
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 ex-
ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there-
in 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
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in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the 
Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer-
ing 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 Gen-
eral; (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 appropriations for military con-
struction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo-
cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement.
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SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 
during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop-
erty 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 notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
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 Gulf, 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 terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, 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 awards for 
which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 
States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon-
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sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con-
tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub-
mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
ing 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 ex-
pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur-
rent session of Congress. 
SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired 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. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds made available to a military department or de-
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fense 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 in-
creased pursuant to law. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. 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 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 De-
partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im-
provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con-
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struction’’ 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 avail-
able 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 supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account 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. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available in this title for operation and mainte-
nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of
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funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 
units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 
That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu-
ally 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 submis-
sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees 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. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement 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 pur-
suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction 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 obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 122. (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 performed by any other unit in the Army and 
is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 
Code; and 
(2) is located at a military installation at which 
the total number of civilian employees of the Depart-
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ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel em-
ployed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of mem-
bers of the regular and reserve components of the 
Army assigned to the installation. 
(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, procedures, and responsibilities 
for Army stationing actions. 
SEC. 123. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities with-
in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 
Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 
of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 124. 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 Ceme-
tery.
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SEC. 125. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $93,800,000, of 
which $25,000,000 is for planning and design; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $202,130,000, of which $25,000,000 is for 
planning and design; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$138,100,000, of which $25,000,000 is for planning 
and design; 
‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$113,500,000, of which $20,000,000 is for planning 
and design; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$52,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is for planning 
and design; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
Reserve’’, 
$76,000,000, of which $20,000,000 is for planning 
and design; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, 
$64,100,000, of which $20,000,000 is for planning 
and design: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 
out construction projects identified in the respective mili-
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tary department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 
2018 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such 
projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation and 
expenditure of funds to carry out construction: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or 
his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, the 
following funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac-
counts in the amounts specified: 
‘‘NATO 
Security 
Investment 
Program’’, 
$25,000,000; and 
‘‘Family 
Housing 
Construction, 
Army’’, 
$18,000,000: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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SEC. 127. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional defense committees’’ means the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 128. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba. 
SEC. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relo-
cate any element of a United States Air Force Rapid Engi-
neer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron En-
gineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United States until 
the Secretary of the Air Force (1) completes an analysis 
and comparison of the cost and infrastructure investment 
required to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squad-
ron outside of the United States versus within the United 
States; (2) provides to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress (‘‘the Committees’’) a report de-
tailing the findings of the cost analysis; and (3) certifies
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in writing to the Committees that the preferred site for the 
consolidation or relocation yields the greatest savings for 
the Air Force: Provided, That the term ‘‘United States’’ in 
this section does not include any territory or possession of 
the United States. 
SEC. 130. All amounts appropriated to ‘‘Department 
of Defense—Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2403 
of Public Law 115–91, as specified for fiscal year 2018 in 
the funding table in section 4601 of that Act, shall be imme-
diately available and allotted to contract for the full scope 
of authorized projects. 
SEC. 131. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army’’, for the Defense Access Road Program, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That amounts made available under this section may not 
be obligated or expended until the Secretary of the Army 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and House of Representatives a detailed expenditure plan 
30 days after enactment of this Act.
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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 be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions as authorized 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, ad-
justed-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, $95,768,462,000, to remain available until expended 
and to become available on October 1, 2018: Provided, That 
not to exceed $17,882,000 of the amount made available for 
fiscal year 2019 under this heading shall be reimbursed to 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec-
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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 ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying pa-
tient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections 
Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facili-
ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as author-
ized. 
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, $11,832,175,000, to remain 
available until expended and to become available on October 
1, 2018: 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 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as
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authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
Code, $121,529,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $109,090,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2018. 
