Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 
of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 126. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
SEC. 127. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army’’, $60,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, for construction of quality-of-life 
projects included in the Army Fiscal Year 2015 unfunded 
priority list submitted to Congress on April 1, 2014: Pro-
vided, That such funding is subject to authorization prior 
to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out plan-
ning and design and construction: Provided further, That 
not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 128. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army National Guard’’, $40,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019, for construction 
of projects included in the Army National Guard Fiscal 
Year 2015 unfunded priority list submitted to Congress on 
April 1, 2014: Provided, That such funding is subject to
authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds 
to carry out planning and design and construction: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 30 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Army National Guard shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this section. 
SEC. 129. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army Reserve’’, $50,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, for construction of 
projects included in the Army Reserve Fiscal Year 2015 un-
funded priority list submitted to Congress on April 1, 2014: 
Provided, That such funding is subject to authorization 
prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 
planning and design and construction: Provided further, 
That not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Chief of the Army Reserve shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an ex-
penditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 130. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Navy’’, $200,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, for construction of quality-of-life 
projects included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Opportunity, 
Growth and Security Initiative budget request: Provided, 
That such funding is subject to authorization prior to obli-
gation and expenditure of funds to carry out planning and 
design and construction: Provided further, That not later 
than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section. 
SEC. 131. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force’’, $100,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019, for construction of quality- 
of-life projects included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Oppor-
tunity, Growth and Security Initiative budget request: Pro-
vided, That such funding is subject to authorization prior 
to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out plan-
ning and design and construction: Provided further, That 
not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 132. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, for construction of 
quality-of-life projects included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Op-
portunity, Growth and Security Initiative budget request: 
Provided, That such funding is subject to authorization 
prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out
planning and design and construction: Provided further, 
That not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Chief of the Air Force Reserve shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an 
expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 133. Of the unobligated balances available from 
prior Appropriations Acts (other than appropriations that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment or as being for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) the following funds are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
specified amounts: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $148,447,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $100,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $65,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$50,000,000; 
‘‘Family 
Housing 
Construction, 
Army’’, 
$35,000,000; and 
‘‘NATO 
Security 
Investment 
Program’’, 
$25,000,000.
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 134. Of the unobligated balances made available 
in prior appropriations Acts for the fund established in sec-
tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374), $50,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
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 be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions 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 Entitlement Program for 
Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad-
justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 
due on commercial life insurance 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 sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States
Code, $78,687,709,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $15,430,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen-
eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for necessary 
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 ‘‘Compensation and 
Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums 
as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, 
shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections 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 chapters 
21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code, $14,761,862,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That expenses for reha-
bilitation program services and assistance which the Sec-
retary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of sec-
tion 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than under 
paragraphs (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, $63,257,000, 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 defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2015, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 
direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 
loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $160,881,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $10,000, 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 Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,877,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $361,000, 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, $1,130,000. 
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 vet-
erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 
supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food serv-
ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 
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 au-
thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 
loan repayments authorized by section 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 medical services authorized by section 
1787 of title 38, United States Code; $100,000,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
this heading that become available on October 1, 2014; and, 
in addition, $47,603,202,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016: 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: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority 
funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to vet-
erans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dis-
pensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Admin-
istration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately writ-
ten 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 activities; 
and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 
for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 
as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 
U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $6,144,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall become available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan-
ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 
and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil-
ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 
or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes
under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro-
vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 
and for laundry services; $125,000,000 which shall be in 
addition to funds previously appropriated under this head-
ing that become available on October 1, 2014; and, in addi-
tion, $4,915,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 
available on October 1, 2015, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$588,922,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration, $256,800,000, of which
not to exceed $25,600,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of Department-Wide cap-
ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 
or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, $321,591,000, 
of which not to exceed $9,660,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016: Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals, $99,294,000, of which not to exceed 
$9,429,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016.
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen-
eral Services Administration for security guard services, 
and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 
cost of overseas employee mail, $2,524,254,000: 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 Af-
fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 
(1) to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable 
and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) 
to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be 
charged to this account: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$124,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-