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SEC. 228. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans 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. 229. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall include in the sufficiency letter re-
quired by section 117(d) of title 38, United States Code, 
that is due to the Congress on July 31 of each year a 
description of any changes exceeding $250,000,000 in 
funding requirements for the Medical Services account re-
sulting from the spring recalculation of the Enrollee 
Healthcare Projection Model. Any such revised data shall 
not be modified to align with the pending budget request. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs shall submit a reprogramming request to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
whenever a change of ten percent or more is proposed in 
funding for the current year or advance year in the Med-
ical Services initiatives listed in the Congressional submis-
sion. Such reprogramming may only go forward if the 
Committees have approved the request or if a period of 
fourteen days has elapsed. 
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(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 231. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in Public Law 112–74 to the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs for fiscal year 2013, $62,924,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical services’’, $12,737,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and $5,593,000 are 
rescinded from ‘‘Medical facilities’’. Amounts rescinded in 
this section shall be derived from amounts that would oth-
erwise have been available for the increase in civilian pay 
for fiscal year 2013 proposed in the President’s request. 
SEC. 232. (a) The amounts otherwise made available 
by this Act for the following accounts of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following 
amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration--Medical 
and prosthetic research’’, $809,000. 
(2) 
‘‘National 
Cemetery 
Administration’’, 
$360,000. 
(3) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
administration’’, $1,575,000. 
(4) ‘‘Departmental Administration--General op-
erating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, $6,100,000. 
(5) ‘‘Departmental Administration--Information 
technology systems’’, $3,250,000. 
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(6) ‘‘Departmental Administration--Office of In-
spector General’’, $450,000. 
(b) Amounts reduced in subsection (a) shall be de-
rived from amounts that would otherwise have been avail-
able for the increase in civilian pay for 2013 proposed in 
the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget request. 
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 coun-
tries; 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 replacement 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, $59,290,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 
sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex-
pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 
36, United States Code. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 
authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 
United 
States 
Code, 
$31,187,000 
Provided, 
That 
$2,726,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 
financial assistance as described, and in accordance with 
the process and 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, as authorized by law, for 
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington 
National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one 
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basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $173,733,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which, not less than 
$84,000,000 shall be for the Millennium Project. In addi-
tion, such sums as may be necessary for parking mainte-
nance, repairs and replacement, to be derived from the 
‘‘Lease of Department of Defense Real Property for De-
fense Agencies’’ account. Funds appropriated under this 
Act may be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for 
the relocation of the federally owned water main at Arling-
ton National Cemetery making additional land available 
for ground burials. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 
and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis-
sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $67,590,000, of 
which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for construction and renovation of the physical plants at 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi. 
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TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $150,768,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2013: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 401. Of the unobligated balances in section 
2005 in title X, of Public Law 112–10 and division H 
in title IV of Public Law 112–74, $150,768,000 are here-
by rescinded: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 402. Availability of funds.—Each amount des-
ignated in this Act by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
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Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 
(or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subse-
quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 
when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 
to which the funds are made available that the program, 
project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 
property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 503. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and 
for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pam-
phlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presen-
tation designed to support or defeat legislation pending 
before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself. 
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SEC. 504. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con-
duct of their business practices and public service activi-
ties. 
SEC. 505. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no-
tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af-
fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 506. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able in this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern-
ment except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this or any other appropriations 
Act. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner of the United States House of Representa-
tives. 
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SEC. 508. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be distributed to the Association of Community 
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Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidi-
aries or successors. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used by an agency 
of the executive branch to exercise the power of eminent 
domain (to take the private property for public use) with-
out the payment of just compensation. 
SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 
or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 
or possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 
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, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
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(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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. 514. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to execute a contract for goods or services, includ-
ing construction services, where the contractor has not 
complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 515. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 
of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 
grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor-
poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 
of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 
convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 
law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding 
agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has 
considered suspension or debarment of the corporation, or 
such officer or agent, and made a determination that this 
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