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SEC. 239. For an additional amount for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, $1,138,000,000 for the pro-
grams and activities authorized in the VA MISSION Act 
of 2018 and the amendments made by such Act, which 
shall be in addition to amounts otherwise made available 
in this Act for such purpose, of which— 
(1) $600,000,000 shall become available for the 
Veterans Community Care Program under section 
1703 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by 
the VA MISSION Act of 2018, on the effective date 
specified in section 101(b) of such Act; and 
(2) $253,000,000 shall be available for the 
Family Caregivers Program under section 1720G of 
title 38, United States Code, as amended by such 
Act: 
Provided, That amounts made available under this section 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 
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
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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 $42,000 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 ex-
pended. 
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, $33,600,000: Provided , That 
$2,580,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 
financial assistance as described and in accordance with
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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 Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement 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 $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2021. In addition, 
such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 
repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease 
of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 
Agencies’’ account. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses for planning and design and 
construction at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ 
and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, $73,855,000, to 
remain available until expended, for planning and design 
and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 
project at Arlington National Cemetery.
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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, $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, Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading from funds 
available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund 
of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries.
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TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army’’, $261,250,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be for construction of the High 
Value Detention Facility, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless 
authorized in an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 for military construction. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $227,320,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023, for projects outside of the 
United States: 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.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’ $345,800,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $87,050,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, for projects outside of the United 
States: 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Each amount designated in this Act 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 shall be available only if the President subse-
quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress.
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SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated for mili-
tary construction projects outside the United States under 
this title may be obligated or expended for planning and 
design of any project associated with the European Deter-
rence Initiative until the Secretary of Defense submits to 
the congressional defense committees a list of all of the 
military construction projects associated with the Euro-
pean Deterrence Initiative which the Secretary acticipates 
will be carried out during each of the fiscal years 2019 
through 2023. 
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. 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
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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. 508. (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. 509. 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.
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SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv-
ices, including construction services, where the contractor 
has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 
light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen-
cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
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, 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. 
(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—
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(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. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 513. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCES TO REPORT 
SEC. 514. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–673. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 515. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
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tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 
contravention of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 517. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Ad-
ministration—Information Technology Systems’’ (and the 
amount specified under such heading for operations and 
maintenance), and by increasing the amount made avail-
able in fiscal year 2019 for ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Services’’, by $2,500,000 and $2,000,000, 
respectively. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
implement, administer, or enforce section 17.3240 of title 
38, Code of Federal Regulations, as proposed in 82 Fed. 
Reg. 48018 (October 16, 2017). 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this division may be used to convey 
the 17.1 acres of land and the 126 existing housing units 
known as Shenandoah Square and located in Mountain 
View, California.
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SEC. 520. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
transfer funds made available for the following programs: 
(1) The Homeless Providers Grant and Per 
Diem program. 
(2) The Domiciliary Care for Homeless Vet-
erans program. 
(3) The Supportive Services for Veteran Fami-
lies program. 
(4) The Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment Department of Veterans Affairs Sup-
ported Housing (HUD–VASH) programs. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new 
or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 
round. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2019’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5895 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur-
poses.