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for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of 
title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated or 
made available under this Act or any other Act for printing and 
binding and related services provided to Congress under chapter 
7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print a 
document, report, or publication after the 27-month period begin-
ning on the date that such document, report, or publication is 
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes 
such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United 
States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended 
balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for pre-
ceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub-
lishing Office business operations revolving fund for carrying out 
the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 
of title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be used 
to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a monthly 
and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 
DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of the Office 
of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cata-
loging and indexing of Government publications and their distribu-
tion to the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange libraries 
as authorized by law, $31,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and 
other related publications for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 to deposi-
tory and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 
unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred 
to the Government Publishing Office business operations revolving 
fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS 
REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business 
Operations Revolving Fund, $8,757,000, to remain available until 
expended, for information technology development and facilities 
repair: Provided, That the Government Publishing Office is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
available and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth
H. R. 83—408 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government Pub-
lishing Office business operations revolving fund: Provided further, 
That not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certification 
of the Director of the Government Publishing Office in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That the business operations revolving fund shall be available 
for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 
vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection with 
travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Director of the 
Government Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry 
out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the business operations revolving fund shall be available for 
temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 
5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided 
further, That activities financed through the business operations 
revolving fund may provide information in any format: Provided 
further, That the business operations revolving fund and the funds 
provided under the heading ‘‘Public Information Programs of the 
Superintendent of Documents’’ may not be used for contracted secu-
rity services at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REDESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE TO GOVERNMENT 
PUBLISHING OFFICE 
SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Government Printing Office 
is hereby redesignated the Government Publishing Office. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Government Printing 
Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, 
or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be considered to refer and apply to the Government 
Publishing Office. 
(c) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 44, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Public Printer’’ each place that term 
appears and inserting ‘‘Director of the Government Publishing 
Office’’; and 
(2) in the heading for each of sections 301, 302, 303, 304, 
305, 306, 307, 502, 710, 1102, 1111, 1115, 1340, 1701, 1712, 
and 1914, by striking ‘‘PUBLIC
PRINTER’’ and inserting 
‘‘DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’. 
(d) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law other than 
in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, regulation, certificate, 
directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date 
of enactment of this Act to the Public Printer shall be considered 
to refer and apply to the Director of the Government Publishing 
Office. 
(e) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 44, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Deputy Public Printer’’ each place that 
term appears and inserting ‘‘Deputy Director of the Government 
Publishing Office’’; and 
(2) in the heading for each of sections 302 and 303, by 
striking ‘‘DEPUTY
PUBLIC
PRINTER’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPUTY 
DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’.
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(f) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law other than 
in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, regulation, certificate, 
directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date 
of enactment of this Act to the Deputy Public Printer shall be 
considered to refer and apply to the Deputy Director of the Govern-
ment Publishing Office. 
(g) Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, who must be a 
practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘His’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’. 
(h) Section 302 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, who must be a 
practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding,’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The Deputy Director 
of the Government Publishing Office’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘perform the duties formerly required 
of the chief clerk,’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘, and perform’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
perform’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘of him’’. 
(i) Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence of section 304, by striking ‘‘or 
his’’ and inserting ‘‘or the Director’s’’; 
(2) in section 305(a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he considers’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Director considers’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘He may not’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Director of the Government Publishing Office may not’’; 
(3) in section 306, by striking ‘‘his direction’’ and inserting 
‘‘the direction of the Director’’; 
(4) in section 308— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘his accounts’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
accounts of the disbursing officer’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘his name’’ and inserting ‘‘the name 
of the disbursing officer’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘his estate’’ and inserting ‘‘the estate 
of the disbursing officer’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘to him’’ and inserting ‘‘to the 
deputy disbursing officer’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘his service’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
service of the deputy disbursing officer’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘by him’’ and inserting ‘‘by such 
officer or employee’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘his discretion’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
discretion of the Comptroller General’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘whenever he’’ each place that 
terms appears and inserting ‘‘whenever the Comp-
troller General’’; 
(5) in section 309— 
(A) in the second sentence of subsection (a), by striking 
‘‘by him’’ and inserting ‘‘by the Director’’; and
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(B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘his or her discretion’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the discretion of the Comptroller General’’; 
(6) in section 310, by striking ‘‘his written request’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the written request of the Director’’; 
(7) in section 311(b), by striking ‘‘he justifies’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Director justifies’’; 
(8) in section 312, by striking ‘‘his service’’ and inserting 
‘‘the service of such officer’’; and 
(9) in section 317, by striking ‘‘his delegate’’ and inserting 
‘‘a delegate of the Director’’. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 
Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses; tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire 
of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun-
tries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 
(6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 
(6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign 
countries, $522,000,000: Provided, That, in addition, $23,750,000 
of payments received under sections 782, 3521, and 9105 of title 
31, United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year limita-
tion: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations 
for administrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum 
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available 
to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as deter-
mined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses 
of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments here-
under to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 
appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE 
SEC. 1401. (a) CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 7 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subchapter: 
‘‘Subchapter VII—Center for Audit Excellence 
‘‘SEC. 791. CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Comptroller General shall establish, 
maintain, and operate a center within the Government Account-
ability Office to be known as the ‘Center for Audit Excellence’ 
(hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the ‘Center’).
