In the Senate of the United States, 
September 28, 2016. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 5325) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 
the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2017, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the fol-
lowing 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause, and insert in lieu 
thereof: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria-
tions and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Re-
sponse and Preparedness Act’’.
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Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, 
if applicable) only if the President subsequently so des-
ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 
to the Congress. 
SEC. 6. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
(a) The explanatory statement regarding this Act, 
printed in the Senate section of the Congressional Record 
on or about September 22, 2016, by the Chairman of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, shall have the 
same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and im-
plementation of divisions A through D of this Act as if it 
were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of con-
ference. 
(b) Any reference to the ‘‘joint explanatory statement 
accompanying this Act’’ contained in division A of this Act 
shall be considered to be a reference to the explanatory state-
ment described in subsection (a). 
DIVISION A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, 
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
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stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $513,459,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $98,159,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, architect and engineer services, 
and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the 
Secretary of the Army determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 
Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 
personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 
appropriation, $1,021,580,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of this amount, not 
to exceed $88,230,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized
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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. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $1,491,058,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of this 
amount, not to exceed $143,582,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 
Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 
for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be for con-
struction of the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex Con-
solidation, Phase 3, at Royal Air Force Croughton, United 
Kingdom, unless authorized in an Act authorizing appro-
priations for fiscal year 2017 for military construction.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$2,025,444,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 
as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to such appropriations of the Department of De-
fense available for military construction or family housing 
as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes, and for the same time 
period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $180,775,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that ad-
ditional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
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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, $232,930,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $8,729,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, 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 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion 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, 
$143,957,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $10,462,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 
by law, unless the Director of the Air National Guard deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of
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both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea-
sons 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, $68,230,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 
the Army Reserve determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
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 Ma-
rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$38,597,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 
Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$3,783,000 shall be available for study, planning, design,
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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. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $188,950,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $4,500,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and en-
gineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of 
the Air Force Reserve determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military
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ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $94,011,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$300,915,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$61,352,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 
FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas-
ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 
and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$274,429,000.
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FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the mili-
tary departments) for operation and maintenance, leasing, 
and minor construction, as authorized by law, $59,157,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FAMILY HOUSING 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $3,258,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursuant 
to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing 
alternative means of acquiring and improving military 
family housing and supporting facilities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 
fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates ex-
ceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, ex-
cept Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of the 
Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles.
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SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con-
struction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, for the con-
struction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of 
title 23, United States Code, when projects authorized there-
in are certified as important to the national defense by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the 
United States for which specific appropriations have not 
been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 
in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by the 
Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineer-
ing Command, except: (1) where there is a determination 
of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 
the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney Gen-
eral; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 
(4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to 
be in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 
title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 
preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 
except housing for which funds have been made available
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in annual Acts making appropriations for military con-
struction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 
title for minor construction may be used to transfer or relo-
cate any activity from one base or installation to another, 
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 housing 
during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real prop-
erty 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 Appropria-
tions 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 Atlantic Treaty 
Organization member country, or in countries bordering the
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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 awards for 
which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United 
States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and respon-
sible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to con-
tract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is sub-
mitted by a Marshallese contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, includ-
ing the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope 
of any proposed military exercise involving United States 
personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts ex-
pended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 
are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
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SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 
for construction authorized for each such military depart-
ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the cur-
rent session of Congress. 
SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 
projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex-
pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 
be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspection, 
overhead, engineering and design on those projects and on 
subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds made available to a military department or de-
fense agency for the construction of military projects may 
be obligated for a military construction project or contract, 
or for any portion of such a project or contract, at any 
time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the fiscal 
year for which funds for such project were made available, 
if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from 
funds available for military construction projects; and (2) 
do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 
plus any amount by which the cost of such project is in-
creased pursuant to law.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, such additional amounts as may be determined 
by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: (1) the 
Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction in ‘‘Family 
Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the De-
partment of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Im-
provement Fund from amounts appropriated for construc-
tion of military unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Con-
struction’’ accounts, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same period of time as 
amounts appropriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That 
appropriations made available to the Funds shall be avail-
able to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means of
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acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 
transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated with 
the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 
U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 
merged with and be available for the same purposes and 
for the same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available in this title for operation and mainte-
nance of family housing shall be the exclusive source of 
funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing 
units, including general or flag officer quarters: Provided, 
That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annu-
ally for the maintenance and repair of any general or flag 
officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium 
pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States 
Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification shall
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be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 
associated with environmental remediation that could not 
be reasonably anticipated at the time of the budget submis-
sion: Provided further, That the Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller) is to report annually to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general 
or flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im-
provement Account established by subsection (h) of section 
2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended for the purposes specified 
in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until transferred pur-
suant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
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rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 122. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of the Army to relocate a unit in the Army 
that— 
(1) performs a testing mission or function that 
is not performed by any other unit in the Army and 
is specifically stipulated in title 10, United States 
Code; and 
(2) is located at a military installation at which 
the total number of civilian employees of the Depart-
ment of the Army and Army contractor personnel em-
ployed exceeds 10 percent of the total number of mem-
bers of the regular and reserve components of the 
Army assigned to the installation. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional defense 
committees that in proposing the relocation of the unit of 
the Army, the Secretary complied with Army Regulation 
5–10 relating to the policy, procedures, and responsibilities 
for Army stationing actions.
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SEC. 123. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this 
title may be transferred among projects and activities with-
in the account in accordance with the reprogramming 
guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial 
Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, 
of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
SEC. 125. For an additional amount for the accounts 
and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $40,500,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, $227,099,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Air 
Force’’, 
$149,500,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 
$67,500,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 
$11,000,000;
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‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
Reserve’’, 
$30,000,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 
out construction projects identified in the respective mili-
tary department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 
2017 submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense: 
Provided further, That such projects are subject to author-
ization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to 
carry out construction: Provided further, That not later 
than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the military department concerned, or his or her designee, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this section. 
SEC. 126. For an additional amount for ‘‘Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $89,400,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That, 
such funds may only be obligated to carry out construction 
projects identified by the Department of the Navy in its 
June 8, 2016, unfunded priority list submission to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress de-
tailing unfunded reprogramming and emergency construc-
tion requirements: Provided further, That, not later than 
30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
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Navy, or his or her designee, shall submit to the Committees 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 127. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Defense from prior appropriation Acts, the 
following funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac-
counts in the amounts specified: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $29,602,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $51,460,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$171,600,000, of which $30,000,000 are to be derived 
from amounts made available for Missile Defense 
Agency planning and design; and 
‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security 
Investment Program’’, $30,000,000: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 128. Of the unobligated balances made available 
in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec-
tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan
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Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other than ap-
propriations designated by law as being for contingency op-
erations directly related to the global war on terrorism or 
as an emergency requirement), $25,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded. 
SEC. 129. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con-
gressional defense committees’’ means the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 130. 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. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this or any other Act may be used to consolidate or relo-
cate any element of a United States Air Force Rapid Engi-
neer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron En-
gineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United States until 
the Secretary of the Air Force (1) completes an analysis 
and comparison of the cost and infrastructure investment
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required to consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squad-
ron outside of the United States versus within the United 
States; (2) provides to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress (‘‘the Committees’’) a report de-
tailing the findings of the cost analysis; and (3) certifies 
in writing to the Committees that the preferred site for the 
consolidation or relocation yields the greatest savings for 
the Air Force: Provided, That the term ‘‘United States’’ in 
this section does not include any territory or possession of 
the United States. 
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 be-
half of veterans and a pilot program for disability examina-
tions 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 Entitlement Program for 
Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, ad-
justed-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 
due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under
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the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as 
authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and 
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States 
Code, $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 reimbursed to 
‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis-
tration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec-
essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 
51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding 
source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying pa-
tient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical Care Collections 
Fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical facili-
ties for nursing home care provided to pensioners as author-
ized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 
21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code, $13,708,648,000, to remain 
available until expended and to become available on October
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1, 2017: Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program 
services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized 
to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, 
United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), 
(5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this 
account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet-
erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 
authorized by chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States 
Code, $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 defined in sec-
tion 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 specially adapted housing 
loans.
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In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $198,856,000. 
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 Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions 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. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the Gen-
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eral Services Administration for security guard services, 
and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the 
cost of overseas employee mail, $2,856,160,000: Provided, 
That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 
38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: 
(1) to the maximum extent 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 account: Provided further, That, of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 5 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 
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 vet-
erans 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 serv-
ices, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees 
hired under title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes 
as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States
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Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as au-
thorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, 
loan repayments authorized by section 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 medical services authorized by section 
1787 of title 38, United States Code; $1,078,993,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under 
this heading that become available on October 1, 2016; and, 
in addition, $44,886,554,000, 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, $1,400,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall establish a priority for the provision of medical treat-
ment for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, 
lower income, or have special needs: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provi-
sion of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment pri-
ority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription
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drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to en-
rolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based 
on requirements established by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the implementation of the program described in 
the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 
amounts appropriated under this heading for medical sup-
plies and equipment are available for the acquisition of 
prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
provide access to therapeutic listening devices to veterans 
struggling with mental health related problems, substance 
abuse, or traumatic brain injury. 
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, of which $2,000,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020; and, in addition, 
$9,409,118,000 shall become available on October 1, 2017, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available on October 1, 
2017, $1,500,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021.
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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-
ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; 
and administrative and legal expenses of the Department 
for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department 
as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery 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 Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 
and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; for administrative expenses in support of plan-
ning, design, project management, real property acquisition 
and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facil-
ity under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving,
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or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes 
under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise pro-
vided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary 
employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; 
and for laundry services; $247,668,000, which shall be in 
addition to funds previously appropriated under this head-
ing that become available on October 1, 2016; and, in addi-
tion, $5,434,880,000, 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, 
$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 author-
ized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 
$675,366,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro-
priated under this heading are available for prosthetic re-
search specifically for female veterans, and for toxic expo-
sure research.
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NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad-
ministration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise 
provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; 
cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one 
passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Na-
tional Cemetery Administration, $286,193,000, of which 
not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including ad-
ministrative expenses in support of Department-wide cap-
ital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, 
or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, $345,391,000, 
of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That funds provided under
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this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Vet-
erans Appeals, $156,096,000, of which not to exceed 10 per-
cent shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology sys-
tems and telecommunications support, including develop-
mental information systems and operational information 
systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 
asset acquisition of information technology systems, includ-
ing management and related contractual costs of said ac-
quisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $4,278,259,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That 
$1,272,548,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed $37,100,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
$2,534,442,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed $180,200,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
$471,269,000 shall be for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, and shall
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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 Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a certifi-
cation of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated 
and expended for each development project: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available for salaries and ex-
penses, operations and maintenance, and information tech-
nology systems development, modernization, and enhance-
ment may be transferred among the three subaccounts after 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the au-
thority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available for the ‘‘Infor-
mation Technology Systems’’ account for development, mod-
ernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 
projects or to newly defined projects: Provided further, That 
no project may be increased or decreased by more than 
$1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations 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,
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That funds under this heading may be used by the Inter-
agency Program Office through the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to define data standards, code sets, and value sets 
used to enable interoperability: Provided further, That of 
the funds made available for information technology sys-
tems development, modernization, and enhancement for 
VistA Evolution or any successor program, not more than 
25 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs: 
(1) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress the VistA Evolution Busi-
ness Case and supporting documents regarding con-
tinuation of VistA Evolution or alternatives to VistA 
Evolution, including an analysis of necessary or de-
sired capabilities, technical and security require-
ments, the plan for modernizing the platform frame-
work, and all associated costs; 
(2) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees ap-
prove, the following: a report that describes a strategic 
plan for VistA Evolution, or any successor program, 
and the associated implementation plan including 
metrics and timelines; a master schedule and lifecycle 
cost estimate for VistA Evolution or any successor; 
and an implementation plan for the transition from
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the Project Management Accountability System to a 
new project delivery framework, the Veteran-focused 
Integration Process, that includes the methodology by 
which projects will be tracked, progress measured, and 
deliverables evaluated; 
(3) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report outlining the stra-
tegic plan to reach interoperability with private sec-
tor healthcare providers, the timeline for reaching 
‘‘meaningful use’’ as defined by the Office of National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology for 
each data domain covered under the VistA Evolution 
program, and the extent to which the Department of 
Veterans Affairs leverages the State Health Informa-
tion Exchanges to share health data with private sec-
tor providers; 
(4) submits to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees ap-
prove, the following: a report that describes the extent 
to which VistA Evolution, or any successor program, 
maximizes the use of commercially available software 
used by DoD and the private sector, requires an open 
architecture that leverages best practices and rapidly 
adapts to technologies produced by the private sector, 
enhances full interoperability between the VA and
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DoD and between VA and the private sector, and en-
sures the security of personally identifiable informa-
tion of veterans and beneficiaries; and 
(5) certifies in writing to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress that the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs has met the require-
ments contained in the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act of Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66) 
which require that electronic health record systems of 
the Department of Defense and the Department of 
Veterans Affairs have reached interoperability, com-
ply with national standards and architectural re-
quirements identified by the DoD/VA Interagency 
Program Office in collaboration with the Office of Na-
tional Coordinator for Health Information Tech-
nology: 
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 
joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
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.
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App.), $160,106,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent 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, architec-
tural 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 
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, 
$528,110,000, of which $478,110,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021, and of which $50,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That except for 
advance planning activities, including 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 in-
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vestment strategy studies funded through the advance plan-
ning fund and the planning and design activities funded 
through the design fund, including needs assessments which 
may or may not lead to capital investments, 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, security, and 
maintenance of land for the National Cemetery Administra-
tion through the land acquisition line item, none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
any project that has not been notified to Congress through 
the budgetary process or that has not been approved by the 
Congress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explan-
atory statement accompanying such Act and presented to 
the President at the time of enrollment: 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 construction documents contract by 
September 30, 2017; and (2) by the awarding of a construc-
tion contract by September 30, 2018: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a written report on any approved major construction 
project for which obligations are not incurred within the
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time limitations 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 Depart-
ment 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 con-
struction project with a Total Estimated Cost of 
$100,000,000 or above by providing full project man-
agement services, including management of the project 
design, 
acquisition, 
construction, 
and 
contract 
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 Com-
mittees 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
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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 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 amount set forth in sec-
tion 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 ‘‘Con-
struction, 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.
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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, $90,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 
in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme-
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 Congress 
the authority to make the transfer and such Committees
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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 Department 
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 ac-
counts: Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Sup-
port and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent or less of the 
total amount appropriated to the account in this or any 
other Act may take place subject to notification from the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and 
purpose of the transfer: Provided further, That any trans-
fers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ 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 Facilities’’ account may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on
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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 sal-
aries and expenses shall be available for services authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
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.
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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 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 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 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 ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ and ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’ accounts for the cost of administration of 
the insurance programs financed through those accounts:
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Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the 
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance pro-
gram during fiscal year 2017 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-
tration 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 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
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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 Resolution Manage-
ment and $3,932,000 for the Office of Employment Dis-
crimination Complaint Adjudication: Provided, That pay-
ments 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 Administration’’ 
and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by 
the office that provided the service. 
SEC. 211. 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
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year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing ac-
tivities (including disposal) may be deposited into the 
‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, Minor 
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. 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 Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the
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‘‘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 Federally Qualified Health Centers in 
the State of Alaska and Indian tribes and tribal organiza-
tions which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact 
with the Indian Health Service, to provide healthcare, in-
cluding behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in 
rural Alaska. 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 which are not within 
the boundaries of the municipality of Anchorage or the 
Fairbanks North Star Borough. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 216. 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. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts appropriated in title II of 
division J of Public Law 114–113 under the heading ‘‘Med-
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ical Services’’ which become available on October 1, 2016, 
$7,246,181,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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 Con-
gress 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 paragraph entitled ‘‘Quarterly reporting’’, 
under the heading ‘‘General Administration’’ in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 219. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, ‘‘Gen-
eral Administration’’, and ‘‘National Cemetery Adminis-
tration’’ accounts for fiscal year 2017 may be transferred 
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 amount 
made available by this Act for the ‘‘Information Technology 
Systems’’ account: Provided further, That, before a transfer 
may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall re-
quest from the Committees on Appropriations of both
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Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
an approval is issued. 
SEC. 220. 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: (1) section 842 of the Transportation, 
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, 
the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); 
or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 221. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017 for ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Construction, 
Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’, 
up to $274,731,000, plus reimbursements, may be trans-
ferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, es-
tablished by section 1704 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion 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 de-
scribed by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law
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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 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written 
notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That section 223 of title II of division J of 
Public Law 114–113 is repealed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. Of the amounts appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 
1, 2017, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, up to $280,802,000, plus reimbursements, may 
be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart-
ment 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 Federal 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 Department of Defense-Department of
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Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 223. Such sums as may be deposited to the Med-
ical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of 
title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided at fa-
cilities designated as combined Federal 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) shall also be available: (1) 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 
established by section 1704 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 
Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities des-
ignated as combined Federal medical facilities as described 
by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 
122 Stat. 4500). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 224. Of the amounts available in this title for 
‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 
Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a
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minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD– 
VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by 
section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to remain 
available until expended, for any purpose authorized by sec-
tion 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 225. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may 
be used to replace the current system by which the Veterans 
Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes 
monitoring supplies and equipment. 
SEC. 226. 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: Provided, 
That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a con-
tract identifying the programmed amount: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to 
the obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the an-
ticipated use of such savings. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds made available for ‘‘Con-
struction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project in ex-
cess of the scope specified for that project in the original 
justification data provided to the Congress as part of the
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request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs receives approval from the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 228. 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 Con-
gress a quarterly report containing performance measures 
and data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Re-
gional Office: Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 
shall include the direction contained in the section entitled 
‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the heading ‘‘General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ in 
the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 229. Of the funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017 for ‘‘Medical Support 
and Compliance’’ a maximum of $40,000,000 may be obli-
gated from the ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ account 
for the VistA Evolution and electronic health record inter-
operability projects: Provided, That funds in addition to 
these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and 
electronic health record interoperability projects upon writ-
ten notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide written notification to the Committees on Appropria-
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tions of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to organiza-
tional 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. 231. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall pro-
vide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress notification of any single 
national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in 
which obligations exceed $2,000,000. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 232. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon de-
termination that such action is necessary to address needs 
of the Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the 
‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary appropria-
tions made available for fiscal year 2017 in this title (except 
appropriations made to the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ account) or any discre-
tionary unobligated balances within the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 
2017, that were provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts: Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the 
approval of the Office of Management 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
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from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985: 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 Con-
gress: 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 Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and receive approval of that request. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 233. Amounts made available for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017, under the ‘‘Board 
of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts may be trans-
ferred between such accounts: Provided, That before a trans-
fer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both
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Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and 
receive approval of that request. 
SEC. 234. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or pro-
grams if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 
$5,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 235. Of the unobligated balances available within 
the ‘‘DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund’’, 
$40,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 236. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in Public Law 114–113 for the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs for fiscal year 2017, $134,000,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical Services’’, $26,000,000 are rescinded from ‘‘Med-
ical Support and Compliance’’, and $9,000,000 are re-
scinded from ‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 
SEC. 237. The amounts otherwise made available by 
this Act for the following accounts of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical 
and Prosthetic Research’’, $2,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of 
Veterans Appeals’’, $500,000.
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(3) ‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration—General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, $12,000,000. 
(4) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, $8,000,000. 
(5) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Office of 
Inspector General’’, $500,000. 
SEC. 238. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall en-
sure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 1720F(h) 
of title 38, United States Code— 
(1) provides to individuals who contact the hot-
line immediate assistance from a trained professional; 
and 
(2) adheres to all requirements of the American 
Association of Suicidology. 
SEC. 239. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
treat a marriage and family therapist described in sub-
section (b) as qualified to serve as a marriage and family 
therapist in the Department of Veterans Affairs, regardless 
of any requirements established by the Commission on Ac-
creditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education. 
(b) A marriage and family therapist described in this 
subsection is a therapist who meets each of the following 
criteria:
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(1) Has a masters or higher degree in marriage 
and family therapy, or a related field, from a region-
ally accredited institution. 
(2) Is licensed as a marriage and family thera-
pist in a State (as defined in section 101(20) of title 
38, United States Code) and possesses the highest level 
of licensure offered from the State. 
(3) Has passed the Association of Marital and 
Family Therapy Regulatory Board Examination in 
Marital and Family Therapy or a related examina-
tion for licensure administered by a State (as so de-
fined). 
SEC. 240. None of the funds in this or any other Act 
may be used to close Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 
hospitals, domiciliaries, or clinics, conduct an environ-
mental assessment, or to diminish healthcare services at ex-
isting Veterans Health Administration medical facilities lo-
cated in Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 as part 
of a planned realignment of VA services until the Secretary 
provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a report including the following ele-
ments: 
(1) a national realignment strategy that includes 
a detailed description of realignment plans within 
each Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), in-
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cluding an updated Long Range Capital Plan to im-
plement realignment requirements; 
(2) an explanation of the process by which those 
plans were developed and coordinated within each 
VISN; 
(3) a cost vs. benefit analysis of each planned re-
alignment, including the cost of replacing Veterans 
Health Administration services with contract care or 
other outsourced services; 
(4) an analysis of how any such planned re-
alignment of services will impact access to care for 
veterans living in rural or highly rural areas, includ-
ing travel distances and transportation costs to access 
a VA medical facility and availability of local spe-
cialty and primary care; 
(5) an inventory of VA buildings with historic 
designation and the methodology used to determine 
the buildings’ condition and utilization; 
(6) a description of how any realignment will be 
consistent with requirements under the National His-
toric Preservation Act; and 
(7) consideration given for reuse of historic 
buildings within newly identified realignment re-
quirements: Provided, That, this provision shall not 
apply to capital projects in VISN 23, or any other
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VISN, which have been authorized or approved by 
Congress. 
SEC. 241. None of the funds appropriated in this or 
prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer 
any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensa-
tion Fund to any other account within the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 242. Paragraph (3) of section 403(a) of the Vet-
erans’ Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–387; 38 U.S.C. 1703 note) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—A veteran may receive health 
services under this section during the period begin-
ning on the date specified in paragraph (2) and end-
ing on September 30, 2017.’’. 
SEC. 243. (a) Section 1722A(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply to opioid an-
tagonists furnished under this chapter to a veteran 
who is at high risk for overdose of a specific medica-
tion or substance in order to reverse the effect of such 
an overdose.’’. 
(b) Section 1710(g)(3) of such title is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘with respect to home health serv-
ices’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to the following:’’ 
‘‘(A) Home health services’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) Education on the use of opioid antago-
nists to reverse the effects of overdoses of specific 
medications or substances.’’. 
SEC. 244. Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended in subsection (c)(1) by striking the phrase ‘‘that 
makes a recommendation or otherwise suggests corrective 
action,’’. 
SEC. 245. Of the funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 
2018 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in each 
year to carry out and expand the child care program au-
thorized by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, notwith-
standing subsection (e) of such section. 
SEC. 246. Section 5701(l) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’. 
VA PATIENT PROTECTION ACT OF 2016 
SEC. 247. (a) PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subchapter:
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—WHISTLEBLOWER 
COMPLAINTS 
‘‘§ 731. Whistleblower complaint defined 
‘‘In this subchapter, the term ‘whistleblower complaint’ 
means a complaint by an employee of the Department dis-
closing, or assisting another employee to disclose, a poten-
tial violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or gross mis-
management, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, or 
substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. 
‘‘§ 732. Treatment of whistleblower complaints 
‘‘(a) FILING.—(1) In addition to any other method es-
tablished by law in which an employee may file a whistle-
blower complaint, an employee of the Department may file 
a whistleblower complaint in accordance with subsection (g) 
with a supervisor of the employee. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided by subsection (d)(1), in mak-
ing a whistleblower complaint under paragraph (1), an em-
ployee shall file the initial complaint with the immediate 
supervisor of the employee. 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION.—(1)(A) Not later than four busi-
ness days after the date on which a supervisor receives a 
whistleblower complaint by an employee under this section, 
the supervisor shall notify, in writing, the employee of 
whether the supervisor determines that there is a reasonable 
likelihood that the complaint discloses a violation of any
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law, rule, or regulation, or gross mismanagement, gross 
waste of funds, abuse of authority, or substantial and spe-
cific danger to public health and safety. 
‘‘(B) The supervisor shall retain written documenta-
tion regarding the whistleblower complaint and shall sub-
mit to the next-level supervisor and the central whistle-
blower office described in subsection (h) a written report 
on the complaint. 
‘‘(2)(A) On a monthly basis, the supervisor shall sub-
mit to the appropriate director or other official who is supe-
rior to the supervisor a written report that includes the 
number of whistleblower complaints received by the super-
visor under this section during the month covered by the 
report, the disposition of such complaints, and any actions 
taken because of such complaints pursuant to subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) In the case in which such a director or official 
carries out this paragraph, the director or official shall sub-
mit such monthly report to the supervisor of the director 
or official and to the central whistleblower office described 
in subsection (h). 
‘‘(c) POSITIVE
DETERMINATION.—If a supervisor 
makes a positive determination under subsection (b)(1) re-
garding a whistleblower complaint of an employee, the su-
pervisor shall include in the notification to the employee
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under such subsection the specific actions that the super-
visor will take to address the complaint. 
‘‘(d) FILING COMPLAINT WITH NEXT-LEVEL SUPER-
VISORS.—(1) If any circumstance described in paragraph 
(3) is met, an employee may file a whistleblower complaint 
in accordance with subsection (g) with the next-level super-
visor who shall treat such complaint in accordance with 
this section. 
‘‘(2) An employee may file a whistleblower complaint 
with the Secretary if the employee has filed the whistle-
blower complaint to each level of supervisors between the 
employee and the Secretary in accordance with paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(3) A circumstance described in this paragraph is 
any of the following circumstances: 
‘‘(A) A supervisor does not make a timely deter-
mination under subsection (b)(1) regarding a whistle-
blower complaint. 
‘‘(B) The employee who made a whistleblower 
complaint determines that the supervisor did not ade-
quately address the complaint pursuant to subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(C) The immediate supervisor of the employee 
is the basis of the whistleblower complaint.
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‘‘(e) TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEE WHO FILES WHISTLE-
BLOWER COMPLAINT.—If a supervisor makes a positive de-
termination under subsection (b)(1) regarding a whistle-
blower complaint filed by an employee, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) inform the employee of the ability to volun-
teer for a transfer in accordance with section 3352 of 
title 5; and 
‘‘(2) give preference to the employee for such a 
transfer in accordance with such section. 
‘‘(f) PROHIBITION
ON EXEMPTION.—The Secretary 
may not exempt any employee of the Department from 
being covered by this section. 
‘‘(g) WHISTLEBLOWER
COMPLAINT
FORM.—(1) A 
whistleblower complaint filed by an employee under sub-
section (a) or (d) shall consist of the form described in para-
graph (2) and any supporting materials or documentation 
the employee determines necessary. 
‘‘(2) The form described in this paragraph is a form 
developed by the Secretary, in consultation with the Special 
Counsel, that includes the following: 
‘‘(A) An explanation of the purpose of the whis-
tleblower complaint form. 
‘‘(B) Instructions for filing a whistleblower com-
plaint as described in this section.
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‘‘(C) An explanation that filing a whistleblower 
complaint under this section does not preclude the 
employee from any other method established by law in 
which an employee may file a whistleblower com-
plaint. 
‘‘(D) A statement directing the employee to in-
formation accessible on the Internet website of the De-
partment as described in section 735(d). 
‘‘(E) Fields for the employee to provide— 
‘‘(i) the date that the form is submitted; 
‘‘(ii) the name of the employee; 
‘‘(iii) the contact information of the em-
ployee; 
‘‘(iv) a summary of the whistleblower com-
plaint (including the option to append sup-
porting documents pursuant to paragraph (1)); 
and 
‘‘(v) proposed solutions to the complaint. 
‘‘(F) Any other information or fields that the 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary, in consultation with the Special 
Counsel, shall develop the form described in paragraph (2) 
by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this section.
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‘‘(h) CENTRAL WHISTLEBLOWER OFFICE.—(1) The 
Secretary shall ensure that the central whistleblower of-
fice— 
‘‘(A) is not an element of the Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel; 
‘‘(B) is not headed by an official who reports to 
the General Counsel; 
‘‘(C) does not provide, or receive from, the Gen-
eral Counsel any information regarding a whistle-
blower complaint except pursuant to an action re-
garding the complaint before an administrative body 
or court; and 
‘‘(D) does not provide advice to the General 
Counsel. 
‘‘(2) The central whistleblower office shall be respon-
sible for investigating all whistleblower complaints of the 
Department, regardless of whether such complaints are 
made by or against an employee who is not a member of 
the Senior Executive Service. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall ensure that the central whis-
tleblower office maintains a toll-free hotline to anonymously 
receive whistleblower complaints. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall ensure that the central whis-
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considers necessary to carry out the functions of the central 
whistleblower office. 
‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘central whistleblower 
office’ means the Office of Accountability Review or a suc-
cessor office that is established or designated by the Sec-
retary to investigate whistleblower complaints filed under 
this section or any other method established by law. 
‘‘§ 733. Adverse actions against supervisory employees 
who commit prohibited personnel actions 
relating to whistleblower complaints 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) In accordance with paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall carry out the following adverse ac-
tions against supervisory employees (as defined in section 
7103(a) of title 5) whom the Secretary, an administrative 
judge, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Office of 
Special Counsel, an adjudicating body provided under a 
union contract, a Federal judge, or the Inspector General 
of the Department determines committed a prohibited per-
sonnel action described in subsection (c): 
‘‘(A) With respect to the first offense, an adverse 
action that is not less than a 12-day suspension and 
not more than removal. 
‘‘(B) With respect to the second offense, removal.
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‘‘(2)(A) An employee against whom an adverse action 
under paragraph (1) is proposed is entitled to written no-
tice. 
‘‘(B)(i) An employee who is notified under subpara-
graph (A) of being the subject of a proposed adverse action 
under paragraph (1) is entitled to 14 days following such 
notification to answer and furnish evidence in support of 
the answer. 
