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† HR 3944 EAS 
Provided further, That $65,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 
including water and waste disposal systems grants author-
ized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally 
Recognized 
Native 
American 
Tribes 
authorized 
by 
306C(a)(1) of such Act, and the Department of Hawaiian 
Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii): Provided further, 
That funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a 
consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 
105–83: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent 
of the funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the State 
of Alaska for training and technical assistance programs 
and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for 
section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act may be used by a consortium formed pursuant 
to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for training and tech-
nical 
assistance 
programs: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$35,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and 
waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, 
unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, 
of which $9,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to
suspension of operations is not at the discretion 
of the United States Postal Service or is nec-
essary due to health or safety concerns. 
(2) STATUS
UPDATES.—If the United States 
Postal Service temporarily suspends operations at a 
post office for a period of more than six months, not 
later than six months after the date on which such 
temporary suspension of operations begins, and 
every three months thereafter until the date on 
which such temporary suspension of operations ends, 
the United States Postal Service shall provide to 
persons served by such post office and the relevant 
officials for such post office a notice on the status 
of such temporary suspension of operations. 
(3) REOPENING
NOTICE.—Upon determining 
the date on which operations will resume at a post 
office at which operations are temporarily sus-
pended, the United States Postal Service shall notify 
persons served by such post office and the relevant 
officials for such post office of the date of such re-
sumption of operations at such post office and, in 
the case of a post office that has been relocated, the 
location of such post office. 
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clude the results of the survey conducted under sub-
section (c)(2) in such Academy program year. 
‘‘(9) FOCUS GROUPS.—For each Academy pro-
gram year with respect to which the Superintendent 
is not required to conduct a survey at the Academy 
under subsection (c)(2), the Commandant shall re-
quire focus groups to be conducted at the Academy 
for the purpose of ascertaining information relating 
to covered misconduct issues at the Academy. 
‘‘(10) SUBMISSION OF REPORT; BRIEFING.— 
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 270 
days after the date on which the Commandant 
receives a report from the Superintendent 
under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall 
submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives, as 
an enclosure or appendix to the report required 
by section 5112— 
‘‘(i) the report of the Superintendent; 
‘‘(ii) the comments of the Com-
mandant with respect to the report; and 
‘‘(iii) relevant information gathered 
during a focus group under subparagraph
and procedures this Act provides to that Board, or any 
person, alleging an unlawful employment practice in viola-
tion of this subtitle against a domestic employee described 
in subsection (e)(1)(B). 
(c) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 
3, UNITED STATES CODE.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in chapter 5 of title 3, United States 
Code, to the President, the Merit Systems Protection 
Board, or any person, alleging a violation of section 
412(a)(1) of that title, shall be the powers, remedies, and 
procedures this Act provides to the President, that Board, 
or any person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employ-
ment practice in violation of this subtitle against a domes-
tic employee described in subsection (e)(1)(C). 
(d) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 
5, UNITED STATES CODE.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in title 5, United States Code, to an 
employing agency, provided in chapter 12 of that title to 
the Merit Systems Protection Board, or provided in that 
title to any person, alleging a violation of chapter 63 of 
that title, shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures 
this Act provides to that agency, that Board, or any per-
son, respectively, alleging an unlawful employment prac-
tice in violation of this subtitle against a domestic em-
ployee described in subsection (e)(1)(D). 
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SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 
relocate any activity from one base or installation to an-
other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con-
struction project or activity for which American steel pro-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 
the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family hous-
ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 
property taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 
projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 
bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are
HR 3944 RFS
made available under this heading, $82,000,000 shall be 
for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, speci-
fied in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $358,489,000, (reduced by $55,000,000) (in-
creased by $55,000,000) to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $47,439,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
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fied in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $358,489,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $47,439,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 
Acts, $210,492,000, to remain available until September 
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(A) means the rights and protections pro-
vided to domestic employees under this Act, and 
the amendments made by this Act, including 
(as applicable)— 
(i) coverage of live-in domestic em-
ployees, as defined in section 8(a) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 208(a)), under the overtime re-
quirements of section 7 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 207); 
(ii) the right of live-in domestic em-
ployees, as so defined, to certain notices 
and communications under section 8 of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 208); 
(iii) any minimum wage for domestic 
employees that may be established pursu-
ant to a recommendation to Congress 
under section 201(e)(3); 
(iv) the applicability of title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 
et seq.); 
(v) the labor rights and privacy pro-
tections provided to domestic employees 
under subtitle B of title I, including— 
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30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 
$36,092,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $305,032,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $31,508,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, 
$50,000,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 
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to authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of 
funds to carry out construction: Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the military department concerned, or their des-
ignee, 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 ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘De-
partment of Defense—Military Construction, Navy and 
Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Con-
struction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of Defense—Mili-
tary Construction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant to 
the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense 
Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 2026 in the 
funding table in section 4601 of that Act shall be imme-
diately 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 unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be obli-
gated before October 1, 2027, for fiscal year 2017, 2018, 
2019, and 2020 military construction projects for which 
project authorization has not lapsed or for which author-
ization is extended for fiscal year 2026 by a National De-
fense Authorization Act: Provided, That no amounts may 
be obligated pursuant to this section from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
SEC. 127. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc-
tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 128. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified for planning and design and 
for construction improvements to Department of Defense 
laboratory facilities, to remain available until September 
30, 2030: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’$35,000,000; 
‘‘Military
Construction,
Navy
and
Marine 
Corps’’, $35,000,000; and 
‘‘Military
Construction,
Air
Force’’, 
$35,000,000:
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
struction Authorization Acts, $305,032,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $31,508,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That 
of
the
amount
made
available
under
this
heading, 
$50,000,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 
‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’ in the report ac-
companying this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 
Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $79,829,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $3,219,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 
Provided further, That, of the amount made available 
under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be for the projects 
and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Navy Reserve’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 
the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military construction or family hous-
ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 
property taxes in any foreign nation. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 
estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 
projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 
bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are 
awarded to United States firms or United States firms 
in joint venture with host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 
title for military construction in the United States terri-
tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 
Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 
used to award any contract estimated by the Government 
to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, 
That this section shall not be applicable to contract
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(I) the right of certain domestic 
employees to a written agreement 
under section 110; 
(II) the right of certain domestic 
employees to earned paid sick time 
provided under section 111; 
(III) the fair scheduling practices 
required under section 112 with re-
spect to certain domestic employees; 
(IV) the right of certain domestic 
employees to request and receive tem-
porary changes to scheduled work 
hours for certain personal events 
under section 113; 
(V) the privacy protections under 
section 114; 
(VI) the right to meal and rest 
breaks in accordance with section 115; 
(VII) the protection from wage 
deductions for cash shortages, break-
ages, or loss under subsection (a) of 
section 116 and wage deductions or 
other penalties for communications 
described in subsection (b) of such 
section; and 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3951 
AN ACT 
To amend the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 
and the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Vet-
erans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 
2020 to improve the temporary licensure requirements 
for contract health care professionals who perform med-
ical disability examinations for the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, and for other purposes.
SEC. 8020. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 
cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 
tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington relocatable military housing units located at 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 
Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the 
needs of the Air Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at 
no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub-
section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 
that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 
Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 
in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 
such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 
housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 
of time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re-
solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 
housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re-
quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 
(b).
(2) MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.—A Member of 
Congress who is a Senator shall— 
(A) not later than 15 days after the date 
a qualified blind trust is established under sub-
section (a), certify to the Secretary of the Sen-
ate that such trust has been established and 
that any covered investment owned by such 
Member or a spouse or dependent child of such 
Member has been placed in such trust; or 
(B) certify to the Secretary that such 
Member or a spouse or dependent child of such 
Member does not own any covered investment. 
(3) REPORT.—The Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall 
make available on the public website of the Clerk 
and the Secretary, respectively, any certification 
made under paragraph (1) or (2). 
(c) EXCEPTION.—A spouse or dependent child who 
receives compensation from their primary occupation 
through any covered investment shall not be required to 
place such covered investment in a qualified blind trust 
under this Act. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
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other entity of a Federal, State, local, or Tribal gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(39) The term ‘covered method of firearm destruc-
tion’ means a method that renders a firearm and all parts, 
attachments, accessories, or other components received 
with such firearm unable to be restored to working condi-
tion and otherwise reduced to scrap.’’. 
(b) UNLAWFUL ACTS.—Section 922 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘; or’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by adding ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) except a licensed dealer to engage in 
the business of destroying firearms;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (u) by inserting ‘‘destroying,’’ 
after ‘‘manufacturing,’’. 
(c) LICENSING.—Section 923 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘destroying,’’ 
before ‘‘or dealing’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(1)(G)— 
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