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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
administrative expenses in support of Department-wide 
capital planning, management and policy activities, uni-
forms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services, and 
the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas em-
ployee mail, $1,411,827,000: 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 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) to achieve maximum inde-
pendence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: 
Provided further, That the Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion shall be funded at not less than $1,086,938,000: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, not to exceed $70,000,000 shall be available for 
obligation until September 30, 2007: Provided further, 
That from the funds made available under this heading,
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the Veterans Benefits Administration may purchase up to 
two passenger motor vehicles for use in operations of that 
Administration in Manila, Philippines. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not other-
wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there-
for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper-
ations;
and
hire
of
passenger
motor
vehicles, 
$156,447,000: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $7,800,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2007. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $70,174,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2007. 
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, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 
and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, including plan-
ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance
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or guarantee period services costs associated with equip-
ment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system 
construction costs, and site acquisition, where the esti-
mated 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 available in a pre-
vious major project appropriation, $607,100,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $532,010,000 
shall be for Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Serv-
ices (CARES) activities; and of which $8,091,000 shall 
be to make reimbursements as provided in section 13 of 
the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 612) for 
claims paid for contract disputes: Provided, That except 
for advance planning activities, including needs assess-
ments which may or may not lead to capital investments, 
and other capital asset management related activities, 
such as portfolio development and management activities, 
and investment strategy studies funded through the ad-
vance planning fund and the planning and design activities 
funded through the design fund and CARES funds, in-
cluding needs assessments which may or may not lead to 
capital investments, none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be used for any project which has not 
been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process:
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Provided further, That funds provided in this appropria-
tion for fiscal year 2006, for each approved project (except 
those for CARES activities referenced above) shall be obli-
gated: (1) by the awarding of a construction documents 
contract by September 30, 2006; and (2) by the awarding 
of a construction contract by September 30, 2007: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
promptly report in writing to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate any 
approved major construction project in which obligations 
are not incurred within the time limitations established 
above. 
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 
engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro-
vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 
site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 
8110, 8122, and 8162 of title 38, United States Code,
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where the estimated cost of a project is equal to or less 
than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
38, United States Code, $208,937,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, along with unobligated balances of 
previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations 
which are hereby made available for any project where the 
estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 
in such section, of which $160,000,000 shall be for Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) ac-
tivities: Provided, That funds in this account shall be 
available for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 
which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 
any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 
by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE 
EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 
to veterans as authorized by sections 8131–8137 of title 
38, United States Code, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE 
VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, 
or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by 
section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $32,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2006 for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations. 
SEC. 202. Appropriations available in this title for 
salaries and expenses shall be available for services au-
thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 
or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by sections 5901–5902 of such title. 
SEC. 203. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, minor projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons
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(except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing 
such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such 
treatment under sections 7901–7904 of title 5, United 
States Code or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), un-
less reimbursement of cost is made to the ‘‘Medical serv-
ices’’ account at such rates as may be fixed by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 205. 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 re-
quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 
prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 
2005. 
SEC. 206. 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 they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation and 
pensions’’. 
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance
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Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insur-
ance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Gov-
ernment Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reim-
burse the ‘‘General operating expenses’’ account 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 an insurance program in fiscal year 2006 that are avail-
able for dividends in that program after claims have been 
paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set 
aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administration 
of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus 
earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement 
shall be made only to the extent of such surplus earnings: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine the 
cost of administration for fiscal year 2006 which is prop-
erly allocable to the provision of each insurance program 
and to the provision of any total disability income insur-
ance included in such insurance program. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall continue the 
Franchise Fund pilot program authorized to be estab-
lished by section 403 of Public Law 103–356 until Octo-
ber 1, 2006: Provided, That the Franchise Fund, estab-
lished by title I of Public Law 104–204 to finance the
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operations of the Franchise Fund pilot program, shall con-
tinue until October 1, 2006. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 
lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in-
curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro-
viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur-
ing the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received. 
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 Manage-
ment and the Office of Employment Discrimination Com-
plaint Adjudication for all services provided at rates which 
will recover actual costs but not exceed $29,758,000 for 
the Office of Resolution Management and $3,059,000 for 
the Office of Employment and Discrimination Complaint 
Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be made in 
advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 
costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be 
credited to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ for use by the 
office that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available to enter into any new lease of real property if 
the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless 
the Secretary submits a report which the Committees on
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Appropriations of the Congress approve within 30 days 
following the date on which the report is received. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 
care, or medical services provided to any person under 
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv-
ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 
such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec-
retary 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: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man-
ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason-
able charges for such care or services from any person who 
does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur-
ther, 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 re-
ceived. 
SEC. 213. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in this Act, or any other 
Act, may be used to implement sections 2 and 5 of Public 
Law 107–287 and section 303 of Public Law 108–422. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, at the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
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proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing 
activities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor 
projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations and improve-
ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 
‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor 
projects’’. 
SEC. 215. 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. 
SEC. 216. That such sums as may be deposited to 
the Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 
1729A of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred 
to ‘‘Medical services’’, to remain available until expended 
for the purposes of this account. 
SEC. 217. Amounts made available for fiscal year 
2006 under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical administra-
tion’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be trans-