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‘‘(b) PURPOSE AND ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Center shall build institutional 
auditing capacity and promote good governance by providing 
affordable, relevant, and high-quality training, technical assist-
ance, and products and services to qualified personnel and 
entities of governments (including the Federal Government, 
State and local governments, tribal governments, and govern-
ments of foreign nations), international organizations, and other 
private organizations. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED PERSONNEL AND ENTI-
TIES.—Personnel and entities shall be considered qualified for 
purposes of receiving training, technical assistance, and prod-
ucts or services from the Center under paragraph (1) in accord-
ance with such criteria as the Comptroller General may estab-
lish and publish. 
‘‘(c) FEES.— 
‘‘(1) PERMITTING CHARGING OF FEES.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral may establish, charge, and collect fees (on a reimbursable 
or advance basis) for the training, technical assistance, and 
products and services provided by the Center under this sub-
chapter. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT INTO SEPARATE ACCOUNT.—The Comptroller 
General shall deposit all fees collected under paragraph (1) 
into the Center for Audit Excellence Account established under 
section 792. 
‘‘(d) GIFTS OF PROPERTY AND SERVICES.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral may accept and use conditional or non-conditional gifts of 
property (both real and personal) and services (including services 
of guest lecturers) to support the operation of the Center, except 
that the Comptroller General may not accept or use such a gift 
if the Comptroller General determines that the acceptance or use 
of the gift would compromise or appear to compromise the integrity 
of the Government Accountability Office. 
‘‘(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PERSONNEL.—It is the 
sense of Congress that the Center should be staffed primarily 
by personnel of the Government Accountability Office who are not 
otherwise engaged in carrying out other duties of the Office under 
this chapter, so as to ensure that the operation of the Center 
will not detract from or impact the oversight and audit work of 
the Office. 
‘‘SEC. 792. ACCOUNT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury as a separate account for the Government 
Accountability Office the ‘Center for Audit Excellence Account’, 
which shall consist of the fees deposited by the Comptroller General 
under section 791(c) and such other amounts as may be appro-
priated under law. 
‘‘(b) USE OF ACCOUNT.—Amounts in the Center for Audit Excel-
lence Account shall be available to the Comptroller General, in 
amounts specified in appropriations Acts and without fiscal year 
limitation, to carry out this subchapter. 
‘‘SEC. 793. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this subchapter.’’.
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(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE 
‘‘791. Center for Audit Excellence. 
‘‘792. Account. 
‘‘793. Authorization of appropriations.’’ 
(b) APPROVAL OF BUSINESS PLAN.—The Comptroller General 
may not begin operating the Center for Audit Excellence under 
subchapter VII of chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code (as 
added by subsection (a)) until— 
(1) the Comptroller General submits a business plan for 
the Center to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate; and 
(2) each such Committee approves the plan. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center 
under section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $5,700,000: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to support Russian participants shall only be used for those 
engaging in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 
civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the central 
government of Russia. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING 
AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John 
C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except 
for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under 
regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Represent-
atives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for 
the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2015 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32
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et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designa-
tion of any office or position appropriated for is different from 
that specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation 
and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with 
respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the 
various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire 
for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall 
be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, under 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to 
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued under existing law. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative 
Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by 
charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except 
that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating 
legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 206. For fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of 
Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the landscape 
features, excluding streets, in Square 580 up to the beginning 
of I–395. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this 
Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United 
States Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices 
of Members of Congress and other offices of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the 
Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol
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which are led by employees and interns described in subsection 
(a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction 
for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours 
of the United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2015’’. 
