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quisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems ac-
quisition management practices of the Federal Government: 
Provided further, That within 30 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
a reprogramming base letter which provides, by project, the 
costs included in this appropriation. 
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.), $80,500,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available 
until September 30, 2009. 
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
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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, 
$1,069,100,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $2,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as pro-
vided in section 13 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 
(41 U.S.C. 612) for claims paid for contract disputes: Pro-
vided, That except for advance planning activities, includ-
ing needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital 
investments, and other capital asset management related 
activities, including portfolio development and management 
activities, and investment strategy studies funded through 
the advance planning fund and the planning and design 
activities funded through the design fund, including needs 
assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, none of the funds appropriated 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 provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 
2008, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by 
the awarding of a construction documents contract by Sep-
tember 30, 2008; and (2) by the awarding of a construction 
contract by September 30, 2009: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress
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a written report on any approved major construction 
project for which obligations are not incurred within the 
time limitations established above: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
may be used to reduce the mission, services, or infrastruc-
ture, including land, of the 18 facilities on the Capital Asset 
Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) list requiring 
further study, as specified by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, without prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
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, $630,535,000, to remain available until expended,
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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 in this account shall be available for: (1) 
repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the juris-
diction or for the use of the Department 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, $165,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS 
CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States in establishing, expanding, 
or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by sec-
tion 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $39,500,000, to 
remain available until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2008 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 fiscal year 
2008, in this Act or any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical serv-
ices’’, ‘‘Medical Administration’’, and ‘‘Medical facilities’’ 
accounts may be transferred among the accounts to the ex-
tent necessary to implement the restructuring of the Vet-
erans Health Administration accounts: Provided, That be-
fore a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the 
transfer and an approval 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-
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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. 
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 2007.
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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 2008, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 
U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund 
(38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government Life 
Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ‘‘General 
operating expenses’’ account for the cost of administration 
of the insurance programs financed through those accounts: 
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2008 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-
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tration for fiscal year 2008 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 
section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for all services 
provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not 
exceed $32,067,000 for the Office of Resolution Management 
and $3,148,000 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 ‘‘General operating expenses’’ 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
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the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless 
the Secretary submits a report which the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress approve within 
30 days following the date on which the report is received. 
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 
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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
at the discretion of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, pro-
ceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activi-
ties (including disposal) may be deposited into the ‘‘Con-
struction, major projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor
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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, sup-
plies, and equipment; 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. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical 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 pur-
poses of that account. 
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall allow veterans who 
are eligible under existing Department of Veterans Affairs 
medical care requirements and who reside in Alaska to ob-
tain medical care services from medical facilities supported 
by the Indian Health Service or tribal organizations. The
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Secretary shall: (1) limit the application of this provision 
to rural Alaskan veterans in areas where an existing De-
partment of Veterans Affairs facility or Veterans Affairs- 
contracted 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 Realign-
ment 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. 217. Such sums as may be deposited to the De-
partment 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 ‘‘Con-
struction, minor projects’’ accounts, to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this Act, or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 
Integrated Services Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
SEC. 219. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 
Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from
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conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans 
within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a quarterly report on the financial status of 
the Veterans Health Administration. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
services’’, ‘‘Medical Administration’’, ‘‘Medical facilities’’, 
‘‘General operating expenses’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Ad-
ministration’’ accounts for fiscal year 2008, may be trans-
ferred to or from the ‘‘Information technology systems’’ ac-
count: Provided, That before a transfer may take place, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 222. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Informa-
tion technology systems’’ account may be transferred be-
tween projects: Provided, That no project may be increased 
or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to sub-
mitting a request to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and an ap-
proval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Any balances in prior year accounts estab-
lished for the payment of benefits under the Reinstated En-
titlement Program for Survivors shall be transferred to and 
merged with amounts available under the ‘‘Compensation 
and pensions’’ account, and receipts that would otherwise 
be credited to the accounts established for the payment of 
benefits under the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Sur-
vivors program shall be credited to amounts available under 
the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ account. 
SEC. 224. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSAL OF DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS 
AT WEST LOS ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
not declare as excess to the needs of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, or otherwise take any action to exchange, 
trade, auction, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, or reduce 
the acreage of, Federal land and improvements at the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Medical Cen-
ter, California, encompassing approximately 388 acres on 
the north and south sides of Wilshire Boulevard and west 
of the 405 Freeway. 
(b) SPECIAL PROVISION REGARDING LEASE WITH 
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOMELESS.—Notwithstanding 
any provision of this Act, section 7 of the Homeless Veterans
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Comprehensive Services Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–590) 
shall remain in effect. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8162(c)(1) of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or section 224(a) of the Mili-
tary Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’ after ‘‘section 
421(b)(2) of the Veterans’ Benefits and Services Act 
of 1988 (Public Law 100–322; 102 Stat. 553)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘that section’’ and inserting 
‘‘such sections’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, including the 
amendment made by this section, shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 225. The Department shall continue research into 
Gulf War Illness at levels not less than those made available 
in fiscal year 2007, within available funds contained in 
this Act. 
SEC. 226. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs shall establish and main-
tain on the homepage of the Internet website of the Office 
of Inspector General a mechanism by which individuals can 
anonymously report cases of waste, fraud, or abuse with 
respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall es-
tablish and maintain on the homepage of the Internet 
website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a direct link 
to the Internet website of the Office of Inspector General 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 227. (a) Upon a determination by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs that such action is in the national inter-
est, and will have a direct benefit for veterans through in-
creased access to treatment, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs may transfer not more than $5,000,000 to the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services for the Graduate 
Psychology Education Program, which includes treatment 
of veterans, to support increased training of psychologists 
skilled in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, 
traumatic brain injury, and related disorders. 
(b) The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
only use funds transferred under this section for the pur-
poses described in subsection (a). 
(c) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify Con-
gress of any such transfer of funds under this section. 
SEC. 228. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner that 
is inconsistent with—
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(1) section 842 of the Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Pub-
lic Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); or 
(2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry 
out a major medical facility lease in fiscal year 2008 in 
an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 to implement the rec-
ommendations outlined in the August, 2007 Study of South 
Texas Veterans’ Inpatient and Specialty Outpatient Health 
Care Needs. 
(INCLUDING RECISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 230. Of the amounts made available for ‘‘Veterans 
Health Administration, Medical Services’’ in Public Law 
110–28, $66,000,000 are rescinded. For an additional 
amount for ‘‘Departmental Administration, Construction, 
Major Projects’’, $66,000,000, to be available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the amount provided by this section 
is designated as described in section 5 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 231. Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2007,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2008,’’.
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SEC. 232. Section 1729(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2007,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘October 1, 2008,’’. 
SEC. 233. The unobligated balance of funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ 
in Public Law 109–234 for environmental clean-up and re-
moval of debris from the Department of Veterans Affairs 
property in Gulfport, Mississippi, shall be available to the 
Department to replace missing doors and windows, and to 
repair roofs, of the buildings identified by the City of Gulf-
port, Mississippi, that will convey with the property, to pre-
vent further environmental damage to the interior infra-
structure of these buildings: Provided, That the amount pro-
vided by this section is designated as described in section 
5 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
SEC. 234. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
increases necessary to carry out section 3674 of title 38, 
United States Code at a level equal to fiscal year 2007 shall 
be available from amounts provided in this title for ‘‘De-
partmental Administration, General Operating Expenses’’. 
SEC. 235. (a) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this title (except section 
230), of the amounts otherwise provided by this title for 
the following accounts, the following amounts are des-