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 subchapters 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 sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That, during fiscal year 2018, 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, $178,626,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $30,000, 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 obliga-
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tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,356,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $395,000, which may 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code, $1,163,000. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services, 
and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 
cost of overseas employee mail, $2,910,000,000: Provided, 
That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 
38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 
(1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 
and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2)
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to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 
charged to this account: Provided further, That, of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet-
erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 
supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv-
ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 
hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 
as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States 
Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au-
thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 
loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers 
and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), 
monthly assistance allowances authorized by section 322(d) 
of title 38, United States Code, grants authorized by section 
521A of title 38, United States Code, and administrative 
expenses necessary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A
1092 
of title 38, United States Code, and hospital care and med-
ical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United 
States Code; $1,962,984,000, which shall be in addition to 
funds previously appropriated under this heading that be-
came available on October 1, 2017; and, in addition, 
$49,161,165,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2018, under this heading, 
$1,400,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall es-
tablish a priority for the provision of medical treatment 
for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower 
income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi-
sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment pri-
ority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 
drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en-
rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 
on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the implementation of the program described in
1093 
the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 
amounts appropriated under this heading for medical sup-
plies and equipment are available for the acquisition of 
prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans. 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 
individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, at non-Department facilities, $419,176,000, 
which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated 
under this heading that became available on October 1, 
2017; and, in addition, $8,384,704,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall become available on October 1, 2018, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That, 
of the amount made available on October 1, 2018, under 
this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2022. 
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 
and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 
for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department
1094 
as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 
U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $100,000,000, which shall be in addi-
tion to funds previously appropriated under this heading 
that became available on October 1, 2017; and, in addition, 
$7,239,156,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2018, under this heading, 
$100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan-
ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 
and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil-
ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 
or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro-
vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities;
1095 
and for laundry services; $707,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, which shall be in addition to 
funds previously appropriated under this heading that be-
came available on October 1, 2017; and, in addition, 
$5,914,288,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2018, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2018, under this heading, 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$722,262,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro-
priated under this heading are available for prosthetic re-
search specifically for female veterans, and for toxic expo-
sure research. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one
1096 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration, $306,193,000, of which 
not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap-
ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 
or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, $335,891,000, 
of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals, $161,048,000, of which not to exceed 10 per-
cent shall remain available until September 30, 2019.
1097 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-
ing management and related contractual costs of said ac-
quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $4,055,500,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$1,230,320,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided further, That $2,496,650,000 
shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to 
exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided further, That $328,530,000 shall be for in-
formation technology systems development, and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, 
That amounts made available for information technology 
systems development may not be obligated or expended until 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information 
Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
a certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be
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obligated and expended for each development project: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for salaries 
and expenses, operations and maintenance, and informa-
tion technology systems development may be transferred 
among the three subaccounts after the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs requests from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and an approval is issued: Provided further, That amounts 
made available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ 
account for development may be transferred among projects 
or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That no 
project may be increased or decreased by more than 
$1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 
response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 
That the funds made available under this heading for infor-
mation technology systems development shall be for the 
projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 
For activities related to implementation, preparation, 
development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte-
nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in-
1099 
cluding contractual costs associated with operations author-
ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and sala-
ries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 38, 
United States Code, $782,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports de-
tailing obligations, expenditures, and deployment imple-
mentation by facility: Provided further, That the funds pro-
vided in this account shall only be available to the Office 
of the Deputy Secretary, to be administered by that Office. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $164,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec-
tural and engineering services, construction management
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services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 
amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 
States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail-
able 
in 
a 
previous 
major 
project 
appropriation, 
$512,430,000, of which $432,430,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2022, and of which $80,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That except for 
advance planning activities, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, and 
other capital asset management related activities, including 
portfolio development and management activities, and in-
vestment strategy studies funded through the advance plan-
ning fund and the planning and design activities funded 
through the design fund, including needs assessments which 
may or may not lead to capital investments, and salaries 
and associated costs of the resident engineers who oversee 
those capital investments funded through this account and 
contracting officers who manage specific major construction 
projects, and funds provided for the purchase, security, and 
maintenance of land for the National Cemetery Administra-
tion through the land acquisition line item, none of the
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funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
any project that has not been notified to Congress through 
the budgetary process or that has not been approved by the 
Congress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explan-
atory statement accompanying such Act and presented to 
the President at the time of enrollment: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading for fiscal 
year 2018, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) 
by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 
September 30, 2018; and (2) by the awarding of a construc-
tion contract by September 30, 2019: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a written report on any approved major construction 
project for which obligations are not incurred within the 
time limitations established above: Provided further, That, 
of the amount made available under this heading, 
$117,300,000 for Veterans Health Administration major 
construction projects shall not be available until the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs— 
(1) enters into an agreement with an appro-
priate non-Department of Veterans Affairs Federal 
entity to serve as the design and/or construction agent 
for any Veterans Health Administration major con-
struction project with a Total Estimated Cost of
1102 
$100,000,000 or above by providing full project man-
agement services, including management of the project 
design, 
acquisition, 
construction, 
and 
contract 
changes, consistent with section 502 of Public Law 
114–58; and 
(2) certifies in writing that such an agreement 
is executed and intended to minimize or prevent sub-
sequent major construction project cost overruns and 
provides a copy of the agreement entered into and 
any required supplementary information to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi-
neering services, maintenance or guarantee 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 acquisi-
tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 
project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec-
1103 
tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$342,570,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con-
struction, 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 made available under this heading 
shall be 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 re-
model, 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, $110,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
1104 
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2018 for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: 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 the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2018, in this or any other 
Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the ac-
counts: Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the 
total amount appropriated to the account in this or any
1105 
other Act may take place subject to notification from the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 
purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans-
fers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts 
in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent 
for the fiscal year, may take place only after the Secretary 
requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued: Provided further, That any transfers 
to or from the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 
and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the
1106 
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 beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
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 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail-
able 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 2017. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
prior year appropriations 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
1107 
they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and Pen-
sions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2018 that are available for divi-
dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac-
tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 
further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur-
ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu-
mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 
only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis-
tration for fiscal year 2018 which is properly allocable to
1108 
the provision of each such insurance program and to the 
provision of any total disability income insurance included 
in that insurance program. 
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 en-
hanced-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, 
the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adju-
dication, the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower 
Protection, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion for 
all services provided at rates which will recover actual costs 
but not to exceed $47,668,000 for the Office of Resolution 
Management, $3,932,000 for the Office of Employment Dis-
crimination Complaint Adjudication, $17,620,000 for the 
Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, and 
$2,973,000 for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion: Pro-
vided, 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 the ‘‘General Ad-
1109 
ministration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac-
counts for use by the office that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs 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-con-
nected disability described in section 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 information 
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. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (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 improve-
1110 
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. 213. 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. 214. 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 the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac-
counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 
of these accounts. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 
into agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in 
the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact 
with the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, in-
cluding behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in
1111 
rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require participating vet-
erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 
and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 
‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands which are not within 
the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the 
Fairbanks North Star Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. 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. 217. 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 Con-
gress a report on the financial status of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: Provided, 
That, at a minimum, the report shall include the direction 
contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, 
under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114–223. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support
1112 
and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na-
tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 
2018 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such transfers 
may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase 
in the total amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘In-
formation Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, 
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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2018 for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, 
Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, 
up to $297,137,000, plus reimbursements, may be trans-
ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, es-
tablished by section 1704 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the facilities
1113 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds 
may be transferred from accounts designated in this section 
to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That section 222 of title II of divi-
sion A of Public Law 114–223 is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 
1, 2018, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, up to $306,378,000, plus reimbursements, may 
be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities 
as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public
1114 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional 
funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 
section to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa-
cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund, established by section 1704 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 
84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That, notwithstanding 
section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense Authorization
1115 
Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 
2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of De-
fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund shall remain available until expended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 
minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD– 
VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by 
section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to remain 
available until expended, for any purpose authorized by sec-
tion 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 
Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 
that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro-
grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Provided, 
That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con-
tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur-
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ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 
the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an-
ticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con-
struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex-
cess of the scope specified for that project in the original 
justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 
request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs receives approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 226. 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 Con-
gress a quarterly report containing performance measures 
and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Re-
gional Office: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 
shall include the direction contained in the section entitled 
‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the heading ‘‘General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ in 
the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 
114–223: Provided further, That the report shall also in-
clude information on the number of appeals pending at the 
Veterans Benefits Administration as well as the Board of 
Veterans Appeals on a quarterly basis.
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SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza-
tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 
full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 
national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 
which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de-
termination that such action is necessary to address needs 
of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria-
tions made available for fiscal year 2018 in this title (except 
appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre-
tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 
2018, that were provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 
approval of the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided in this section
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is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law: Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred 
from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 
to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 
based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 
which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which funds are requested has been denied by Con-
gress: Provided further, That, upon determination that all 
or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation are 
not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that 
appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes 
as originally appropriated: Provided further, 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 receive approval of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2018, under the ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans-
ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans-
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fer 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 
receive approval of that request. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or pro-
grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 
1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 
(1) provides to individuals who contact the hot-
line immediate assistance from a trained professional; 
and 
(2) adheres to all requirements of the American 
Association of Suicidology. 
(b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive 
action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 
appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil service 
position, or establishing a new civil service position, at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to such a posi-
tion relating to the hotline specified in subsection (a). 
(2) In this subsection—
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(A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 
(i) any Executive order, presidential memo-
randum, or other action by the President; and 
(ii) any agency policy, order, or other direc-
tive. 
SEC. 233. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environ-
mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at ex-
isting Veterans Health Administration medical facilities lo-
cated in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 as part 
of a planned realignment of VA services until the Secretary 
provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a report including the following ele-
ments: 
(1) a national realignment strategy that includes 
a detailed description of realignment plans within 
each Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN), 
including an updated Long Range Capital Plan to 
implement realignment requirements;
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(2) an explanation of the process by which those 
plans were developed and coordinated within each 
VISN; 
(3) a cost versus benefit analysis of each planned 
realignment, including the cost of replacing Veterans 
Health Administration services with contract care or 
other outsourced services; 
(4) an analysis of how any such planned re-
alignment of services will impact access to care for 
veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, includ-
ing travel distances and transportation costs to access 
a VA medical facility and availability of local spe-
cialty and primary care; 
(5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 
designation and the methodology used to determine 
the buildings’ condition and utilization; 
(6) a description of how any realignment will be 
consistent with requirements under the National His-
toric Preservation Act; and 
(7) consideration given for reuse of historic 
buildings within newly identified realignment re-
quirements: Provided, That, this provision shall not 
apply to capital projects in VISN 23, or any other 
VISN, which have been authorized or approved by 
Congress.
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SEC. 234. Section 8109(b) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 1344 of 
title 31, may use a passenger carrier (as such term is de-
fined in subsection (h)(1) of such section) to transport such 
an employee between a parking facility and the medical fa-
cility of the Department at which the employee works.’’. 
SEC. 235. None of the funds made available to the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs by this or any other Act may 
be obligated or expended in contravention of the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration Clinical Preventive Services Guid-
ance Statement on the Veterans Health Administration’s 
Screening for Breast Cancer Guidance’’ published on May 
10, 2017, as issued by the Veterans Health Administration 
National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Preven-
tion. 
SEC. 236. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
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to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ account may be used to provide— 
(1) fertility counseling and treatment using as-
sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran or 
the spouse of a covered veteran; or 
(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, 
as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code, who has a service-connected dis-
ability that results in the inability of the veteran to 
procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 
(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
means benefits relating to reproductive assistance pro-
vided to a member of the Armed Forces who incurs 
a serious injury or illness on active duty pursuant to 
section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, 
as described in the memorandum on the subject of 
‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the 
Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category 
II or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on
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April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued to implement 
such policy, including any limitations on the amount 
of such benefits available to such a member except 
that— 
(A) the time periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 
III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 
shall not apply; and 
(B) 
such 
term 
includes 
embryo 
cryopreservation and storage without limitation 
on the duration of such cryopreservation and 
storage. 
(4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means 
reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 
an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en-
actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 
under the adoption reimbursement program of the De-
partment of Defense, as authorized in Department of 
Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimburse-
ment limits and requirements set forth in such in-
struction. 