DIVISION I—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS 
AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2015 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facili-
ties, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by 
law, including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other 
personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, 
and for construction and operation of facilities in support of the 
functions of the Commander in Chief, $528,427,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this amount, 
not to exceed $51,127,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, architect and engineer services, and host nation support, 
as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Army determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, facilities, 
and real property for the Navy and Marine Corps as currently 
authorized by law, including personnel in the Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command and other personal services necessary for 
the purposes of this appropriation, $1,018,772,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of this amount, 
not to exceed $33,366,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facili-
ties, and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized 
by law, $811,774,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $10,738,000 shall 
be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air
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Force determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
heading for military construction in the United Kingdom as identi-
fied in the table entitled ‘‘Military Construction’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act) may be obligated or expended until 
the Department of Defense completes a European Consolidation 
Study, and the Secretary of Defense (1) provides to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a comprehensive 
European basing strategy reflecting the findings of the Consolida-
tion Study, and (2) certifies in writing the requirement identified 
in the study for any military construction project in the United 
Kingdom funded in this section. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and 
real property for activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments), as currently author-
ized by law, $1,991,690,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation as 
may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred 
to such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
military construction or family housing as the Secretary may des-
ignate, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
which transferred: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $162,240,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated, 
notwithstanding 
any 
other 
provision 
of 
law, 
$37,918,000 shall be available for payments to the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization for the planning, design, and construction of 
a new North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by this title may 
be used to construct a squadron operations facility at Cannon 
Air Force Base, New Mexico, until the Secretary of Defense submits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
a report that includes the following: 
(1) A definition of ‘‘Special Operations Forces-peculiar’’ as 
it applies to the use of United States Special Operations Com-
mand (USSOCOM) funding to meet military construction 
requirements for facilities that provide healthcare services or 
support fitness activities. 
(2) A description of the decision-making process used to 
determine whether a military construction project that provides 
healthcare facilities or supports fitness activities should be 
funded by the USSOCOM or the military services.
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(3) An addendum to the DOD Form 1391 for this project 
providing a schematic of the human performance center, a 
listing of the planned equipment related to training and resil-
iency and a description of the mission-critical benefit of each 
item, an explanation of why the unique physical and psycho-
logical health services incorporated could not be provided by 
the Defense Health Agency or military services, and a planned 
staffing breakdown. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Army National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized 
by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $128,920,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $17,600,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Air National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construc-
tion Authorization Acts, $92,663,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not 
to exceed $7,700,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless 
the Director of the Air National Guard determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$103,946,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,337,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the 
Army Reserve determines that additional obligations are necessary 
for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the
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for construction, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be per-
formed within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific 
approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the 
reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for construction 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for construction 
may be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads 
as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when 
projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national 
defense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to begin construction of new bases in the United States 
for which specific appropriations have not been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 
percent of the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers 
or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except: (1) where 
there is a determination of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases 
negotiated by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 
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 appropria-
tions for military construction. 
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 another, without prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations 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 construction project 
or activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 
manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for 
such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Department of 
Defense for military construction or family housing 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 notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
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 Atlantic Treaty Organization member 
country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such 
contracts are 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 territories and posses-
sions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering 
the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any contract estimated
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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 responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese 
contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate 
committees of both Houses of Congress, including 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. 
SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made available 
in this title which are limited for obligation during the current 
fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 months of the 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
for construction in prior years shall be available for construction 
authorized for each such military department by the authorizations 
enacted into law during the current session of Congress. 
SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing projects 
that are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed 
for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the 
cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering 
and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds made available to a military department or 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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited to the Department 
of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) 
of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and 
Realignment Act (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 
207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the account estab-
lished 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. 119. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days 
for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 
sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the
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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 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improve-
ment Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for 
the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the 
Fund: Provided, That appropriations made available to the Funds 
shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to the 
provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 
Code, pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving 
military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, and sup-
porting facilities: Provided further, That the transfer authority in 
this provision shall also be applicable to amounts appropriated 
for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts in section 2002 of 
Public Law 112–10. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 120. In addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from 
the Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the fund estab-
lished by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli-
tan 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 
merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the 
same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available in this title for operation and maintenance of family 
housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and mainte-
nance of all family housing units, including general or flag officer 
quarters: Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may 
be spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any general 
or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant 
to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, except 
that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted if the limitation 
is exceeded solely due to costs associated with environmental 
remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or flag 
officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 122. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement 
Account established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, 
United States Code, are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended for the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such
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section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 
section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 123. During the 5-year period after appropriations avail-
able in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construc-
tion and family housing operation and maintenance and construc-
tion 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 
obligations incurred during the period of availability of such appro-
priations, unobligated balances of such appropriations may be trans-
ferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
Construction, Defense’’, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same time period and for the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred. 
