MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $280,549,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $28,924,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary 
of the Army determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$26,299,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$2,591,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $33,620,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $2,200,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary 
of the Air Force determines that additional obligations are 
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de-
fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by
section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $272,611,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$186,897,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2016. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 
minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $494,858,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $100,972,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2016. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$367,863,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$84,804,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$404,761,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $50,723,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $2,184,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 
to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 
alternative means of acquiring and improving military 
family housing and supporting facilities. 
HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE FUND 
For the Homeowners Assistance Fund established by 
section 1013 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
Development Act of 1966, (42 U.S.C. 3374), as amended 
by section 1001 of division A of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 
194), $1,284,000, to remain available until expended. 
CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE- 
WIDE 
For expenses of construction, not otherwise provided 
for, necessary for the destruction of the United States stock-
pile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance 
with section 1412 of the Department of Defense Authoriza-
tion Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 
of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 
chemical weapon stockpile, as currently authorized by law, 
$75,312,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 
which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weapons 
Alternatives program.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 1990 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account 1990, established by section 2906(a)(1) of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), $323,543,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 2005 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Clo-
sure Account 2005, established by section 2906A(a)(1) of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), $258,776,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Department of Defense shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress 14 days prior to obligating an amount for a con-
struction project that exceeds or reduces the amount identi-
fied for that project in the most recently submitted budget 
request for this account by 20 percent or $2,000,000, which-
ever is less: Provided further, That the previous proviso 
shall not apply to projects costing less than $5,000,000, ex-
cept for those projects not previously identified in any budg-
et submission for this account and exceeding the minor con-
struction threshold under section 2805 of title 10, United 
States Code.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex-
ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there-
in are certified as important to the national defense by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 
United States for which specific appropriations have not 
been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 
in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the
Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer-
ing Command, except: 
(1) where there is a determination of value by a 
Federal court; 
(2) purchases negotiated by the Attorney General 
or the designee of the Attorney General; 
(3) where the estimated value is less than 
$25,000; or 
(4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of 
Defense to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used to: 
(1) acquire land; 
(2) provide for site preparation; or 
(3) install utilities for any family housing, ex-
cept housing for which funds have been made avail-
able in annual Acts making appropriations for mili-
tary construction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo-
cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the 
opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family housing 
during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop-
erty taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects 
to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization member country, or in countries bordering the 
Arabian Sea, unless such contracts are awarded to United 
States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
title for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, may be 
used to award any contract estimated by the Government 
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That
this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for 
which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 
States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon-
sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con-
tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub-
mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
ing the Committees on Appropriations, of the plans and 
scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 
States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts 
expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Not more than 20 percent of the funds made 
available in this title which are limited for obligation dur-
ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 
2 months of the fiscal year. 
SEC. 115. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur-
rent session of Congress.
SEC. 116. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 
subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds made available to a military department or de-
fense agency for the construction of military projects may 
be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 
or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 
time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 
year for which funds for such project were made available, 
if the funds obligated for such project: 
(1) are obligated from funds available for mili-
tary construction projects; and 
(2) do not exceed the amount appropriated for 
such project, plus any amount by which the cost of 
such project is increased pursuant to law. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited 
to the Department of Defense Base Closure Account estab-
lished by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense Authorization 
Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10
U.S.C. 2687 note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such 
Act, may be transferred to the account established by section 
2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged with, and 
to be available for the same purposes and the same time 
period as that account. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 119. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883, of title 10, United 
States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as may be de-
termined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred 
to: 
(1) the Department of Defense Family Housing 
Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for 
construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same period of time as amounts appro-
priated directly to the Fund; or 
(2) the Department of Defense Military Unac-
companied 
Housing 
Improvement 
Fund 
from 
amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ 
accounts, to be merged with and to be available for
the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, 
That appropriations made available to the Funds 
shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in sec-
tion 502(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
of direct loans or loan guarantees issued by the De-
partment of Defense pursuant to the provisions of 
subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United 
States Code, pertaining to alternative means of ac-
quiring and improving military family housing, 
military unaccompanied housing, and supporting fa-
cilities. 
SEC. 120. (a) Not later than 60 days before issuing 
any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for 
military family housing the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress the notice described 
in subsection (b). 
(b)(1) A notice referred to in subsection (a) is a notice 
of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or 
rental payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary to 
the private party under the contract involved in the event 
of— 
(A) the closure or realignment of the installation 
for which housing is provided under the contract;
(B) a reduction in force of units stationed at 
such installation; or 
(C) the extended deployment overseas of units 
stationed at such installation. 
(2) Each notice under this subsection shall specify the 
nature of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and 
likelihood, if any, of the liability of the Federal Government 
with respect to the guarantee. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the accounts established by sections 
2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to the 
fund established by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration 
Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with the Home-
owners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 
3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be merged 
with and be available for the same purposes and for the 
same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available in this title for operation and mainte-
nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 
funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing
units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 
That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu-
ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 
officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall 
be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 
associated with environmental remediation that could not 
be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis-
sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 
or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 123. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 
2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 
in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur-
suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 
title, or in any Act making appropriations for military 
construction which remain available for obligation, may be
obligated or expended to carry out a military construction, 
land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a mili-
tary installation approved for closure, or at a military in-
stallation for the purposes of supporting a function that has 
been approved for realignment to another installation, in 
2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), unless such a project at a military in-
stallation approved for realignment will support a con-
tinuing mission or function at that installation or a new 
mission or function that is planned for that installation, 
or unless the Secretary of Defense certifies that the cost to 
the United States of carrying out such project would be less 
than the cost to the United States of cancelling such project, 
or if the project is at an active component base that shall 
be established as an enclave or in the case of projects having 
multi-agency use, that another Government agency has in-
dicated it will assume ownership of the completed project. 
The Secretary of Defense may not transfer funds made 
available as a result of this limitation from any military 
construction project, land acquisition, or family housing 
project to another account or use such funds for another 
purpose or project without the prior approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. This 
section shall not apply to military construction projects,
land acquisition, or family housing projects for which the 
project is vital to the national security or the protection 
of health, safety, or environmental quality: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional de-
fense committees within seven days of a decision to carry 
out such a military construction project. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 125. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 126. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities with-
in the account in accordance with the reprogramming
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 
Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 
of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 
51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and 
burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for 
Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad-
justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 
due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under 
the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 
authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 
Code, $58,067,319,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed $32,187,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen-
eral operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 
‘‘Medical support and compliance’’, and ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ for necessary expenses in implementing the 
provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United 
States Code, the funding source for which is specifically 
provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums as may be earned 
on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed 
to ‘‘Medical care collections fund’’ to augment the funding 
of individual medical facilities for nursing home care pro-
vided to pensioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 
38, United States Code, $11,011,086,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That expenses for rehabilita-
tion program services and assistance which the Secretary 
is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 
of title 38, United States Code, other than under para-
graphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be 
charged to this account.
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by title 38, United States Code, chapters 19 and 
21, $100,252,000, to remain available until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized 
by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, 
United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That during fiscal year 2012, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for 
direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing 
loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $154,698,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $19,000, as authorized by 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available
under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$3,019,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $343,000, which may 
be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General operating ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of 
title 38, United States Code, $1,116,000. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and vet-
erans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under 
the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical 
supplies and equipment, food services, and salaries and ex-
penses of health care employees hired under title 38, United 
States Code, aid to State homes as authorized by section 
1741 of title 38, United States Code, assistance and support
services for caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of 
title 38, United States Code, and loan repayments author-
ized 
by 
section 
604 
of 
Public 
Law 
111–163; 
$41,354,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2012, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall establish a priority for the provision of medical treat-
ment for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, 
lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi-
sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment pri-
ority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription 
drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en-
rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 
on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the implementation of the program described in 
the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. 
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the 
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 
and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 
for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 
as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 
U.S.C. 2651 et seq.); $5,746,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall become available on October 1, 2012, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan-
ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 
and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil-
ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, 
or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro-
vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 
and for laundry services, $5,441,000,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall become available on October 1, 2012, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2013. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$581,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2013. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration, $250,934,000, of which 
not to exceed $25,100,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of Department-Wide cap-
ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 
or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, $431,257,000, 
of which not to exceed $21,562,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2013: Provided, That $15,000,000 shall 
be to increase the Department’s acquisition workforce ca-
pacity and capabilities and may be transferred by the Sec-
retary to any other account in the Department to carry out 
the purposes provided therein: Provided further, That funds 
provided under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General 
operating expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and reimbursement of the 
Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee 
mail, $2,018,764,000: Provided, That expenses for services 
and assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), 
and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec-
essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex-
tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and main-
tain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum inde-
pendence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, not to exceed $105,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 20, 2013: Provided further, That from 
the funds made available under this heading, the Veterans 
Benefits Administration may purchase (on a one-for-one re-
placement basis only) up to two passenger motor vehicles 
for use in operations of that Administration in Manila, 
Philippines. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-
ing management and related contractual costs of said ac-
quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $3,161,376,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$915,000,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which 
not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided further, That $1,709,953,000 
shall be for operations and maintenance as designated in 
the President’s 2012 budget justification, of which not to
exceed $110,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2013: Provided further, That $536,423,000 shall be for 
information technology systems development, moderniza-
tion, and enhancement as designated in the President’s 
2012 budget justification, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be obligated 
until the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, 
and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: 
(1) meets the capital planning and investment 
control review requirements established by the Office 
of Management and Budget; 
(2) complies with the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs enterprise architecture; 
(3) conforms with an established enterprise life 
cycle methodology; and 
(4) complies with the acquisition rules, require-
ments, guidelines, and systems acquisition manage-
ment practices of the Federal Government: Provided 
further, That amounts made available for information 
technology systems development, modernization, and 
enhancement may not be obligated or expended until 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Infor-
mation Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a certification of the amounts, in 
parts or in full, to be obligated and expended for each 
development project: Provided further, That amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses, operations 
and maintenance, and information technology sys-
tems development, modernization, and enhancement 
may be transferred among the three subaccounts after 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress the authority to make the transfer and an ap-
proval is issued: Provided further, That the funds 
made available under this heading for information 
technology systems development, modernization, and 
enhancement, shall be for the projects and in the 
amounts, specified under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, to include information technology, in carrying out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), $112,391,000, of which $6,600,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013.
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 
of title 38, United States Code, including planning, archi-
tectural and engineering services, construction management 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
where the estimated cost of a project is more than the 
amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 
States Code, or where funds for a project were made avail-
able 
in 
a 
previous 
major 
project 
appropriation, 
$589,604,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided in 
section 13 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 
612) for claims paid for contract disputes: Provided, That 
except for advance planning activities, including needs as-
sessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, and other capital asset management related activi-
ties, including portfolio development and management ac-
tivities, and investment strategy studies funded through the
advance planning fund and the planning and design activi-
ties funded through the design fund, including needs assess-
ments which may or may not lead to capital investments, 
and salaries and associated costs of the resident engineers 
who oversee those capital investments funded through this 
account, and funds provided for the purchase of land for 
the National Cemetery Administration through the land ac-
quisition line item, none of the funds made available under 
this heading shall be used for any project which has not 
been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for fiscal year 2012, for each approved project shall 
be obligated: 
(1) by the awarding of a construction documents 
contract by September 30, 2012; and 
(2) by the awarding of a construction contract 
by September 30, 2013: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a written report on any approved major 
construction project for which obligations are not in-
curred within the time limitations established above. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 
any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which 
may lead to capital investments, architectural and engi-
neering services, maintenance or guarantee period services 
costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under 
the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisi-
tion, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 
2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 
8162 of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated 
cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set 
forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States 
Code, $550,091,000, to remain available until expended, 
along with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, 
minor projects’’ appropriations which are hereby made 
available for any project where the estimated cost is equal 
to or less than the amount set forth in such section: Pro-
vided, That funds made available under this heading shall 
be for: 
(1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities 
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Depart-
ment which are necessary because of loss or damage 
caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and 
(2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or 
to minimize further loss by such causes.
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 
FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re-
model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care 
to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of 
title 38, United States Code, $85,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal governments in 
establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries 
as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United States 
Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2012 for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be trans-
ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro-
priations: 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 such Committees
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2012, in this Act or any 
other Act, under the ‘‘Medical services’’, ‘‘Medical support 
and compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ accounts may be 
transferred among the accounts: Provided, That any trans-
fers between the ‘‘Medical services’’ and ‘‘Medical support 
and compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 
amount appropriated to the account in this or any other 
Act may take place subject to notification from the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the amount and purpose 
of the transfer: Provided further, That any transfers be-
tween the ‘‘Medical services’’ and ‘‘Medical support and 
compliance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding 
the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical facilities’’ 
account may take place only after the Secretary requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
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Congress the authority to make the transfer and an ap-
proval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; 
and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sec-
tions 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, and 
‘‘Construction, minor projects’’) shall be available for the 
purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 
new hospital or home. 
SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 
(except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex-
amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet-
erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sections 
7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, or the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement 
of the cost of such hospitalization or examination is made 
to the ‘‘Medical services’’ account at such rates as may be 
fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 
‘‘Compensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, 
and ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be avail-
able for payment of prior year accrued obligations required 
to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year 
accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 
be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 
3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts 
they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2012, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, the Veterans’ 
Special Life Insurance Fund under section 1923 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ‘‘General operating expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information tech-
nology systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts:
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Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2012 that are available for divi-
dends in that program after claims have been paid and ac-
tuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided 
further, That if the cost of administration of such an insur-
ance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accu-
mulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made 
only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of adminis-
tration for fiscal year 2012 which is properly allocable to 
the provision of each such insurance program and to the 
provision of any total disability income insurance included 
in that insurance program. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by 
that account during a prior fiscal year for providing en-
hanced-use lease services, may be obligated during the fiscal 
year in which the proceeds are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 
available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Em-
ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication under
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section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 
provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 
exceed $42,904,000 for the Office of Resolution Management 
and $3,360,000 for the Office of Employment and Discrimi-
nation Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That payments 
may be made in advance for services to be furnished based 
on estimated costs: Provided further, That amounts received 
shall be credited to the ‘‘General administration’’ and ‘‘In-
formation technology systems’’ accounts for use by the office 
that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. No appropriations in this title shall be 
available to enter into any new lease of real property if 
the estimated annual rental cost is more than $1,000,000, 
unless the Secretary submits a report which the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve with-
in 30 days following the date on which the report is re-
ceived. 
SEC. 212. No funds of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home care, 
or medical services provided to any person under chapter 
17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-con-
nected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of such 
title, unless that person has disclosed to the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may require, 
current, accurate third-party reimbursement information