(c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified 
in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the require-
ments for funds contained in section 508 of division H of
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the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 
115–31). 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 237. Of the unobligated balance of funds made 
available in the sixth proviso under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Services’’ in title II of Division J of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113), 
$751,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 238. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 
or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 239. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall 
not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 
Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Admin-
istration, or National Cemetery Administration to con-
tractor performance by a business concern that is at least 
51 percent owned by one or more Indian tribes as defined 
in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one
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or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec-
tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 
SEC. 240. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall dis-
continue using Social Security account numbers to identify 
individuals in all information systems of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs as follows: 
(1) For all veterans submitting to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs new claims for benefits under laws 
administered by the Secretary, not later than 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) For all individuals not described in para-
graph (1), not later than 8 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use a Social 
Security account number to identify an individual in an 
information system of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
if and only if the use of such number is required to obtain 
information the Secretary requires from an information 
system that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
SEC. 241. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2018 and 2019 for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, section 239 of Division A of Public Law 
114–223 shall apply.
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SEC. 242. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer 
any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensa-
tion Fund to any other account within the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 243. (a) Of the unobligated balance of funds made 
available through September 30, 2018, under the heading 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ in division J of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76), 
$10,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, 
Major Projects’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023. 
(c) Of the unobligated balance of funds made available 
through September 30, 2019, under the heading ‘‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’’ in division I of the Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 
113–235), $410,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
(d) For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, 
Major Projects’’, $410,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024. 
SEC. 244. Of the funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year
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2019 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in each 
year to carry out and expand the child care program au-
thorized by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, notwith-
standing subsection (e) of such section. 
SEC. 245. (a) Section 204(c) of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 
2001 (Public Law 107–135; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The program’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) The program shall be carried out at not 
fewer than two medical centers or clinics in each Vet-
erans Integrated Service Network by not later than 
December 31, 2019, and at not fewer than 50 percent 
of all medical centers in each Veterans Integrated 
Service Network by not later than December 31, 
2021.’’. 
(b)(1) Paragraph (6) of section 1701 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) Chiropractic services.’’. 
(2) Paragraph (8) of such section is amended by in-
serting ‘‘chiropractic,’’ after ‘‘counseling,’’.
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(3) Paragraph (9) of such section is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through 
(K) as subparagraphs (G) through (L), respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph (F): 
‘‘(F) chiropractic examinations and serv-
ices;’’. 
SEC. 246. (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall carry out a pilot program to provide 
educational assistance to certain former members of the 
Armed Forces for education and training as physician as-
sistants of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An individual is eligible 
to participate in the pilot program if the individual— 
(1) has medical or military health experience 
gained while serving as a member of the Armed 
Forces; 
(2) has received a certificate, associate degree, 
baccalaureate 
degree, 
master’s 
degree, 
or 
postbaccalaureate training in a science relating to 
health care; or 
(3) has participated in the delivery of healthcare 
services or related medical services, including partici-
pation in military training relating to the identifica-
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tion, evaluation, treatment, and prevention of diseases 
and disorders. 
(c) DURATION.—The pilot program shall be carried 
out during the 5-year period beginning on the date that 
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) SELECTION.— 
(1) The Secretary shall select eligible individuals 
under subsection (b) to participate in the pilot pro-
gram. 
(2) In selecting individuals to participate in the 
pilot program under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall give priority to individuals who agree to be em-
ployed as a physician assistant for the Veterans 
Health Administration at a medical facility of the 
Department located in a community that— 
(A) is designated as a medically under-
served population under section 330(b)(3)(A) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b(b)(3)(A)); and 
(B) is in a State with a per capita popu-
lation of veterans of more than 5 percent accord-
ing to the National Center for Veterans Analysis 
and Statistics and the United States Census Bu-
reau.
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(e) EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the 
pilot program, the Secretary shall provide educational as-
sistance to individuals participating in the pilot program, 
including through the use of scholarships, to cover the costs 
to such individuals of obtaining a master’s degree in physi-
cian assistant studies or a similar master’s degree. 
(f) PERIOD OF OBLIGATED SERVICE.—The Secretary 
shall enter into an agreement with each individual partici-
pating in the pilot program in which such individual 
agrees to be employed as a physician assistant for the Vet-
erans Health Administration for a period of obligated serv-
ice to be determined by the Secretary. 