SEC. 124. (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 per-
formed by any other unit in the Army and is specifically stipu-
lated in title 10, United States Code; and 
(2) is located at a military installation at which the total 
number of civilian employees of the Department 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 unit of the Army, the Secretary 
complied with Army Regulation 5–10 relating to the policy, proce-
dures, and responsibilities for Army stationing actions. 
SEC. 125. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
in an account funded under the headings in this title may be 
transferred among projects and activities within the account in 
accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military 
construction and family housing construction contained in Depart-
ment of Defense Financial 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 Cemetery. 
SEC. 127. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, ‘‘Mili-
tary Construction, Army Reserve’’, and ‘‘Military Construction, Navy 
Reserve’’, $125,000,000, 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 construction 
of projects, excluding in Europe, as authorized in division B of 
Public Law 113–66: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 
after enactment 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. 
SEC. 128. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army’’, $61,000,000; ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’,
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$5,000,000; 
and 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
Reserve’’, 
$51,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds 
may only be obligated to carry out construction of certain projects 
as authorized in division B of an Act authorizing appropriations 
for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense (relating to Military Construction Authorizations): Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
for funds provided under this heading. 
(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 oper-
ations directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an 
emergency requirement), $49,533,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, from prior appropriations 
Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as for being 
for contingency operations directly related to the global war on 
terrorism or as an emergency requirement), $25,522,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force’’, from prior appropriations Acts (other than 
appropriations designated by law as for being for contingency oper-
ations directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an 
emergency requirement), $41,392,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 132. Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘NATO 
Security Investment Program’’, from prior appropriations Acts 
(other than appropriations designated by law as being for contin-
gency operations directly related to the global war on terrorism 
or as an emergency requirement), $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 133. Of the unobligated balances made available in prior 
appropriation Acts for the fund established in section 1013(d) of 
the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other than appropriations designated by 
law as being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$63,800,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 134. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’ means the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Subcommittee 
on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee
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on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 135. 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. 
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 examinations as author-
ized 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, adjusted-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, $79,071,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$15,430,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be reimbursed to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, 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 ‘‘Compensation and Pen-
sions’’ 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 pen-
sioners 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, $14,997,136,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program services and 
assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under sub-
section (a) of section 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.
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VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insur-
ance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans 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 sub-
chapters 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 section 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 obligations 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 Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram 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 veterans described in sec-
tion 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 serv-
ices, food services, 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 authorized 
by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments 
authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus
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Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 
38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and hospital care and medical services author-
ized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $209,189,000, 
which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
this heading that became available on October 1, 2014; and, in 
addition, $47,603,202,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2015, and shall remain available until September 
30, 2016: Provided, That notwithstanding 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- 
connected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi-
sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority 
groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
authorize 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 Depart-
ment 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; administrative 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 operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other necessary 
facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; for administrative 
expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real 
property acquisition and disposition, construction, and renovation 
of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Depart-
ment; for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or pro-
viding facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the juris-
diction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, either by 
contract or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of 
materials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 
$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 authorized by chapter
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73 of title 38, United States Code, $588,922,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall remain available until September 30, 2016. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administra-
tion 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 National Cemetery Administration, $256,800,000, of which 
not to exceed $25,600,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2016. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative 
expenses in support of Department-wide capital planning, manage-
ment and policy activities, uniforms, or allowances therefor; not 
to exceed $25,000 for official reception 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 Operating Expenses, Vet-
erans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans 
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 Benefits 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and reimbursement of 
the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 
$2,534,254,000: 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 
Affairs 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 max-
imum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, not to exceed $124,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2016.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology systems and 
telecommunications support, including developmental information 
systems and operational information systems; for pay and associated 
costs; and for the capital asset acquisition of information technology 
systems, including management and related contractual costs of 
said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$3,903,344,000, 
plus 
reimbursements: 
Provided, 
That 
$1,039,000,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not 
to exceed $30,792,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016: Provided further, That $2,316,009,000 shall be for operations 
and maintenance, of which not to exceed $160,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 
$548,335,000 shall be for information technology systems develop-
ment, modernization, and enhancement, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That amounts made 
available for information technology systems development, mod-
ernization, and enhancement 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 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certifi-
cation of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated and 
expended for each development project: Provided further, That 
amounts made available for salaries and expenses, operations and 
maintenance, and information technology systems development, 
modernization, and enhancement may be transferred among the 
three subaccounts 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’’ account for development, modernization, and 