‘‘(ii) If the employee does not furnish any such evi-
dence as described in clause (i) or if the Secretary deter-
mines that such evidence is not sufficient to reverse the de-
termination to propose the adverse action, the Secretary 
shall carry out the adverse action following such 14-day pe-
riod. 
‘‘(C) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of sec-
tion 7513 of title 5, subsection (c) of such section, para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of section 7543 of such 
title, and subsection (c) of such section shall not apply with 
respect to an adverse action carried out under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION
ON OTHER ADVERSE ACTIONS.— 
With respect to a prohibited personnel action described in 
subsection (c), if the Secretary carries out an adverse action 
against a supervisory employee, the Secretary may carry 
out an additional adverse action under this section based
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on the same prohibited personnel action if the total severity 
of the adverse actions do not exceed the level specified in 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITED PERSONNEL ACTION DESCRIBED.— 
A prohibited personnel action described in this subsection 
is any of the following actions: 
‘‘(1) Taking or failing to take a personnel action 
in violation of section 2302 of title 5 against an em-
ployee relating to the employee— 
‘‘(A) filing a whistleblower complaint in ac-
cordance with section 732 of this title; 
‘‘(B) filing a whistleblower complaint with 
the Inspector General of the Department, the 
Special Counsel, or Congress; 
‘‘(C) providing information or partici-
pating as a witness in an investigation of a 
whistleblower complaint in accordance with sec-
tion 732 or with the Inspector General of the De-
partment, the Special Counsel, or Congress; 
‘‘(D) participating in an audit or inves-
tigation by the Comptroller General of the 
United States; 
‘‘(E) refusing to perform an action that is 
unlawful or prohibited by the Department; or
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‘‘(F) engaging in communications that are 
related to the duties of the position or are other-
wise protected. 
‘‘(2) Preventing or restricting an employee from 
making an action described in any of subparagraphs 
(A) through (F) of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) Conducting a negative peer review or open-
ing a retaliatory investigation because of an activity 
of an employee that is protected by section 2302 of 
title 5. 
‘‘(4) Requesting a contractor to carry out an ac-
tion that is prohibited by section 4705(b) or section 
4712(a)(1) of title 41, as the case may be. 
‘‘§ 734. Evaluation criteria of supervisors and treat-
ment of bonuses 
‘‘(a) EVALUATION CRITERIA.—(1) In evaluating the 
performance of supervisors of the Department, the Secretary 
shall include the criteria described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) The criteria described in this subsection are the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Whether the supervisor treats whistleblower 
complaints in accordance with section 732 of this 
title. 
‘‘(B) Whether the appropriate deciding official, 
performance review board, or performance review
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committee determines that the supervisor was found 
to have committed a prohibited personnel action de-
scribed in section 733(b) of this title by an adminis-
trative judge, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the 
Office of Special Counsel, an adjudicating body pro-
vided under a union contract, a Federal judge, or, in 
the case of a settlement of a whistleblower complaint 
(regardless of whether any fault was assigned under 
such settlement), the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) BONUSES.—(1) The Secretary may not pay to a 
supervisor described in subsection (a)(2)(B) an award or 
bonus under this title or title 5, including under chapter 
45 or 53 of such title, during the one-year period beginning 
on the date on which the determination was made under 
such subsection. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall issue an order directing a supervisor de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B) to repay the amount of any 
award or bonus paid under this title or title 5, including 
under chapter 45 or 53 of such title, if— 
‘‘(A) such award or bonus was paid for perform-
ance during a period in which the supervisor com-
mitted a prohibited personnel action as determined 
pursuant to such subsection (a)(2)(B);
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‘‘(B) the Secretary determines such repayment 
appropriate pursuant to regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary to carry out this section; and 
‘‘(C) the supervisor is afforded notice and an op-
portunity for a hearing before making such repay-
ment. 
‘‘§ 735. Training regarding whistleblower complaints 
‘‘(a) TRAINING.—Not less frequently than once each 
year, the Secretary, in coordination with the Whistleblower 
Protection Ombudsman designated under section 3(d)(1)(C) 
of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), shall 
provide to each employee of the Department training re-
garding whistleblower complaints, including— 
‘‘(1) an explanation of each method established 
by law in which an employee may file a whistleblower 
complaint; 
‘‘(2) an explanation of prohibited personnel ac-
tions described by section 733(c) of this title; 
‘‘(3) with respect to supervisors, how to treat 
whistleblower complaints in accordance with section 
732 of this title; 
‘‘(4) the right of the employee to petition Con-
gress regarding a whistleblower complaint in accord-
ance with section 7211 of title 5;
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‘‘(5) an explanation that the employee may not 
be prosecuted or reprised against for disclosing infor-
mation to Congress, the Inspector General, or another 
investigatory agency in instances where such disclo-
sure is permitted by law, including under sections 
5701, 5705, and 7732 of this title, under section 552a 
of title 5 (commonly referred to as the Privacy Act), 
under chapter 93 of title 18, and pursuant to regula-
tions promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–191); 
‘‘(6) an explanation of the language that is re-
quired to be included in all nondisclosure policies, 
forms, and agreements pursuant to section 115(a)(1) 
of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 
2012 (5 U.S.C. 2302 note); and 
‘‘(7) the right of contractors to be protected from 
reprisal for the disclosure of certain information 
under section 4705 or 4712 of title 41. 
‘‘(b) MANNER TRAINING IS PROVIDED.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that training provided under subsection (a) is 
provided in person. 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—Not less frequently than once 
each year, the Secretary shall provide training on merit
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system protection in a manner that the Special Counsel cer-
tifies as being satisfactory. 
‘‘(d) PUBLICATION.—(1) The Secretary shall publish 
on the Internet website of the Department, and display 
prominently at each facility of the Department, the rights 
of an employee to file a whistleblower complaint, including 
the information described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall publish on the Internet 
website of the Department, the whistleblower complaint 
form described in section 732(g)(2). 
‘‘§ 736. Reports to Congress 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not less frequently than once 
each year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report that includes— 
‘‘(1) with respect to whistleblower complaints 
filed under section 732 of this title during the year 
covered by the report— 
‘‘(A) the number of such complaints filed; 
‘‘(B) the disposition of such complaints; and 
‘‘(C) the ways in which the Secretary ad-
dressed such complaints in which a positive de-
termination was made by a supervisor under 
subsection (b)(1) of such section;
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‘‘(2) the number of whistleblower complaints 
filed during the year covered by the report that are 
not included under paragraph (1), including— 
‘‘(A) the method in which such complaints 
were filed; 
‘‘(B) the disposition of such complaints; and 
‘‘(C) the ways in which the Secretary ad-
dressed such complaints; and 
‘‘(3) with respect to disclosures made by a con-
tractor under section 4705 or 4712 of title 41— 
‘‘(A) the number of complaints relating to 
such disclosures that were investigated by the In-
spector General of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs during the year covered by the report; 
‘‘(B) the disposition of such complaints; and 
‘‘(C) the ways in which the Secretary ad-
dressed such complaints. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE OF OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL DE-
TERMINATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the Secretary receives from the Special Counsel infor-
mation relating to a whistleblower complaint pursuant to 
section 1213 of title 5, the Secretary shall notify the appro-
priate committees of Congress of such information, includ-
ing the determination made by the Special Counsel.
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‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In 
this section, the term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ 
means— 
‘‘(1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Such chapter is 
further amended by inserting before section 701 the 
following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL EMPLOYEE 
MATTERS’’. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended— 
(i) by inserting before the item relating to 
section 701 the following new item: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS’’; 
and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following new 
items: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS 
‘‘731. Whistleblower complaint defined. 
‘‘732. Treatment of whistleblower complaints. 
‘‘733. Adverse actions against supervisory employees who commit prohibited per-
sonnel actions relating to whistleblower complaints.
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‘‘734. Evaluation criteria of supervisors and treatment of bonuses. 
‘‘735. Training regarding whistleblower complaints. 
‘‘736. Reports to Congress.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY BY 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEES AS OFFI-
CIAL DUTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 7 of 
title 38, United States Code, as designated by section 
2(a)(2)(A), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 715. Congressional testimony by employees: treat-
ment as official duty 
‘‘(a) CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY.—An employee of 
the Department is performing official duty during the pe-
riod with respect to which the employee is testifying in an 
official capacity in front of either chamber of Congress, a 
committee of either chamber of Congress, or a joint or select 
committee of Congress. 
‘‘(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The Secretary shall provide 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter 
I of chapter 57 of title 5, to any employee of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs performing official duty described under 
subsection (a).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter, as amended by 
section 2(a)(2)(B), is further amended by inserting
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after the item relating to section 713 the following 
new item: 
‘‘715. Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty.’’. 
SEC. 248. (a) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of 
verifying that an individual performed service under honor-
able conditions that satisfies the requirements of a coastwise 
merchant seaman who is recognized pursuant to section 401 
of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (Public Law 95– 
202; 38 U.S.C. 106 note) as having performed active duty 
service for the purposes described in subsection (c)(1), the 
Secretary of Defense shall accept the following: 
(1) In the case of an individual who served on 
a coastwise merchant vessel seeking such recognition 
for whom no applicable Coast Guard shipping or dis-
charge form, ship logbook, merchant mariner’s docu-
ment or Z-card, or other official employment record 
is available, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
such recognition on the basis of applicable Social Se-
curity Administration records submitted for or by the 
individual, together with validated testimony given 
by the individual or the primary next of kin of the 
individual that the individual performed such service 
during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, 
and ending on December 31, 1946. 
(2) In the case of an individual who served on 
a coastwise merchant vessel seeking such recognition
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for whom the applicable Coast Guard shipping or dis-
charge form, ship logbook, merchant mariner’s docu-
ment or Z-card, or other official employment record 
has been destroyed or otherwise become unavailable by 
reason of any action committed by a person respon-
sible for the control and maintenance of such form, 
logbook, or record, the Secretary of Defense shall ac-
cept other official documentation demonstrating that 
the individual performed such service during period 
beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on De-
cember 31, 1946. 
(3) For the purpose of determining whether to 
recognize service allegedly performed during the pe-
riod beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on 
December 31, 1946, the Secretary shall recognize mas-
ters of seagoing vessels or other officers in command 
of similarly organized groups as agents of the United 
States who were authorized to document any indi-
vidual for purposes of hiring the individual to per-
form service in the merchant marine or discharging 
an individual from such service. 