(g) BREACH.—An individual who participates in the 
pilot program and fails to satisfy the period of obligated 
service under subsection (f) shall be liable to the United 
States, in lieu of such obligated service, for the amount that 
has been paid or is payable to or on behalf of the individual 
under the pilot program, reduced by the proportion that 
the number of days served for completion of the period of 
obligated service bears to the total number of days in the 
period of obligated service of such individual. 
(h) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, in collaboration with the Secretary of Labor, the Sec-
retary of Defense, and the Secretary of Health and Human
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Services, shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot pro-
gram’s effectiveness of helping to meet the shortage of physi-
cian assistants employed by the Department. 
SEC. 247. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2018 and 2019, sec-
tion 248 of Division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 
employment equivalents within any program of rehabilita-
tion conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 
Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employ-
ment equivalent. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, including— 
(1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for 
each such program; and 
(2) recommendations for such action as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to- 
staff ratio for each such program. 
SEC. 249. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this title may be used by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement related to
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resolving a dispute or claim with an individual that would 
restrict in any way the individual from speaking to mem-
bers of Congress or their staff on any topic not otherwise 
prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or required by 
Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national 
defense or the conduct of foreign affairs. 
SEC. 250. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2018 and 2019, sec-
tion 258 of Division A of Public Law 114–223 shall apply. 
SEC. 251. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2402(a) of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) Any individual— 
‘‘(A) who— 
‘‘(i) was naturalized pursuant to sec-
tion 2(1) of the Hmong Veterans’ Natu-
ralization Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 
207; 8 U.S.C. 1423 note); and 
‘‘(ii) at the time of the individual’s 
death resided in the United States.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to an individual dying 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 252. The Secretary may carry out a 2-year pilot 
program making grants to nonprofit veterans services orga-
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nizations recognized by the Secretary in accordance with 
section 5902 of title 38, United States Code, to upgrade, 
through construction and repair, VSO community facilities 
into health and wellness centers and to promote and expand 
complementary and integrative wellness programs: Pro-
vided, That no single grant may exceed a total of $500,000: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may not provide more 
than 20 grants during the 2-year pilot program: Provided 
further, That the recipient of a grant under this section 
may not use the grant to purchase real estate or to carry 
out repair of facilities leased by the recipient or to construct 
facilities on property leased by the recipient: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary ensures that the grant recipients 
use grant funds to construct or repair facilities located in 
at least 10 different geographic locations in economically 
depressed areas or areas designated as highly rural that are 
not in close proximity to Department of Veterans Affairs 
medical centers: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress no later than 180 days after enactment of this 
Act, on the grant program established under this section. 
SEC. 253. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
any other Act for ‘‘Grants for Construction of State Ex-
tended Care Facilities’’ may be used to award grants for 
applications included in priority one of the priority list
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for the first time which have been assigned a higher priority 
ranking for fiscal year 2018 than unfunded applications 
which met the eligibility requirements defined in section 
8135(c) of title 38, United States Code, in fiscal year 2017 
and continue to meet those requirements in fiscal year 2018: 
Provided, That the Secretary may award grants for new 
applications in fiscal year 2018 for projects that did not 
meet eligibility requirements defined in section 8135(c) of 
title 38, United States Code, in fiscal year 2017 only after 
applications which met priority one eligibility require-
ments in fiscal year 2017 and continue to meet those re-
quirements defined in section 8135(c) of title 38, United 
States Code, have been funded: Provided further, That noth-
ing in this section shall preclude the Secretary from assign-
ing a higher priority ranking or funding a grant applica-
tion to correct conditions that threaten the life or safety 
of patients which meet the criteria laid out in section 
8135(c) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 254. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to conduct research 
using canines unless: the scientific objectives of the study 
can only be met by research with canines; the study has 
been directly approved by the Secretary; and the study is 
consistent with the revised Department of Veterans Affairs 
canine research policy document released on December 18,
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2017: Provided, That not later than 180 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a de-
tailed report outlining under what circumstances canine re-
search may be needed if there are no other alternatives, how 
often it was used during that time period, and what proto-
cols are in place to determine both the safety and efficacy 
of the research. 
