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SEC. 255. For an additional amount for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain available until expended, 
for infrastructure improvements, including new construction, and 
in addition to amounts otherwise made available in this act for 
such purpose, of which: 
(1) $1,000,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Veterans Health Adminis-
tration—Medical Facilities’’ to be used for non-recurring 
maintenance; 
(2) $425,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Departmental Administra-
tion—Construction, Minor Projects’’; and, 
(3) $575,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Departmental Administra-
tion—Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facili-
ties’’; 
Provided, That the additional amounts appropriated for the pur-
poses of non-recurring maintenance and minor construction may 
be used to carry out critical life-safety projects identified in the 
Department’s annual facility condition assessments; sustainment 
projects; modernization projects; infrastructure repair; renovations 
at existing Veterans Health Administration medical centers and 
outpatient clinics; and projects included in the Strategic Capital 
Investment Process plan: Provided further, That the additional 
amounts appropriated under this section may not be obligated 
or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
and such Committees approve, a detailed expenditure plan, 
including project descriptions and costs, for any non-recurring 
maintenance, minor construction or State extended care facility 
project being funded with the additional amounts made available 
in this administrative provision. 
SEC. 256. Subsection (d) of section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits 
Improvement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 
note), as amended, is further amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Expenses of carrying out the pilot 
program under this section, including payments for pilot program 
examination travel and incidental expenses under the terms and 
conditions set forth by 38 U.S.C. 111, shall be reimbursed to the 
accounts available for the general operating expenses of the Vet-
erans Benefits Administration and information technology systems 
from amounts available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
payment of compensation and pensions.’’. 
SEC. 257. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to charge a veteran a fee for a veterans identification 
card pursuant to section 5706(c) of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 258. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 17 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1712I. Mental and behavioral health care for certain 
former members of the Armed Forces 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall furnish to former mem-
bers of the Armed Forces described in subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) an initial mental health assessment; and 
‘‘(2) the mental healthcare or behavioral healthcare services 
authorized under this chapter that are required to treat the 
mental or behavioral health care needs of the former service 
members, including risk of suicide or harming others.
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—A former member of the Armed 
Forces described in this subsection is an individual who— 
‘‘(1) is a former member of the Armed Forces, including 
the reserve components; 
‘‘(2) while serving in the active military, naval, or air 
service, was discharged or released therefrom under a condition 
that is not honorable but not— 
‘‘(A) a dishonorable discharge; or 
‘‘(B) a discharge by court-martial; 
‘‘(3) is not otherwise eligible to enroll in the health care 
system established by section 1705 of this title; and 
‘‘(4)(A)(i) served in the Armed Forces for a period of more 
than 100 cumulative days; and 
‘‘(ii) was deployed in a theater of combat operations, in 
support of a contingency operation, or in an area at a time 
during which hostilities are occurring in that area during such 
service, including by controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle 
from a location other than such theater or area; or 
‘‘(B) while serving in the Armed Forces, was the victim 
of a physical assault of a sexual nature, a battery of a sexual 
nature, or sexual harassment (as defined in section 1720D(f) 
of this title). 
‘‘(c) NON-DEPARTMENT CARE.—(1) In furnishing mental or 
behavioral health care services to an individual under this section, 
the Secretary may provide such mental or behavioral health care 
services at a non-Department facility if— 
‘‘(A) in the judgment of a mental health professional 
employed by the Department, the receipt of mental or behav-
ioral health care services by that individual in facilities of 
the Department would be clinically inadvisable; or 
‘‘(B) facilities of the Department are not capable of fur-
nishing such mental or behavioral health care services to that 
individual economically because of geographical inaccessibility. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) pursuant to 
section 1703 of this title or any other provision of law authorizing 
the Secretary to enter into contracts or agreements to furnish 
hospital care and medical services to veterans at non-Department 
facilities. 
‘‘(d) SETTING AND REFERRALS.—In furnishing mental and behav-
ioral health care services to individuals under this section, the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) seek to ensure that such services are furnished in 
settings that are therapeutically appropriate, taking into 
account the circumstances that resulted in the need for such 
services; and 
‘‘(2) provide referral services to assist former members who 
are not eligible for services under this chapter to obtain services 
from sources outside the Department. 
‘‘(e) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall provide information 
on the mental and behavioral health care services available under 
this section. Efforts by the Secretary to provide such information— 
‘‘(1) shall include notification of each eligible individual 
described in subsection (b) about the eligibility of the individual 
for covered mental and behavioral health care under this section 
not later than the later of—
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‘‘(A) 180 days after the date of the enactment of the 
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2018; or 
‘‘(B) 180 days after the date on which the individual 
was discharged or released from the active military, naval, 
or air service; 
‘‘(2) shall include availability of a toll-free telephone 
number (commonly referred to as an 800 number); 
‘‘(3) shall ensure that information about the mental health 
care services available under this section— 
‘‘(A) is revised and updated as appropriate; 
‘‘(B) is made available and visibly posted at appropriate 
facilities of the Department; and 
‘‘(C) is made available to State veteran agencies and 
through appropriate public information services; and 
‘‘(4) shall include coordination with the Secretary of Defense 
seeking to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and 
individuals who are being separated from active military, naval, 
or air service are provided appropriate information about pro-
grams, requirements, and procedures for applying for mental 
health care services under this section. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) Not less frequently than once each 
year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives a report on the mental and behavioral 
health care services provided under this section. 
‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include, 
with respect to the year preceding the submittal of the report, 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The number of eligible individuals who were furnished 
mental or behavioral health care services under this section, 
disaggregated by the number of men who received such services 
and the number of women who received such services. 
‘‘(B) The number of individuals who requested an initial 
mental health assessment under subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(C) Such other information as the Secretary considers 
appropriate.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1720H the following 
new item: 
‘‘1720I. Mental and behavioral health care for certain former members of the Armed 
Forces.’’. 
SEC. 259. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5303A the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 5303B. Character of service determinations 
‘‘(a) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall establish a process 
by which an individual who served in the Armed Forces and was 
discharged or dismissed therefrom may seek a determination from 
the Secretary with respect to whether such discharge or release 
was under a condition that bars the right of such individual to 
a benefit under the laws administered by the Secretary based 
upon the period of service from which discharged or dismissed.
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‘‘(b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—If the Secretary determines 
under subsection (a) that an individual is barred to a benefit under 
the laws administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall provide 
to such individual information regarding the ability of the individual 
to address such condition, including pursuant to section 5303 of 
this title and chapter 79 of title 10.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 5303A the following new item: 
‘‘5303B. Character of service determinations.’’. 
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 $42,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, $79,000,000, 
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 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, of the amount, up to $800,000 may be transferred 
to the General Services Administration for planning and design 
of a courthouse, to include a feasibility study: Provided further, 
That $2,580,000 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and 
improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and 
Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or lease 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one basis 
only, and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, $80,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 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 construc-
tion at Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s 
Home National Cemetery, $167,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for planning and design and construction associated with 
the Southern Expansion project at Arlington National Cemetery. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction and renovation of the physical plants at the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this heading 
from funds available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army’’, may 
be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for the relocation of 
the federally owned water main at Arlington National Cemetery, 
making additional land available for ground burials. 
SEC. 302. Amounts deposited into the special account estab-
lished under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and shall be available 
until expended to support activities at the Army National Military 
Cemeteries.
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that funding is requested for either initiative. Further, the Secretary 
of Defense is directed to submit the future years defense program 
with each fiscal year budget submission. 
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’’ 
technologies and procedures in the conduct of their business prac-
tices 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. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency
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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, Vet-
erans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION K—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPER-
ATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2018 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $5,744,440,000, of which 
up to $654,553,000 may remain available until September 30, 2019, 
and of which up to $1,380,752,000 may remain available until
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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, $2,770,673,000, of which 
up to $476,879,000 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, $1,253,799,000. 
(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, $794,561,000. 
(4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary expenses for secu-
rity activities, $925,407,000, of which up to $903,873,000 is 
for Worldwide Security Protection. 
(5) FEES
AND
PAYMENTS
COLLECTED.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise made available under this heading— 
(A) 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 
(B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be derived from 
reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair 
House facilities. 
(6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, AND OTHER MAT-
TERS.— 
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
funds may be reprogrammed within and between para-
graphs (1) through (4) under this heading subject to section 
7015 of this Act. 
(B) Of the amount made available under this heading, 
not to exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred to, and 
merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 
Service’’, to be available only for emergency evacuations 
and rewards, as authorized. 
(C) Funds appropriated under this heading are avail-
able for acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by law and, pursuant to sec-
tion 1108(g) of title 31, United States Code, for the field 
examination of programs and activities in the United States 
funded from any account contained in this title. 
(D) Funds appropriated under this heading that are 
designated for Worldwide Security Protection shall continue
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to be made available for support of security-related training 
at sites in existence prior to the enactment of this Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, as 
authorized, $103,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$77,629,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post 
inspections: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $11,644,000 may remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS 
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
as authorized, $646,143,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not less than $240,000,000 shall be for the Fulbright 
Program and not less than $111,360,000 shall be for Citizen 
Exchange Program, including $4,125,000 for the Congress-Bundes-
tag Youth Exchange: Provided, That fees or other payments received 
from, or in connection with, English teaching, educational advising 
and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs as author-
ized may be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That 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 any sub-
stantive modifications from the prior fiscal year to programs funded 
by this Act under this heading shall be subject to prior consultation 
with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 
For representation expenses as authorized, $8,030,000. 
PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the Secretary 
of State to provide for extraordinary protective services, as author-
ized, $30,890,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), preserving, 
maintaining, repairing, and planning for buildings that are owned 
or directly leased by the Department of State, renovating, in addi-
tion to funds otherwise available, the Harry S Truman Building, 
and carrying out the Diplomatic Security Construction Program 
as authorized, $765,459,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $25,000 may be used for domestic and 
overseas representation expenses as authorized: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available