(b) TREATMENT OF OTHER DOCUMENTATION.—Other 
documentation accepted by the Secretary of Defense pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(2) shall satisfy all requirements for
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eligibility of service during the period beginning on Decem-
ber 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946. 
(c) BENEFITS ALLOWED.— 
(1) MEDALS, RIBBONS, AND DECORATIONS.—An 
individual whose service is recognized as active duty 
pursuant to subsection (a) may be awarded an appro-
priate medal, ribbon, or other military decoration 
based on such service. 
(2) STATUS OF VETERAN.—An individual whose 
service is recognized as active duty pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be honored as a veteran but shall not 
be entitled by reason of such recognized service to any 
benefit that is not described in this subsection. 
SEC. 249. Section 322(d)(1) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘allowance to a veteran’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘allowance to— 
‘‘(A) a veteran’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), as designated by para-
graph (1), by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) a veteran with a VA service-connected dis-
ability rated as 30 percent or greater by the Depart-
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ment of Veterans Affairs who is selected by the United 
States Olympic Committee for the United States 
Olympic Team for any month in which the veteran 
is competing in any event sanctioned by the National 
Governing Bodies of the United States Olympic 
Sports.’’. 
SEC. 250. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 111(b)(1) of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) A veteran with vision impairment, a vet-
eran with a spinal cord injury or disorder, or a vet-
eran with double or multiple amputations whose trav-
el is in connection with care provided through a spe-
cial disabilities rehabilitation program of the Depart-
ment (including programs provided by spinal cord 
injury centers, blind rehabilitation centers, and pros-
thetics rehabilitation centers) if such care is pro-
vided— 
‘‘(i) on an in-patient basis; or 
‘‘(ii) during a period in which the Sec-
retary provides the veteran with temporary lodg-
ing at a facility of the Department to make such 
care more accessible to the veteran.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
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fairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives a report on the beneficiary travel 
program under section 111 of title 38, United States Code, 
as amended by subsection (a), that includes the following: 
(1) The cost of the program. 
(2) The number of veterans served by the pro-
gram. 
(3) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the first day of the first fiscal 
year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 251. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall establish a program to conduct in-
spections of kitchens and food service areas at each medical 
facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such inspec-
tions shall occur not less frequently than annually. The pro-
gram’s goal is to ensure that the same standards for kitch-
ens and food service areas at hospitals in the private sector 
are being met at kitchens and food service areas at medical 
facilities of the Department. 
(b) AGREEMENT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to 
enter into an agreement with the Joint Commission 
on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations under 
which the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hos-
pital Organizations conducts the inspections required 
under subsection (a). 
(2) ALTERNATE
ORGANIZATION.—If the Sec-
retary is unable to enter into an agreement described 
in paragraph (1) with the Joint Commission on Ac-
creditation of Hospital Organizations on terms ac-
ceptable to the Secretary, the Secretary shall seek to 
enter into such an agreement with another appro-
priate organization that— 
(A) is not part of the Federal Government; 
(B) operates as a not-for-profit entity; and 
(C) has expertise and objectivity comparable 
to that of the Joint Commission on Accreditation 
of Hospital Organizations. 
(c) REMEDIATION PLAN.— 
(1) INITIAL FAILURE.—If a kitchen or food serv-
ice area of a medical facility of the Department is de-
termined pursuant to an inspection conducted under 
subsection (a) not to meet the standards for kitchens 
and food service areas in hospitals in the private sec-
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tor, that medical facility fails the inspection and the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) implement a remediation plan for that 
medical facility within 72 hours; and 
(B) Conduct a second inspection under sub-
section (a) at that medical facility within 14 
days of the failed inspection. 
(2) SECOND FAILURE.—If a medical facility of 
the Department fails the second inspection conducted 
under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall close the 
kitchen or food service area at that medical facility 
that did not meet the standards for kitchens and food 
service areas in hospitals in the private sector until 
full remediation is completed and all kitchens and 
food service areas at that medical facility meet such 
standards. 
(3) PROVISION OF FOOD.—If a kitchen or food 
service area is closed at a medical facility of the De-
partment pursuant to paragraph (2), the Director of 
the Veterans Integrated Service Network in which the 
medical facility is located shall enter into a contract 
with a vendor approved by the General Services Ad-
ministration to provide food at the medical facility. 
(d) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not less frequently than 
quarterly, the Under Secretary of Health shall submit to
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Congress a report on inspections conducted under this sec-
tion, and their detailed findings and actions taken, during 
the preceding quarter at medical facilities of the Depart-
ment. 
SEC. 252. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall establish a program to conduct 
risk-based inspections for mold and mold issues at each 
medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such 
facilities will be rated high, medium, or low risk for mold. 
Such inspections at facilities rated high risk shall occur not 
less frequently than annually, and such inspections at fa-
cilities rated medium or low risk shall occur not less fre-
quently than biennially. 
(b) AGREEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to 
enter into an agreement with the Joint Commission 
on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations under 
which the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hos-
pital Organizations conducts the inspections required 
under subsection (a). 
(2) ALTERNATE
ORGANIZATION.—If the Sec-
retary is unable to enter into an agreement described 
in paragraph (1) with the Joint Commission on Ac-
creditation of Hospital Organizations on terms ac-
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ceptable to the Secretary, the Secretary shall seek to 
enter into such an agreement with another appro-
priate organization that— 
(A) is not part of the Federal Government; 
(B) operates as a not-for-profit entity; and 
(C) has expertise and objectivity comparable 
to that of the Joint Commission on Accreditation 
of Hospital Organizations. 
(c) REMEDIATION PLAN.—If a medical facility of the 
Department is determined pursuant to an inspection con-
ducted under subsection (a) to have a mold issue, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) implement a remediation plan for that med-
ical facility within 7 days; and 
(2) Conduct a second inspection under subsection 
(a) at that medical facility within 90 days of the ini-
tial inspection. 
(d) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not less frequently than 
quarterly, the Under Secretary for Health shall submit to 
Congress a report on inspections conducted under this sec-
tion, and their detailed findings and actions taken, during 
the preceding quarter at medical facilities of the Depart-
ment.
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SEC. 253. Section 1706(b)(5)(A) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘through 2008’’. 
SEC. 254. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 
employment equivalents within any program of rehabilita-
tion conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 
Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time employ-
ment equivalent. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted under 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, including— 
(1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for 
each such program; and 
(2) recommendations for such action as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to- 
staff ratio for each such program. 
SEC. 255. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under 
this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 
materials available to the department or agency over which 
that Inspector General has responsibilities under the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent
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or impede that Inspector General’s access to such records, 
documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspec-
tor General and expressly limits the Inspector General’s 
right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that In-
spector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar 
days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 256. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this title may be used by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement related to 
resolving a dispute or claim with an individual that would 
restrict in any way the individual from speaking to mem-
bers of Congress or their staff on any topic not otherwise 
prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or required by
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Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national 
defense or the conduct of foreign affairs. 
SEC. 257. Appropriations made available in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Medical Services’’ shall be available to 
carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United 
States Code, to include the payment of the administrative 
expenses necessary to carry out such sections. Of the amount 
appropriated for fiscal year 2017, up to $2,000,000 shall 
be available for the payment of monthly assistance allow-
ances to veterans pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 322(d) and up to 
$8,000,000 shall be available for the payment of grants pur-
suant to 38 U.S.C. 521A. Of the amounts appropriated in 
advance for fiscal year 2018, up to $2,000,000 shall be 
available for the payment of monthly assistance allowances 
to veterans pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 322(d) and up to 
$8,000,000 shall be available for the payment of grants pur-
suant to 38 U.S.C. 521A. 
SEC. 258. (a) In fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year 
hereafter, beginning with the fiscal year 2018 budget request 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the budget justification documents 
submitted for the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ account 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall include, at a 
minimum, the information required under subsection (b).
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(b) The budget justification documents submitted pur-
suant to subsection (a) shall include, for each project— 
(1) the estimated total cost of the project; 
(2) the funding provided for each fiscal year 
prior to the budget year; 
(3) the amount requested for the budget year; 
(4) the estimated funding required for the project 
for each of the 4 fiscal years succeeding the budget 
year; and 
(5) such additional information as is enumer-
ated under the heading relating to the ‘‘Construction, 
Major Projects’’ account of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs in the joint explanatory statement ac-
companying this Act. 
(c) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress a proposed budget justification template that complies 
with the requirements of this section. 
SEC. 259. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
carry out the following major medical facility projects, with 
each project to be carried out in an amount not to exceed 
the amount specified for that project: 
(1) Seismic corrections to buildings, including 
retrofitting and replacement of high-risk buildings, in
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San Francisco, California, in an amount not to ex-
ceed $180,480,000. 
(2) Seismic corrections to facilities, including fa-
cilities to support homeless veterans, at the medical 
center in West Los Angeles, California, in an amount 
not to exceed $105,500,000. 
(3) Seismic corrections to the mental health and 
community living center in Long Beach, California, 
in an amount not to exceed $287,100,000. 
(4) Construction of an outpatient clinic, admin-
istrative space, cemetery, and columbarium in Ala-
meda, California, in an amount not to exceed 
$87,332,000. 
(5) Realignment of medical facilities in Liver-
more, California, in an amount not to exceed 
$194,430,000. 
(6) Construction of a medical center in Louis-
ville, Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed 
$150,000,000. 
(7) Construction of a replacement community 
living center in Perry Point, Maryland, in an 
amount not to exceed $92,700,000. 
(8) Seismic corrections and other renovations to 
several buildings and construction of a specialty care
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building in American Lake, Washington, in an 
amount not to exceed $16,260,000. 
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 or the year 
in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, 
Major Projects, account, $1,113,802,000 for the projects au-
thorized in subsection (a). 
(c) The projects authorized in subsection (a) may only 
be carried out using— 
(1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 2016 pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations in sub-
section (b); 
(2) funds available for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2016 that 
remain available for obligation; 
(3) funds available for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 that 
remain available for obligation; 
(4) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for fiscal year 2016 for a category of activity 
not specific to a project; 
(5) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2016 for 
a category of activity not specific to a project; and
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(6) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 for a 
category of activity not specific to a project. 
SEC. 260. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’ account may be used to provide— 
(1) fertility counseling and treatment using as-
sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran or 
the spouse of a covered veteran; or 
(2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran, 
as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code, who has a service-connected dis-
ability that results in the inability of the veteran to 
procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 
(3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
means benefits relating to reproductive assistance pro-
vided to a member of the Armed Forces who incurs 
a serious injury or illness on active duty pursuant to 
section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code,
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as described in the memorandum on the subject of 
‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for the 
Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category 
II or III) Active Duty Service Members’’ issued by the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on 
April 3, 2012, and the guidance issued to implement 
such policy, including any limitations on the amount 
of such benefits available to such a member. 
(4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means 
reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 
an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en-
actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 
under the adoption reimbursement program of the De-
partment of Defense, as authorized in Department of 
Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimburse-
ment limits and requirements set forth in such in-
struction. 
(c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified 
in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the require-
ments for funds contained in section 508 of division H of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 
114–113).
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the 
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries; 
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national 
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and 
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage 
space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replace-
ment basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $7,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries, when required by law of such countries, 
$75,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for 
purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United 
States Code.
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 
CLAIMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized 
by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, United States 
Code, $30,945,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be 
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
as described, and in accordance with the process and report-
ing procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 
102–229. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 
and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 
the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$70,800,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019. In addition, such 
sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs 
and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease of Depart-
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ment of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies’’ ac-
count. 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 
TRUST FUND 
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to 
be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for construction and 
renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Trust Fund, $22,000,000 shall be paid from 
the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Defense—Civil, Cemeterial Ex-
penses, Army’’, may be provided to Arlington County, Vir-
ginia, for the relocation of the federally owned water main 
at Arlington National Cemetery, making additional land 
available for ground burials.
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SEC. 302. Amounts deposited into the special account 
established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at 
the Army National Military Cemeteries. 
TITLE IV 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Army’’, $18,900,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021, for projects outside of the United States: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’, $59,809,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, for projects outside of the United 
States: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Air Force’’ $88,291,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for projects outside of the United States: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 401. Each amount designated in this Act by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 shall be available only if the President subsequently 
so designates all such amounts and transmits such designa-
tions to the Congress.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 502. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, when 
it is made known to the Federal entity or official to which 
the funds are made available that the program, project, or 
activity is not in compliance with any Federal law relating 
to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, 
or unfunded mandates. 
SEC. 503. All departments and agencies funded under 
this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 
statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 
‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the conduct 
of their business practices and public service activities. 
SEC. 504. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and noti-
fications required by this Act shall be submitted to the Sub-
committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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SEC. 505. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for a project or program named for an 
individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner of the United States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other 
Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that 
it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report compromises 
national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to the 
requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days.
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SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to 
pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or services, 
including construction services, where the contractor has 
not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new light 
duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet 
inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo-
randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 
SEC. 512. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available to the Department of
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Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or 
expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual detained at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the pur-
poses of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under 
the control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2017’’.
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DIVISION B—ZIKA RESPONSE AND 
PREPAREDNESS 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘CDC-Wide 
Activities 
and 
Program 
Support’’, 
$394,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Zika virus, 
health conditions related to such virus, and other vector- 
borne diseases, domestically and internationally: Provided, 
That products purchased with these funds may, at the dis-
cretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be 
deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 
319F–2 of the Public Health Service (‘‘PHS’’) Act: Pro-
vided further, That funds may be used for purchase and 
insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries: 
Provided further, That the provisions in section 317S of the 
PHS Act shall apply to the use of funds appropriated in 
this paragraph as determined by the Director of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention to be appropriate: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 
may be used for grants for the construction, alteration, or
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renovation of non-federally owned facilities to improve pre-
paredness and response capability at State and local lab-
oratories: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated in this paragraph, $44,000,000 is included to sup-
plement either fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017 funds 
for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative 
agreement program to restore fiscal year 2016 funds that 
were reprogrammed for Zika virus response prior to the en-
actment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, 
$152,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, for research on the virology, natural history, and 
pathogenesis of the Zika virus infection and preclinical and 
clinical development of vaccines and other medical counter-
measures for the Zika virus and other vector-borne diseases, 
domestically and internationally: Provided, That such 
funds may be transferred by the Director of the National
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Institutes of Health (‘‘NIH’’) to other accounts of the NIH 
for the purposes provided in this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’, 
$387,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2017, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to Zika virus, 
health conditions related to such virus, and other vector- 
borne diseases, domestically and internationally; to develop 
necessary countermeasures and vaccines, including the de-
velopment 
and 
purchase 
of 
vaccines, 
therapeutics, 
diagnostics, necessary medical supplies, and administrative 
activities; for carrying out section 501 of the Social Secu-
rity Act; and for carrying out sections 330 through 336 and 
338 of the PHS Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 
in this paragraph may be used to procure security counter-
measures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 
Act): Provided further, That paragraphs (1) and (7)(C) of 
subsection (c) of section 319F–2 of the PHS Act, but no
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other provisions of such section, shall apply to such security 
countermeasures procured with funds appropriated in this 
paragraph: Provided further, That products purchased with 
funds appropriated in this paragraph may, at the discre-
tion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be 
deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 
319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated in this paragraph may be transferred to the 
fund authorized by section 319F–4 of the PHS Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $75,000,000, in addition to the purposes specified 
above, shall also be available for necessary expenses for sup-
port to States, territories, tribes, or tribal organizations 
with active or local transmission cases of the Zika virus, 
as confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, to reimburse the costs of health care for health condi-
tions related to the Zika virus, other than costs that are 
covered by private health insurance, of which not less than 
$60,000,000 shall be for territories with the highest rates 
of Zika transmission: Provided further, That of the funds 
appropriated under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be 
awarded, notwithstanding section 502 of the Social Secu-
rity Act, for projects of regional and national significance 
in Puerto Rico and other territories authorized under sec-
tion 501 of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That
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of the funds appropriated under this heading, $40,000,000 
shall be used to expand the delivery of primary health serv-
ices authorized by section 330 of the PHS Act in Puerto 
Rico and other territories: Provided further, That of the 
funds appropriated under this heading, $6,000,000 shall, 
for purposes of providing primary health services in areas 
affected by Zika virus or other vector-borne diseases, be used 
to assign National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) mem-
bers to Puerto Rico and other territories, notwithstanding 
the assignment priorities and limitations in or under sec-
tions 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), or 333A(a) of the PHS Act, and 
to make NHSC Loan Repayment Program awards under 
section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of the previous proviso, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the 
PHS Act shall be applied as if the term ‘‘primary health 
services’’ included health services regarding pediatric sub-
specialists: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
DIRECT HIRES 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated by this title may be 
used by the heads of the Department of Health and Human
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Services, Department of State, and the United States Agen-
cy for International Development to appoint, without re-
gard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3319 of title 
5 of the United States Code, candidates needed for positions 
to perform critical work relating to Zika response for 
which— 
(1) public notice has been given; and 
(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
has determined that such a public health threat exists. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 102. Funds appropriated by this title may be 
transferred to, and merged with, other appropriation ac-
counts under the headings ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention’’, ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emer-
gency Fund’’, and ‘‘National Institutes of Health’’ for the 
purposes specified in this title following consultation with 
the Office of Management and Budget: Provided, That the 
Committees on Appropriations shall be notified 10 days in 
advance of any such transfer: Provided further, That, upon 
a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from an appropriation are not necessary, such amounts 
may be transferred back to that appropriation: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by this title 
may be transferred pursuant to the authority in section 205
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of division H of Public Law 114–113 or section 241(a) of 
the PHS Act. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 103. Not later than 30 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
provide a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds 
made available in this title, including estimated personnel 
and administrative costs, to the Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided, That such plans shall be updated and sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations every 60 days 
until September 30, 2017. 
OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 104. Of the funds appropriated by this title under 
the heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
Fund’’, up to— 
(1) $500,000 shall be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds made available under the heading ‘‘Office 
of the Secretary, Office of Inspector General’’, and 
shall remain available until expended, for oversight of 
activities supported with funds appropriated by this 
title: Provided, That the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations prior to obligating such funds: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided by
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this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law; and 
(2) $500,000 shall be made available to the 
Comptroller General of the United States, and shall 
remain available until expended, for oversight of ac-
tivities supported with funds appropriated by this 
title: Provided, That the Comptroller General shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior 
to obligating such funds. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, $14,594,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2017, for necessary ex-
penses to support response efforts related to the Zika virus, 
health conditions related to such virus, and other vector- 
borne diseases: Provided, That such funds may be made 
available for medical evacuation costs of any other depart-
ment or agency of the United States under Chief of Mission 
authority, and may be transferred to any other appropria-
tion of such department or agency for such costs: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
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as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
SERVICE 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, 
$4,000,000 for necessary expenses to support response efforts 
related to the Zika virus, health conditions related to such 
virus, and other vector-borne diseases, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’ for the cost of di-
rect loans, $1,000,000, to support response efforts related 
to the Zika virus, health conditions related to such virus, 
and other vector-borne diseases, to remain available until 
September 30, 2017: Provided, That such costs, including 
costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds are available to subsidize an addi-
tional amount of gross obligations for the principal amount
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of direct loans not to exceed $1,880,406: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘Operating Expenses’’, $10,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2017, for necessary expenses to support 
response efforts related to the Zika virus, health conditions 
related to such virus, and other vector-borne diseases: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, $145,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017, for necessary expenses to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Zika virus, health
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conditions related to such virus, and other vector-borne dis-
eases: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be made available for vector control activities, vac-
cines, diagnostics, and vector control technologies: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be made available as contributions to the World Health Or-
ganization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Pan 
American Health Organization, the International Atomic 
Energy Agency, and the Food and Agriculture Organiza-
tion: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading shall be subject to prior consultation with the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
made available for the Grand Challenges for Development 
program: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
TRANSFER AUTHORITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. (a) Funds appropriated by this title under 
the headings ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 
‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’, 
‘‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’’, and ‘‘Operating
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Expenses’’ may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this title under such headings to carry out 
the purposes of this title. 