SEC. 255. For an additional amount for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended, for infrastructure improvements, in-
cluding new construction, and in addition to amounts oth-
erwise made available in this act for such purpose, of which: 
(1) $1,000,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Veterans Health 
Administration—Medical Facilities’’ to be used for 
non-recurring maintenance; 
(2) $425,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Departmental Ad-
ministration—Construction, Minor Projects’’; and, 
(3) $575,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Departmental Ad-
ministration—Grants for Construction of State Ex-
tended Care Facilities’’; 
Provided, That the additional amounts appropriated for the 
purposes of non-recurring maintenance and minor con-
struction may be used to carry out critical life-safety 
projects identified in the Department’s annual facility con-
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dition assessments; sustainment projects; modernization 
projects; infrastructure repair; renovations at existing Vet-
erans Health Administration medical centers and out-
patient clinics; and projects included in the Strategic Cap-
ital Investment Process plan: Provided further, That the ad-
ditional amounts appropriated under this section may not 
be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, and such Committees approve, a de-
tailed expenditure plan, including project descriptions and 
costs, for any non-recurring maintenance, minor construc-
tion or State extended care facility project being funded 
with the additional amounts made available in this admin-
istrative provision. 
SEC. 256. Subsection (d) of section 504 of the Veterans’ 
Benefits Improvement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275; 
38 U.S.C. 5101 note), as amended, is further amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Expenses of carrying out 
the pilot program under this section, including payments 
for pilot program examination travel and incidental ex-
penses under the terms and conditions set forth by 38 
U.S.C. 111, shall be reimbursed to the accounts available 
for the general operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration and information technology systems from
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amounts available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
payment of compensation and pensions.’’. 
SEC. 257. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to charge a veteran a fee for a veterans 
identification card pursuant to section 5706(c) of title 38, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 258. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 
17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1712I. Mental and behavioral health care for cer-
tain former members of the Armed Forces 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall furnish to 
former members of the Armed Forces described in subsection 
(b)— 
‘‘(1) an initial mental health assessment; and 
‘‘(2) 
the 
mental 
healthcare 
or 
behavioral 
healthcare services authorized under this chapter that 
are required to treat the mental or behavioral health 
care needs of the former service members, including 
risk of suicide or harming others. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—A former member of the 
Armed Forces described in this subsection is an individual 
who— 
‘‘(1) is a former member of the Armed Forces, 
including the reserve components;
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‘‘(2) while serving in the active military, naval, 
or air service, was discharged or released therefrom 
under a condition that is not honorable but not— 
‘‘(A) a dishonorable discharge; or 
‘‘(B) a discharge by court-martial; 
‘‘(3) is not otherwise eligible to enroll in the 
health care system established by section 1705 of this 
title; and 
‘‘(4)(A)(i) served in the Armed Forces for a pe-
riod of more than 100 cumulative days; and 
‘‘(ii) was deployed in a theater of combat oper-
ations, in support of a contingency operation, or in 
an area at a time during which hostilities are occur-
ring in that area during such service, including by 
controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle from a loca-
tion other than such theater or area; or 
‘‘(B) while serving in the Armed Forces, was the 
victim of a physical assault of a sexual nature, a bat-
tery of a sexual nature, or sexual harassment (as de-
fined in section 1720D(f) of this title). 
‘‘(c) NON-DEPARTMENT CARE.—(1) In furnishing 
mental or behavioral health care services to an individual 
under this section, the Secretary may provide such mental 
or behavioral health care services at a non-Department fa-
cility if—
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‘‘(A) in the judgment of a mental health profes-
sional employed by the Department, the receipt of 
mental or behavioral health care services by that indi-
vidual in facilities of the Department would be clini-
cally inadvisable; or 
‘‘(B) facilities of the Department are not capable 
of furnishing such mental or behavioral health care 
services to that individual economically because of 
geographical inaccessibility. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) pur-
suant to section 1703 of this title or any other provision 
of law authorizing the Secretary to enter into contracts or 
agreements to furnish hospital care and medical services to 
veterans at non-Department facilities. 
‘‘(d) SETTING AND REFERRALS.—In furnishing men-
tal and behavioral health care services to individuals under 
this section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) seek to ensure that such services are fur-
nished in settings that are therapeutically appro-
priate, taking into account the circumstances that re-
sulted in the need for such services; and 
‘‘(2) provide referral services to assist former 
members who are not eligible for services under this 
chapter to obtain services from sources outside the De-
partment.
