DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, 
$403,023,000, of which not to exceed $20,151,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading may be trans-
ferred to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 
of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services, and reimbursement of the Department of De-
fense
for
the
cost
of
overseas
employee
mail, 
$2,455,490,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by
$5,000,000) (reduced by $44,000,000) (increased by 
$44,000,000): 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 Affairs determines are nec-
essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex-
tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 
maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum 
independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac-
count: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $123,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2015. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology 
systems and telecommunications support, including devel-
opmental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, in-
cluding management and related contractual costs of said 
acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 
operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $3,683,344,000, plus reimbursements: Pro-
vided, That $1,026,400,000 shall be for pay and associ-
ated costs, of which not to exceed $30,792,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2015: Provided further, 
That $2,161,653,000 shall be for operations and mainte-
nance, of which not to exceed $151,316,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2015: Provided further, That 
$495,291,000 shall be for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment 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 Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obli-
gated 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, modernization, and 
enhancement may be transferred among the three sub-ac-
counts 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’’ ac-
count for development, modernization, and enhancement
may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 
projects: Provided further, That no project may be in-
creased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 
prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro-
priations 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 none of 
the funds made available under this heading may be obli-
gated or expended for the development or procurement of 
an electronic health record except for a health record as 
set forth in the Joint Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 
2013–2015 of the Department of Veteran Affairs and De-
partment of Defense, Joint Executive Council: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading 
for information technology systems development, mod-
ernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, and 
in the amounts, specified under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, to include information technology, in carrying out 
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $116,411,000, of which $6,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2015.
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, ar-
chitectural and engineering services, construction manage-
ment 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 ac-
quisition, 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 available in a previous major project appropriation, 
$342,130,000, of which $322,130,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018, and of which $20,000,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
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 manage-
ment activities, and investment strategy studies funded 
through the advance planning 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 resi-
dent engineers who oversee those capital investments 
funded through this account, and funds provided for the 
purchase of land for the National Cemetery Administra-
tion through the land acquisition line item, none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
any project which has not been approved by the Congress 
in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for fiscal year 2014, 
for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the 
awarding of a construction documents contract by Sep-
tember 30, 2014; and (2) by the awarding of a construc-
tion contract by September 30, 2015: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a written report on any approved major con-
struction project for 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, 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 section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 
United States Code, $714,870,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018, along with unobligated balances 
of previous ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations 
which are hereby made available for any project where the 
estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 
in such section: Provided, That funds 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, $82,650,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, $44,650,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2014 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 Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014, in this Act 
or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac-
counts may be transferred among the accounts: Provided, 
That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent 
or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 
in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica-
tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 
That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ 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 re-
quests 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 Com-
mittees 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 
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 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 
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 sec-
tions 7901 through 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.)), unless reim-
bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina-
tion 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 re-
quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 
prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 
2013. 
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 they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 
and Pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2014, 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 ‘‘Gen-
eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for
the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi-
nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse-
ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu-
mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 
2014 that are available for dividends in that program after 
claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 
have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 
amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 
reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 
surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2014 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 
such insurance program and to the provision of any total 
disability income insurance included in that insurance pro-
gram. 
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. 
(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 Manage-
ment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Of-
fice of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudica-
tion under section 319 of title 38, United States Code, 
for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 
costs but not exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolu-
tion Management and $3,360,000 for the Office of Em-
ployment 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 the 
‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology 
Systems’’ accounts 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 cost is more than $1,000,000, 
unless the Secretary submits a report which the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress ap-
prove within 30 days following the date on which the re-
port 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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas-
ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 
the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 
Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction 
(including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 
and improvements of any medical facility under the juris-
diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 
provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’.
SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to 
‘‘Medical Services’’, to remain available until expended for 
the purposes of that account. 
SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organi-
zations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Com-
pact with the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and 
tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have en-
tered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under 
the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance 
Act, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 
dental care. 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 sited within the ex-
ternal boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified 
in sections 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and 
those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 
sections 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are 
not within the boundaries of the Municipality of Anchor-
age, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Penin-
sula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu-
ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain avail-
able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 
Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks 
from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet-
erans within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the financial 
status of the Veterans Health Administration.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med-
ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Med-
ical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and 
‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal 
year 2014 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That before a 
transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the trans-
fer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 221. Of the amounts made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014, in this 
Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac-
count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 
percent of the funds made available shall be obligated dur-
ing the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That 
the Secretary may waive this requirement after providing 
written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2014 for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’,
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up to $254,257,000, 
plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint De-
partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by sec-
tion 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 sec-
tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author-
ization 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 Veterans Af-
fairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Such sums as may be deposited to the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, for health care provided 
at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili-
ties 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 avail-
able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense- 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper-
ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun-
can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘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 ex-
pended, for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of 
title 38, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. (a) Of the discretionary funds made avail-
able to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 
2014, the following amounts which became available on 
October 1, 2013, are hereby rescinded from the following 
accounts in the amounts specified:
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 
accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 
September 30, 2015: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Services’’, $1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
Facilities’’, $250,000,000. 
