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ority order, identified in the Department of the Army’s 
Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2017 submitted 
by the Secretary of Defense to Congress: Provided further, 
That such funding is subject to authorization prior to obli-
gation and expenditure of funds: Provided further, That, 
not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 129. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $293,600,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That such funds may only be obligated to carry out con-
struction projects, in priority order, identified in the De-
partment of the Navy’s Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal 
Year 2017 submitted by the Secretary of Defense to Con-
gress: Provided further, That such funding is subject to 
authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds: 
Provided further, That, not later than 30 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this section. 
SEC. 130. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army National Guard’’, $67,500,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 
such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
projects, in priority order, identified in the Department 
of the Army’s Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 
2017 submitted by the Secretary of Defense to Congress: 
Provided further, That such funding is subject to author-
ization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds: Pro-
vided further, That, not later than 30 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 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, Army Reserve’’, $86,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such 
funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
projects, in priority order, identified in the Department 
of the Army’s Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 
2017 submitted by the Secretary of Defense to Congress: 
Provided further, That such funding is subject to author-
ization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds: Pro-
vided further, That, not later than 30 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
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Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under 
this section. 
SEC. 132. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Air Force’’, $26,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such funds 
may only be obligated to carry out construction projects, 
in priority order, identified in the Department of the Air 
Force’s Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2017 sub-
mitted by the Secretary of Defense to Congress: Provided 
further, That such funding is subject to authorization 
prior to obligation and expenditure of funds: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 133. 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), $25,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded. 
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SEC. 134. 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. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 135. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘NATO Security Investment Program’’, from prior appro-
priations Acts (other than appropriations designated by 
law as being for contingency operations directly related to 
the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require-
ment), $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 136. 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 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, 
$90,119,449,000, to remain available until expended and 
to become available on October 1, 2017: Provided, That 
not to exceed $17,224,000 of the amount made available 
for fiscal year 2018 under this heading shall be reim-
bursed to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Bene-
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fits Administration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Sys-
tems’’ for necessary expenses in implementing the provi-
sions 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: Pro-
vided 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 chap-
ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 
61 of title 38, United States Code, $13,708,648,000, to 
remain available until expended and to become available 
on October 1, 2017: Provided, That expenses for rehabili-
tation program services and assistance which the Sec-
retary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of sec-
tion 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 
under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that sub-
section, 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-
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erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
Code, $124,504,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $107,899,000 shall become available on October 
1, 2017. 
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 2017, 
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, $167,612,000. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $36,000, 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 Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading are available to sub-
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sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $2,517,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $389,000, 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, $1,163,000. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 
by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
veterans 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, bioengineering services, 
food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare em-
ployees 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, 
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United States Code, loan repayments authorized by sec-
tion 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 
Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 
1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and hospital care and med-
ical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United 
States Code; $850,000,000 (increased by $4,000,000) (re-
duced by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
this heading that became available on October 1, 2016; 
and, in addition, $44,886,554,000, plus reimbursements, 
shall become available on October 1, 2017, and shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That, 
of the amount made available on October 1, 2017, under 
this heading, $1,400,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision 
of medical treatment for veterans who have service-con-
nected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give 
priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits 
to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize 
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the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 
Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately 
written prescriptions based on requirements established by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation 
of the program described in the previous proviso shall 
incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 
individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States 
Code, 
at 
non-Department 
facilities, 
$7,246,181,000, plus reimbursements, to be derived from 
amounts appropriated in title II of division J of Public 
Law 114–113 under the headings ‘‘Medical Services’’, 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, or ‘‘Medical Facili-
ties’’ which became available on October 1, 2016; and, in 
addition, $9,409,118,000 shall become available on Octo-
ber 1, 2017, and shall remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That, of the amount made available 
on October 1, 2017, under this heading, $1,500,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019. 
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-
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ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi-
ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart-
ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De-
partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov-
ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $6,654,480,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 
2017, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided, That, of the amount made available on 
October 1, 2017, under this heading, $100,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op-
eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 
planning, design, project management, real property ac-
quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 
any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 
activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter-
ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos-
pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 
the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate-
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rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services, 
$5,434,880,000, plus reimbursements, shall become avail-
able on October 1, 2017, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2017, under this heading, 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 
medical and prosthetic research and development as au-
thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$663,366,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2018. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not other-
wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there-
for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper-
ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter-
ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 
of the National Cemetery Administration, $271,220,000, 
of which not to exceed $26,600,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018. 
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 
administrative expenses in support of Department-wide 
capital planning, management and policy activities, uni-
forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services, 
$336,659,000 (reduced by $5,500,000) (reduced by 
$1,500,000) (increased by $1,500,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 
funds provided under this heading may be transferred to 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 
Veterans Appeals, $156,096,000, of which not to exceed 
$15,610,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
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GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 
of the General Services Administration for security guard 
services, and reimbursement of the Department of De-
fense 
for 
the 
cost 
of 
overseas 
employee 
mail, 
$2,826,160,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000): Provided, That expenses for services and as-
sistance 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 
maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum 
independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac-
count: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $141,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2018. 
