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or required by Executive order to be kept secret in the 
interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign af-
fairs. 
SEC. 242. For funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2021 and 2022, 
section 258 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall 
apply. 
SEC. 243. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to deny 
an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
to any records, documents, or other materials available to 
the department or agency of the United States Govern-
ment over which such Inspector General has responsibil-
ities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), or to prevent or impede the access of such Inspector 
General to such records, documents, or other materials, 
under any provision of law, except a provision of law that 
expressly refers to such Inspector General and expressly 
limits the right of access of such Inspector General. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General access to all records, 
documents, and other materials in a timely manner. 
(c) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall ensure compliance with statutory limitations on dis-
closure relevant to the information provided by the depart-
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ment or agency over which that Inspector General has re-
sponsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure 
by any department or agency covered by this section to 
comply with this section. 
SEC. 244. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in a manner that would increase wait 
times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 245. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to the Veterans Health 
Administration may be used in fiscal year 2021 to convert 
any program which received specific purpose funds in fis-
cal year 2020 to a general purpose funded program unless 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits written notifica-
tion of any such proposal to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 
to any such action and an approval is issued by the Com-
mittees. 
SEC. 246. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
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by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to purchase, breed, 
transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose of, or experiment 
on, dogs as part of the conduct of any study including 
an assignment of pain category D or E, as defined by the 
Pain and Distress Categories of the Department of Agri-
culture (or such successor categories developed pursuant 
to section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2143)). 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to training pro-
grams or studies of service dogs described in section 1714 
of title 38, United States Code, or section 17.148 of title 
38, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 247. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
close the community based outpatient clinic located in 
Bainbridge, New York, until the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a market area 
assessment. 
SEC. 248. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than 
once every 5-year period thereafter, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall update the handbook of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs titled ‘‘Planning and Activating 
Community Based Outpatient Clinics’’, or a successor 
handbook, to reflect current policies, best practices, and 
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clarify the roles and responsibilities of the personnel of 
the Department involved in the leasing projects of the De-
partment. 
(b) The Secretary shall ensure that the handbook 
specified in subsection (a) defines ‘‘community based out-
patient clinic’’ in the same manner as such term is defined 
in the Veterans Health Administration Site Tracking 
database (commonly known as ‘‘VAST’’) as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) The Secretary shall ensure that the Veterans 
Health Administration incorporates the best practices con-
tained in the handbook specified in subsection (a) in con-
ducting oversight of the medical centers of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Integrated 
Service Network. 
(d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide guidance 
and training to employees of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration for the use of the handbook specified in sub-
section (a). The Secretary shall update such guidance and 
training together with each update of such handbook. 
SEC. 249. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration, Medical Community Care’’ ac-
count in this or any other Act for fiscal years 2021 and 
2022 may be used for expenses that would have otherwise 
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been payable from the Veterans Choice Fund established 
by section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Ac-
countability Act, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 250. Obligations and expenditures applicable to 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account in fiscal years 2017 
through 2019 for aid to state homes (as authorized by 
section 1741 of title 38, United States Code) shall remain 
in the ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ account for such fiscal 
years. 
SEC. 251. Of the total amounts made available on 
October 1, 2020, under the headings ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans Affairs—Veterans Health Administration—Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Veterans 
Health Administration—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘De-
partment of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Health Adminis-
tration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Health Administra-
tion—Medical Facilities’’, $660,691,000 shall be made 
available for gender-specific care for women. 
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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