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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. 227. (a) Of the funds appropriated in division 
I of Public Law 113–235, the following amounts which be-
come available on October 1, 2015, are hereby rescinded 
from the following 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’’, $150,000,000. 
(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.
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SEC. 228. 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. 229. The scope of work for a project included in 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may not be increased above 
the scope specified for that project in the original justifica-
tion data provided to the Congress as part of the request 
for appropriations. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit 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 dis-
ability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims pend-
ing more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number 
of claims personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within 
the quarter to address poor performance; (6) training pro-
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grams undertaken; and (7) the number and results of Qual-
ity Review Team audits: Provided, That each quarterly re-
port shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end 
of the respective quarter. 
SEC. 231. 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 obligated 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 interoper-
ability projects: Provided, That funds in addition to these 
amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and elec-
tronic health record interoperability projects upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 232. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza-
tional 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. 233. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single
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national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 
which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 
SEC. 234. Not more than $4,400,000 of the funds pro-
vided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans 
Affairs—Departmental 
Administration—General 
Administration’’ may be used for the Office of Congres-
sional and Legislative Affairs. 
SEC. 235. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 
Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 236. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in title II of division I of Public Law 113–235 for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, 
$198,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
$42,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, and $15,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 237. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate 
amount of $55,000,000 from the total budget authority pro-
vided for fiscal year 2016 for discretionary accounts of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in—
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(1) this Act; or 
(2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 
2016 in prior appropriation Acts. 
(b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report speci-
fying the account and amount of each rescission not later 
than 30 days following enactment of this Act. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 238. Of the unobligated balances available within 
the ‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 
$50,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 239. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in title II of division I of Public Law 113–235 for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, 
$1,052,000 are rescinded from ‘‘General Administration’’, 
and $5,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Construction, Minor 
Projects’’. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 240. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate 
amount of $90,293,000 from prior year unobligated bal-
ances available within discretionary accounts of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs; 
(b) No funds may be rescinded from amounts provided 
under the following headings:
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(1) ‘‘Medical Services’’; 
(2) ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Research’’; 
(3) ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’; 
(4) ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’; 
(5) ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Ben-
efits Administration’’; 
(6) ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’; 
(7) ‘‘Grants for Construction of State Extended 
Care Facilities’’; and 
(8) ‘‘Grants for Construction of Veterans Ceme-
teries’’. 
(c) No amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, as amended. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report speci-
fying the account and amount of each rescission not later 
than 30 days following enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 241. 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. 242. The Department of Veterans Affairs is au-
thorized to administer financial assistance grants and enter
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into cooperative agreements with organizations, utilizing a 
competitive selection process, to train and employ homeless 
and at-risk veterans in natural resource conservation man-
agement. 
SEC. 243. Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c)(1) Whenever the Inspector General, in carrying 
out the duties and responsibilities established under the In-
spector 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’ Af-
fairs, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
‘‘(iii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs, the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representa-
tives; 
‘‘(iv) if the work product was initiated 
upon request by an individual or entity
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other than the Inspector General, that indi-
vidual or entity; and 
‘‘(v) any Member of Congress upon re-
quest; 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 indi-
vidual or entity; and 
‘‘(ii) any Member of Congress upon re-
quest; and 
‘‘(C) not later than 3 days after the work 
product is submitted in final form to the Sec-
retary, 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. 244. 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 investigation, initiated by the Depart-
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ment of Veterans Affairs, into delays and cost overruns as-
sociated with the design and construction of the new med-
ical center in Aurora, Colorado. 
SEC. 245. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account for fiscal year 2016 in this 
Act of any other Act, not less than $10,000,000 shall be used 
to hire additional caregiver support coordinators to support 
the programs of assistance and support for caregivers of vet-
erans under section 1720G of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 246. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
this Act may be used in a manner that would— 
(1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to par-
ticipate in a State-approved medicinal marijuana 
program; 
(2) deny any services from the Department to a 
veteran who is participating in such a program; or 
(3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health 
care provider of the Department to make appropriate 
recommendations, fill out forms, or take steps to com-
ply with such a program. 
SEC. 247. The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct random, periodic audits of medical fa-
cilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Vet-
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erans Integrated Service Networks to assess whether such 
facilities and Networks are complying with all standards 
imposed by law or by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with 
respect to the timely access of veterans to hospital care, med-
ical services, and other health care from the Department. 
SEC. 248. None of the amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available by this title may be used to transfer 
any amount from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensa-
tion Fund to any other account in the Treasury of the 
United States. 
SEC. 249. None of the amounts appropriated or other-
wise 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 em-
ployee of the Department in a senior executive position (as 
defined in section 713(g) of title 38, United States Code). 
SEC. 250. (a) Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the congressional veterans 
committees a report evaluating the implementation by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs of section 101 of the Vet-
erans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Pub-
lic Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note).
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(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include, 
with respect to the implementation of such section 101, an 
evaluation of the following: 
(1) The effect of such implementation on the re-
duction in the use of purchased care by the Depart-
ment, including delays or denials of care and inter-
ruptions in courses and continuity of care. 
