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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. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at the 
discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 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 improve-
ments 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 ‘‘Construction, 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. That 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 this account. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Amounts made available for fiscal year 2006 under 
the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical administration’’, and ‘‘Medical 
facilities’’ accounts may be transferred among the accounts to the 
extent necessary to implement the restructuring of the Veterans 
Health Administration 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 an approval is issued. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2006 for the Vet-
erans Benefits Administration made available under the heading 
‘‘General operating expenses’’ may be transferred to the ‘‘Veterans 
Housing Benefit Program Fund Program Account’’ for the purpose 
of providing funds for the nationwide property management contract 
if the administrative costs of such contract exceed $8,800,000 in 
the fiscal year. 
SEC. 218. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall allow veterans eligible under 
existing Department of Veterans Affairs medical care requirements 
and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical care services from
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medical facilities supported by the Indian Health Service or tribal 
organizations. The Secretary shall: (1) limit the application of this 
provision to rural Alaskan veterans in areas where an existing 
Department of Veterans Affairs facility or Veterans Affairs-con-
tracted service is unavailable; (2) require participating veterans 
and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and regulations, 
as established by the Secretary; (3) require this provision to be 
consistent with Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services 
activities; and (4) result in no additional cost to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs or the Indian Health Service. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. That such sums as may be deposited to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 
8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 
‘‘Construction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ 
accounts, to remain available until expended for the purposes of 
these accounts. 
SEC. 220. None of the funds available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, in this Act or any other Act, may be used to 
replace the current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service 
Networks select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and 
equipment. 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to implement any policy prohibiting the Directors of the 
Veterans Integrated Service Networks from conducting outreach 
or marketing to enroll new veterans within their respective Net-
works. 
SEC. 222. 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. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
any other Act may be used—
(1) with respect to the 2,100 compensation cases identified 
in the Scope and Methodology description in VA Inspector 
General Report No. 05–00765–137 as having been reviewed 
by the Office of Inspector General— 
(A) to retroactively revoke or reduce a veteran’s dis-
ability compensation payments for post traumatic stress 
disorder based on a finding that the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs failed to collect justifying documentation 
unless the award of compensation was the direct result 
of fraud by the applicant; or 
(B) to prospectively revoke or reduce a veteran’s dis-
ability compensation payments for post traumatic stress 
disorder, based on a finding that the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs failed to collect justifying documentation, 
effective before the date on which the veteran’s time to 
exhaust all available administrative and judicial appeals 
has expired or such administrative and judicial appeals 
are finally decided; or 
(2) for the implementation of Recommendation 3 of VA 
Inspector General Report No. 05–00765–137 or any related 
review and investigation of post traumatic stress, individual 
unemployability, and schedular 100 percent ratings cases, until 
the Department of Veterans Affairs reports to the Committees
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on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on its plans 
for implementing this recommendation, and outlines the 
staffing and funding requirements. 
SEC. 224. CLINICAL TRAINING AND PROTOCOLS. (a) FINDINGS.—
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Iraq War Clinician Guide has tremendous value; 
and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense and the National Center on 
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should continue to work 
together to ensure that the mental health care needs of 
servicemembers and veterans are met. 
(b) COLLABORATION.—The National Center on Post Traumatic 
Stress Disorder shall collaborate with the Secretary of Defense— 
(1) to enhance the clinical skills of military clinicians 
through training, treatment protocols, web-based interventions, 
and the development of evidence-based interventions; and 
(2) to promote pre-deployment resilience and post-deploy-
ment readjustment among servicemembers serving in Operation 
Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. 
(c) TRAINING.—The National Center on Post Traumatic Stress 
Disorder shall work with the Secretary of Defense to ensure that 
clinicians in the Department of Defense are provided with the 
training and protocols developed pursuant to subsection (b)(1). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical adminis-
tration’’, ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical facilities’’, ‘‘General operating 
expenses’’, ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ and ‘‘Office of 
Inspector General’’ accounts for fiscal year 2006, 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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 226. For purposes of perfecting the funding sources of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new ‘‘Information technology 
systems’’ account, funds made available for fiscal year 2006 may 
be transferred from the ‘‘General operating expenses’’, ‘‘National 
Cemetery Administration’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
accounts to the ‘‘Medical administration’’ 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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 227. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ account may be transferred between projects: Pro-
vided, That no project may be increased or decreased by more 
than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a 
response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.
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SEC. 228. The Department of Veterans Affairs shall conduct 
an information campaign in States with an average annual dis-
ability compensation payment of less than $7,300 (according to 
the report issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office 
of Inspector General on May 19, 2005), to inform all veterans 
receiving disability compensation, by direct mail, of the history 
of below average disability compensation payments to veterans 
in such States, and to provide all veterans in each such State, 
through broadcast or print advertising, with the aforementioned 
historical information and instructions for submitting new claims 
and requesting review of past disability claims and ratings. 
SEC. 229. Of the funds available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs in this Act or any other Act, no more than $50,000,000 
shall be available for the HealtheVetVista project, for fiscal year 
2006: Provided, That none of the funds made available for the 
HealtheVetVista project may be obligated until the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve a financial 
expenditure plan for the entire project. 
SEC. 230. The authority provided by section 2011 of title 38, 
United States Code, shall continue in effect through September 
30, 2006. 
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 replacement 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 coun-
tries, when required by law of such countries, $36,250,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission, $15,250,000, to remain 
available until expended, 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 
7251–7298 of title 38, United States Code, $18,795,000, of which 
$1,260,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing financial 
assistance as described, and in accordance with the process and