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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 
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.
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(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. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
quarterly report on the financial status of the Veterans Health 
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 2015 may be transferred to or from the 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: 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 an approval 
is issued. 
SEC. 221. Of the amounts made available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, in this or any other Act, 
under the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ account for nonrecurring mainte-
nance, not more than 20 percent of the funds made available 
shall be obligated during the last 2 months of that fiscal year: 
Provided, That the Secretary may waive this requirement after 
providing written notice to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construc-
tion, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up 
to $259,251,213, 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
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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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2015, 
for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to $245,398,000, 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). 
(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 
J of Public Law 113–76, the following amounts which became avail-
able on October 1, 2014, are hereby rescinded from the following 
accounts in the amounts specified:
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(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, 
2016: 
(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 major construction 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 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. The scope of work for a project included in ‘‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’’ may not be increased above the scope specified 
for that project in the original justification data provided to the 
Congress as part of the request for appropriations. 
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; (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 (7) the number and results of Quality Review 
Team audits: Provided, That each quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted no later than 30 days after the end of the respective quarter. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a reprogramming request 
if at any point during fiscal year 2015, the funding allocated for 
a medical care initiative identified in the fiscal year 2015 expendi-
ture plan is adjusted by more than $25,000,000 from the allocation 
shown in the corresponding congressional budget justification. Such 
a reprogramming request may go forward only if the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve the request 
or if a period of 14 days has elapsed. 
SEC. 231. Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, a maximum of $8,371,000 may be obli-
gated from the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account and a maximum of 
$114,703,000 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
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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. 232. 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. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 233. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate amount 
of $41,000,000 from the total budget authority provided for fiscal 
year 2015 for discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs in— 
(1) this Act; or 
(2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2015 in prior 
appropriation Acts. 
(b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress a report specifying the account 
and amount of each rescission not later than 20 days following 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 234. 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. 235. None of the funds in this or any other Act may 
be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, 
domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environmental assessment, or 
to diminish healthcare services at existing Veterans Health 
Administration medical facilities located in Veterans Integrated 
Service Network 23 as part of a planned realignment of VA services 
until the Secretary provides to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report including the following ele-
ments: (1) a national realignment strategy that includes a detailed 
description of realignment plans within each Veterans Integrated 
Service Network (VISN), including an updated Long Range Capital 
Plan to implement realignment requirements; (2) an explanation 
of the process by which those plans were developed and coordinated 
within the VISN; (3) a cost vs. benefit analysis of each planned 
realignment, including the cost of replacing Veterans Health 
Administration services with contract care or other outsourced serv-
ices; (4) an analysis of how any such planned realignment of services 
will impact access to care for veterans living in rural or highly 
rural areas, including travel distances and transportation costs 
to access a VA medical facility and availability of local specialty 
and primary care; (5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 
designation and the methodology used to determine the buildings’ 
condition and utilization; (6) a description of how any realignment 
will be consistent with requirements under the National Historic 
Preservation Act; and (7) consideration given for reuse of historic 
buildings within newly identified realignment requirements: Pro-
vided, That this provision shall not apply to capital projects in
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VISN 23, or any other VISN, which have been authorized or 
approved by Congress. 
SEC. 236. 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. 
SEC. 237. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
prior Acts may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
expand the dialysis pilot program approved by the Under Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for Health in August 2010 and by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs in September 2010 or to create any new dialysis 
capability provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs in any 
facility that is not an initial facility under the pilot program until 
the later of the following dates: 
(1) September 30, 2015. 
(2) The date on which an independent analysis of the 
dialysis pilot program has been conducted at each initial facility 
and has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
and the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of both Houses of 
Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 238. 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 2015 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 
2015, 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 
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. 239. Amounts made available for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2015, under the ‘‘Board of Veterans
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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 such Committees issue an approval. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 240. Of the unobligated balances available within the 
‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, $15,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 241. Subsection (b) of section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits 
Improvements Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 
note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may carry out the pilot pro-
gram under this section as follows: 
‘‘(1) In fiscal years before fiscal year 2015, through not 
more than 10 regional offices of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
‘‘(2) In fiscal year 2015, through not more than 12 regional 
offices of the Department. 
‘‘(3) In fiscal year 2016, through not more than 15 regional 
offices of the Department. 
‘‘(4) In fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
through such regional offices of the Department as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 242. Section 101(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Veterans Access, Choice, 
and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subclause: 
‘‘(III) OTHER EXCEPTIONS.—With respect to fur-
nishing care or services under this section in 
Alaska, the Alaska Fee Schedule of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs will be followed, except 
for when another payment agreement, including 
a contract or provider agreement, is in place. With 
respect to care or services furnished under this 
section in a State with an All-Payer Model Agree-
ment under the Social Security Act that became 
effective on January 1, 2014, the Medicare pay-
ment rates under clause (i) shall be calculated 
based on the payment rates under such agree-
ment.’’. 
