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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, $201,400,000, 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, 
$419,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2012. 
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, $742,920,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $288,329,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2012. 
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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, 
$371,404,000. 
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, 
$362,747,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2012. 
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, 
$688,335,000. 
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-
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tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $48,848,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $500,000, 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, 
$104,176,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2012, 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 
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Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), $320,689,000, 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), $8,174,315,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading for the construction of facilities are subject to 
the notification and reprogramming requirements applica-
ble to military construction projects under section 2853 of 
title 10, United States Code, and section 0703 of the De-
partment of Defense Financial Management Regulation of 
December 1996, including the requirement to obtain the ap-
proval of the congressional defense committees prior to exe-
cuting certain reprogramming actions. 
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. 
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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-
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. 
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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 
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. 
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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 if that country has not increased its defense 
spending by at least 3 percent in calendar year 2005, 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-
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 is to inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
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ing the Committees on Appropriations, of the plans and 
scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 
States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts 
expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $750,000. 
SEC. 114. 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 
two months of the fiscal year. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 115. 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. 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. 
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 
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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. 
SEC. 118. (a) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, by February 
15 of each year, an annual report on actions taken by the 
Department of Defense and the Department of State during 
the previous fiscal year to encourage host countries to as-
sume a greater share of the common defense burden of such 
countries and the United States. 
(b) The report under subsection (a) shall include a de-
scription of— 
(1) attempts to secure cash and in-kind contribu-
tions from host countries for military construction 
projects; 
(2) attempts to achieve economic incentives of-
fered by host countries to encourage private invest-
ment for the benefit of the United States Armed 
Forces; 
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(3) attempts to recover funds due to be paid to 
the United States by host countries for assets deeded 
or otherwise imparted to host countries upon the ces-
sation of United States operations at military instal-
lations; 
(4) the amount spent by host countries on de-
fense, in dollars and in terms of the percent of gross 
domestic product (GDP) of the host country; and 
(5) for host countries that are members of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the 
amount contributed to NATO by host countries, in 
dollars and in terms of the percent of the total NATO 
budget. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘host country’’ means 
other member countries of NATO, Japan, South Korea, and 
United States allies bordering the Arabian Sea. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 119. 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 
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to be available for the same purposes and the same time 
period as that account. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 120. Subject to 30 days prior notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
such additional amounts as may be determined by the Sec-
retary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department 
of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund from 
amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family Hous-
ing’’ 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 
acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
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SEC. 121. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing 
any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for 
military family housing the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress the notice described 
in subsection (b). 
(b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice 
of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or 
rental payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary to 
the private party under the contract involved in the event 
of— 
(A) the closure or realignment of the installation 
for which housing is provided under the contract; 
(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at 
such installation; or 
(C) the extended deployment overseas of units 
stationed at such installation. 
(2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the 
nature of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and 
likelihood, if any, of the liability of the Federal Government 
with respect to the guarantee. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 122. 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 
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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. 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. 123. Notwithstanding this or any other provision 
of law, funds made available in this title for operation and 
maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive source 
of funds for repair and 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 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 reason-
ably anticipated at the time of the budget submission: Pro-
vided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comp-
troller) is to report annually to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress all operation and 
maintenance expenditures for each individual general or 
flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year: Provided fur-
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ther, That nothing in this section precludes the Secretary 
of a military department, after notifying the congressional 
defense committees and waiting 21 days, from using funds 
derived under section 2601, chapter 403, chapter 603, or 
chapter 903 of title 10, United States Code, for the mainte-
nance or repair of general and flag officer quarters at the 
military service academy under the jurisdiction of that Sec-
retary: Provided further, That each Secretary of a military 
department shall provide an annual report by February 15 
to the congressional defense committees on the amount of 
funds that were derived under section 2601, chapter 403, 
chapter 603, or chapter 903 of title 10, United States Code, 
in the previous year and were obligated for the construction, 
improvement, repair, or maintenance of any military facil-
ity or infrastructure. 
SEC. 124. 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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 125. 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, 
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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 
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 
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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. 
SEC. 126. Funds made available by this title for the 
construction of facilities identified in the State table of the 
report accompanying this Act as ‘‘Grow the Force’’ projects 
are subject to the notification and reprogramming require-
ments applicable to military construction projects under 
section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and section 
0703 of the Department of Defense Financial Management 
Regulation of December 1996, including the requirement to 
obtain the approval of the congressional defense committees 
prior to executing certain reprogramming actions. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS PROGRAMS 
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 law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 
18, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf 
of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 
51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, the 
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Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency 
and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits 
and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial 
life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of 
title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 
App. 540 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by 
law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 
51, 53, 55, and 61; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 
Stat. 1198), $41,236,322,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That not to exceed $28,583,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be reim-
bursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical ad-
ministration’’ 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 law 
(38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, 
and 61), $3,300,289,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program 
services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized 
to provide under section 3104(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, other than under subsection (a)(1), (2), (5), and (11) 
of that section, shall be charged to this account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by title 38, United States Code, chapter 19; 70 
Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $41,250,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
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 2008, 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, $154,562,000. 
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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $71,000, 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 
$3,287,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $311,000, which may 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘General operating expenses’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code, $628,000. 
GUARANTEED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOANS FOR 
HOMELESS VETERANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the administrative expenses to carry out the guar-
anteed transitional housing loan program authorized by 
subchapter VI of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, 
not to exceed $750,000 of the amounts appropriated by this 
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Act for ‘‘General operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical serv-
ices’’ may be expended. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet-
erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 
supplies and equipment, food services, and salaries and ex-
penses of health-care employees hired under title 38, United 
States Code, and aid to State homes as authorized by sec-
tion 1741 of title 38, United States Code; $28,979,220,000, 
plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, not to exceed $1,350,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2009: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority 
for treatment for veterans who are service-connected dis-
abled, lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for 
the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enroll-
ment priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, 
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notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of pre-
scription drugs from Veterans Health Administration fa-
cilities to enrolled veterans with privately written prescrip-
tions 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: Provided fur-
ther, That for the Department of Defense/Department of 
Veterans Affairs Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as 
authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 
Code, a minimum of $15,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of 
title 38, United States Code. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION 
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 Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 
2651 et seq.): $3,642,000,000, plus reimbursements, of 
which $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2009. 
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MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities 
and other necessary facilities for the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 
planning, design, project management, real property acqui-
sition and disposition, construction and renovation of any 
facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Depart-
ment; for oversight, engineering and architectural activities 
not charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improv-
ing or providing facilities in the several hospitals and 
homes under the jurisdiction of the Department, not other-
wise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of tem-
porary employees and purchase of materials; for leases of 
facilities; and for laundry services, $4,092,000,000, plus re-
imbursements, of which $350,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not less than 
$350,000,000 for non-recurring maintenance provided 
under this heading shall be allocated in a manner not sub-
ject to the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation. 
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, 
$500,000,000, plus reimbursements, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009. 
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