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Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction and cost to complete projects identified in the respec-
tive military department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 
2022 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such projects 
are subject to authorization prior to obligation and expenditure 
of funds to carry out construction: Provided further, That not later 
than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
military department concerned, or his or her designee, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 125. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘Department of Defense— 
Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense 
Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 2022 in the funding 
table in section 4601 of that Act shall be immediately available 
and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized projects. 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 116 of this Act, funds made 
available in this Act or any available unobligated balances from 
prior appropriations Acts may be obligated before October 1, 2023 
for fiscal year 2017 military construction projects for which project 
authorization has not lapsed or for which authorization is extended 
for fiscal year 2022 by a National Defense Authorization Act: Pro-
vided, That no amounts may be obligated pursuant to this section 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Defense from prior appropriations Acts under the heading 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $131,000,000 is hereby 
rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
SEC. 128. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’ means the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Subcommittee 
on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 129. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified for planning and design, unspecified minor 
construction, and authorized major construction projects, for 
construction improvements to Department of Defense laboratory 
facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $85,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$15,000,000; and
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‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $25,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his 
or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
military department concerned may not obligate or expend any 
funds prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this 
section. 
SEC. 130. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $275,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, for Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan 
unspecified worldwide construction: Provided, That such funds may 
only be obligated to carry out construction projects identified in 
the Department of the Navy’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 
2022 submitted to Congress or for planning and design necessary 
to support the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan: Provided 
further, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Navy, or his or her designee, shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 131. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $153,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to 
carry out construction projects specified in a National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022 in the funding table in 
section 4601 of that Act: Provided further, That not later than 
30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section. 
SEC. 132. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified for planning and design and unspecified 
minor construction, for improving military installation resilience, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $25,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$40,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $40,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $15,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or his 
or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary of the 
military department concerned may not obligate or expend any 
funds prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this 
section. 
SEC. 133. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified for planning and design, for child develop-
ment centers, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $11,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$11,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $11,000,000:
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Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section. 
SEC. 134. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified for expenses incurred as a result of natural 
disasters, to remain available until September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$20,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $130,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section. 
SEC. 135. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
National 
Guard’’, 
$86,536,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, $35,371,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction projects identified in the respective military depart-
ment’s cost to complete projects list of previously appropriated 
projects submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such projects 
are subject to authorization prior to obligation and expenditure 
of funds to carry out construction: Provided further, That not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the military department concerned, or his or her designee, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 136. The Secretary concerned may waive the percentage 
or dollar cost limitations applicable to a military construction project 
or a military family housing project with a total authorized cost 
less than $500,000,000 pursuant to subsection (c) of section 2853 
of title 10, United States Code, with notice to the congressional 
defense committees, even if that waiver would increase the project 
cost by more than 50 percent of the total authorized cost of the 
project: Provided, That such authority to waive cost limitations 
may only be used by the Secretary concerned with respect to a 
military construction or military family housing project with a 
total authorized cost greater than $500,000,000 with notice to the 
congressional defense committees, if that waiver would not increase 
the project cost by more than 50 percent of the total authorized 
cost of the project: Provided further, That the authority provided 
by this section shall remain available until enactment of a National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. 
SEC. 137. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, for planning and design of water treatment 
and distribution facilities construction: Provided, That not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Navy, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan 
for funds provided under this section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Navy may not obligate or expend any funds prior
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to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the expenditure plan required by this section. 
SEC. 138. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified to address cost increases identified subse-
quent to the fiscal year 2022 budget request for authorized major 
construction projects included in that request, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $4,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$11,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $25,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $30,000,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, $11,800,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’, $5,800,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, $4,400,000; and 
‘‘Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, 
$13,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the military department concerned may not obligate or expend 
any funds prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by 
this section. 
SEC. 139. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified to address cost increases for authorized major 
construction projects funded by this Act, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $20,800,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$18,926,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $46,574,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’, $11,410,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, $9,961,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, $9,180,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’, $7,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, $2,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of the military department concerned may not obligate or expend 
any funds prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by 
this section. 
SEC. 140. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba.
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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 examinations as author-
ized 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, adjusted-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, $8,955,364,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 
heading that became available on October 1, 2021, to remain avail-
able until expended; and, in addition, $152,016,542,000, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2022, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $20,115,000 of the amount 
made available for fiscal year 2023 under this heading shall be 
reimbursed to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec-
essary 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 Pen-
sions’’ 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 facilities for nursing home care provided to pen-
sioners 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, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code, $8,906,851,000, which shall become available on 
October 1, 2022, to remain available until expended: 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 insur-
ance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, 
and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters