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mental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on 
Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109– 
234), as amended by section 4502 of the U.S. Troop Readi-
ness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Account-
ability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28) to 
the extent that revenues of the local government during the 
period following the major disaster are insufficient to meet 
the budget of the local government, including additional dis-
aster-related expenses of a municipal character. In calcu-
lating a community’s revenues while determining cancella-
tion, the Administrator shall exclude revenues for special 
districts and any other revenues that are required by law 
to be disbursed to other units of local government or used 
for specific purposes more limited than the scope allowed 
by the General Fund. In calculating a community’s ex-
penses, the Administrator shall include disaster-related cap-
ital expenses for which the community has not been reim-
bursed by Federal or insurance proceeds, debt service ex-
penses, and accrued but unpaid uncompensated absences 
(vacation and sick pay). In calculating the operating deficit 
of the local government, the Administrator shall also con-
sider all interfund transfers. When considering the period 
following the disaster, the Administrator may consider a 
period of 3, 5, or 7 full fiscal years after the disaster, begin-
ning on the date of the declaration, in determining eligi-
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bility for cancellation. The criteria for cancellation do not 
apply to those loans already cancelled in full. Applicants 
shall submit supplemental documentation in support of 
their applications for cancellation on or before April 30, 
2014, and the Administrator shall issue determinations and 
resolve any appeals on or before April 30, 2015. Loans not 
cancelled in full shall be repaid not later than September 
30, 2035. The Administrator may use funds provided under 
Public Law 109–88 to reimburse those communities that 
have repaid all or a portion of loans, including interest, 
provided as Special Community Disaster Loans under Pub-
lic Law 109–88 or Public Law 109–234, as amended by 
section 4502 of Public Law 110–28. Further, the Adminis-
trator may use funds provided under Public Law 109–88 
for necessary expenses to carry out this provision. 
SEC. 565. The Inspector General shall review the ap-
plications for public assistance provided through the Dis-
aster Relief Fund with a project cost that exceeds 
$10,000,000 and the resulting decisions issued by the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency for category A debris 
removal for DR–1786 upon receipt of a request from an 
applicant made no earlier than 90 days after filing an ap-
peal with the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
without regard to whether the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency has issued a final agency
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determination on the application for assistance: Provided, 
That not later than 180 days after the date of such request, 
the Inspector General shall determine whether the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency correctly applied its rules 
and regulations to determine eligibility of the applicant’s 
claim: Provided further, That if the Inspector General finds 
that the Federal Emergency Management Agency deter-
minations related to eligibility and cost involved a 
misapplication of its rules and regulations, the applicant 
may submit the dispute to the arbitration process estab-
lished under the authority granted under section 601 of 
Public Law 111–5 not later than 15 days after the date 
of issuance of the Inspector General’s finding in the pre-
vious proviso: Provided further, That if the Inspector Gen-
eral finds that the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
provided unauthorized funding, that the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall take corrective action. 
SEC. 566. None of the funds provided in this or any 
other Act may be obligated to implement the National Pre-
paredness Grant Program or any other successor grant pro-
grams unless explicitly authorized by Congress. 
SEC. 567. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide funding for the position of Pub-
lic Advocate within U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement.
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SEC. 568. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reimburse any Federal department or 
agency for its participation in a National Special Security 
Event. 
SEC. 569. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of 
more than 50 employees of a single component of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, who are stationed in the 
United States, at a single international conference unless 
the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that such 
attendance is in the national interest and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives within at least 10 days of that determina-
tion and the basis for that determination: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con-
ference’’ shall mean a conference occurring outside of the 
United States attended by representatives of the United 
States Government and of foreign governments, inter-
national organizations, or nongovernmental organizations. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 570. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the following funds are hereby 
rescinded from the following accounts and programs in the 
specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress
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as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent res-
olution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
(1) $1,800,000 from Public Law 112–74 under 
the heading ‘‘Analysis and Operations’’; 
(2) $73,232,000 from funds made available in 
Public Law 112–10 and Public Law 112–74 under 
the heading U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
‘‘Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Tech-
nology’’; 
(3) $3,108,311 from unobligated prior year bal-
ances from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment, ‘‘Construction’’; 
(4) $25,000,000 from Public Law 110–329 under 
the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; 
(5) $43,000,000 from Public Law 111–83 under 
the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; 
(6) $63,500,000 from Public Law 112–10 under 
the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; 
(7) $23,000,000 from Public Law 112–74 under 
the heading Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Construction, 
and Improvements’’; and
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(8) $21,667,000 from Public Law 112–74 under 
the heading Transportation Security Administration, 
‘‘Surface Transportation Security’’. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 571. Of the funds provided in Public Law 110– 
161, Public Law 110–329, and Public Law 111–83, under 
the heading ‘‘National Predisaster Mitigation Fund’’ for 
congressionally directed spending items, $12,000,000 are re-
scinded from projects for which no applications were sub-
mitted or from projects which were completed for an 
amount less than that appropriated. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 572. Of the funds transferred to the Department 
of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, the fol-
lowing funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac-
counts and programs in the specified amounts: 
(1) $199,657 from ‘‘Operations’’; 
(2) $445,328 from U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(3) $63,045 from U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction Programs’’; 
(4) $86,597 from U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement ‘‘Violent Crime Reduction Programs’’; 
(5) $1,739 from Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’;
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(19) $450,017 from Office of Health Affairs; 
(20) $205,799 from United States Citizenship 
and Immigration Services; 
(21) $512,660 from Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(22) $244,553 from Science and Technology 
‘‘Management and Administration’’; and 
(23) $128,565 from Domestic Nuclear Detection 
Office ‘‘Management and Administration’’. 
SEC. 574. Fourteen days after the Secretary of Home-
land Security submits a report required under this division 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, the Secretary shall submit a copy 
of that report to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 
DIVISION 
E—MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2013 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs,
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and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2013, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $1,684,323,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of this 
amount, not to exceed $80,173,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of Army determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and
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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, $1,549,164,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That of this amount, not to 
exceed $102,619,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of Navy determines that addi-
tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and noti-
fies 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 equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $322,543,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of this 
amount, not to exceed $18,635,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Air Force 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$3,582,423,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017: 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 De-
fense available for military construction or family housing 
as the Secretary may designate, 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 appropriated, not to 
exceed $315,562,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad-
ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount appropriated, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $26,969,000 shall be 
available for payments to the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
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nization for the planning, design, and construction of a new 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $613,799,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017: Provided, That of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $26,622,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, 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 Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$42,386,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed
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$4,000,000 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 Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $305,846,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $15,951,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer 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 deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma-
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rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$49,532,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$2,118,000 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 
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, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $10,979,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $2,879,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 
the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor.
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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de-
fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 
section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $254,163,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$4,641,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $530,051,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
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ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $102,182,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$378,230,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$83,824,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$497,829,000.
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FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $52,238,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $1,786,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 
to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 
alternative means of acquiring and improving military 
family housing and supporting facilities. 
CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE- 
WIDE 
For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 
for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stock-
pile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance 
with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authoriza-
tion Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 
of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 
chemical weapon stockpile, as currently authorized by law, 
$151,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
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2017, which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weap-
ons Alternatives program. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 1990 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account 1990, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), $409,396,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 2005 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account 2005, established by section 2906A(a)(1) of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), $126,697,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Department of Defense shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress 14 days prior to obligating an amount for a con-
struction project that exceeds or reduces the amount identi-
fied for that project in the most recently submitted budget 
request for this account by 20 percent or $2,000,000, which-
ever is less: Provided further, That the previous proviso 
shall not apply to projects costing less than $5,000,000, ex-
cept for those projects not previously identified in any budg-
et submission for this account and exceeding the minor con-
struction threshold under section 2805 of title 10, United 
States Code.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex-
ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
cept 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 con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there-
in 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 Engineer-
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ing 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 Gen-
eral; (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 appropriations for military con-
struction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo-
cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family housing
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during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop-
erty 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 notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
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 Sea, 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 terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, may be 
used to award any contract estimated 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 respon-
sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con-
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tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub-
mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
ing 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 ex-
pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur-
rent session of Congress. 
SEC. 115. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made 
available in this title which are limited for obligation dur-
ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 
2 months of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired 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.
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SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds made available to a military department or de-
fense 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 in-
creased 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 estab-
lished 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 established 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.
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(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 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 De-
partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im-
provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con-
struction’’ 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 avail-
able 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
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acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
(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 accounts established by sections 
2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to the 
fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration 
Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the Home-
owners 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 mainte-
nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 
funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 
units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 
That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu-
ally 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
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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 submis-
sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees 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 Im-
provement 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 section or until transferred pur-
suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
title, or in any Act making appropriations for military 
construction which remain available for obligation, may be 
obligated or expended to carry out a military construction, 
land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili-
tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in-
stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that has 
been approved for realignment to another installation, in 
2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act
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of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project at a military in-
stallation approved for realignment will support a con-
tinuing mission or function at that installation or a new 
mission or function that is planned for that installation, 
or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the cost to 
the United States of carrying out such project would be less 
than the cost to the United States of cancelling such project, 
or if the project is at an active component base that shall 
be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having 
multi-agency use, that another Government agency has in-
dicated it will assume ownership of the completed project. 
The Secretary of Defense may not transfer funds made 
available as a result of this limitation from any military 
construction project, land acquisition, or family housing 
project to another account or use such funds for another 
purpose or project without the prior approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. This 
section shall not apply to military construction projects, 
land acquisition, or family housing projects for which the 
project is vital to the national security or the protection 
of health, safety, or environmental quality: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional de-
fense committees within seven days of a decision to carry 
out such a military construction project.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 124. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction 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 obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 125. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense to take bene-
ficial occupancy of more than 2,500 parking spaces (other 
than handicap-reserved spaces) to be provided by the BRAC 
133 project: Provided, That this limitation may be waived 
in part if: (1) the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress 
that levels of service at existing intersections in the vicinity 
of the project have not experienced failing levels of service 
as defined by the Transportation Research Board Highway 
Capacity Manual over a consecutive 90-day period; (2) the
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Department of Defense and the Virginia Department of 
Transportation agree on the number of additional parking 
spaces that may be made available to employees of the facil-
ity subject to continued 90-day traffic monitoring; and (3) 
the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense 
committees in writing at least 14 days prior to exercising 
this waiver of the number of additional parking spaces to 
be made available. 
SEC. 126. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for any action that relates to or promotes 
the expansion of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Canyon 
Maneuver Site, Colorado. 
SEC. 127. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities with-
in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department 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. 128. (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—
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(1) performs a testing mission or function that 
is not performed by any other unit in the Army and 
is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 
Code; and 
(2) is located at a military installation at which 
the total number of civilian employees of the Depart-
ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel em-
ployed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of mem-
bers 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, procedures, and responsibilities 
for Army stationing actions. 
SEC. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available to the Department of De-
fense for military construction in this or any other Act, 
may be obligated or expended for planning and design and 
construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appro-
priations Acts, $20,000,000 are hereby cancelled: Provided,
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That no amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement or for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, as amended. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005’’, from 
prior appropriations Acts, $132,513,000 are hereby can-
celled: Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled from 
amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency 
requirement or for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution 
on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 132. Of the proceeds credited to the Department 
of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund pursuant 
to subsection (c)(1)(C) of section 2883 of title 10, United 
States Code, from a Department of Navy land conveyance, 
the Secretary of Defense shall transfer $10,500,000 to the 
Secretary of the Navy under paragraph (3) of subsection 
(d) of such section for use by the Secretary of the Navy as
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provided in paragraph (1) of such subsection until ex-
pended. 
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, $60,599,855,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $9,204,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen-
eral operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’,
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‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Information tech-
nology 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’’ appropria-
tion: 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 pro-
vided 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, and for the payment of benefits 
under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, 
$12,023,458,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That expenses for rehabilitation program services 
and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide 
under subsection (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. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
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erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
Code, $104,600,000, 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 2013, 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, $157,814,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $19,000, 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 
$2,729,000.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $346,000, 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, $1,089,000. 
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
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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; $155,000,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
this heading that become available on October 1, 2012; and 
in addition, $43,557,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2013, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014: 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.
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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.); $6,033,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall become available on October 1, 2013, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014. 
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
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employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 
and for laundry services, $4,872,000,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall become available on October 1, 2013, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2014. 
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, 
$582,674,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2014. 
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, $258,284,000, of which 
not to exceed $25,828,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014: Provided, That none of the funds under 
this heading may be used to expand the Urban Initiative 
project beyond those sites outlined in the fiscal year 2012 
or previous budget submissions or any other rural strategy, 
other than the Rural Initiative included in the fiscal year
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2013 budget submission, until the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a strategy to serve the burial needs of 
veterans residing in rural and highly rural areas and that 
strategy has been approved by the Committees: Provided 
further, That the strategy shall include: (1) A review of pre-
vious policies of the National Cemetery Administration re-
garding establishment of new national cemeteries, including 
whether the guidelines of the Administration for estab-
lishing national cemetery annexes remain valid; (2) Data 
identifying the number of and geographic areas where rural 
veterans are not currently served by national or existing 
State cemeteries and identification of areas with the largest 
unserved populations, broken down by veterans residing in 
urban versus rural and highly rural; (3) Identification of 
the number of veterans who reside within the 75-mile radius 
of a cemetery that is limited to cremations or of a State 
cemetery which has residency restrictions, as well as an ex-
amination of how many communities that fall under a 75- 
mile radius have an actual driving distance greater than 
75 miles; (4) Reassessment of the gaps in service, factoring 
in the above conditions that limit rural and highly rural 
veteran burial options; (5) An assessment of the adequacy 
of the policy of the Administration on establishing new 
cemeteries proposed in the fiscal year 2013 budget request;
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(6) Recommendations for an appropriate policy on new na-
tional cemeteries to serve rural or highly rural areas; (7) 
Development of a national map showing the locations and 
number of all unserved veterans; and (8) A time line for 
the implementation of such strategy and cost estimates for 
using the strategy to establish new burial sites in at least 
five rural or highly rural locations: Provided further, That 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall review 
the strategy to ensure that it includes the elements listed 
above: Provided further, That this strategy shall be sub-
mitted no later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall issue guidelines on committal services held at 
cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the National Cemetery 
Administration to ensure that: (1) veterans’ families may 
arrange to hold committal services with any religious or 
secular content they desire; (2) the choice by a family of 
an honor guard and the content and presentation of mili-
tary honors may not be interfered with; and (3) attendance 
at committal services by outside organizations dedicated to 
the support of veterans will not be constrained except at 
the request of family members: Provided further, That the 
Department shall not edit, control, or exercise prior re-
straints on the content of religious speech and expression 
by speakers at events at veterans national cemeteries except
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as provided in section 2413 of title 38, United States Code: 
Provided further, That actions permitted by the foregoing 
provisos shall be subject to compliance with Department se-
curity, safety, and law enforcement regulations. 
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, $424,737,000, 
of which not to exceed $20,837,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2014: Provided, That the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals shall be funded at not less than $86,006,000: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, such sums as may be necessary shall be avail-
able to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to comply with 
the Department’s energy management requirements under 
section 543(f)(7) of the National Energy Conservation Pol-
icy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(f)(7)): Provided further, That 
funds provided under this heading may be transferred to
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‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’. 
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, $2,164,074,000: 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 
$113,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2014. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
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mental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-
ing management and related contractual costs of said ac-
quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $3,327,444,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$1,021,000,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed $30,630,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2014: Provided further, That 
$1,812,045,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed $126,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2014: Provided further, That 
$494,399,000 shall be for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment 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 fur-
ther, That amounts made available for salaries and ex-
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penses, operations and maintenance, and information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment may be transferred among the three sub-accounts after 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the au-
thority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor-
mation technology systems’’ account for development, mod-
ernization, and enhancement may be transferred between 
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 Com-
mittees 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 of the funds provided for information technology sys-
tems development, modernization, and enhancement for the 
development of a joint Department of Defense—Department 
of Veterans Affairs (DOD–VA) integrated electronic health 
record (iEHR), not more than 25 percent may be obligated 
until the DOD–VA Interagency Program Office submits to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress, and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure 
that: (1) defines the budget and cost baseline for develop-
ment of the integrated Electronic Health Record; (2) identi-
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fies the deployment timeline for the system for both Agen-
cies; (3) breaks out annual and total spending for each De-
partment; (4) relays detailed cost-sharing business rules; (5) 
establishes data standardization schedules between the De-
partments; (6) has been submitted to the Government Ac-
countability Office for review; and (7) complies with the 
acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac-
quisition management practices of the Federal Government: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for information technology systems 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 Gen-
eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $115,000,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014. 
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,
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2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, including planning, architec-
tural and engineering services, construction management 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated 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 avail-
able 
in 
a 
previous 
major 
project 
appropriation, 
$532,470,000, of which $502,470,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017, and of which $30,000,000 shall 
remain 
available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
$5,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided in 
section 7108 of title 41, United States Code, for claims paid 
for contract disputes: Provided further, That except for ad-
vance 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 in-
vestment strategy studies funded through the advance plan-
ning fund and the planning and design activities funded 
through the design fund, including needs assessments which 
may or may not lead to capital investments, and salaries
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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 
Cemetery 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 available under this heading for fiscal 
year 2013, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) 
by the awarding of a construction documents contract by 
September 30, 2013; and (2) by the awarding of a construc-
tion contract by September 30, 2014: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress 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 planning and assessments of needs which 
may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi-
neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under
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the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi-
tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406, and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a 
project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in sec-
tion 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$607,530,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Con-
struction, minor projects’’ appropriations which are hereby 
made available for any project where the estimated cost is 
equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 
which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by 
any natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary 
measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss 
by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 
FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care
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to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 
title 38, United States Code, $85,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal governments in 
establishing, 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 2013 for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013, in this Act or any 
other Act, under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support 
and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be
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transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any trans-
fers between the ‘‘Medical services’’ and ‘‘Medical support 
and compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 
amount appropriated to the account in this or any other 
Act may take place subject to notification from the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose 
of the transfer: Provided further, That any transfers be-
tween 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 fur-
ther, 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 ap-
proval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 
and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code.
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SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, minor projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 
to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at such rates as may be 
fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be avail-
able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 
to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections
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3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2013, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General operating expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2013 that are available for divi-
dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac-
tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 
further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur-
ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu-
mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 
only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur-
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ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis-
tration for fiscal year 2013 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 en-
hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 
year in which the proceeds are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em-
ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under 
section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 
provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 
to exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolution Manage-
ment and $3,360,000 for the Office of Employment and Dis-
crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay-
ments may be made in advance for services to be furnished 
based on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts 
received shall be credited to the ‘‘General administration’’
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and ‘‘Information technology systems’’ 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 with-
in 30 days following the date on which the report is re-
ceived. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 
or medical services provided to any person under chapter 
17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con-
nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 
title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 
current, accurate third-party reimbursement information 
for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Provided, That 
the Secretary may recover, in the same manner as any other 
debt due the United States, the reasonable charges for such 
care or services from any person who does not make such 
disclosure as required: Provided further, That any amounts 
so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal 
year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor 
projects’’ accounts and be used for construction (including 
site acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improve-
ments of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums 
as realized are in addition to the amount provided for in 
‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor 
projects’’. 
SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 
services’’ are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup-
plies, and equipment; and 
(2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 215. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to ‘‘Medical 
services’’, to remain available until expended for the pur-
poses of that account.
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SEC. 216. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter 
into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with 
the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations serving rural Alaska which have entered into 
contracts with the Indian Health Service under the Indian 
Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to pro-
vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 
care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans and 
facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regula-
tions, as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alas-
ka’’ shall mean those lands sited within the external bound-
aries of the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 
7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and those lands 
within the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 
7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are not within 
the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fair-
banks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough 
or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant 
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be
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transferred to the ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, minor projects’’ accounts, to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 
Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from 
conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 
within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a quarterly report on the financial status of 
the Veterans Health Administration. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical fa-
cilities’’, ‘‘General operating expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, ‘‘General administration’’, and ‘‘Na-
tional Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fiscal year 
2013, may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ account: Provided, That before a transfer 
may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re-
quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued.
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SEC. 221. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 
or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013, in this 
Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ account 
for nonrecurring maintenance, not more than 20 percent 
of the funds made available shall be obligated during the 
last 2 months of that fiscal year: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may waive this requirement after providing written 
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2013 for ‘‘Medical 
services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, ‘‘Medical fa-
cilities’’, ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’, and ‘‘Information 
technology systems’’, up to $247,356,000, plus reimburse-
ments, may be transferred to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility
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Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Pub-
lic Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for oper-
ation of the facilities designated as combined Federal med-
ical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 
That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 
designated in this section to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa-
cilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 
established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123
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Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des-
ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 
by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4500). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and 
‘‘Medical facilities’’, a minimum of $15,000,000, shall be 
transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive 
Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United 
States Code, to remain available until expended, for any 
purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II 
of division H of Public Law 112–74, the following amounts 
which became available on October 1, 2012, are hereby re-
scinded from the following accounts in the amounts speci-
fied: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
services’’, $1,500,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
support and compliance’’, $200,000,000.
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(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical fa-
cilities’’, $250,000,000. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, an additional amount is appropriated to the following 
accounts in the amounts specified to remain available until 
September 30, 2014: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical serv-
ices’’, $1,500,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical support 
and compliance’’, $200,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical facili-
ties’’, $250,000,000. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of all bid savings in major con-
struction projects that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent 
of the programmed amount of the project, whichever is less: 
Provided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 
of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior 
to the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the 
anticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 228. The scope of work for a project included in 
‘‘Construction, major projects’’ may not be increased above
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the scope specified for that project in the original justifica-
tion data provided to the Congress as part of the request 
for appropriations. 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs shall provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress notification 
of any single national outreach and awareness marketing 
campaign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a re-
programming request if at any point during fiscal year 
2013, the funding allocated for a medical care initiative 
identified in the fiscal year 2013 expenditure plan is ad-
justed by more than $25,000,000 from the allocation shown 
in the corresponding congressional budget justification. 
Such a reprogramming request may go forward only if the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
approve the request or if a period of 14 days has elapsed. 
SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract using procedures 
that do not give to small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans (as that term is defined in section 
3(q)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(3)) that 
are included in the database under section 8127(f) of title 
38, United States Code, any preference available with re-
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spect to such contract, except for a preference given to small 
business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 
veterans (as defined in section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(2)). 
SEC. 232. Funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Medical services’’ in title II of division H of Public Law 
112–74 may be used to carry out section 1787 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 
space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace-
ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$62,929,000, to remain available until expended.
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FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 
purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 
by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 
Code, $32,481,000: Provided, That $2,726,000 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
as described, and in accordance with the process and report-
ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 
102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000
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for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$65,800,000, of which not to exceed $27,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2015. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 
and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart-
ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac-
count. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for planning and design and 
construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 
and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $103,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2017, of which, 
$84,000,000 shall be for planning and design and construc-
tion associated with the Millennium Project at Arlington 
National Cemetery; and $19,000,000 shall be for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services for 
future expansion of burial space at Arlington National 
Cemetery. 
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-
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ment Home Trust Fund, $67,590,000, of which $2,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and 
renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading, ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex-
penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir-
ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 
at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 
available for ground burials. 
TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $150,768,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. Of the unobligated balances in section 2005 
in title X, of Public Law 112–10 and division H in title 
IV of Public Law 112–74, $150,768,000 are hereby re-
scinded: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. 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. 502. 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. 503. 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-
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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. 504. 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. 505. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 506. 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. 507. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for a project or program named for an
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individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner of the United States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 508. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
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SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries 
or successors. 
SEC. 511. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 
expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the pur-
poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 
the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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SEC. 512. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act may be used by an agency of 
the executive branch to pay for first-class travel by an em-
ployee of the agency in contravention of sections 301–10.122 
through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to execute a contract for goods or services, including 
construction services, where the contractor has not complied 
with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 
understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 
under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 
where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un-
less the agency has considered suspension or debarment of 
the corporation and made a determination that this further 
action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Govern-
ment. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 
understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has
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been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is 
not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 
liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 
or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 
that this further action is not necessary to protect the inter-
ests of the Government. 
SEC. 516. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2013 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 
shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 
of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 
agency that are stationed within the United States at any 
single conference occurring outside a state of the United 
States, except for employees of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs stationed in the Philippines, unless the relevant Sec-
retary reports to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress at least 5 days in advance that such 
attendance is important to the national interest. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2013’’.
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DIVISION F—FURTHER CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 
and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of Government for fis-
cal year 2013, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at 
the level specified in subsection (c) and under the authority 
and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts 
for fiscal year 2012, for projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not other-
wise specifically provided for, and for which appropria-
tions, funds, or other authority were made available in the 
following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Energy and Water Development and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division B 
of Public Law 112–74). 
(2) The Financial Services and General Govern-
ment Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of Public 
Law 112–74).
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(3) The Department of the Interior, Environ-
ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 
(division E of Public Law 112–74). 
(4) The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division F of Public 
Law 112–74). 
(5) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2012 (division G of Public Law 112–74). 
(6) The Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2012 (division I of Public Law 112–74). 
(7) The Transportation, Housing and Urban De-
velopment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2012 (division C of Public Law 112–55), except for 
the appropriations designated by the Congress as 
being for disaster relief under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation, Federal Highway Adminis-
tration, Emergency Relief’’ and in the last proviso of 
section 239 of such Act. 
(8) The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 
(Public Law 112–77), except for appropriations 
under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil’’. 
(b) For purposes of this division, the term ‘‘level’’ 
means an amount.
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(c) The level referred to in subsection (a) shall be the 
amounts appropriated in the appropriations Acts referred 
to in such subsection, including transfers and obligation 
limitations, except that such level shall be calculated with-
out regard to any rescission or cancellation of funds or con-
tract authority, other than— 
(1) the 0.16 percent across-the-board rescission 
in section 436 of division E of Public Law 112–74 
(relating to the Department of the Interior, Environ-
ment, and Related Agencies); and 
(2) the 0.189 percent across-the-board rescission 
in section 527 of division F of Public Law 112–74, 
(relating to the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies). 
SEC. 1102. Appropriations made by section 1101 shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would 
be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 1103. Appropriations provided by this division 
that, in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2012, carried a multiple-year or no-year period of avail-
ability shall retain a comparable period of availability. 
SEC. 1104. No appropriation or funds made available 
or authority granted pursuant to section 1101 shall be used 
to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap-
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propriations, funds, or other authority were not available 
during fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 1105. Except as otherwise expressly provided in 
this division, the requirements, authorities, conditions, lim-
itations, and other provisions of the appropriations Acts 
referred to in section 1101 shall continue in effect through 
the date specified in section 1106. 
SEC. 1106. Unless otherwise provided for in this divi-
sion or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropria-
tions and funds made available and authority granted pur-
suant to this division shall be available through September 
30, 2013. 
SEC. 1107. Expenditures made pursuant to the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112– 
175) shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, 
or authorization provided by this division. 
SEC. 1108. Funds appropriated by this division may 
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of 
Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2680), and section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212). 
SEC. 1109. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 
payments whose budget authority was provided in appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2012, and for activities under
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the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, the levels established 
by section 1101 shall be the amounts necessary to maintain 
program levels under current law and under the authority 
and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations 
Acts for fiscal year 2012. 
(b) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided by 
section 1101, the following amounts shall be available for 
the following accounts for advance payments for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2014: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs, Special Benefits for Dis-
abled Coal Miners’’, for benefit payments under title 
IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 
1977, $40,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Grants 
to States for Medicaid’’, for payments to States or in 
the case of section 1928 on behalf of States under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act, $106,335,631,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, 
Administration for Children and Families, Payments 
to States for Child Support Enforcement and Family 
Support Programs’’, for payments to States or other
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non-Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, 
and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 
July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $1,100,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
(4) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, 
Administration for Children and Families, Payments 
for Foster Care and Permanency’’, for payments to 
States or other non-Federal entities under title IV–E 
of the Social Security Act, $2,200,000,000. 
(5) ‘‘Social Security Administration, Supple-
mental Security Income Program’’, for benefit pay-
ments under title XVI of the Social Security Act, 
$19,300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 1110. Each amount made available in this divi-
sion by reference to an appropriation that was previously 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act 
or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
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SEC. 1111. With respect to any discretionary account 
for which advance appropriations were provided for fiscal 
year 2013 or 2014 in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2012, in addition to amounts otherwise made available by 
this division, advance appropriations are provided in the 
same amount for fiscal year 2014 or 2015, respectively, 
with a comparable period of availability. 
SEC. 1112. (a) Section 147 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2011 (Public Law 111–242), as added by sec-
tion 1(a)(2) of the Continuing Appropriations and Surface 
Transportation Extensions Act, 2011 (Public Law 111–322; 
5 U.S.C. 5303 note), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking the matter after 
‘‘ending on’’ and before ‘‘shall be made’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2013,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking the matter after ‘‘end-
ing on’’ and before ‘‘no senior executive’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2013,’’. 
(b) Section 114 of the Continuing Appropriations Res-
olution, 2013 (Public Law 112–175; 5 U.S.C. 5303 note) 
is repealed. 
SEC. 1113. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this division, each department and 
agency in subsection (c) shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
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Senate a spending, expenditure, or operating plan for fiscal 
year 2013— 
(1) at the program, project, or activity level (or, 
for foreign assistance programs funded in titles III, 
IV and VIII of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
at the country, regional, and central program level, 
and for any international organization); or 
(2) as applicable, at any greater level of detail 
required for funds covered by such a plan in an ap-
propriations Act referred to in section 1101, in the 
joint explanatory statement accompanying such Act, 
or in committee report language incorporated by ref-
erence in such joint explanatory statement. 
(b) If a sequestration is ordered by the President under 
section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, the spending, expenditure, or oper-
ating plan required by this section shall reflect such seques-
tration. 
(c) The departments and agencies to which this section 
applies are as follows: 
(1) The Department of Agriculture. 
(2) The Department of Commerce. 
(3) The Department of Education. 
(4) The Department of Energy.
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(5) The Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
(6) The Department of Homeland Security. 
(7) The Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment. 
(8) The Department of the Interior. 
(9) The Department of Justice. 
(10) The Department of Labor. 
(11) The Department of State and United States 
Agency for International Development. 
(12) The Department of Transportation. 
(13) The Department of the Treasury. 
(14) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration. 
(15) The National Science Foundation. 
(16) The Judiciary. 
(17) With respect to amounts made available 
under the heading ‘‘Executive Office of the President 
and Funds Appropriated to the President’’, agencies 
funded under such heading. 
(18) The Federal Communications Commission. 
(19) The General Services Administration. 
(20) The Office of Personnel Management. 
(21) The National Archives and Records Admin-
istration.
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(22) The Securities and Exchange Commission. 
(23) The Small Business Administration. 
(24) The Environmental Protection Agency. 
(25) The Indian Health Service. 
(26) The Smithsonian Institution. 
(27) The Social Security Administration. 
(28) The Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service. 
(29) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
(30) The Food and Drug Administration. 
(31) The Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion. 
SEC. 1114. Not later than May 15, 2013, and each 
month thereafter through November 1, 2013, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a report on all obligations in-
curred in fiscal year 2013, by each department and agency, 
using funds made available by this division. Such report 
shall— 
(1) set forth obligations by account; and 
(2) compare the obligations incurred in the pe-
riod covered by the report to the obligations incurred 
in the same period in fiscal year 2012.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Full-Year Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 
TITLE II 
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 1201. The amounts available for ‘‘Corps of Engi-
neers—Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engi-
neers—Civil, 
Construction’’ 
are 
hereby 
reduced 
by 
$20,000,000. 
SEC. 1202. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project, Central 
Utah Project Completion Account’’ shall be $19,700,000, of 
which, $1,200,000 shall be deposited into the ‘‘Utah Rec-
lamation Mitigation and Conservation Account’’ for use by 
the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Com-
mission. In addition $1,300,000 is provided for necessary 
expenses incurred in carrying out the responsibilities of the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 1203. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
each of the following accounts shall be as follows: ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable En-
ergy’’, $1,814,091,000; ‘‘Department of Energy, Nuclear 
Energy’’, $759,000,000; ‘‘Department of Energy, Science’’, 
$4,876,000,000; ‘‘Department of Energy, Advanced Re-
search Projects Agency—Energy’’, $265,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.
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SEC. 1204. Notwithstanding section 1101, of the unob-
ligated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under ‘‘Department of Energy, Northeast Home Heating 
Oil Reserve’’ $6,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 1205. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
for ‘‘Department of Energy, Atomic Energy Defense Activi-
ties, National Nuclear Security Administration, Weapons 
Activities’’ shall be $7,577,341,000. 
(b) Section 301(c) of division B of Public Law 112– 
274 shall not apply to amounts made available by this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 1206. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this division, $110,000,000 is appropriated for 
‘‘Department of Energy, Atomic Energy Defense Activities, 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation’’ for domestic uranium enrichment re-
search, development, and demonstration. 
SEC. 1207. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied to amounts made available by this 
division by substituting the date specified in section 1106 
of this division for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’.
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TITLE III 
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
SEC. 1301. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this division, except section 1106, the District of Colum-
bia may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘District of 
Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under 
title IV of H.R. 6020 (112th Congress), as reported by the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia 
Funds—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal 
Year 2013 Budget Request Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19–381), 
as modified as of the date of the enactment of this division. 
(b) Section 803(b) of the Financial Services and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of 
Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 940) is amended by striking 
‘‘November 1, 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘November 1, 2013’’. 
SEC. 1302. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘District of Columbia, Federal Funds, Federal Payment for 
Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of 
Columbia’’ shall be $24,700,000, of which not less than 
$9,800,000 shall be used for costs associated with the Presi-
dential Inauguration. 
SEC. 1303. Notwithstanding section 1101, the fifth 
proviso under the heading ‘‘Federal Communications Com-
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mission, Salaries and Expenses’’ in division C of Public 
Law 112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$98,739,000’’ 
for ‘‘$85,000,000’’. 
SEC. 1304. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this division, amounts made available by section 1101 for 
‘‘Department of the Treasury, Departmental Offices, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’ and ‘‘Department of the Treasury, Of-
fice of Inspector General, Salaries and Expenses’’ may be 
used for activities in connection with section 1602(e) of the 
Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportu-
nities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act 
of 2012 (subtitle F of title I of division A of Public Law 
112–141). 
SEC. 1305. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Office of Government Ethics, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall 
be $18,664,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for develop-
ment and deployment of the centralized, publicly accessible 
database required in section 11(b) of the STOCK Act (Pub-
lic Law 112–105). 
SEC. 1306. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Small Business Administration, Business Loans Program 
Account’’ for the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized by 
section 7(a) of the Small Business Act and section 503 of 
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 shall be 
$333,600,000.
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SEC. 1307. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture Fund’’, 
$950,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 1308. Notwithstanding section 1101, the Commu-
nity Development Financial Institutions Fund is author-
ized during Fiscal Year 2013 to guarantee bonds and notes 
pursuant section 114A of the Riegle Community Develop-
ment and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 
4701 et seq.): Provided, That no funds appropriated by this 
Act for ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Community Devel-
opment Financial Institutions Fund Program Account’’ 
shall be available for the cost, if any, of guaranteed loans 
(as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974) pursuant to section 114A of the Riegle Community 
Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 
U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) to subsidize total loan principal not 
to exceed $500,000,000. 
SEC. 1309. Sections 9503(a), 9504(a) and (b), and 
9505(a) of title 5, United States Code, are amended by 
striking ‘‘Before July 23, 2013’’ each place it occurs and 
inserting ‘‘Before September 30, 2013’’. 
SEC. 1310. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Executive Office of The President and Funds Appropriated 
to the President, Partnership Fund for Program Integrity 
Innovation’’ shall be $0.
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SEC. 1311. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘The Judiciary, Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and 
Other Judicial Services, Defender Services’’ shall be 
$1,040,000,000. 
SEC. 1312. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 
note), as amended, is amended— 
(1) in the third sentence (relating to the district 
of Kansas), by striking ‘‘21 years or more’’ and in-
serting ‘‘22 years and 6 months or more’’; and 
(2) in the seventh sentence (relating to the dis-
trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘18 years or more’’ and 
inserting ‘‘19 years and 6 months or more’’. 
(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, The Judiciary, The Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 
28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence (re-
lating to the eastern district of Missouri) by inserting ‘‘and 
6 months’’ after ‘‘20 years’’. 
(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department 
of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 
107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘authorized by this sub-
section’’ the following: ‘‘, except in the case of the cen-
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tral district of California and the western district of 
North Carolina’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘11 
years’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The first 
vacancy in the office of district judge in the central 
district of California occurring 10 years and 6 
months or more after the confirmation date of the 
judge named to fill the temporary district judgeship 
created in that district by this subsection, shall not be 
filled. The first vacancy in the office of district judge 
in the western district of North Carolina occurring 10 
years or more after the confirmation date of the judge 
named to fill the temporary district judgeship created 
in that district by this subsection, shall not be filled.’’. 
SEC. 1313. Notwithstanding section 1101 of this divi-
sion or division A, the level for the ‘‘Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission’’ shall be the level specified under 
Public Law 112–55 and the authorities and conditions, in-
cluding comparable periods of availability, provided under 
such Public Law shall apply to such appropriation. 
SEC. 1314. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the In-
spector General’’ shall be $34,568,000.
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TITLE IV 
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 1401. Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for 
the following appropriations of the Department of the Inte-
rior shall be: 
(a) $950,757,000 for ‘‘Bureau of Land Management, 
Management of Lands and Resources’’: Provided, That the 
amounts included under such heading in division E of Pub-
lic Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by 
this 
division 
by 
substituting 
‘‘$950,757,000’’ 
for 
‘‘$961,900,000’’ the second place it appears; 
(b) $0 for ‘‘Bureau of Land Management, Construc-
tion’’; 
(c) $1,213,915,000 for ‘‘United States Fish and Wild-
life Service, Resource Management’’; 
(d) $19,136,000 for ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Construction’’; 
(e) $2,214,202,000 for ‘‘National Park Service, Oper-
ation of the National Park Service’’; 
(f) $131,173,000 for ‘‘National Park Service, Construc-
tion’’; 
(g) $105,910,000 for ‘‘Bureau of Indian Affairs, Con-
struction’’;
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(h) $84,946,000 for ‘‘Insular Affairs, Assistance to Ter-
ritories’’: Provided, That the matter under such heading in 
division E of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds 
appropriated by this division as follows: by substituting 
‘‘$75,684,000’’ for ‘‘$78,517,000’’; and by substituting 
‘‘$9,262,000’’ for ‘‘$9,480,000’’; 
(i) $146,000,000 for ‘‘Office of the Special Trustee for 
American Indians, Federal Trust Programs’’; and 
(j) $726,473,000 for ‘‘Department-wide Programs, 
Wildland Fire Management’’: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available by section 140(b) of Public Law 
112–175 (126 Stat. 1321), $7,500,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 1402. The contract authority provided for fiscal 
year 2013 by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 
SEC. 1403. Section 10101(a) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (30 U.S.C. 28f(a)), as amended 
by section 430 of the Department of the Interior, Environ-
ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (di-
vision E of Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 1047), is further 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) in the first sentence, by 
striking ‘‘on’’ the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘before, on,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘located’’ the second place it 
appears; 
(B) by inserting at the end of the following: 
‘‘Such claim maintenance fee shall be in lieu of 
the assessment work requirement contained in 
the Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 28 to 28e) 
and the related filing requirements contained in 
section 314(a) and (c) of the Federal Land Pol-
icy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1744(a) and (c)).’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ in the first sentence 
and inserting ‘‘(a)(1)’’. 
SEC. 1404. (a) Division II of Public Law 104–333 (16 
U.S.C. 461 note) is amended in each of sections 107, 208, 
310, 408, 507, 607, 707, 809, and 910, by striking ‘‘2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
(b) Effective on October 12, 2012, section 7 of Public 
Law 99–647, as amended by section 702(d) of Public Law 
109–338 and section 1767 of Public Law 112–10, is further 
amended by striking ‘‘the date’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 
(c) Section 12 of Public Law 100–692 (16 U.S.C. 461 
note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2013’’; and
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(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the date that 
is 5 years after the date of enactment of this sub sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 
(d) Section 108 of Public Law 106–278 (16 U.S.C. 461 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
SEC. 1405. Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for 
the following appropriations of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency shall be: 
(a) $785,291,000 for ‘‘Science and Technology’’; 
(b) $2,651,440,000 for ‘‘Environmental Programs and 
Management’’; 
(c) $1,176,431,000 for ‘‘Hazardous Substance Super-
fund’’: Provided, That the matter under such heading in 
division E of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds 
appropriated by this division as follows: by substituting 
‘‘$1,176,431,000’’ for ‘‘$1,215,753,000’’ the second place it 
appears; and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2012’’ for 
‘‘September 30, 2011’’; and 
(d) $3,579,094,000 for ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance 
Grants’’: Provided, That the amounts included under such 
hearing in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall be ap-
plied to fund appropriated by this division as follows: by 
substituting ‘‘$1,451,791,000’’ for ‘‘$1,468,806,000’’; by sub-
stituting ‘‘$908,713,000’’ for ‘‘$919,363,000’’; and by sub-
stituting ‘‘$19,952,000’’ for ‘‘$30,000,000’’.
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SEC. 1406. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 
to the Environmental Protection Agency under the fol-
lowing headings from prior appropriation Acts, the fol-
lowing amounts are rescinded: 
(1) 
‘‘Hazardous 
Substance 
Superfund’’, 
$15,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’, 
$35,000,000, as follows: 
(A) 
$10,000,000 
from 
unobligated 
Brownfields balances. 
(B) $5,000,000 from unobligated categorical 
grant balances. 
(C) $10,000,000 from unobligated Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds balances. 
(D) $10,000,000 from unobligated Clean 
Water State Revolving Funds balances. 
(b) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 1407. Notwithstanding subsection (d)(2) of sec-
tion 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8), the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency may assess pesticide
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registration service fees under such section for fiscal year 
2013. 
SEC. 1408. Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for 
the following appropriations of the Department of Agri-
culture shall be: 
(a) $1,536,596,000 for ‘‘Forest Service, National For-
est System’’; 
(b) $369,800,000 for ‘‘Forest Service, Capital Improve-
ment and Maintenance’’; and 
(c) $1,971,390,000 for ‘‘Forest Service, Wildland Fire 
Management’’. 
SEC. 1409. Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for 
the following appropriations of the Department of Health 
and Human Services shall be: 
(a) $3,914,599,000 for ‘‘Indian Health Service, Indian 
Health Services’’; and 
(b) $441,605,000 for ‘‘Indian Health Service, Indian 
Health Facilities’’. 
SEC. 1410. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Smithsonian Institution, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be 
$640,512,000. 
SEC. 1411. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Salaries and 
Expenses’’ shall be $7,023,000: Provided, That of the funds 
appropriated herein, $1,300,000, to remain available until
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expended, may be used for expenses related to the relocation 
from the Old Post Office Building. 
SEC. 1412. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Presidio Trust, Presidio Trust Fund’’ shall be $0. 
SEC. 1413. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Salaries 
and Expenses’’ shall be $1,050,000 and the level for 
‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, Capital 
Construction’’ shall be $0: Provided, That section 8162(m) 
of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 
U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106–79), as added by section 
8120 (a) of Public Law 107–117 (115 Stat. 2273), is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) EXPIRATION.—Any reference in section 
8903(e) of title 40, U.S.C. to the expiration at the end 
of, or extension beyond, a 7-year period shall be con-
sidered to be a reference to an expiration on, or exten-
sion beyond, September 30, 2013.’’. 
SEC. 1414. Notwithstanding section 1101, section 408 
of division E of Public Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1038) shall 
be applied to funds appropriated by this division by sub-
stituting ‘‘112–10, and 112–74’’ for ‘‘112–10’’ and by sub-
stituting ‘‘2012’’ for ‘‘2011’’. 
SEC. 1415. The authority provided by section 331 of 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro-
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priations Act, 2000 (enacted by reference in section 
1000(a)(3) of Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 497 note) 
shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 
1106 of this division. 
SEC. 1416. No funds made available under this Act 
shall be used for a 180-day period beginning on date of 
enactment of this Act to enforce with respect to any farm 
(as that term is defined in section 112.2 of title 40, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) the Spill, 
Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule, including 
amendments to that rule, promulgated by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency under part 112 of title 40, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
TITLE V 
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1501. Of the funds available to the Department 
of Labor, Employment and Training Administration in 
this or any other Act making appropriations that remain 
unobligated as of the date of enactment of this Act, up to 
$30,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Job 
Corps’’ for Job Corps operations for program years 2012 
and 2013 and shall be in addition to any other amounts
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available to the Office of Job Corps for such purposes: Pro-
vided, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be transferred 
within 30 days of enactment of this Act to support Job 
Corps operations for the program year ending June 30, 
2013: Provided further, That not later than 15 days after 
any transfer has been made under the authority of this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate that details the source of the trans-
ferred funds, the specific programs, projects, or activities 
for which such funds will be used, provides a detailed expla-
nation of the need for such transfer, and itemizes the cost 
saving measures implemented by the Office of the Job Corps 
during Program Years 2012 and 2013 and the savings 
gained by implementing each initiative. 
SEC. 1502. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level 
which may be expended from the Employment Security Ad-
ministration Account of the Unemployment Trust Fund for 
administrative expenses of ‘‘Department of Labor, Employ-
ment and Training Administration, State Unemployment 
Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’ shall be 
$3,940,865,000 (which includes all amounts available to 
conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments 
and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews), 
of which $3,115,142,000 shall be for grants to the States
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for the administration of State unemployment insurance 
laws under paragraph (1). For the purposes of this section, 
the first proviso under this heading in Public Law 112– 
74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2013’’ and ‘‘4,585,000’’ 
for ‘‘2012’’ and ‘‘4,832,000’’, respectively. 
SEC. 1503. Notwithstanding section 1101, language 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Labor, Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’ in Public 
Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this 
Act by substituting ‘‘is authorized to collect and retain up 
to $2,499,000’’ for ‘‘may retain up to $1,499,000’’. 
SEC. 1504. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Department of Labor, Veterans Employment and Train-
ing’’ shall be $264,436,000, of which $226,251,000 shall be 
derived from the Employment Security Administration Ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Provided, That 
the level provided under such heading for Veterans Work-
force Investment Program grants shall be used for the Tran-
sition Assistance Program and activities authorized by the 
VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, shall be available through 
September 30, 2013, and shall be in addition to any other 
funds available for those purposes: Provided further, That 
of the level provided under such heading, not less than 
$14,000,000 shall be for the Transition Assistance Program,
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and $3,414,000 shall be for the National Veterans’ Employ-
ment and Training Services Institute. 
SEC. 1505. All funds provided for the Health Centers 
program, as defined by section 330 of the Public Health 
Service Act, by this Act or any other Act providing appro-
priations for fiscal year 2013 shall be obligated by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services by September 30, 
2013, of which $48,000,000 shall be awarded for base grant 
adjustments. 
SEC. 1506. The Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (hereafter referred to in this divi-
sion as ‘‘CDC’’) may detail CDC staff without reimburse-
ment for up to 30 days to support an activation of the CDC 
Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Director pro-
vides notification within 15 days of the use of this authority 
and a full report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate within 30 days 
after the use of this authority, which includes the number 
of staff and funding level broken down by the originating 
center and number of days detailed: Provided, That the an-
nual reimbursement cannot exceed $3,000,000 across CDC. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1507. To facilitate the implementation of the per-
manent Working Capital Fund (‘‘WCF’’) authorized in 
Public Law 112–74, on or after October 1, 2013, unobli-
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gated balances of amounts appropriated for business serv-
ices for fiscal year 2013 shall be transferred to the WCF: 
Provided, That on or after October 1, 2013, the CDC shall 
transfer other amounts available for business services to 
other CDC appropriations consistent with the benefit each 
appropriation received from the business services appro-
priation in fiscal year 2013: Provided further, That assets 
purchased with funds appropriated for or reimbursed to 
business services in this or any other Act may be transferred 
to the WCF and customers billed for depreciation of those 
assets: Provided further, That CDC shall, consistent with 
the authorities provided in 42 U.S.C. 231, ensure that the 
WCF is used only for administrative support services and 
not for programmatic activity funding: Provided further, 
That CDC shall notify the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 
than 15 days prior to any transfer made under the author-
ity provided in this section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1508. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, National In-
stitutes of Health, Office of the Director’’ shall be 
$1,528,181,000: Provided, That the fourth proviso under 
such heading shall be applied to funds appropriated by this 
Act by substituting the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That
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$165,000,000 shall be for the National Children’s Study 
(NCS), except that not later than July 15, 2013 the Director 
shall estimate the amount needed for the NCS during fiscal 
year 2013, taking into account the succeeding proviso, and 
any funds in excess of the estimated need shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the accounts for the various Insti-
tutes and Centers of NIH in proportion to their shares of 
total NIH appropriations made by this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director shall contract with the National 
Academy of Sciences within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act to appoint an expert Institute of Medicine/National Re-
search Council (IOM/NRC) panel to conduct a comprehen-
sive review and issue a report regarding proposed meth-
odologies for the NCS Main Study, including whether such 
methodologies are likely to produce scientifically sound re-
sults that are generalizable to the United States population 
and appropriate sub-populations: Provided further, That no 
contracts shall be awarded for conducting the Main Study 
until at least 60 days after the IOM/NRC report has been 
available to the public:’’. 
SEC. 1509. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administra-
tion for Children and Families, Refugee and Entrant As-
sistance’’ shall be $1,016,000,000.
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SEC. 1510. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administra-
tion for Children and Families, Payments to States for the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant’’ shall be 
$2,328,313,000: Provided, That in addition to the amounts 
required to be reserved by the States under section 658G 
of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, 
$297,078,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities 
authorized under section 658G of such Act, of which 
$108,950,000 shall be for activities that improve the quality 
of infant and toddler care. 
SEC. 1511. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by section 1101, $33,500,000 is appropriated for 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Administra-
tion for Children and Families, Children and Families 
Services’’ for making payments under the Head Start Act: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 640 of such Act, up 
to $25,000,000 of such funds shall be available for allocation 
by the Secretary to supplement activities described in para-
graphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the Head Start 
Act under the Designation Renewal System, established 
under the authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12) and 
645A(d) of such Act: Provided further, That amounts allo-
cated to Head Start grantees at the discretion of the Sec-
retary to supplement activities pursuant to the previous
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proviso shall not be included in the calculation of the ‘‘base 
grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is used in 
section 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act. 
SEC. 1512. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary, Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
Fund’’ shall be increased by $17,000,000 for expenses nec-
essary for replacement of building leases and associated ren-
ovation costs for Public Health Service agencies and other 
components of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, including relocation and fit-out costs, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 1513. Of the amount provided by section 1101 
for ‘‘Department of Education, Safe Schools and Citizen-
ship Education’’ for subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
the Project School Emergency Response to Violence program 
to provide education-related services to local educational 
agencies and institutions of higher education in which the 
learning environment has been disrupted due to a violent 
or traumatic crisis. 
SEC. 1514. Notwithstanding section 1101, the provisos 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Education—Special 
Education’’ shall be applicable as if the following four pro-
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visos were inserted after the first proviso: ‘‘: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall distribute to all other States 
(as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), subject to the 
third proviso, any amount by which a State’s allocation 
under section 611(d), from funds appropriated under this 
heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), in accord-
ance with section 611(d)(3)(A)(i)(II) and (III) without re-
gard to section 611(d)(3)(A)(i)(I) and section 611(d)(3)(B): 
Provided further, That the Secretary may not distribute 
any funds under the previous proviso to any State whose 
reduction in allocation from funds appropriated under this 
heading made funds available for such a distribution: Pro-
vided further, That the States shall allocate such funds dis-
tributed under the second preceding proviso to local edu-
cational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): Pro-
vided further, That the amount by which a State’s alloca-
tion under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 
section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to States 
under the previous provisos from funds appropriated for fis-
cal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be consid-
ered in calculating the awards under section 611(d) for fis-
cal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal years:’’. 
SEC. 1515. Of the amount provided by section 1101 
for ‘‘Department of Education, Higher Education’’ for sub-
part 2 of part A of title VII of the Higher Education Act
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of 1965, up to $4,451,000 shall be available to fund continu-
ation awards for projects originally supported under sub-
part 1 of part A of title VII of such act. 
SEC. 1516. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Railroad Retirement Board, Limitation on Administra-
tion’’ shall be $111,149,000. 
SEC. 1517. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security 
Income Program’’ for research and demonstrations under 
sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act 
shall be $17,000,000. 
SEC. 1518. Of the funds made available by section 
1101 for ‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on 
Administrative Expenses’’, $23,000,000 shall be for section 
1149 of the Social Security Act and $7,000,000 shall be for 
section 1150 of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 1519. Of the funds made available by section 
1101 for ‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on 
Administrative Expenses’’ for the cost associated with con-
tinuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the 
Social Security Act and for the cost associated with con-
ducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of 
the Social Security Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet 
the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
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amended, and $483,052,000 is additional new budget au-
thority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such 
Act. 
SEC. 1520. Of the funds made available for the Com-
munity-Based Care Transitions Program under section 
3026 of Public Law 111–148, $200,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded. 
SEC. 1521. Notwithstanding section 1101, the rescis-
sions made in sections 522 and 525 of division F of Public 
Law 112–74 shall be repeated in this Act with respect to 
funds available for fiscal year 2013. 
SEC. 1522. Section 148 of Public Law 112–175 is 
amended to read as follows: ‘‘Activities authorized by part 
A of title IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act 
(except for activities authorized in section 403(b) of such 
Act) shall continue through September 30, 2013, in the 
manner authorized for fiscal year 2012, and out of any 
money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for such purpose.’’. 
TITLE VI 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SEC. 1601. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, for a payment to Irene Hirano Inouye, widow of 
Daniel K. Inouye, late a Senator from Hawaii, $193,400.
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SEC. 1602. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Joint Congressional Committee On Inaugural Ceremonies 
of 2013’’ shall be $0. 
SEC. 1603. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Capitol Police, General Expenses’’ shall be $62,004,000. 
SEC. 1604. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level of 
funding for ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, General Administra-
tion’’ shall be $97,340,000. 
SEC. 1605. (a) Notwithstanding section 1104, of the 
amounts made available by section 1101 for accounts under 
the heading ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’, the Architect of the 
Capitol may transfer an aggregate amount of not more than 
$61,247,000 to ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Building’’, 
solely for expenses related to the rehabilitation of the United 
States Capitol Dome. 
(b) The transfer of amounts under the authority of sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate. 
(c) Any amounts transferred under the authority of 
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 1606. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, avail-
able balances of expired Architect of the Capitol appropria-
tions shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol to 
make the deposit to the credit of the Employees’ Compensa-
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tion Fund required by section 8147(b) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2013 and each year 
thereafter. 
SEC. 1607. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ shall be $737,000 under the first proviso, and shall 
be $34,250,000 under the fourth proviso. 
SEC. 1608. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Government Printing Office, Congressional Printing and 
Binding’’ shall be $83,632,000; ‘‘Government Printing Of-
fice, Government Printing Office Revolving Fund’’ shall be 
$4,000,000. 
SEC. 1609. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Government Printing Office, Office of Superintendent of 
Documents, Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be $31,500,000 
and the amounts authorized for producing and dissemi-
nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica-
tions to depository and other designated libraries shall 
apply to publications for fiscal years 2011 and 2012. 
SEC. 1610. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Government Accountability Office, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ shall be $506,282,000, the amount applicable under 
the first proviso under that heading shall be $26,404,000.
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SEC. 1611. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of 
expired Government Accountability Office appropriations 
shall be available to the Government Accountability Office 
to make the deposit to the credit of the Employees’ Com-
pensation Fund required by section 8147(b) of title 5 
United States Code. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 1612. Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 
‘‘Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund’’ shall be 
$8,000,000. 
TITLE VII 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, 
AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
SEC. 1701. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the 
amounts included under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance’’ under title I in division 
I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appro-
priated by this division as follows: by substituting 
‘‘$938,125,000’’ for ‘‘$762,000,000’’ in the first paragraph; 
and by substituting ‘‘$688,499,000’’ for ‘‘$775,000,000’’ in 
the second paragraph. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels for the fol-
lowing accounts under title I in division I of Public Law 
112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this divi-
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sion as follows: ‘‘Contributions for International Peace-
keeping Activities’’, $2,006,499,000; ‘‘International Bound-
ary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, 
Salaries and Expenses’’, $43,499,000; ‘‘International 
Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mex-
ico, Construction’’, $27,675,000; ‘‘American Sections, Inter-
national Commissions’’, $11,923,000; ‘‘International Fish-
eries Commissions’’, $34,617,000; ‘‘Commission for the 
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, Salaries and 
Expenses’’, $606,000; ‘‘United States Commission on Inter-
national Religious Freedom, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$2,932,000; ‘‘Commission on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe, Salaries and Expenses’’, $2,443,000; ‘‘Congres-
sional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of 
China, Salaries and Expenses’’, $1,906,000; and ‘‘United 
States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 
Salaries and Expenses’’, $3,312,000. 
SEC. 1702. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the 
amounts included under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’ under title III in division I of Public Law 112– 
74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this division 
as follows: by substituting in the first sentence in the first 
paragraph ‘‘$2,755,950,000’’ for ‘‘$2,625,000,000’’; by sub-
stituting in the first sentence in the second paragraph 
‘‘$5,720,499,000’’ for ‘‘$5,542,860,000’’; and by substituting
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in 
the 
second 
proviso 
in 
the 
second 
paragraph 
‘‘$1,650,000,000’’ for ‘‘$1,050,000,000’’. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amounts in-
cluded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ under 
title III in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 
to funds appropriated by this division by inserting after 
the tenth proviso and before the period the following: ‘‘: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $325,400,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘Devel-
opment Assistance’ in this Act’’. 
SEC. 1703. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the sixth 
proviso under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ in division I of 
Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated 
by this division by substituting the following: ‘‘Provided 
further, That funds made available for demining, conven-
tional weapons destruction, and related activities, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, 
may be used for administrative expenses related to the oper-
ation and management of demining, conventional weapons 
destruction, and related programs’’. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the first sentence 
under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
Demining and Related Programs’’ in division I of Public
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Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this 
division by inserting ‘‘to remain available until September 
30, 2014,’’ after ‘‘$590,113,000,’’. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 1101, the third proviso 
under the heading ‘‘International Security Assistance, De-
partment of State, Peacekeeping Operations’’ in division I 
of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appro-
priated by this division by substituting ‘‘$161,000,000’’ for 
‘‘$91,818,000’’ and ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2013’’. 
(d) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amounts in-
cluded in the first paragraph under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ under title IV in division 
I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds appro-
priated by this division by substituting in the second pro-
viso ‘‘$3,100,000,000’’ for ‘‘$3,075,000,000’’ and by sub-
stituting in the fourth proviso ‘‘$815,300,000’’ for 
‘‘$808,725,000’’. 
SEC. 1704. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, the levels 
for the following accounts under title V in division I of Pub-
lic Law 112–74 shall be as follows: ‘‘Global Environment 
Facility’’, $129,400,000; ‘‘Contribution to the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development’’, $186,957,000; 
‘‘Contribution to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilat-
eral Investment Fund’’, $15,000,000; and in the first para-
graph under ‘‘Contribution to the International Develop-
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ment Association’’, $1,358,500,000; and ‘‘Contribution to 
the Inter-American Development Bank’’, $111,153,000. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for the fol-
lowing accounts shall be $0: ‘‘Multilateral Assistance, Inter-
national Financial Institutions, European Bank for Recon-
struction and Development, Limitation on Callable Capital 
Subscriptions’’; ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds Ap-
propriated to the President, Assistance for Europe, Eurasia 
and Central Asia’’; and ‘‘International Security Assistance, 
Funds Appropriated to the President, Pakistan Counter-
insurgency Capability Fund’’. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for the sec-
ond paragraphs for the following accounts under title V in 
division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be $0: ‘‘Contribution 
to the International Development Association’’; ‘‘Contribu-
tion to the Inter-American Development Bank’’; and ‘‘Con-
tribution to the African Development Fund’’. 
(d) Section 70 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act 
(22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.), is amended in subsection (b) by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In order to pay for the increase in the 
United States subscription to the Bank under sub-
section (a)(1)(B), there are authorized to be appro-
priated, 
without 
fiscal 
year 
limitation,
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$4,639,501,466 for payment by the Secretary of the 
Treasury. 
‘‘(4) Of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraph (3), $278,370,088 shall be 
for paid in shares of the Bank, and $4,361,131,378 
shall be for callable shares of the Bank.’’. 
SEC. 1705. Of the unexpended balances available under 
the heading ‘‘Export and Investment Assistance, Export- 
Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation’’ 
from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 
$400,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 1706. (a) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 
7006 in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 
to funds appropriated by this division by substituting ‘‘Af-
ghanistan, Pakistan, and other hostile or high-risk areas’’ 
for ‘‘Afghanistan, and Pakistan’’. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 1101, the amount included 
in section 7034(f) in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall 
be applied to funds appropriated by this division by sub-
stituting ‘‘$100,000,000’’ for ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7054(b) in 
division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds 
appropriated by this division by inserting before the period 
in paragraph (2) ‘‘; or (3) such assistance, license, sale, or
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transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing or disposing 
of such cluster munitions’’. 
(d) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7054(b) in 
division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied for pur-
poses of this division by inserting before the period in para-
graph (2) ‘‘; or (3) such assistance, license, sale, or transfer 
is for the purpose of demilitarizing or disposing of such 
cluster munitions’’. 
(e) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7063 in divi-
sion I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds ap-
propriated by this division by substituting ‘‘September 30, 
2014’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2013’’. 
(f) Notwithstanding section 1101, sections 7070(a) and 
7072(a) in division I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 
to funds appropriated by this division by substituting 
‘‘headings’’ for ‘‘heading’’ and substituting ‘‘ ‘Global Health 
Programs’, ‘Economic Support Fund’, and ‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’ for ‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’ ’’. 
(g) Notwithstanding section 1101, section 7070 in di-
vision I of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds 
appropriated by this division by adding the following: 
‘‘(d) Funds appropriated by this division under the 
heading ‘Economic Support Fund’ may be made available, 
not withstanding any other provision of law, for assistance
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and related programs for the countries identified in section 
3(c) of the Support for Eastern European Democracy 
(SEED) Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–179) and section 3 
of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102–511) and 
may be used to carry out the provisions of those Acts: Pro-
vided, That such assistance and related programs from 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘Global 
Health Programs’, ‘Economic Support Fund’, and ‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’ shall be 
administered in accordance with the responsibilities of the 
coordinator designated pursuant to section 601 of the Sup-
port for Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 
(Public Law 101–179) and section 102 of the FREEDOM 
Support Act (Public Law 102–511), and shall be made 
available in amounts consistent with the amounts made 
available under the heading ‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’ in fiscal year 2012, in consultation 
with the Committees on Appropriations.’’. 
(h) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 
101–167) is amended— 
(1) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— 
(A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2012, and 2013’’; and