(2) The ability of health care providers to meet 
the demand for primary, specialty, and behavioral 
health care under such section 101 that cannot rea-
sonably be provided in medical facilities of the De-
partment. 
(3) The efforts of the Department to recruit 
health care providers to provide health care under 
such section 101. 
(4) The accuracy of the information provided to 
veterans through call centers regarding the receipt of 
health care under such section 101. 
(5) The timeliness of referrals of veterans by the 
Department to health care providers under such sec-
tion 101. 
(6) Unique issues and difficulties in the imple-
mentation of section 101 with respect to veterans re-
siding in rural areas, the States of Alaska and Ha-
waii and states lacking a full service VA Hospital.
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(7) With respect to rural areas: (A) an identi-
fication of the average wait times for veterans in 
rural areas to receive health care under such section 
101, measured from when the veteran first calls the 
Department or contracted call center to request an 
appointment; (B) an assessment of utilization rates 
for health care provided under such section 101 in 
rural areas; (C) an assessment of the accessibility of 
veterans in rural areas to primary and specialty care 
at medical centers of the Department and from non- 
Department health care providers under such section 
101; (D) an assessment of the status of any pilot pro-
grams created by the Department to provide care 
under such section 101; (E) an identification of the 
number of health care providers providing health care 
under such section 101 to veterans in rural areas, 
broken out by primary care providers, specialty and 
subspecialty providers, and behavioral health pro-
viders in each Veterans Integrated Service Network. 
(8) Recommendations for such improvements to 
the provision of health care under such section 101 as 
the Comptroller General considers appropriate. 
(c) In this section, the term ‘‘congressional veterans 
committees’’ means the Veterans Affairs Committees of the 
United States Senate and the House of Representatives and
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the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Af-
fairs and Related Agencies of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the United States Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 251. Not later than February 1, 2016, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 
that supplements the report required under section 4002(c) 
of the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care 
Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–41) and 
that contains the following: 
(1) A description of the changes in access, if any, 
of veterans in Alaska to purchased care from the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs that have resulted from 
implementation of section 101 of the Veterans Access, 
Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–146), including denials of care and interruptions 
in the course and continuity of care. 
(2) An assessment of the performance of the De-
partment in providing health care under such section 
101 in Alaska, including— 
(A) the performance of call center service 
provided to veterans;
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including the roles of tribal health providers and com-
munity providers in addressing those gaps. 
SEC. 252. None of the amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available by this title may be used— 
(1) to carry out the memorandum of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration known as ‘‘Fast Letter 13– 
10’’, issued on May 20, 2013; or 
(2) to create or maintain any patient record- 
keeping system other than those currently approved 
by the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office 
in Washington, District of Columbia. 
SEC. 253. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to Congress a report on the re-
cruitment and retention of health care providers by the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following: 
(1) An identification of the ratio of veterans to 
health 
care 
providers 
of 
the 
Department, 
disaggregated by State. 
(2) An analysis of the workload of primary and 
specialty 
care 
providers 
of 
the 
Department, 
disaggregated by State.
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(3) An assessment of initiatives carried out by 
the Veterans Health Administration to recruit and re-
tain health care providers of the Department. 
(4) An assessment of the extent to which the Vet-
erans Health Administration oversees health care pro-
viders of the Department. 
(5) Such recommendations for improving the re-
cruitment and retention of health care providers of 
the Department as the Comptroller General considers 
appropriate. 
SEC. 254. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall submit to Congress a report on the implementa-
tion by the Department of Veterans Affairs of section 101 
of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) in rural 
areas. 
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following: 
(1) An identification of average wait times for 
veterans in rural areas to receive health care under 
such section 101, measured from when the veteran 
first calls the Department to schedule an appoint-
ment.
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(2) An assessment of utilization rates for health 
care provided under such section 101 in rural areas. 
(3) An assessment of the accessibility of veterans 
in rural areas to primary and specialty care at med-
ical centers of the Department and from non-Depart-
ment health care providers under such section 101. 
(4) An identification of the number of health 
care providers providing health care under such sec-
tion 101 in each Veterans Integrated Service Network. 
(5) An assessment of the status of any pilot pro-
grams created by the Department to provide care 
under such section 101 in rural areas. 
SEC. 255. REPORT ON USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY 
NUMBERS BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) 
REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on the use of social security numbers by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and the plans of the Sec-
retary to discontinue the unnecessary use. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A list of documents and records of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs that contain social secu-
rity numbers.
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(2) A list of all government and non-government 
entities and the numbers of their employees that have 
access to the social security numbers of veterans that 
are stored by the Department. 
(3) A description of how the Department, other 
governmental entities, and persons use social security 
numbers they obtain from the Department, including 
a description of any information sharing arrange-
ments that the Secretary may have with the heads of 
other governmental entities. 
