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cept for advance planning activities, including needs assess-
ments which may or may not lead to capital investments, 
and other capital asset management related activities, in-
cluding portfolio development and management activities, 
and investment strategy studies funded through the advance 
planning fund and the planning and design activities fund-
ed through the design fund, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, and 
salaries and associated costs of the resident engineers who 
oversee those capital investments funded through this ac-
count, and funds provided for the purchase of land for the 
National Cemetery Administration through the land acqui-
sition 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 2016, for each approved project shall 
be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction docu-
ments contract by September 30, 2016; and (2) by the 
awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2017: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall promptly submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a written report on any ap-
proved major construction project for which obligations are 
not incurred within the time limitations established above:
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Provided further, That, of the amount made available on 
October 1, 2016, under this heading, $490,700,000 for Vet-
erans Health Administration major construction projects 
shall not be available until the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs: 
(1) Enters into an agreement with the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, to serve as the design and 
construction agent for Veterans Health Administra-
tion projects with a Total Estimated Cost of 
$250,000,000 or above. 
(2) That such an agreement will designate the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the design and con-
struction agent to serve as— 
(A) the overall construction project man-
ager, with a dedicated project delivery team in-
cluding engineers, medical facility designers, and 
professional project managers; 
(B) the facility design manager, with a 
dedicated design manager and technical support; 
(C) the design agent, with standardized and 
rigorous facility designs; 
(D) the architect/engineer designer; and 
(E) the overall construction agent, with a 
dedicated construction and technical team dur-
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ing pre-construction, construction, and commis-
sioning phases. 
(3) Certifies in writing that such an agreement 
is in effect and will prevent subsequent major con-
struction project cost overruns, provides a copy of the 
agreement entered into (and any required supple-
mentary information) to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress, and a period of 
60 days has elapsed. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi-
neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 
the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi-
tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 
project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec-
tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$378,080,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2020, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 
made available for any project where the estimated cost is 
equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 
which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 
any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 
by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 
FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 
to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 
title 38, United States Code, $100,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United
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States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take place, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this Act or any 
other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical support 
and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts 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 notification from the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro-
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priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 
purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans-
fers between the ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceed-
ing the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take 
place only after the Secretary requests from the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided 
further, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facili-
ties’’ account 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. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 
and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home.
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SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 
to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such rates as may be 
fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be avail-
able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 
to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2015. 
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 Pen-
sions’’.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General operating expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2016 that are available for divi-
dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac-
tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 
further, That, if the cost of administration of such an insur-
ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu-
mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 
only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis-
tration for fiscal year 2016 which is properly allocable to 
the provision of each such insurance program and to the
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provision of any total disability income insurance included 
in that insurance program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 
year in which the proceeds are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em-
ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 
section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 
provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 
to exceed $43,700,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage-
ment and $3,400,000 for the Office of Employment Dis-
crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay-
ments 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.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 211. Of the amounts made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for the 
Office of Rural Health under the heading ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’, including any advance appropriation for fiscal year 
2016 provided in prior appropriation Acts, up to 
$20,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Grants for Construction 
of State Extended Care Facilities’’. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 
or medical services provided to any person under chapter 
17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con-
nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 
title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 
current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 
debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 
care or services from any person who does not make such 
disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 
so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 
year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve-
ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’. 
SEC. 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 Med-
ical 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 pur-
poses of that account: Provided, That, for fiscal year 2016,
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up to $27,000,000 deposited in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund shall be transferred 
to ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, to remain available 
until expended, for development of the Medical Care Collec-
tions Fund electronic data exchange provider and payer 
system. 
SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 
into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 
the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations serving rural Alaska which have entered into 
contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 
Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to pro-
vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 
care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 
facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula-
tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas-
ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound-
aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 
7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement 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 Anchorage, the Fair-
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banks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula 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 pursuant 
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be 
transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 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 veterans 
within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit 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 ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Bene-
fits Administration’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘Na-
tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 
2016 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information Tech-
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nology Systems’’ account: Provided, That, before a transfer 
may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re-
quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 
or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this 
Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac-
count for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 per-
cent of the funds made available shall be obligated during 
the last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That the 
Secretary may waive this requirement after providing writ-
ten notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical
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Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, up to $266,303,000, plus reim-
bursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of 
Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub-
lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for oper-
ation of the facilities designated as combined Federal med-
ical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 
That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 
designated in this section to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That sec-
tion 223 of Title II of Division I of Public Law 113–235 
is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 
1, 2016, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, 
and 
‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, 
up 
to
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$265,675,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to 
the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established 
by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) 
and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 
as combined Federal medical facilities as described by 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 trans-
ferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifi-
cation by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa-
cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund,
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established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des-
ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 
by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4500). 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 226. 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 Incen-
tive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, 
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. 227. (a) Of the funds appropriated in division 
I of Public Law 113–235, the following amounts which be-
come available on October 1, 2015, 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’’, $150,000,000.