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‘‘(e) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall provide in-
formation on the mental and behavioral health care services 
available under this section. Efforts by the Secretary to pro-
vide such information— 
‘‘(1) shall include notification of each eligible in-
dividual described in subsection (b) about the eligi-
bility of the individual for covered mental and behav-
ioral health care under this section not later than the 
later of— 
‘‘(A) 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Military Construction, Veterans Af-
fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2018; or 
‘‘(B) 180 days after the date on which the 
individual was discharged or released from the 
active military, naval, or air service; 
‘‘(2) shall include availability of a toll-free tele-
phone number (commonly referred to as an 800 num-
ber); 
‘‘(3) shall ensure that information about the 
mental health care services available under this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) is revised and updated as appropriate; 
‘‘(B) is made available and visibly posted 
at appropriate facilities of the Department; and
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‘‘(C) is made available to State veteran 
agencies and through appropriate public infor-
mation services; and 
‘‘(4) shall include coordination with the Sec-
retary of Defense seeking to ensure that members of 
the Armed Forces and individuals who are being sep-
arated from active military, naval, or air service are 
provided appropriate information about programs, 
requirements, and procedures for applying for mental 
health care services under this section. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) Not less frequently than 
once each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 
on the mental and behavioral health care services provided 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
include, with respect to the year preceding the submittal 
of the report, the following: 
‘‘(A) The number of eligible individuals who 
were furnished mental or behavioral health care serv-
ices under this section, disaggregated by the number 
of men who received such services and the number of 
women who received such services.
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‘‘(B) The number of individuals who requested 
an initial mental health assessment under subsection 
(a)(1). 
‘‘(C) Such other information as the Secretary 
considers appropriate.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1720H the following new item: 
‘‘1720I. Mental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the 
Armed Forces.’’. 
SEC. 259. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
5303A the following new section: 
‘‘§ 5303B. Character of service determinations 
‘‘(a) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall establish 
a process by which an individual who served in the Armed 
Forces and was discharged or dismissed therefrom may seek 
a determination from the Secretary with respect to whether 
such discharge or release was under a condition that bars 
the right of such individual to a benefit under the laws ad-
ministered by the Secretary based upon the period of service 
from which discharged or dismissed. 
‘‘(b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—If the Secretary 
determines under subsection (a) that an individual is 
barred to a benefit under the laws administered by the Sec-
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retary, the Secretary shall provide to such individual infor-
mation regarding the ability of the individual to address 
such condition, including pursuant to section 5303 of this 
title and chapter 79 of title 10.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 5303A the following new item: 
‘‘5303B. Character of service determinations.’’. 
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 countries; 
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 replace-
ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $42,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$79,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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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 expended, for 
purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, $33,600,000: Provided, That, of the amount, up to 
$800,000 may be transferred to the General Services Ad-
ministration for planning and design of a courthouse, to 
include a feasibility study: Provided further, That 
$2,580,000 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.
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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 replace-
ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$80,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2020. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 
and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart-
ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac-
count. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for planning and design and 
construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 
and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $167,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for planning and design 
and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 
project at Arlington National Cemetery.
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ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and 
renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re-
tirement 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 Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from 
the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex-
penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir-
ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 
at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 
available for ground burials. 
SEC. 302. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and
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shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries. 
TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army’’, $146,100,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022, for projects outside of the United States: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $33,248,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United 
States: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’ $546,352,000, to remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $24,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Each amount designated in this Act by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently 
so designates all such amounts and transmits such designa-
tions to the Congress. 
SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Defense is directed to provide the congres-
sional defense committees a future years defense program 
for funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for
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construction projects related to European Reassurance Ini-
tiative and European Deterrence Initiative beginning in 
fiscal year 2018 and each subsequent fiscal year that fund-
ing is requested for either initiative. Further, the Secretary 
of Defense is directed to submit the future years defense pro-
gram with each fiscal year budget submission. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. 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. 502. 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. 503. 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 conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
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committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 505. 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 pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 506. 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 Com-
missioner of the United States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 507. (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 agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information.