SEC. 226. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in 
major construction projects that total at least $5,000,000, 
or 5 percent of the programmed amount of the project, 
whichever is less: Provided, That such notification shall 
occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the pro-
grammed amount: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of such 
bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use of such 
savings. 
SEC. 227. The scope of work for a project included 
in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may not be increased 
above the scope specified for that project in the original 
justification data provided to the Congress as part of the 
request for appropriations. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall provide on a quarterly basis to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
notification of any single national outreach and awareness 
marketing
campaign
in
which
obligations
exceed 
$2,000,000. 
SEC. 229. The Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a re-
programming request if at any point during fiscal year 
2014, the funding allocated for a medical care initiative 
identified in the fiscal year 2014 expenditure plan is ad-
justed by more than $25,000,000 from the allocation 
shown in the corresponding congressional budget justifica-
tion. Such a reprogramming request may go forward only 
if the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress approve the request or if a period of 14 days 
has elapsed.
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 230. Discretionary fiscal year 2014 appropria-
tions in this title are hereby reduced by $24,000,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall allocate 
this reduction within the accounts to which the reduction 
is applied: Provided further, That $156,000,000 are here-
by rescinded from the fiscal year 2014 funds appropriated 
in title II of division E of Public Law 113–6 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services’’, ‘‘Department 
of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
and ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities’’: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate this re-
scission among the three accounts. 
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 coun-
tries; 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 replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor
vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
countries, $57,980,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 ex-
pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 
36, United States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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,
$35,272,000:
Provided,
That 
$2,500,000 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.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington 
National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one 
basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $70,685,000. In addition, 
such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 
repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease 
of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 
Agencies’’ account. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 
and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis-
sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $67,400,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
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. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. 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. 402. 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. 403. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and
for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pam-
phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presen-
tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 
SEC. 404. 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 con-
duct of their business practices and public service activi-
ties. 
SEC. 405. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no-
tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af-
fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 406. 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 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 407. 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 
Commissioner of the United States House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 408. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website 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 agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 409. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network
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. 410. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi-
aries or successors. 
SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 
to exercise the power of eminent domain (to take the pri-
vate property for public use) without the payment of just 
compensation. 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 
to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 
in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 413. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 
or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 
under the control of the Department of Defense.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv-
ices, including construction services, where the contractor 
has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 
under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 
where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un-
less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 
of the corporation and has made a determination that this 
further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 
the Government. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 
is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-
mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-
tect the interests of the Government. 
SEC. 417. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to wind down or otherwise alter the im-
plementation of a program, project, or activity in anticipa-
tion of any change (including any elimination or reduction 
of funding) proposed in a budget request, until such pro-
posed change is subsequently enacted in an appropriation 
Act.
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 418. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 419. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to pay more than 75 percent of the 
salary of any senior Department of Veterans Affairs offi-
cial during the period beginning on July 1, 2014, and end-
ing on September 30, 2014, unless as of July 1, 2014, 
the percentage of disability compensation claims that are 
more than 125 days old is less than or equal to 40 percent. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘senior Department of 
Veterans Affairs official’’ means the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and any 
Under Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for any conference (as described in the 
Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12– 
12, ‘‘Promoting Efficient Spending to Support Agency 
Operations’’, dated May 11, 2012) for which the cost to 
the agency exceeds $500,000.
SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
pay a performance award under section 5384 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 422. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 
of its principals— 
(1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
dered against it for: (A) commission of fraud or a 
criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at-
tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 
State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of 
Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
submission of offers; or (B) commission of embezzle-
ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc-
tion of records, making false statements, tax eva-
sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 
stolen property; 
(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated above in paragraph (1); or
(3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new 
or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 
round. 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to award any contract in an amount 
greater than $1,000,000 for which the Department of De-
fense did not receive at least two offers. 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, including the funds made available for ‘‘Construction, 
Major Projects’’, may be used to increase the funding for 
any major medical facility project (as defined in subsection 
(a)(3)(A) of section 8104 of title 38, United States Code), 
which is under construction as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, above the amount specified in the pro-
spectus described in subsection (b) of such section 8104 
and the detailed estimate of cost described in paragraph 
(1) of such subsection. 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new
light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen-
cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
SEC. 427. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Ad-
ministration—General Administration’’, and increasing 
the amount made available for ‘‘Department of Veterans 
Affairs—Departmental
Administration—Information 
Technology Systems’’, by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to maintain or improve Department of 
Defense real property with a zero percent utilization rate 
according to the Department’s real property inventory 
database, except in the case of maintenance of an historic 
property as required by the National Historic Preservation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) or maintenance to prevent 
a negative environmental impact as required by the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.). 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 
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, $1,119,875,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this 
amount, not to exceed $41,575,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of Army 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, 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, $1,614,596,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this amount, not to 
exceed $89,830,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of Navy determines that addi-
tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and noti-
fies 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-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $1,153,960,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of this 
amount, not to exceed $14,321,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Air Force 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading for military construction
in the United Kingdom as identified in the table entitled 
‘‘Military Construction Project Listing by Location’’ in the 
report accompanying this Act may be obligated or expended 
until the Department of Defense completes a European Con-
solidation Study, and the Secretary of Defense (1) provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a comprehensive European basing 
strategy reflecting the findings of the Consolidation Study, 
and (2) certifies in writing the requirement identified in 
the study for each of the military construction projects in 
the United Kingdom funded in this section: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
for military construction in Saipan or for Pacific Airpower 
Resiliency projects in Guam, Joint Region Marianas, as 
identified in the table entitled ‘‘Military Construction 
Project Listing by Location’’ in the report accompanying 
this Act, may be obligated or expended until the Depart-
ment of Defense completes a Pacific Resiliency Study and 
the Secretary of Defense (1) provides to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a comprehensive Pacific Resiliency Plan, and (2) cer-
tifies in writing the requirement identified in the study for 
each of the military construction projects in Saipan, and 
for the Pacific Airpower Resiliency projects in Guam fund-
ed in this section.
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, 
$3,766,553,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018: 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: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $237,838,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad-
ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
heading for military construction in Germany or the 
United Kingdom as identified in the table entitled ‘‘Mili-
tary Construction Project Listing by Location’’ in the re-
port accompanying this Act may be obligated or expended 
until the Department of Defense completes a European Con-
solidation Study, and the Secretary of Defense (1) provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a comprehensive European basing 
strategy reflecting the findings of the Consolidation Study, 
and (2) certifies in writing the requirement identified in 
the study for each of the military construction projects in 
Germany and the United Kingdom funded in this section: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, $38,513,000 shall 
be available for payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization for the planning, design, and construction of a 
new North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters. 
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, $320,815,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $29,005,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Army 
National Guard determines that additional obligations are 
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons 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, 
$119,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $13,400,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Director of the Air National Guard deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea-
sons 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-
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 
Construction Authorization Acts, $45,659,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $2,229,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 
the Air Force Reserve 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. 
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, $239,700,000, 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, 
$27,408,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
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, $512,871,000. 
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, $73,407,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018. 
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, 
$389,844,000.
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, 
$76,360,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018. 
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, 
and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$388,598,000. 
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, $55,845,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $1,780,000, 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. 
CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE- 
WIDE 
For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 
for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stock-
pile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance 
with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authoriza-
tion Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 
of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 
chemical weapon stockpile, as currently authorized by law, 
$122,536,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weap-
ons Alternatives program. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account 1990, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), as amended by section 2711 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub-
lic Law 112–239), $451,357,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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 
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. 
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
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. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made 
available in this title which are limited for obligation dur-
ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 
2 months of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 115. 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. 116. 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. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds made available to a military department or de-
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. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited 
to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account estab-
lished by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization 
Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such 
Act, may be transferred to the account established by section 
2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged with, and 
to be available for the same purposes and the same time 
period as that account. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 119. 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-
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. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 120. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be
transferred from the accounts established by sections 
2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), 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 Home-
owners 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. 121. 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 
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. 122. 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. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
title, or in any Act making appropriations for military 
construction which remain available for obligation, may be 
obligated or expended to carry out a military construction, 
land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili-
tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in-
stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that has 
been approved for realignment to another installation, in 
2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project at a military in-
stallation approved for realignment will support a con-
tinuing mission or function at that installation or a new 
mission or function that is planned for that installation,
or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the cost to 
the United States of carrying out such project would be less 
than the cost to the United States of cancelling such project, 
or if the project is at an active component base that shall 
be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having 
multi-agency use, that another Government agency has in-
dicated it will assume ownership of the completed project. 
The Secretary of Defense may not transfer funds made 
available as a result of this limitation from any military 
construction project, land acquisition, or family housing 
project to another account or use such funds for another 
purpose or project without the prior approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. This 
section shall not apply to military construction projects, 
land acquisition, or family housing projects for which the 
project is vital to the national security or the protection 
of health, safety, or environmental quality: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional de-
fense committees within 7 days of a decision to carry out 
such a military construction project. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after 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,