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SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall be available 
to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropria-
tions accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, except that if such obligations 
are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Com-
pensation and Pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the 
National Service Life Insurance Fund under section 1920 of title 
38, United States Code, the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund 
under section 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 
States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 1955 of 
title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts: Provided, 
That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings 
accumulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 2016 
that are available for dividends in that program after claims have 
been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside: 
Provided further, That if the cost of administration of such an 
insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumu-
lated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the 
extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2016 which is properly allocable to the provision of each such 
insurance program and to the provision of any total disability 
income insurance included in that insurance program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds 
to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account 
during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, 
may be obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds 
are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for salaries 
and other administrative expenses shall also be available to 
reimburse the Office of Resolution Management of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Employment Discrimination 
Complaint Adjudication under section 319 of title 38, United States 
Code, for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 
costs but not to exceed $43,700,000 for the Office of Resolution 
Management and $3,400,000 for the Office of Employment Discrimi-
nation Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments may be 
made in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 
costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall be credited 
to the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’ accounts for use by the office that provided the service. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 211. Of the amounts made available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for the Office of Rural 
Health under the heading ‘‘Medical Services’’, including any advance
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appropriation for fiscal year 2016 provided in prior appropriation 
Acts, up to $20,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Grants for Construction 
of State Extended Care Facilities’’. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical 
services provided to any person under chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, for a non-service-connected disability described in sec-
tion 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 informa-
tion 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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds 
or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (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 improvements 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 ‘‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’. 
SEC. 214. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
are available— 
(1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equip-
ment; 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 Medical 
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 purposes of that account. 
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 provide healthcare, including behavioral health 
and dental care. The Secretary shall require participating veterans 
and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regulations, 
as established by the Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall 
mean those lands sited within the external boundaries of the Alaska 
Native regions specified in sections 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), 
and those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in
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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 bound-
aries of the municipality of Anchorage, the Fairbanks 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 Department 
of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ‘‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 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 Net-
works. 
SEC. 219. Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report 
on the financial status of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
the preceding quarter: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 
shall include the direction contained in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act) in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly Report’’, 
under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical Serv-
ices’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Gen-
eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Gen-
eral Administration’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ 
accounts for fiscal year 2016 may be transferred to or from the 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such 
transfers may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate 
increase in the total amount made available by this Act for the 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, 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 an approval 
is issued. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Vet-
erans 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 Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 
119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical Services’’,
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‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construc-
tion, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up 
to $267,521,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the 
Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Med-
ical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public 
Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of 
the facilities 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): Provided, That additional funds may be transferred 
from accounts designated in this section to the Joint Department 
of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress: Provided further, That section 223 of Title II of Division 
I of Public Law 113–235 is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2016, 
for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to $265,675,000, plus reimbursements, may 
be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, estab-
lished by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and 
may be used for operation of the facilities 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): Provided, That additional 
funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this section 
to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by 
the Secretary 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 Medical 
Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United 
States Code, for healthcare provided at facilities 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 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 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).
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. Of the amounts available in this title for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facili-
ties’’, 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 
I of Public Law 113–235, the following amounts which became 
available on October 1, 2015, are hereby rescinded from the fol-
lowing accounts in the amounts specified: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services’’, 
$1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities’’, 
$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, 
2017: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services’’, 
$1,400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, $100,000,000. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities’’, 
$250,000,000. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all 
bid savings in a major construction project 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 Appro-
priations 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. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Construction, 
Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in excess of the scope 
specified for that project in the original justification data provided 
to the Congress as part of the request for appropriations unless 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
quarterly report that contains the following information from each 
Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office: (1) the average 
time to complete a disability compensation claim; (2) the number 
of claims pending more than 125 days, disaggregated by initial 
and supplemental claims; (3) error rates; (4) the number of claims 
personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within the quarter to 
address poor performance; (6) training programs undertaken; and
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(7) the number and results of Quality Review Team audits: Pro-
vided, That each quarterly report shall be submitted no later than 
30 days after the end of the respective quarter. 
SEC. 230. Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, a maximum of $5,000,000 may be obli-
gated from the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account and a maximum of 
$154,596,000 may be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’ account for the VistA Evolution and electronic health 
record interoperability projects: Provided, That funds in addition 
to these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and 
electronic health record interoperability projects upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide writ-
ten notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress 15 days prior to organizational changes which result 
in the transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents from one 
organizational unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
another. 
