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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 fa-
cilities and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 
defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 
by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Acts, $199,700,000, 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, 
$44,008,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for op-
eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $512,871,000. 
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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 
authorized 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, 
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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 
military 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 pursu-
ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro-
viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili-
tary 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 
stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in ac-
cordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense 
Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the 
destruction of other chemical warfare materials that are 
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not in the chemical weapon stockpile, as currently author-
ized by law, $122,536,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, which shall be only for the Assembled 
Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 
Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De-
fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), as amended by section 2711 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 
(Public 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 
exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 
except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 
the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there-
for. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal High-
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way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 
the construction of access roads as authorized by section 
210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author-
ized therein are certified as important to the national de-
fense 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 Engi-
neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina-
tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 
by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 
General; (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. 
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SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 
relocate any activity from one base or installation to an-
other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap-
propriations 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 hous-
ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 
property 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 Appro-
priations 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 Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 
bordering the Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are 
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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 within the United States Central 
Command Area of Responsibility, 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 responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 
20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to contract awards for military construction on 
Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re-
sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in-
cluding 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 
expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
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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 
current 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, inspec-
tion, 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 defense 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 increased pursuant to law. 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, proceeds depos-
ited to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 
established by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authoriza-
tion 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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 
14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me-
dium 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 Department of Defense 
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Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac-
counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap-
propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria-
tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 
cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con-
gressional 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, mili-
tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 119. 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 Demonstra-
tion 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 
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merged with and be available for the same purposes and 
for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available in this title for operation and 
maintenance 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 $15,000 per unit may be 
spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen-
eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica-
tion, 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 remedi-
ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an-
nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex-
penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar-
ters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 121. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec-
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tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro-
priated and shall be available until expended for the pur-
poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 
transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
SEC. 122. None of the funds made available in this 
title, or in any Act making appropriations for military con-
struction which remain available for obligation, may be ob-
ligated 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 mili-
tary installation approved for realignment will support a 
continuing mission or function at that installation or a 
new mission or function that is planned for that installa-
tion, 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 cancel-
ling such project, or if the project is at an active compo-
nent base that shall be established as an enclave or in the 
case of projects having multi-agency use, that another 
Government agency has indicated it will assume ownership 
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of the completed project. The Secretary of Defense may 
not transfer funds made available as a result of this limi-
tation from any military construction project, land acquisi-
tion, or family housing project to another account or use 
such funds for another purpose or project without the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. This section shall not apply to 
military construction projects, land acquisition, or family 
housing projects for which the project is vital to the na-
tional security or the protection of health, safety, or envi-
ronmental quality: Provided, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall notify the congressional defense committees 
within seven days of a decision to carry out such a military 
construction project. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 123. 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-
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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. 124. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for any action that relates to or promotes 
the expansion of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Can-
yon Maneuver Site, Colorado. 
SEC. 125. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the 
Army that— 
(1) performs a testing mission or function that 
is not 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-
ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel 
employed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of 
members of the regular and reserve components of 
the Army assigned to the installation. 
(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 
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unit of the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regu-
lation 5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and respon-
sibilities for Army stationing actions. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, from prior appropriations 
Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 
being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$89,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, from 
prior appropriations Acts (other than appropriations des-
ignated by law as being for contingency operations directly 
related to the global war on terrorism or as an emergency 
requirement), $49,920,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 128. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appro-
priations Acts (other than appropriations designated by 
law as being for contingency operations directly related to 
the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require-
ment), $358,400,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 129. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, from prior appropriations 
Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 
being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$50,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appro-
priations Acts (other than appropriations designated by 
law as being for contingency operations directly related to 
the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require-
ment), $16,470,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, from prior 
appropriations Acts (other than appropriations designated 
by law as being for contingency operations directly related 
to the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require-
ment), $45,623,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 132. Of the unobligated balances made available 
in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec-
tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli-
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tan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other 
than appropriations designated by law as being for contin-
gency operations directly related to the global war on ter-
rorism or as an emergency requirement), $50,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 133. Discretionary appropriations in this title 
are hereby reduced by $4,668,000. 
SEC. 134. Notwithstanding section 116, the Sec-
retary of Army may obligate from any available military 
construction funds such additional funds that the Sec-
retary determines are necessary to complete the Explosive 
Research and Development Loading Facility, Picatinny 
Arsenal, New Jersey. 
SEC. 135. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $75,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
funds may be obligated and expended to carry out plan-
ning and design and construction of projects that: (1) are 
of critical importance to the Armed Forces; (2) will be con-
ducted within the 50 States; and (3) were contained in 
the fiscal year 2014 portion of the future-years defense 
program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 
10, United States Code, for fiscal years 2013 through 
2017 and are also contained in the fiscal year 2015 por-
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tion of the future-years defense program submitted under 
such section for fiscal years 2014 through 2018: Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this heading. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 
behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex-
aminations 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 Entitle-
ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi-
cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi-
cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur-
ance 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 sec-
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tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 
53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$71,248,171,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $9,232,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec-
essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 
51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding 
source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Com-
pensation and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, 
That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying 
patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collec-
tions Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical 
facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as 
authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap-
ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 
61 of title 38, United States Code, and for the payment 
of benefits under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Pro-
gram, $13,135,898,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation pro-
gram services and assistance which the Secretary is au-
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thorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 
of title 38, United States Code, other than under para-
graphs (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 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
Code, $77,567,000, to remain available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 
authorized by 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 de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2014, 
within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 
gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe-
cially adapted housing loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $158,430,000. 
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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $5,000, as authorized 
by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $2,500,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $354,000, which may 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating 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, $1,109,000. 
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 
veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 
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under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 
medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 
food services, and salaries and expenses of health care em-
ployees 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 authorized by section 1720G of title 38, 
United States Code, loan repayments authorized by sec-
tion 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), and hospital care and med-
ical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United 
States Code, $45,015,527,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2014, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision 
of medical treatment for veterans who have service-con-
nected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give 
priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits 
to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize 
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the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 
Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately 
written prescriptions based on requirements established by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation 
of the program described in the previous proviso shall 
incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
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 activi-
ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart-
ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De-
partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov-
ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $5,879,700,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 
2014, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2015. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 
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planning, design, project management, real property ac-
quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 
any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 
activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter-
ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos-
pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 
the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate-
rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 
$4,739,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2014, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2015. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as au-
thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$585,664,000 (reduced by $35,000,000) (increased by 
$35,000,000), plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2015. 
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 
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of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper-
ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter-
ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 
of the National Cemetery Administration, $250,000,000, 
of which not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2015. 
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’’. 
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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-
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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 
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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 
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