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 
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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, $4,220,869,000 (increased by $5,000,000), 
plus reimbursements: Provided, That $1,247,548,000 
shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not to ex-
ceed $36,300,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided further, That $2,502,052,000 shall be 
for operations and maintenance, of which not to exceed 
$177,900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018: Provided further, That $471,269,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) shall be for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obli-
gated and expended for each development project: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for salaries 
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and expenses, operations and maintenance, and informa-
tion technology systems development, modernization, and 
enhancement may be transferred among the three sub-
accounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 
approval is issued: Provided further, That amounts made 
available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac-
count for development, modernization, and enhancement 
may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 
projects: Provided further, That no project may be in-
creased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 
prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer 
and an approval is issued, or absent a response, a period 
of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, That funds under 
this heading may be used by the Interagency Program Of-
fice through the Department of Veterans Affairs to define 
data standards, code sets, and value sets used to enable 
interoperability: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading for operations and 
maintenance and information technology systems develop-
ment, modernization, and enhancement, not more than a 
total amount of $168,113,000 shall be available for VistA 
Evolution or any successor: Provided further, That none 
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of the funds made available by the preceding proviso may 
be obligated or expended for such program or any suc-
cessor until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs: (1) certifies 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress that the Department of Veterans Affairs has de-
ployed modernized electronic health record software sup-
porting clinicians of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
and the Department of Defense no later than December 
31, 2016, while ensuring continued support and compat-
ibility with the interoperability platform and full stand-
ards-based interoperability, as stipulated by the National 
Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 
Law 113–66); (2) submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the VistA Evolution 
Business Case and supporting documents regarding con-
tinuation of VistA Evolution or alternatives to VistA Evo-
lution, including an analysis of necessary or desired capa-
bilities, technical and security requirements, the plan for 
modernizing the platform framework, and all associated 
costs; and (3) submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees 
approve, the following: a report that describes a strategic 
plan for VistA Evolution, or any successor, and the associ-
ated implementation plan including metrics and timelines; 
a master schedule and lifecycle cost estimate for VistA 
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Evolution or any successor; and an implementation plan 
for the transition from the Project Management Account-
ability System (PMAS) to the new project delivery frame-
work (the Veteran-focused Integration Process (VIP)) 
that includes the methodology by which projects will be 
tracked, progress measured, and deliverables evaluated: 
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 
General, to include information technology, in carrying out 
the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $160,106,000, of which not to exceed 
$14,800,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018. 
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 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 
Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar-
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chitectural and engineering services, construction manage-
ment 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 ac-
quisition, 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 available in a previous major project appropriation, 
$528,110,000, of which $494,310,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021, and of which $33,800,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That ex-
cept 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 
activities funded through the design fund, including needs 
assessments which may or may not lead to capital invest-
ments, and salaries and associated costs of the resident 
engineers who oversee those capital investments funded 
through this account and contracting officers who manage 
specific major construction projects, and funds provided 
for the purchase of land, security, and maintenance for 
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the National Cemetery Administration through the land 
acquisition 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 proc-
ess: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading for fiscal year 2017, for each approved 
project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a con-
struction documents contract by September 30, 2017; and 
(2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Sep-
tember 30, 2018: 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 incurred within the time limita-
tions established above: Provided further, That, of the 
amount made available under this heading, $222,620,000 
for Veterans Health Administration major construction 
projects shall not be available until the Department of 
Veterans Affairs— 
(1) enters into an agreement with an appro-
priate non-Department of Veterans Affairs Federal 
entity to serve as the design and/or construction 
agent for any Veterans Health Administration major 
construction project with a Total Estimated Cost of 
$100,000,000 or above by providing full project 
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management services, including management of the 
project design, acquisition, construction, and con-
tract changes, consistent with section 502 of Public 
Law 114–58; and 
(2) certifies in writing that such an agreement 
is executed and intended to minimize or prevent sub-
sequent major construction project cost overruns 
and provides a copy of the agreement entered into 
and any required supplementary information to the 
Committees on Appropriations 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 
engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro-
vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 
utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 
site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, 
United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 
estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the 
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amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 
United States Code, $372,069,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, 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: Provided, 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 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, $80,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
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teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 
States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2017 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 Con-
gress the authority to make the transfer and such Com-
mittees 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 Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017, in this or 
any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical 
Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred 
among the accounts: Provided, That any transfers among 
the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent 
or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 
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in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica-
tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 
the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 
That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Med-
ical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compli-
ance’’ 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 
further, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facili-
ties’’ account may take place only after the Secretary re-
quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and an approval is issued. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 
salaries and expenses shall be available for services au-
thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 
or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 
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‘‘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 sec-
tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 
or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim-
bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina-
tion 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 re-
quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 
prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 
2016. 
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 
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Code, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 
accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 
and Pensions’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during fiscal year 2017, 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 ‘‘Gen-
eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 
the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi-
nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse-
ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu-
mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 
2017 that are available for dividends in that program after 
claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 
have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 
administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 
amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 
reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 
surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 
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shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 
2017 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 pro-
gram. 
SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 
lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in-
curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro-
viding enhanced-use lease services, may be obligated dur-
ing 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 Manage-
ment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Of-
fice of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudica-
tion under section 319 of title 38, United States Code, 
for all services provided at rates which will recover actual 
costs but not to exceed $47,668,000 for the Office of Reso-
lution Management and $3,532,000 for the Office of Em-
ployment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication: Pro-
vided, 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 
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Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ 
accounts for use by the office that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs 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-serv-
ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 
such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec-
retary 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: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man-
ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason-
able charges for such care or services from any person who 
does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur-
ther, 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 re-
ceived. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas-
ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 
the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 
Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction 
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(including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 
and improvements of any medical facility under the juris-
diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 
provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con-
struction, Minor Projects’’. 
SEC. 213. 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. 214. Such sums as may be deposited to the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac-
counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 
of these accounts. 
SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal organi-
zations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Com-
pact with the Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and 
tribal organizations serving rural Alaska which have en-
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tered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under 
the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance 
Act, to provide healthcare, including behavioral health and 
dental care. The Secretary shall require participating vet-
erans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules 
and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term 
‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those lands sited within the ex-
ternal boundaries of the Alaska Native regions specified 
in sections 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and 
those lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in 
sections 7(a)(5) and 7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), which are 
not within the boundaries of the municipality of Anchor-
age, the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Penin-
sula Borough or the Matanuska Susitna Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursu-
ant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and 
‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain avail-
able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 
SEC. 217. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the 
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Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks 
from conducting outreach or marketing to enroll new vet-
erans within their respective Networks. 
SEC. 218. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a report on the financial status of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: 
Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall include 
the direction contained in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 
114–113 in title II of Division J of the consolidated Act 
in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly Report’’, under the 
heading ‘‘General Administration’’. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med-
ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Op-
erating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 
‘‘General Administration’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Ad-
ministration’’ accounts for fiscal year 2017 may be trans-
ferred to or from the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ 
account: Provided, That such transfers may not result in 
a more than 10 percent aggregate increase in the total 
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amount made available by this Act for the ‘‘Information 
Technology Systems’’ account: Provided further, 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. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017 for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, and 
‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, up to $274,731,000, 
plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint De-
partment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by sec-
tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) 
and may be used for operation of the facilities designated 
as combined Federal medical facilities as described by sec-
tion 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4500): Provided, That additional funds may be 
transferred from accounts designated in this section to the 
Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Af-
fairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 
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notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress: Provided further, That section 223 of title II of Di-
vision J of Public Law 114–113 is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Of the amounts appropriated to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs which become available on 
October 1, 2017, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Com-
munity Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 
‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to $280,802,000, plus reimburse-
ments, may be transferred to the Joint Department of De-
fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used 
for operation of the facilities designated as combined Fed-
eral medical facilities as described by section 706 of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): 
Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from 
accounts designated in this section to the Joint Depart-
ment of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Such sums as may be deposited to the 
Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 
of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided 
at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili-
ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail-
able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense- 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem-
onstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for oper-
ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun-
can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 
minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as au-
thorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 
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Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose 
authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 224. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no-
tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 
that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro-
grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 
of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 
days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and shall 
describe the anticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds made available for 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project 
in excess of the scope specified for that project in the origi-
nal justification data provided to the Congress as part of 
the request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 226. Of the funds provided to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017 for ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’, a maximum of $40,000,000 may 
be obligated from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ 
account for the VistA Evolution and electronic health 
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record interoperability projects: Provided, That funds in 
addition to these amounts may be obligated for the VistA 
Evolution and electronic health record interoperability 
projects upon written notification by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide written notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or-
ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 
more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 
SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress notification of any 
single national outreach and awareness marketing cam-
paign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 229. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 
determination that such action is necessary to address 
needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may trans-
fer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary 
appropriations made available for fiscal year 2017 in this 
title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ ac-
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count) or any discretionary unobligated balances within 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2017, that were provided in ad-
vance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers 
shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided in this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 
were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985: Provided further, That such authority to transfer 
may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 
on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 
which originally appropriated and in no case where the 
item for which funds are requested has been denied by 
Congress: Provided further, That, upon determination that 
all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 
are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 
to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 
purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 
That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
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Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 230. Amounts made available for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017, under the 
‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts 
may be transferred between such accounts: Provided, That 
before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 
make the transfer and receive approval from such Com-
mittees for such request. 
SEC. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or 
programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$5,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 232. Of the unobligated balances available with-
in the ‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 
$30,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 233. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in Public Law 114–113 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2017, $266,760,000 are rescinded 
from ‘‘Medical Services’’, $52,031,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and $18,591,000 are 
rescinded from ‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 
SEC. 234. The amounts otherwise made available by 
this Act for the following accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following 
amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical 
and Prosthetic Research’’, $4,004,000. 
(2) 
‘‘National 
Cemetery 
Administration’’, 
$1,464,000. 
(3) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Administration’’, $1,250,000. 
(4) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of 
Veterans Appeals’’, $1,214,000. 
(5) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, $24,849,000. 
(6) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, $12,535,000. 
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