SEC. 232. The Secretary 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. 233. None of the funds available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to replace 
the current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Net-
works select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and 
equipment. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 234. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon determination 
that such action is necessary to address needs of the Veterans 
Health Administration, may transfer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ 
account any discretionary appropriations made available for fiscal 
year 2016 in this title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) 
or any discretionary unobligated balances within the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 
2016, that were provided in advance by appropriations Acts: Pro-
vided, That transfers shall be made only with the approval of 
the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
no amounts may be transferred from amounts that were designated 
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such authority 
to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 
on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for which origi-
nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds 
are requested has been denied by Congress: Provided further, That, 
upon determination that all or part of the funds transferred from 
an appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be trans-
ferred back to that appropriation and shall be available for the
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same purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 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 receive approval 
of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 235. Amounts made available for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, under the ‘‘Board of Veterans 
Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’ accounts may be transferred between such 
accounts: 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 receive approval from such Committees 
for such request. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 236. Of the unobligated balances available within the 
‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, $30,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 237. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not reprogram 
funds among major construction projects or programs if such 
instance of reprogramming will exceed $5,000,000, unless such re-
programming is approved by the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 238. Section 2302(a)(2)(A)(viii) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or under title 38’’ after ‘‘of this 
title’’. 
SEC. 239. Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) Whenever the Inspector General, in carrying out the 
duties and responsibilities established under the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), issues a work product that makes 
a recommendation or otherwise suggests corrective action, the 
Inspector General shall— 
‘‘(A) submit the work product to— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; 
‘‘(iii) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
‘‘(iv) if the work product was initiated upon request 
by an individual or entity other than the Inspector 
General, that individual or entity; and 
‘‘(v) any Member of Congress upon request; and 
‘‘(B) the Inspector General shall submit all final work 
products to— 
‘‘(i) if the work product was initiated upon request 
by an individual or entity other than the Inspector 
General, that individual or entity; and 
‘‘(ii) any Member of Congress upon request; and
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‘‘(C) not later than 3 days after the work product 
is submitted in final form to the Secretary, post the work 
product on the Internet website of the Inspector General. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
authorize the public disclosure of information that is specifically 
prohibited from disclosure by any other provision of law.’’. 
SEC. 240. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to pay the salary of any individual who (a) was the Executive 
Director of the Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, 
and (b) who retired from Federal service in the midst of an inves-
tigation, initiated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, into delays 
and cost overruns associated with the design and construction of 
the new medical center in Aurora, Colorado. 
SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated in this or prior 
appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer any amounts from 
the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other 
account within the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 242. None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available by title II may be used to carry out the Home Marketing 
Incentive Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs or to 
carry out the Appraisal Value Offer Program of the Department 
with respect to an employee of the Department in a senior executive 
position (as defined in section 713(g) of title 38, United States 
Code): Provided, That the Secretary may waive this prohibition 
with respect to the use of the Home Marketing Incentive Program 
and Appraisal Value Offer Program to recruit for a position for 
which recruitment or retention of qualified personnel is likely to 
be difficult in the absence of the use of these incentives: Provided 
further, That within 15 days of a determination by the Secretary 
to waive this prohibition, the Secretary shall submit written 
notification thereof to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress containing the reasons and identifying the 
position title for which the waiver has been issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 243. There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Recurring Expenses 
Transformational Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That unobligated 
balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated in this or 
any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs by this or any other Act 
may be transferred (at the end of the fifth fiscal year after the 
last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the purposes 
for which appropriated) into the Fund: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in the Fund shall be available until expended, 
and in addition to such other funds as may be available for such 
purposes, for facilities infrastructure improvements, including non-
recurring maintenance, at existing hospitals and clinics of the Vet-
erans Health Administration, and information technology systems 
improvements and sustainment, subject to approval by the Office 
of Management and Budget: Provided further, That prior to obliga-
tion of any amounts in the Fund, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
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of Congress the authority to make such obligation and such Commit-
tees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed. 
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 monu-
ments outside of the United States and its territories and posses-
sions; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase 
(one-for-one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, $105,100,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
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 author-
ized 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, $32,141,000: 
Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of 
providing financial assistance as described, and in accordance with 
the process and reporting 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 Soldiers’ and 
Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or lease 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one basis 
only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $79,516,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2018. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and
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replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Department of 
Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ account. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction and renovation of the physical plants at the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this heading 
from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund, $20,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army’’, may 
be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of 
the federally owned water main at Arlington National Cemetery, 
making additional land available for ground burials. 
SEC. 302. Amounts deposited into the special account estab-
lished under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and shall be available 
until expended to support activities at the Army National Military 
Cemeteries. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 402. 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. 403. 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’’ tech-
nologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices 
and public service activities. 
SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications 
required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee 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.
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SEC. 405. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other appropria-
tions Act. 
SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for a project or program named for an individual serving 
as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United 
States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
Web site of that agency any report required 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 proprietary informa-
tion. 
