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(2) The amount appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this title under the heading ‘‘MILITARY CONSTRUC-
TION, ARMY’’ and available for a dining hall project at For-
ward Operating Base Tarin Kowt is hereby reduced by 
$2,150,000. 
SEC. 402. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this title are designated as being for overseas 
deployments and other activities pursuant to sections 
401(c)(4) and 423(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2010. 
TITLE V 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
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, food services, and salaries and ex-
penses of healthcare employees hired under title 38, United 
States Code, and aid to State homes as authorized by sec-
tion 1741 of title 38, United States Code; $37,136,000,000, 
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plus reimbursements, which shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2010, and shall remain available through September 
30, 2011: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish 
a priority for the provision of medical treatment for vet-
erans who have service-connected disabilities, lower income, 
or have special needs: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provision 
of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority 
groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 
drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en-
rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 
on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the implementation of the program described in 
the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That for 
the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs 
Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, a minimum 
of $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, for any 
purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
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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.); $5,307,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
which shall become available on October 1, 2010, and shall 
remain available through September 30, 2011. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, and 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 
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employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 
and for laundry services, $5,740,000,000, plus reimburse-
ments, which shall become available on October 1, 2010, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2011. 
TITLE VI 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. 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. 602. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2010 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 
shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 603. 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. 604. 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 
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designed to support or defeat legislation pending before 
Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 
SEC. 605. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 606. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 607. 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. 608. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act and except as provided in subsection (b), any re-
port required to be submitted by a Federal agency or de-
partment to the Committee on Appropriations of either the 
Senate or the House of Representatives in this Act shall 
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be posted on the public website of that agency upon receipt 
by the committee. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
SEC. 609. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi-
aries. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2010’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
Passed the Senate November 17, 2009. 
Attest: 
NANCY ERICKSON, 
Secretary. 
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