HR 4486 RFS
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 healthcare 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 In-
centive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00050
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
United States Code, to remain available until expended, 
for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II 
of division J of Public Law 113–76, the following amounts 
which become available on October 1, 2014, 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rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts 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, 2016: 
(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. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00051
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
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-
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00052
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
programming request if at any point during fiscal year 
2015, the funding allocated for a medical care initiative 
identified in the fiscal year 2015 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. 
SEC. 230. Of the funds provided to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’ and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum 
of $8,371,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’ account and a maximum of $114,703,000 may be 
obligated from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ ac-
count for the VistA Evolution and electronic health record 
interoperability projects: Provided, That funds in addition 
to these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution 
and electronic health record interoperability projects upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide written notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or-
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00053
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 
more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to award a contract to any contractor 
if the past performance of the contractor resulted in the 
completion of a construction project at a facility of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs more than 24 months 
after the original agreed-upon completion date for the 
project. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 233. Of the unobligated balances available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs from prior year dis-
cretionary appropriations (other than appropriations des-
ignated by law as being for an emergency requirement) 
$38,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00054
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
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, $75,000,000, 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, $31,386,000: 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. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00055
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$61,881,000, of which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2016. 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, $63,400,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00056
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
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 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00057
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
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. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00058
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
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 Web site of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the 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. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00059
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
(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 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. 411. (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, Guanta´namo 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, Guanta´namo 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, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00060
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
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. 415. 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. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 416. 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. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00062
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
SEC. 417. 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. 418. 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 in the case of maintenance 
to prevent a negative environmental impact as required 
by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense to close a 
commissary store. 
SEC. 420. 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. 421. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to create or maintain any patient record- 
keeping system other than those currently approved by the 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00063
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office in Wash-
ington, D.C. 
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; (B) violation 
of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
submission of offers; or (C) 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 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00064
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 423. 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 Tech-
nology Systems’’, by $3,215,910. 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for benefits for homeless veterans and training and 
outreach programs may be used by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs in contravention of subchapter III of chapter 
20 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for a contract that includes first-class 
travel by the contractor. 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the closure or abandonment of any 
facility located at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
implement sole source contracting at the national level for 
the selection of devices and test strips for the self-moni-
toring of blood glucose. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00065
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
HR 4486 RFS
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to prepare an environmental impact 
statement in accordance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect 
to a health care facility of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs that is— 
(1) designated as a National Historic Land-
mark by the National Park Service; and 
(2) located in a highly rural area. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2015’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 30, 2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:04 May 01, 2014
Jkt 039200
PO 00000
Frm 00066
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4486.RFS
H4486
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS