available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are 
obligated from funds available for military 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. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 
14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me-
dium 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 determined 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 appropriated 
directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense 
Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac-
counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap-
propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria-
tions made available to the Funds shall be available to
cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 
of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili-
tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority in this provi-
sion shall also be applicable to amounts appropriated for 
construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts in section 
2002 of Public Law 112–10. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account 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 Homeowners 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 trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available in this title for operation and
maintenance 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 $15,000 per unit may be 
spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen-
eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica-
tion, 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 remedi-
ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission. 
SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec-
tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro-
priated and shall be available until expended for the pur-
poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 
transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. 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. 122. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the 
Army that— 
(1) performs a testing mission or function that 
is not performed by any other unit in the Army and 
is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 
Code; and 
(2) is located at a military installation at which 
the total number of civilian employees of the Depart-
ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel 
employed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of 
members of the regular and reserve components of 
the Army assigned to the installation.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional 
defense committees that in proposing the relocation of the 
unit of the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regu-
lation 5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and respon-
sibilities for Army stationing actions. 
SEC. 123. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities 
within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Finan-
cial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chap-
ter 7, of February 2009, as in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 125. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, from prior appropriation 
Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 
being for contingency operations directly related to the
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$96,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, from prior appropria-
tion Acts (other than appropriations designated by law as 
being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$52,600,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, from prior appro-
priation Acts (other than appropriations designated by law 
as being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$134,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 128. Of the unobligated balances made available 
in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec-
tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli-
tan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other 
than appropriations designated by law as being for contin-
gency operations directly related to the global war on ter-
rorism or as an emergency requirement), $103,918,000 
are hereby rescinded.
SEC. 129. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc-
tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 130. None of the funds made available by this 
title may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of Lajes Air Force Base, Azores, and, unless and until 
the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to the con-
gressional defense committees that, based on operational 
requirements, Lajes Air Force Base is not an optimal loca-
tion for the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex, none of 
the funds made available by this title may be used to con-
struct phase two of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Com-
plex Consolidation at Royal Air Force Croughton, United 
Kingdom. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding section 124, for an addi-
tional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ in this 
title, $30,000,000 is provided for advances to the Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 
for construction of access roads as authorized by section 
210 of title 23, United States Code.
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 
behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex-
aminations 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 Entitle-
ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi-
cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi-
cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur-
ance 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 sec-
tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 
53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$166,271,436,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $87,146,761,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2016: Provided, That not to exceed $15,562,000 of the 
amount made available for fiscal year 2016 and 
$16,021,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year
2017 under this heading shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 
and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for necessary ex-
penses 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’’ appropriation: 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 facili-
ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as au-
thorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap-
ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 
61 of title 38, United States Code, $32,088,826,000, to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$16,743,904,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2016: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation 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 paragraphs (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 chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
Code, $169,080,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $91,920,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2016. 
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 de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2016, 
within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 
gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe-
cially adapted housing loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $164,558,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $31,000, as authorized 
by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology 
systems and telecommunications support, including devel-
opmental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, in-
cluding management and related contractual costs of said 
acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 
operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $4,038,363,000 (increased by $3,200,000), 
plus reimbursements: Provided, That $1,115,757,000 
shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not to ex-
ceed $34,800,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2017: Provided further, That $2,417,863,000 shall be 
for operations and maintenance, of which not to exceed 
$167,900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided further, That $504,743,000 shall be for 
information technology systems development, moderniza-
tion, and enhancement, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided further, That amounts 
made available for information technology systems devel-
opment, modernization, and enhancement may not be obli-
gated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
or the Chief Information Officer of the Department of