(b) The transfer authorities provided by this section 
are in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
by law. 
(c) Upon a determination that all or part of the funds 
transferred pursuant to the authorities provided by this sec-
tion are not necessary for such purposes, such amounts may 
be transferred back to such appropriations. 
(d) No funds shall be transferred pursuant to this sec-
tion unless at least 5 days prior to making such transfer 
the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, as appro-
priate, notifies the Committees on Appropriations in writ-
ing of the details of any such transfer. 
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 202. Funds appropriated by this title shall only 
be available for obligation if the Secretary of State or the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as appropriate, notifies the Commit-
tees on Appropriations in writing at least 15 days in ad-
vance of such obligation.
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CONSOLIDATED REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 203. Not later than 30 days after enactment of 
this Act and prior to the initial obligation of funds made 
available by this title, the Secretary of State and the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall submit a consolidated report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations on the anticipated uses of such 
funds on a country and project basis, including estimated 
personnel and administrative costs: Provided, That such re-
port shall be updated and submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations every 60 days until September 30, 2017. 
OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 204. Of the funds appropriated by this title, up 
to— 
(1) $500,000 shall be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds available under the heading ‘‘United 
States Agency for International Development, Funds 
Appropriated to the President, Office of Inspector 
General’’, and shall remain available until expended, 
for oversight of activities supported with funds appro-
priated by this title: Provided, That the transfer au-
thority provided by this paragraph is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided by law; and 
(2) $500,000 shall be made available to the 
Comptroller General of the United States, and shall
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remain available until expended, for oversight of ac-
tivities supported with funds appropriated by this 
title: Provided, That the Secretary of State and the 
Comptroller General, as appropriate, shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations prior to obli-
gating such funds. 
TITLE III 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS DIVISION 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Unless otherwise provided for by this divi-
sion, the additional amounts appropriated pursuant to this 
division are subject to the requirements for funds contained 
in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 
114–113). 
PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 302. Funds made available by this division may 
be used to enter into contracts with individuals for the pro-
vision of personal services (as described in section 104 of 
part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (48 CFR 
37.104)) to support the purposes of titles I and II of this 
division, within the United States and abroad, subject to 
prior consultation with, and the notification procedures of, 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That such in-
dividuals may not be deemed employees of the United States 
for the purpose of any law administered by the Office of
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Personnel Management: Provided further, That the author-
ity made available pursuant to this section shall expire on 
September 30, 2017. 
DESIGNATION RETENTION 
SEC. 303. Any amount appropriated by this division, 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subse-
quently so designated by the President, and transferred pur-
suant to transfer authorities provided by this division shall 
retain such designation. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 304. This division shall become effective imme-
diately upon enactment of this Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Zika Response and 
Preparedness Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION C—CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 
and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of Government for fis-
cal year 2017, and for other purposes, namely:
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SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at 
a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2016 and under the authority 
and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 
projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and 
loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically pro-
vided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 
2016, and for which appropriations, funds, or other author-
ity were made available in the following appropriations 
Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2016 (division A of Public Law 
114–113), except section 728. 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division B of 
Public Law 114–113). 
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (division C of Public Law 114–113). 
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division D 
of Public Law 114–113). 
(5) The Financial Services and General Govern-
ment Appropriations Act, 2016 (division E of Public 
Law 114–113), which for purposes of this Act shall be
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treated as including section 707 of division O of Pub-
lic Law 114–113. 
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2016 (division F of Public Law 
114–113). 
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environ-
ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 
(division G of Public Law 114–113). 
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division H of Public 
Law 114–113). 
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2016 (division I of Public Law 114–113). 
(10) The Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2016 (division K of Public Law 114–113), except title 
IX. 
(11) The Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113), except 
section 420. 
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 
is hereby reduced by 0.496 percent.
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SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail-
able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 
Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new produc-
tion of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2016 
or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above 
those sustained with fiscal year 2016 funds; or (3) the initi-
ation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, 
operation, or organization (defined as any project, sub-
project, activity, budget activity, program element, and sub-
program within a program element, and for any investment 
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within 
an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that in-
cludes a program element and subprogram element within 
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, 
or other authority were not available during fiscal year 
2016. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or au-
thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 
of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements 
utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order 
quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated 
later. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would 
be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
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SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, 
no appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate 
or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 
year 2016. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted 
pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expendi-
tures incurred for any project or activity during the period 
for which funds or authority for such project or activity 
are available under this Act. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017, 
appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until which-
ever of the following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law 
of an appropriation for any project or activity provided 
for in this Act; (2) the enactment into law of the applicable 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017 without any provi-
sion for such project or activity; or (3) December 9, 2016. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act 
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable ap-
propriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted 
into law.
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SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made avail-
able by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be 
used without regard to the time limitations for submission 
and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 
of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may 
be construed to waive any other provision of law governing 
the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, except section 106, for those programs that would other-
wise have high initial rates of operation or complete dis-
tribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 
2017 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign 
countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of oper-
ation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no 
grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this 
Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only 
the most limited funding action of that permitted in the 
Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 
projects and activities. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 
payments whose budget authority was provided in appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2016, and for activities under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be con-
tinued at the rate to maintain program levels under current
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law, under the authority and conditions provided in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016, to be 
continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man-
datory payments due on or about the first day of any month 
that begins after October 2016 but not later than 30 days 
after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to 
be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 
for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each de-
partment and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-
partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-
priations Act for fiscal year 2016, except that such author-
ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 
the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-
penses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obli-
gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 
Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), 
section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section
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504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 
in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as 
being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 
of such Act is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster re-
lief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respec-
tively. 
(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this Act shall 
not apply to— 
(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of 
this section; 
(2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by 
reference to the second paragraph under the heading 
‘‘Social Security Administration—Limitation on Ad-
ministrative Expenses’’ in division H of Public Law 
114–113; or 
(3) amounts made available by section 101(a) by 
reference to the paragraph under the heading ‘‘Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services—Health Care
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Fraud and Abuse Control Account’’ in division H of 
Public Law 114–113. 
(c) Section 6 of Public Law 114–113 shall apply to 
amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 
SEC. 115. During the period covered by this Act, dis-
cretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2017 that 
were provided in advance by appropriations Acts covered 
by section 101 of this Act shall be available in the amounts 
provided in such Acts, reduced by the percentage in section 
101(b). 
SEC. 116. (a) In addition to the amounts otherwise 
provided by section 101, and notwithstanding section 104, 
an additional amount is provided to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to carry out the authorizations 
in the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 
(Public Law 114–198), at a rate for operations of 
$17,000,000. 
(b) In addition to the amounts otherwise provided by 
section 101, and notwithstanding section 104, an additional 
amount is provided to the Attorney General to carry out 
the authorizations in the Comprehensive Addiction and Re-
covery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198), at a rate for 
operations of $20,000,000.
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
in addition to the purposes otherwise provided for amounts 
that become available on October 1, 2016, under the heading 
‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Health Admin-
istration—Medical Services’’ in division J of Public Law 
114–113, such amounts shall be used to implement the 
Jason Simcakoski Memorial and Promise Act (title IX of 
Public Law 114–198) and the amendments made by that 
Act. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food 
Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity As-
sistance Program’’ at a rate for operations of $310,139,000, 
of which $236,120,000 shall be for the Commodity Supple-
mental Food Program. 
SEC. 118. Amounts provided by section 111 to the De-
partment of Agriculture for ‘‘Corporations—Commodity 
Credit Corporation Fund—Reimbursement for Net Realized 
Losses’’ may be used, prior to the completion of the report 
described in section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
U.S.C. 713a–11), to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for net realized losses sustained, but not previously 
reimbursed, as reflected in the June 2016 report of its fi-
nancial condition.
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SEC. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Department of Agriculture—Rural Housing Service— 
Rental Assistance Program’’ may be apportioned up to the 
rate for operations necessary to pay ongoing debt service 
for the multi-family direct loan programs under sections 
514 and 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484 
and 1485). 
SEC. 120. Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5)) shall be applied 
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
Act for ‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 102, with-
in amounts provided for ‘‘Department of Defense—Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Department 
of Defense—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Defense-Wide’’, except for amounts designated for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Secretary of De-
fense may develop, replace, and sustain Federal Govern-
ment security and suitability background investigation in-
formation technology system requirements of the Office of 
Personnel Management at a rate for operations of 
$95,000,000.
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SEC. 122. Section 1215(f)(1) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 
81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 1221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92), shall be applied by 
substituting ‘‘2017’’ for ‘‘2016’’ through the earlier of the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this Act or the date of 
the enactment of an Act authorizing appropriations for fis-
cal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 123. (a) Funds made available by section 101 
for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Uranium 
Enrichment 
Decontamination 
and 
Decommissioning 
Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or ac-
tivities funded in this appropriation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of the au-
thority provided in subsection (a). 
SEC. 124. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may 
expend local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia 
Funds’’ for such programs and activities under the District 
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2016 (title IV of division
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E of Public Law 114–113) at the rate set forth under ‘‘Part 
A—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 
2017 Local Budget Act of 2016 (D.C. Act 21–414), as modi-
fied as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) During the period in which this Act is in effect, 
the authority and conditions provided in the Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 
2016 (division E of Public Law 114–113) which were ap-
plicable to the obligation or expenditure of funds by the Dis-
trict of Columbia for any program, project, or activity dur-
ing fiscal year 2016 shall apply to the obligation or expend-
iture of funds by the District of Columbia with respect to 
such program, project, or activity under any authority. 
SEC. 125. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘‘General Services Administration—Ex-
penses, Presidential Transition’’ for necessary expenses to 
carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 
102 note), at a rate for operations of $9,500,000, of which 
not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities authorized by sec-
tions 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided, That such 
amounts may be transferred and credited to the ‘‘Acquisi-
tion Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reim-
burse obligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act 
for the purposes provided herein related to the Presidential 
election in 2016: Provided further, That amounts available
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under this section shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available for such purposes. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are pro-
vided by this Act for ‘‘General Services Administration— 
Pre-Election Presidential Transition’’. 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 101, for expenses 
of the Office of Administration to carry out the Presidential 
Transition Act of 1963, as amended, and similar expenses, 
in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated by law, 
amounts are provided to ‘‘Presidential Transition Adminis-
trative Support’’ at a rate for operations of $7,582,000: 
Provided, That such funds may be transferred to other ac-
counts that provide funding for offices within the Executive 
Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President 
in this Act or any other Act, to carry out such purposes. 
