TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 
when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 
to which the funds are made available that the program, 
project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 
property rights, or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 403. 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. 404. 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. 405. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 406. 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. 
SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site 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 30days. 
SEC. 408. (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. 409. 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. 410. 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. 411. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of 
title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 412. (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— 
(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. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matter pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913.
SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex-
ecutive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 
7009), Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 
Reg. 34593), or Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 
2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825). 
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 
activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 
or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 
SEC. 416. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 
title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-
section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 
taken by the Federal Government to—
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 
Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 
certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 
would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 
such purposes but for a determination against such person 
wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 
or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 
or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 417. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for any office, programs, or activity for 
the purposes of diversity, equity, and inclusion training 
or implementation. 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce COVID-19 mask mandates. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce Ex-
ecutive Order No. 14057 of December 8, 2021. 
SEC. 420. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to implement any of the following executive 
orders:
(1) Executive Order No. 13990, relating to 
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and 
Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis. 
(2) Executive Order No. 14008, relating to 
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. 
(3) Section 6 of Executive Order No. 14013, re-
lating to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To 
Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of 
Climate Change on Migration. 
(4) Executive Order No. 14030, relating to Cli-
mate-Related Financial Risk. 
(5) Executive Order No. 14057, relating to 
Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 
Through Federal Sustainability. 
(6) Executive Order No. 14082, relating to Im-
plementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Pro-
visions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. 
(7) Executive Order No. 14096, relating to Re-
vitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environ-
mental Justice for All. 
SEC. 421. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for Fis-
cal Year 2025 for the Department of Veterans Affairs may 
be obligated or expended to procure or purchase com-
puters, printers, software, or hardware needed for an of-
fice environment in which the manufacturer, bidder, or of-
feror, or any subsidy or parent company of an entity— 
(1) in which the People’s Republic of China has 
any ownership stake; or 
(2) that contributes to the defense industry of 
the Chinese Communist Party. 
(b) APPLICABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES.— 
The prohibition in subsection (a) also applies in cases in 
which the Secretary has contracted with a third party for 
the procurement, purchase, or expenditure of funds on any 
of the equipment and software described in such sub-
section. 
SEC. 422. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay to an individual employed in a 
Senior Executive Service position (as such term is defined 
in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code) at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs a critical skills incentive 
under section 706(d) of title 38, United States Code. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 423. $0. 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
ban or remove the photograph ‘‘V-J Day in Times 
Square’’.
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
to decommission mileage reimbursement kiosks. 
SEC. 426. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to enforce 
the provision included in Chapter 1.8 of the VHA Office 
of Community Care, ‘‘Field Guidebook: Specialty Pro-
grams’’ to make wait time and drive time access standards 
only applicable to primary care, specialty care, and non- 
institutional extended care services. 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
report a determination under section 5502 of title 38, 
United States Code, and section 3.353 of title 38 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, to the Department of Justice 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System es-
tablished pursuant to section 103 of the Brady Handgun 
Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901). 
SEC. 428. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
in this Act may be used to enforce Veterans Health Direc-
tive 1315 as it relates to— 
(1) the policy stating that ‘‘VHA providers are 
prohibited from completing forms or registering Vet-
erans for participation in a State-approved mari-
juana program’’; 
(2) the directive for the ‘‘Deputy Under Sec-
retary for Health for Operations and Management’’ 
to ensure that ‘‘medical facility Directors are aware 
that it is VHA policy for providers to assess Veteran 
use of marijuana but providers are prohibited from 
recommending, making referrals to or completing 
paperwork for Veteran participation in State mari-
juana programs’’; and 
(3) the directive for the ‘‘VA Medical Facility 
Director’’ to ensure that ‘‘VA facility staff are aware 
of the following’’ ‘‘[t]he prohibition on recom-
mending, making referrals to or completing forms 
and registering Veterans for participation in State- 
approved marijuana programs’’. 
SEC. 429. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to modify or remove any display of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs that bears the mission 
statement ‘‘To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise ‘to care 
for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, 
and his orphan’ by serving and honoring the men and 
women who are America’s veterans.’ ’’ 
SEC. 430. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to
process medical claims for the Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement Health Service Corps at the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2025’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8580 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2025, and for other purposes.