SEC. 243. Section 1710(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 1957,’’ and inserting ‘‘August 
1, 1953’’. 
ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN ACCOUNTS OF DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
SEC. 244. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘medical care accounts of the Department’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘covered accounts of the 
Department’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘beginning with fiscal year 2011,’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘discretionary’’ each place it appears; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘medical care accounts of the Veterans 
Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs 
account’’ and inserting ‘‘accounts of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs account’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Veterans Health 
Administration,’’ and after ‘‘(1)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Veterans Health 
Administration,’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Veterans Health 
Administration,’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; 
(E) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; 
(F) by inserting before paragraph (4), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (E), the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) Veterans Benefits Administration, Compensation and 
Pensions. 
‘‘(2) Veterans Benefits Administration, Readjustment Bene-
fits. 
‘‘(3) Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans Insurance 
and Indemnities.’’; and 
(G) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘MEDICAL 
CARE ACCOUNTS’’ and inserting ‘‘COVERED ACCOUNTS OF 
THE DEPARTMENT’’; and 
(4) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘certain medical 
care accounts’’ and inserting ‘‘certain accounts’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 117 of title 38, United States Code, 
shall apply as follows: 
(1) With respect to an account described in paragraph 
(4), (5), or (6) of subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated 
by subsection (a) of this section, for each fiscal year beginning 
with fiscal year 2011. 
(2) With respect to an account described in paragraph 
(1), (2), or (3) of such subsection (c), as added by subsection 
(a) of this section, for each fiscal year beginning with 2017. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 1 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 117 and inserting the 
following new item: 
‘‘117. Advance appropriations for certain accounts.’’. 
(d) 
CONFORMING
AND
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the first paragraph (37) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(37) information on estimates of appropriations for the 
fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the budget is 
submitted for the following accounts of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs: 
‘‘(A) Veterans Benefits Administration, Compensation 
and Pensions. 
‘‘(B) Veterans Benefits Administration, Readjustment 
Benefits. 
‘‘(C) Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans Insur-
ance and Indemnities. 
‘‘(D) Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services.
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‘‘(E) Veterans Health Administration, Medical Support 
and Compliance. 
‘‘(F) Veterans Health Administration, Medical Facili-
ties.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating the second paragraph (37), as added 
by section 11(a)(2) of the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–352; 124 Stat. 3881), as paragraph (39). 
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, $74,100,000, 
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, $31,386,000: 
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
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only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $65,800,000, of which not to exceed $3,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2016. In addition, such sums 
as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and replace-
ment, 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, $63,400,000, 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
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. 
TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Defense- 
Wide’’, $46,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2017, 
for a project 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 Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
EUROPEAN REASSURANCE INITIATIVE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $175,000,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2017, for military construction (including planning and design) 
for projects associated with the European Reassurance Initiative: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading may be obligated or expended
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until the Secretary of Defense submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: (1) a final spending plan 
for the European Reassurance Initiative military construction 
projects, and (2) the relevant Department of Defense Form 1391 
for each project prior to the execution of that project. 
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 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ tech-
nologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices 
and public service activities. 
SEC. 504. 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. 
SEC. 505. 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. 506. 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. 507. (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. 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.
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(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. 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. 
SEC. 510. 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. 511. 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. 512. (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. 
(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 and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 
DIVISION J—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPER-
ATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2015 
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, $6,460,639,000, of which
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up to $650,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2016, 
and of which up to $2,128,115,000 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, $2,270,036,000, of which 
up to $331,885,000 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, $1,595,805,000. 
(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, $780,860,000. 
(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for secu-
rity activities, $1,813,938,000, of which up to $1,796,230,000 
is for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(5) FEES
AND
PAYMENTS
COLLECTED.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise made available under this heading— 
(A) not to exceed $1,806,600 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, 
$533,000, 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 provision of this Act, funds 
may be reprogrammed within and between paragraphs (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
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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 31 
U.S.C. 1108(g), for the field examination of programs and 
activities in the United States funded from any account 
contained in this title. 
(D) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, up 
to $23,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be 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: Provided, 
That such funds may be transferred to, and merged with, 
funds previously made available under the heading ‘‘Con-
flict Stabilization Operations’’ in title I of prior acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs. 
(E) 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, 
$56,400,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$73,400,000, 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, $11,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
as authorized, $589,900,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not less than $236,485,000 shall be for the Fulbright 
Program: Provided, That fees or other payments received from, 
or in connection with, English teaching, educational advising and 
counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs as authorized 
may be credited to this account, to remain available until expended: 
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 further, That not later 
than 45 days after enactment 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