enhancement may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 
projects: Provided further, That no project may be increased or 
decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting 
a request to the Committees on Appropriations 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 funds under this heading may be used by the Interagency 
Program Office through the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
develop a standard data reference terminology model: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for information technology 
systems development, modernization, and enhancement for VistA 
Evolution, not more than 25 percent may be obligated or expended 
until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees 
approve, a report that describes: (1) the status of and changes 
to the VistA Evolution program plan (hereinafter referred to as 
the ‘‘Plan’’), VistA 4 product roadmap (‘‘Roadmap’’), or the VistA 
Evolution cost estimate, dated March 24, 2014; (2) any changes 
to the scope or functionality of projects within the VistA Evolution 
program as established in the Plan; (3) any refinements to the 
cost estimate presented in the Plan, including those based on actual 
costs incurred; (4) a Project Management Accountability System
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resourced schedule for every development project within the VistA 
Evolution program, including a testing methodology schedule; (5) 
progress toward developing and implementing all levels of interoper-
ability, including semantic interoperability, between the electronic 
health record systems of the Department of Defense and the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs; and (6) a detailed governance structure 
for the VistA Evolution program, including the establishment of 
a single program director and integrator who shall have responsi-
bility for the entire program: Provided further, That the funds 
made available under this heading for information technology sys-
tems development, modernization, and enhancement, shall be for 
the projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to 
include information technology, in carrying out the provisions of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $126,411,000, 
of which $12,141,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or 
for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any 
of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 
81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, 
including 
planning, 
architectural 
and 
engineering 
services, 
construction management 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 acquisition, 
where the estimated cost of a project is more than the amount 
set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
or where funds for a project were made available in a previous 
major project appropriation, $561,800,000, of which $527,800,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019, and of which 
$34,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
except for advance planning activities, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other 
capital asset management related activities, including portfolio 
development and management activities, and investment strategy 
studies funded through the advance planning fund and the planning 
and design activities funded through the design fund, including 
needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, and salaries and associated costs of the resident engineers 
who oversee those capital investments funded through this account, 
and funds provided for the purchase of land for the National Ceme-
tery Administration through the land acquisition line item, none 
of the funds made available under this heading shall be used 
for any project which has not been approved by the Congress 
in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading for fiscal year 2015, for each approved 
project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction 
documents contract by September 30, 2015; and (2) by the awarding
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of a construction contract by September 30, 2016: 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 approved major construction project for which 
obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established 
above. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or 
for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan-
ning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital invest-
ments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guar-
antee 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 acquisition, 
or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 
and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise 
provided for, where the estimated cost of a project is equal to 
or less than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
38, United States Code, $495,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019, along with unobligated balances of previous 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 
made available for any project where the estimated cost is equal 
to or less than the amount set forth in such section: Provided, 
That funds made available under this heading shall be for: (1) 
repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction 
or for the use of the Department which are necessary because 
of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 
and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize 
further loss by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, 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, $90,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in estab-
lishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 
by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $46,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans Insur-
ance and Indemnities’’ may be transferred as necessary to any 
other of the mentioned appropriations: Provided, That before a 
transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
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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 Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this 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 Serv-
ices’’ 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 Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose of the 
transfer: Provided further, That any transfers between the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts in excess 
of 1 percent, or exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal 
year, may take place only after the Secretary 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 Facilities’’ 
account 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. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for salaries 
and expenses shall be available for services authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
lease of a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances 
therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 
5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the appropria-
tions for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’) shall be available for the purchase of any site for or 
toward the construction of any new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be available 
for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except bene-
ficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or examination under the 
laws providing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving 
such treatment under sections 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United 
States Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimburse-
ment 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 ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans Insur-
ance and Indemnities’’ shall be available 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 2014. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall be available 
to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropria-
tions accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, except that if such obligations
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are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Com-
pensation and Pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2015, 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 
Technology 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 program during fiscal year 2015 
that are available for dividends in that program after claims have 
been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside: 
Provided further, That if the cost of administration of such an 
insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumu-
lated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the 
extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2015 which is properly allocable to the provision of each such 
insurance program and to the provision of any total disability 
income insurance included in that insurance 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 enhanced-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 Employment 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 $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolution 
Management and $3,400,000 for the Office of Employment Discrimi-
nation Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be 
made in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 
costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be credited 
to the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. No appropriations in this title shall be available 
to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual 
rental cost is more than $1,000,000, unless the Secretary submits 
a report which the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress approve within 30 days following the date on which 
the report is received. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical 
services provided to any person under chapter 17 of title 38, United