(4) The number of data breaches of Department 
of Veterans Affairs information systems that involved 
social security numbers that occurred during the five- 
year period ending on the date of the enactment of 
this Act that the Secretary discovered or that were re-
ported to the Secretary, a description and status of 
the investigations conducted by the Secretary regard-
ing such breaches, and a description of the plans of 
the Secretary to remediate such breaches. 
(5) The plans of the Secretary, including a 
timeline, to discontinue the unnecessary use by the 
Department of social security numbers. 
(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES
OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means—
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(1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 256. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report that includes, with respect to the South Texas Vet-
erans Health Care System of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, the following: 
(1) A description of the nature and scope of any 
foreseeable increase in wait times for medical ap-
pointments. 
(2) An assessment of whether a shortage of health 
care providers is the primary cause of any such in-
crease in wait times. 
(3) An identification of any other causes of any 
such increase in wait times. 
(4) A description of any action taken by the De-
partment to correct any such increase in wait times. 
(5) An assessment of any issues relating to access 
to care. 
(6) A plan for how the Secretary will remedy 
any such increase in wait times, including a detailed
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description of steps to be taken and a timeline for 
completion. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 
of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 257. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
enter into a contract with an independent third party de-
scribed in subsection (b) to carry out a study on the impact 
of participation in combat during service in the Armed 
Forces on suicides and other mental health issues among 
members of the Armed Forces and veterans. 
(b) An independent third party described in this sub-
section is an independent third party that has appropriate 
credentials to access information in the possession of the 
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs that is necessary to carry out the study required under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 258. (a) The amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this title under the heading ‘‘MEDICAL
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AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH’’ under the heading ‘‘VET-
ERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION’’ is hereby increased by 
$8,922,462. 
(b) The amount appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this title for fiscal year 2016 under the heading 
‘‘MEDICAL
SERVICES’’ under the heading ‘‘VETERANS 
HEALTH
ADMINISTRATION’’ 
is 
hereby 
reduced 
by 
$8,922,462. 
SEC. 259. Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this title for ‘‘MEDICAL SERVICES’’, not 
more than $5,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to assess 
the feasibility and advisability of awarding grants to vet-
erans service agencies, veterans service organizations, and 
nongovernmental organizations to provide furniture, house-
hold items, and other assistance to formerly homeless vet-
erans who are moving into permanent housing to facilitate 
the settlement of such veterans in such housing. 
SEC. 260. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AC-
TION PLAN TO IMPROVE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND 
EDUCATION. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall develop and publish an action plan 
for improving the services and assistance provided under 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code.
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) A comprehensive analysis of, and rec-
ommendations and a proposed implementation plan 
for remedying workload management challenges at re-
gional offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
including steps to reduce counselor caseloads of vet-
erans participating in a rehabilitation program 
under such chapter, particularly for counselors who 
are assisting veterans with traumatic brain injury 
and post-traumatic stress disorder and counselors 
with educational and vocational counseling work-
loads. 
(2) A comprehensive analysis of the reasons for 
the disproportionately low percentage of veterans with 
service-connected disabilities who served in the Armed 
Forces after September 11, 2001, who opt to partici-
pate in a rehabilitation program under such chapter 
relative to the percentage of such veterans who use 
their entitlement to educational assistance under 
chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code, including 
an analysis of barriers to timely enrollment in reha-
bilitation programs under chapter 31 of such title 
and of any barriers to a veteran enrolling in the pro-
gram of that veteran’s choice.
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(3) Recommendations and a proposed implemen-
tation plan for encouraging more veterans with serv-
ice-connected disabilities who served in the Armed 
Forces after September 11, 2001, to participate in re-
habilitation programs under chapter 31 of such title. 
(4) A national staff training program for voca-
tional rehabilitation counselors of the Department 
that includes the provision of— 
(A) training to assist counselors in under-
standing the very profound disorientation expe-
rienced by veterans with service-connected dis-
abilities whose lives and life-plans have been up-
ended and out of their control because of such 
disabilities; 
(B) training to assist counselors in working 
in partnership with veterans on individual reha-
bilitation plans; and 
(C) training on post-traumatic stress dis-
order and other mental health conditions and on 
moderate to severe traumatic brain injury that 
is designed to improve the ability of such coun-
selors to assist veterans with these conditions, in-
cluding by providing information on the broad 
spectrum of such conditions and the effect of such
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conditions on an individual’s abilities and func-
tional limitations. 
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, 
$75,100,000, 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 authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code.
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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 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 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$70,800,000, of which not to exceed $28,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 
and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart-
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ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac-
count. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $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 Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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. 
SEC. 302. Amounts deposited during the current fiscal 
year to the special account established under 10 U.S.C. 
4727 are appropriated and shall be available until ex-
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pended to support activities at the Army National Military 
Cemeteries. 
SEC. 303. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 
of Defense—Civil Cemeterial Expenses, Army’’ in this title, 
$30,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, such funds may be transferred to the Fed-
eral Highway Administration, Department of Transpor-
tation, for construction of access roads adjacent to Arling-
ton National Cemetery to support land acquisition for the 
expansion of the cemetery. 
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. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2016 for pay raises for programs funded by this Act 
shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.