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(7) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Office of 
Inspector General’’, $1,302,000. 
SEC. 235. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall en-
sure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 
1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 
(1) provides to individuals who contact the hot-
line immediate assistance from a trained profes-
sional; and 
(2) adheres to all requirements of the American 
Association of Suicidology. 
SEC. 236. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
treat a marriage and family therapist described in sub-
section (b) as qualified to serve as a marriage and family 
therapist in the Department of Veterans Affairs, regard-
less of any requirements established by the Commission 
on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Edu-
cation. 
(b) A marriage and family therapist described in this 
subsection is a therapist who meets each of the following 
criteria: 
(1) Has a masters or higher degree in marriage 
and family therapy, or a related field, from a region-
ally accredited program. 
(2) Is licensed as a marriage and family thera-
pist in a State (as defined in section 101(20) of title 
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38, United States Code) and possesses the highest 
level of licensure offered from the State. 
(3) Has passed the Association of Marital and 
Family Therapy Regulatory Board Examination in 
Marital and Family Therapy. 
SEC. 237. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
pay a performance award under section 5384 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 238. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to end, suspend, or relocate hospital- 
based services with respect to a health care facility of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs that is— 
(1) the subject of an environmental impact 
statement in accordance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
(2) designated as a National Historic Land-
mark by the National Park Service; and 
(3) located in a highly rural area. 
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 
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the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun-
tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 
national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 
States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 
and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for- 
one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 
vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 
countries, $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, $30,945,000: Provided, That 
$2,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 
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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 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, 2019. 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. 
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 
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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 PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex-
penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir-
ginia, 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 
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’’, $18,900,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021, for projects outside of the United States: Pro-
vided, 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, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $59,809,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021, 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. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’ $88,291,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
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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’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, 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. 
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 
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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. 504. 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. 505. 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. 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 Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 507. (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-
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quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 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. 
SEC. 513. Unobligated balances of amounts appro-
priated under title VI of the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (division G of Public 
Law 113–235) and title IX of the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 
also be available for necessary expenses to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to Zika virus, domestically and 
internationally: Provided, That such amounts are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that 
such amounts shall be available only if the President sub-
sequently so designates such amounts and transmits such 
designation to the Congress. 
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SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 514. 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-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 515. 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. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 
of its principals— 
(1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi-
nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 
to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 
local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for-
gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
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making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed-
eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 
(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated above in paragraph (1); or 
(3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Veterans Experience Office. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) carry out the memorandum from the Vet-
erans Benefit Administration known as Fast Letter 
13–10, issued on May 20, 2013; or 
(2) create or maintain any patient record-keep-
ing system other than those currently approved by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office 
in Washington, D.C. 
SEC. 519. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Vet-
erans Health Administration—Medical Services’’ for 
grants to States under subchapter III of chapter 81 of 
title 38, United States Code, to expand, remodel, or alter 
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existing buildings for furnishing nursing home care to vet-
erans in State homes that are former nursing home facili-
ties of the Department of Veterans Affairs, as authorized 
by section 8133 of such subchapter, there is hereby appro-
priated, and the amount otherwise provided by this Act 
for ‘‘Departmental Administration—General Administra-
tion’’ is hereby reduced by, $10,000,000. 
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
prioritization requirements in paragraphs (1)(C) or (2) 
through (5) of section 8135(c) of title 38, United States 
Code, with respect to the appropriation in subsection (a). 
SEC. 520. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of sections 575.106 or 
575.206 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 521. 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. 522. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce VA Adjudication Procedure 
Manual M21–1, Part IV, Subpart II, Chapter 1, Section 
H, Topic 28.h related to Developing Claims Based on 
Service Aboard Ships Offshore the RVN. 
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SEC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Vet-
erans Health Administration directive 2011–004 (or direc-
tive of the same substance) with respect to the prohibition 
on ‘‘VA providers from completing forms seeking rec-
ommendations or opinions regarding a Veteran’s partici-
pation in a State marijuana program’’. 
SEC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to modify a military installation in the 
United States, including construction or modification of 
a facility on a military installation, to provide temporary 
housing for unaccompanied alien children. 
SEC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement section 8(d)(2) of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Adminis-
tration Directive 3220 of November 22, 2005. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2017’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 503 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4974 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2017, and for other purposes. 
MAY 26, 2016 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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