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Funds appropriated under this Act may be provided
to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of the fed-
erally-owned watermain at Arlington National Cemetery
making additional land available for ground burials.
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, $55,724,000.
GENERAL FUND PAYMENT, ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT
HOME
For payment to the ‘‘Armed Forces Retirement Home’’,
$5,900,000, to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 301. None of the funds in this title under the
heading ‘‘American Battle Monuments Commission’’ shall
be available for the Capital Security Costs Sharing pro-
gram.
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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. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2008 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 403. 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. 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
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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. 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 Act or any other appropriations Act.
SEC. 407. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
SEC. 408. (a) ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE
SERVICES
FOR
FEMALE
SERVICEMEMBERS
AND
VET-
ERANS.—The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct an assessment of the adequacy of the mental
health care services provided by the Department of Veterans
Affairs and the Department of Defense to female members
of the Armed Forces and female veterans to meet the mental
health care needs of such members and veterans.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than September 1, 2008, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the Subcommittees re-
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ferred to in section 407 a report on the assessment required
by subsection (a).
SEC. 409. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to enter into a
contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award
a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective con-
tractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency award-
ing the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee has
filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years
preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a
criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
and has not been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assess-
ment for which the liability remains unsatisfied unless the
assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or
offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal
Revenue Service and is not in default or the assessment is
the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial ap-
peal.
SEC. 410. (a) In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘City’’ means the City of Aurora,
Colorado.
(2) The term ‘‘deed’’ means the quitclaim deed—
(A) conveyed by the Secretary to the City;
and
(B) dated May 24, 1999.
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(3) The term ‘‘non-Federal land’’ means—
(A) parcel I of the Fitzsimons Army Med-
ical Center, Colorado; and
(B) the parcel of land described in the deed.
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(b)(1) In accordance with paragraph (2), and subject
to each term and condition required under paragraph (3),
to allow the City to convey to the United States the non-
Federal land to be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
for the construction of a veterans medical facility, the Sec-
retary may execute such instruments as determined by the
Secretary to be necessary to modify or release any condition
under which the non-Federal land would revert to the
United States.
(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), with respect to the
non-Federal land, the Secretary shall alter—
(A) each provision of the deed relating to a re-
versionary interest of the United States; and
(B) any other reversionary interest of the United
States.
To authorize the use of the property to include use as a
veteran’s facility in addition to use for recreational pur-
poses.
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(3) The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary to protect the interests of the United
States.
SEC. 411. For an additional amount $100,000,000,
with $50,000,000 each to the Cities of Denver, Colorado,
and St. Paul, Minnesota, shall be available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security for State and local law enforce-
ment entities for security and related costs, including over-
time, associated with the Democratic National Convention
and Republican National Convention in 2008. The Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall provide for an audit of
all amounts made available under this section, including
expenditures by State and local law enforcement entities.
Amounts provided by this section are designated as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 204 of S. Con.
Res. 21 (110th Congress).
SEC. 412. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used for any action that
is related to or promotes the expansion of the boundaries
or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2008’’.
Attest:
Secretary.