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(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, 2017: 
(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. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in major con-
struction 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 programmed 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. 229. The scope of work for a project included in 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may not be increased above
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the scope specified for that project in the original justifica-
tion data provided to the Congress as part of the request 
for appropriations. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a quarterly report that contains the following 
information from each Veterans Benefits Administration 
Regional Office: (1) the average time to complete a dis-
ability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims pend-
ing more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number 
of claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within 
the quarter to address poor performance; (6) training pro-
grams undertaken; and (7) the number and results of Qual-
ity Review Team audits: Provided, That each quarterly re-
port shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end 
of the respective quarter. 
SEC. 231. Of the funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, a maximum of 
$5,000,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
account and a maximum of $154,596,000 may be obligated 
from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ account for 
the VistA Evolution and electronic health record interoper-
ability projects: Provided, That funds in addition to these 
amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and elec-
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tronic health record interoperability projects upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 232. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza-
tional changes which result in the transfer of 25 or more 
full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 233. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 
national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 
which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 
SEC. 234. Not more than $4,400,000 of the funds pro-
vided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans 
Affairs—Departmental 
Administration—General 
Administration’’ may be used for the Office of Congres-
sional and Legislative Affairs. 
SEC. 235. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 
Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment.
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(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 236. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in title II of division I of Public Law 113–235 for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, 
$198,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
$42,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, and $15,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 237. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate 
amount of $55,000,000 from the total budget authority pro-
vided for fiscal year 2016 for discretionary accounts of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in— 
(1) this Act; or 
(2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 
2016 in prior appropriation Acts. 
(b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report speci-
fying the account and amount of each rescission not later 
than 30 days following enactment of this Act. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 238. Of the unobligated balances available within 
the ‘‘DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 
$50,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
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(c) No amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, as amended. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report speci-
fying the account and amount of each rescission not later 
than 30 days following enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 241. Section 2302(a)(2)(A)(viii) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or under title 38’’ 
after ‘‘of this title’’. 
SEC. 242. The Department of Veterans Affairs is au-
thorized to administer financial assistance grants and enter 
into cooperative agreements with organizations, utilizing a 
competitive selection process, to train and employ homeless 
and at-risk veterans in natural resource conservation man-
agement. 
SEC. 243. Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c)(1) Whenever the Inspector General, in carrying 
out the duties and responsibilities established under the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), issues a work
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product that makes a recommendation or otherwise suggests 
corrective action, the Inspector General shall— 
‘‘(A) submit the work product to— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
‘‘(iii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs, the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representa-
tives; 
‘‘(iv) if the work product was initiated 
upon request by an individual or entity 
other than the Inspector General, that indi-
vidual or entity; and 
‘‘(v) any Member of Congress upon re-
quest; and 
‘‘(B) the Inspector General shall submit all 
final work products to— 
‘‘(i) if the work product was initiated 
upon request by an individual or entity 
other than the Inspector General, that indi-
vidual or entity; and
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‘‘(ii) any Member of Congress upon re-
quest; and 
‘‘(C) not later than 3 days after the work 
product is submitted in final form to the Sec-
retary, post the work product on the Internet 
website of the Inspector General. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
to authorize the public disclosure of information that 
is specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other 
provision of law.’’. 
SEC. 244. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to pay the salary of any individual who (a) was 
the Executive Director of the Office of Acquisition, Logistics 
and Construction, and (b) who retired from Federal service 
in the midst of an investigation, initiated by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, into delays and cost overruns as-
sociated with the design and construction of the new med-
ical center in Aurora, Colorado. 
SEC. 245. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account for fiscal year 2016 in this 
Act of any other Act, not less than $10,000,000 shall be used 
to hire additional caregiver support coordinators to support 
the programs of assistance and support for caregivers of vet-
erans under section 1720G of title 38, United States Code.
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SEC. 246. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
this Act may be used in a manner that would— 
(1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to par-
ticipate in a State-approved medicinal marijuana 
program; 
(2) deny any services from the Department to a 
veteran who is participating in such a program; or 
(3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health 
care provider of the Department to make appropriate 
recommendations, fill out forms, or take steps to com-
ply with such a program. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 
space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace-
ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation
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expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$75,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 
purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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, $32,141,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
as described, and in accordance with the process and report-
ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 
102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
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diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$70,800,000, of which not to exceed $28,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 
and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart-
ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac-
count. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and 
renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex-
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penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir-
ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 
at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 
available for ground burials. 
SEC. 302. Amounts deposited during the current fiscal 
year to the special account established under 10 U.S.C. 
4727 are appropriated and shall be available until ex-
pended to support activities at the Army National Military 
Cemeteries. 
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. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2016 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 
shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
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SEC. 404. 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 rela-
tionships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation 
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 
SEC. 405. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 406. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 407. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this or any other appropriations Act.
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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 agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(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 net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 410. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Department of
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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 pur-
poses 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— 
(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, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2016’’.
Calendar No. 98 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2029 
[Report No. 114–57] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2016, and for other purposes. 
MAY 4, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations 
MAY 21, 2015 
Reported with an amendment