(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. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for first- 
class travel by an employee of the agency in contravention of 
sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
SEC. 410. None of the funds made available 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. 411. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the Department of Defense or the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for 
any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inventory, except in 
accordance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Perform-
ance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated 
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, Guanta´namo 
Bay, Cuba, for the purposes 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, 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba.
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(c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guanta´namo 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, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, Vet-
erans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION K—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPER-
ATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2016 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $5,622,170,000, of which 
up to $629,055,000 may remain available until September 30, 2017, 
and of which up to $1,428,468,000 may remain available until 
expended for Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading shall be allocated in accordance 
with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary expenses for 
training, human resources management, and salaries, including 
employment without regard to civil service and classification 
laws of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), 
as authorized by section 801 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, $2,181,622,000, of which 
up to $358,833,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for the 
regional bureaus of the Department of State and overseas 
activities as authorized by law, $1,561,840,000. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC
POLICY
AND
SUPPORT.—For necessary 
expenses for the functional bureaus of the Department of State, 
including representation to certain international organizations 
in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties 
ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 
specific Acts of Congress, general administration, and arms 
control, nonproliferation and disarmament activities as author-
ized, $791,121,000. 
(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for secu-
rity activities, $1,087,587,000, of which up to $1,069,635,000 
is for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(5) FEES
AND
PAYMENTS
COLLECTED.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise made available under this heading—
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(A) not to exceed $1,840,900 shall be derived from 
fees collected from other executive agencies for lease or 
use of facilities located at the International Center in 
accordance with section 4 of the International Center Act, 
and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such Act, 
$743,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized by 
that section, to be used for the purposes set out in that 
section; 
(B) as authorized by section 810 of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act, not to exceed 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be 
credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments 
received from English teaching, library, motion pictures, 
and publication programs and from fees from educational 
advising and counseling and exchange visitor programs; 
and 
(C) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair 
House facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER MATTERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
funds may be reprogrammed within and between para-
graphs (1) through (4) under this heading subject to section 
7015 of this Act. 
(B) Of the amount made available under this heading, 
not to exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 
Service’’, to be available only for emergency evacuations 
and rewards, as authorized. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading are avail-
able for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to sec-
tion 1108(g) of title 31, United States Code, for the field 
examination of programs and activities in the United States 
funded from any account contained in this title. 
(D) Funds appropriated under this heading may be 
made available for Conflict Stabilization Operations and 
for related reconstruction and stabilization assistance to 
prevent or respond to conflict or civil strife in foreign 
countries or regions, or to enable transition from such 
strife. 
(E) Funds appropriated under this heading in this 
Act that are designated for Worldwide Security Protection 
shall continue to be made available for support of security- 
related training at sites in existence prior to the enactment 
of this Act: Provided, That in addition to such funds, up 
to $99,113,000 of the funds made available under this 
heading in this Act may be obligated for a Foreign Affairs 
Security Training Center (FASTC) only after the Secretary 
of State— 
(i) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a comprehensive analysis of a minimum 
of three different locations for FASTC assessing the 
feasibility and comparing the costs and benefits of 
delivering training at each such location; and
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(ii) notifies the appropriate congressional commit-
tees at least 15 days in advance of such obligation: 
Provided, That such notification shall also include a 
justification for any decision made by the Department 
of State to obligate funds for FASTC. 
(F) None of the funds appropriated under this heading 
may be used for the preservation of religious sites unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such sites are histori-
cally, artistically, or culturally significant, that the purpose 
of the project is neither to advance nor to inhibit the 
free exercise of religion, and that the project is in the 
national interest of the United States. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, 
$66,400,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$72,700,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465), as it relates to post 
inspections: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $10,905,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2017. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
as authorized, $590,900,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not less than $236,000,000 shall be for the Fulbright 
Program and not less than $102,000,000 shall be for Citizen 
Exchange Program, including $4,000,000 for the Congress-Bundes-
tag Youth Exchange: Provided, That fees or other payments received 
from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational advising 
and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs as author-
ized may be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That not later than 45 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations detailing modifications made 
to existing educational and cultural exchange programs since cal-
endar year 2014, including for special academic and special profes-
sional and cultural exchanges: Provided further, That a portion 
of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Central Asia regions 
shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie Fellowships, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That Department of State-designated sponsors may not issue 
a Form DS–2019 (Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor 
(J–1) Status) to place student participants in seafood product 
preparation or packaging positions in the Summer Work Travel 
program in fiscal year 2016 unless prior to issuing such Form 
the sponsor provides to the Secretary of State a description of 
such program and verifies in writing to the Secretary that such 
program fully complies with part 62 of title 22 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, notwithstanding subsection 62.32(h)(16) of 
such part, and with the requirements specified under this heading