SEC. 127. In addition to the amounts otherwise pro-
vided by section 101, an additional amount is provided for 
‘‘District of Columbia—Federal Payment for Emergency 
Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia’’ 
for costs associated with the Presidential Inauguration, at 
a rate for operations of $19,995,000. 
SEC. 128. In addition to the amounts otherwise pro-
vided by section 101, an additional amount is provided for 
‘‘National Archives and Records Administration—Oper-
ating Expenses’’ to carry out the Presidential transition re-
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sponsibilities of the Archivist of the United States under 
sections 2201 through 2207 of title 44, United States Code 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Presidential Records Act of 
1978’’), at a rate for operations of $4,850,000. 
SEC. 129. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Pro-
gram Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to accommodate increased demand for 
commitments for general business loans authorized under 
section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)). 
SEC. 130. Amounts provided by section 101 for the De-
partment of Homeland Security may be obligated in the 
account and budget structure set forth in the table provided 
by the Chief Financial Officer of the Department to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives prior to the end of fiscal year 2016 pur-
suant to section 563(e) of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity Appropriations Act, 2016 (division F of Public Law 
114–113). 
SEC. 131. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection—Operations and Support’’ may be ap-
portioned up to the rate for operations necessary to main-
tain not less than the number of staff achieved on September 
30, 2016.
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(b) Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘De-
partment of Homeland Security—Transportation Security 
Administration—Operations and Support’’ may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain 
not less than the number of screeners achieved on September 
30, 2016. 
SEC. 132. The authority provided by section 831 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall 
continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 133. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 
SEC. 134. (a) The authority provided by subsection 
(m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106– 
79) shall continue in effect through the date specified in 
section 106(3) of this Act. 
(b) Section 419(b) of division G of Public Law 114– 
113 shall not apply during the period covered by this Act. 
SEC. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, subsection 
35(d) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(d)) shall 
be applied, at a rate for operations, through the date speci-
fied in section 106(3), as if the following new paragraph 
were added at the end—
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‘‘(5) There is appropriated to the Fee Account es-
tablished in subsection (c)(3)(B)(ii) of this section, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, $26,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, to re-
main available until expended, for the coordination 
and processing of oil and gas use authorizations, to 
be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and 
transferred to such Fee Account pursuant to sub-
section (d)(3)(A)(ii) of this section, so as to result in 
a final fiscal year 2017 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at not more than $0.’’. 
SEC. 136. In addition to the amounts otherwise pro-
vided by section 101, an additional amount is provided for 
‘‘Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Op-
eration of the National Park System’’ for security and vis-
itor safety activities related to the Presidential Inaugural 
Ceremonies, at a rate for operations of $4,200,000. 
SEC. 137. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by section 101, and notwithstanding section 104, 
amounts are provided for ‘‘Environmental Protection Agen-
cy—Environmental Programs and Management’’ at a rate 
for operations of $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the 
rate for operations needed, for necessary expenses of activi-
ties described in section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances
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Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)): Provided, That fees col-
lected pursuant to such section of such Act and deposited 
in the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting 
receipts in fiscal year 2017 shall be retained and used for 
necessary salaries and expenses under the above heading 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum provided by this section of this Act from 
the general fund for fiscal year 2017 shall be reduced by 
the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received dur-
ing fiscal year 2017, so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2017 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not 
more than $0: Provided further, That to the extent that 
amounts realized from such receipts exceed $3,000,000, 
those amounts in excess of $3,000,000 shall be deposited in 
the ‘‘TSCA Service Fee Fund’’ as discretionary offsetting 
receipts in fiscal year 2017, shall be retained and used for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That of 
the amounts provided under this heading by section 101, 
the Chemical Risk Review and Reduction program project 
shall be allocated for this fiscal year, excluding the amount 
of any fees made available, not less than the amount of ap-
propriations for that program project for fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 138. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by sub-
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stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 
‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 
SEC. 139. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services—Administration for 
Children and Families—Payments to States for the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant’’ in title II of division 
H of Public Law 114–113 shall not apply during the period 
covered by this Act. 
SEC. 140. (a) The second proviso under the heading 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administra-
tion for Children and Families—Children and Families 
Services Programs’’ in title II of division H of Public Law 
114–113 shall be applied during the period covered by this 
Act as if the following were struck from such proviso: ‘‘, 
of which $141,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living 
adjustment notwithstanding section 640(a)(3)(A) of such 
Act’’. 
(b) Amounts made available in the third proviso under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 
Administration for Children and Families—Children and 
Families Services Programs’’ in title II of division H of 
Public Law 114–113 shall not be included in the calculation 
of the ‘‘base grant’’, as such term is used in section 
640(a)(7)(A) 
of 
the 
Head 
Start 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
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9835(a)(7)(A)), during the period described in section 106 
of this Act. 
SEC. 141. (a) Section 529 of division H of Public Law 
114–113 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘in the Child En-
rollment Contingency Fund from the appropriation to the 
Fund for the first semi-annual allotment period for fiscal 
year 2017 under section 2104(n)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Se-
curity Act’’ for ‘‘or available in the Child Enrollment Con-
tingency Fund from appropriations to the Fund under sec-
tion 2104(n)(2)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act’’; and 
(b) Section 530 of division H of Public Law 114–113 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$541,900,000’’ for 
‘‘$4,678,500,000’’ and by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘and of the funds made available for the purposes of car-
rying out section 2105(a)(3) of the Social Security Act, 
$5,669,100,000 are hereby rescinded’’. 
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, there is appropriated for payment to Sami A. Takai, 
widow of Kyle Mark Takai, late a Representative from the 
State of Hawaii, $174,000. 
SEC. 143. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration—Operating Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘Department of Transpor-
tation—Federal Railroad Administration—Capital and
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Debt Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ shall be obligated in the account and budget 
structure, and under the authorities and conditions, set 
forth for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Rail-
road Administration—Northeast Corridor Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—National Network Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ in H.R. 5394 and S. 2844, as in-
troduced in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress. 
(b) Amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a) 
are provided for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Railroad Administration—Northeast Corridor Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ at a rate for 
operations of $235,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Railroad Administration—National Network Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ at a rate for op-
erations of $1,155,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 144. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Maritime Administration—Maritime Security Program’’ 
shall be allocated at an annual rate across all vessels cov-
ered by operating agreements, as that term is used in chap-
ter 531 of title 46, United States Code, and the Secretary
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shall distribute equally all such funds for payments due 
under all operating agreements in equal amounts notwith-
standing title 46, United States Code, section 53106: Pro-
vided, That no payment shall exceed an annual rate of 
$3,500,000 per operating agreement. 
SEC. 145. (a) In addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by section 101 for the ‘‘Community Planning and De-
velopment, Community Development Fund’’, there is appro-
priated $500,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2016, to remain available until expended, for nec-
essary expenses for activities authorized under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term re-
covery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, and eco-
nomic revitalization in the most impacted and distressed 
areas resulting from a major disaster declared in 2016, and 
which the disaster occurred prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act, pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): 
Provided, That funds shall be awarded directly to the State 
or unit of general local government at the discretion of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That as a condition of making 
any grant, the Secretary shall certify in advance that such 
grantee has in place proficient financial controls and pro-
curement processes and has established adequate procedures
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to prevent any duplication of benefits as defined by section 
312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155), to ensure timely ex-
penditure of funds, to maintain comprehensive websites re-
garding all disaster recovery activities assisted with these 
funds, and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
of funds: Provided further, That prior to the obligation of 
funds a grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for 
approval detailing the proposed use of all funds, including 
criteria for eligibility and how the use of these funds will 
address long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure 
and housing and economic revitalization in the most im-
pacted and distressed areas: Provided further, That such 
funds may not be used for activities reimbursable by, or 
for which funds are made available by, the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency or the Army Corps of Engineers: 
Provided further, That funds allocated under this heading 
shall not be considered relevant to the non-disaster formula 
allocations made pursuant to section 106 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5306): Provided further, That a State or subdivision thereof 
may use up to 5 percent of its allocation for administrative 
costs: Provided further, That in administering the funds 
under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive, or specify alternative require-
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ments for, any provision of any statute or regulation that 
the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation 
by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds 
(except for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environment), if 
the Secretary finds that good cause exists for the waiver 
or alternative requirement and such waiver or alternative 
requirement would not be inconsistent with the overall pur-
pose of title I of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
preceding proviso, recipients of funds provided under this 
heading that use such funds to supplement Federal assist-
ance provided under section 402, 403, 404, 406, 407, or 502 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may adopt, without 
review or public comment, any environmental review, ap-
proval, or permit performed by a Federal agency, and such 
adoption shall satisfy the responsibilities of the recipient 
with respect to such environmental review, approval or per-
mit: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
104(g)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), the Secretary may, upon 
receipt of a request for release of funds and certification, 
immediately approve the release of funds for an activity 
or project assisted under this heading if the recipient has
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adopted an environmental review, approval or permit 
under the preceding proviso or the activity or project is cat-
egorically excluded from review under the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall publish via notice 
in the Federal Register any waiver, or alternative require-
ment, to any statute or regulation that the Secretary ad-
ministers pursuant to title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days before 
the effective date of such waiver or alternative requirement: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this section 
shall be designated by Congress as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(b) Unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development for adminis-
trative costs of the Office of Community Planning and De-
velopment associated with funds appropriated to the De-
partment for specific disaster relief and related purposes 
and designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, in-
cluding information technology costs and costs for admin-
istering and overseeing such specific disaster related funds,
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shall be transferred to the Program Office Salaries and Ex-
penses, Community Planning and Development account for 
the Department, shall remain available until expended, and 
may be used for such administrative costs for administering 
any funds appropriated to the Department for any disaster 
relief and related purposes in any prior or future act, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That the amounts transferred pursuant 
to this section that were previously designated by Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be transferred only 
if the President subsequently so designates the entire trans-
fer and transmits such designation to the Congress. 
(c) This section shall become effective immediately 
upon enactment of this Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2017’’. 
DIVISION D—RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 101. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 
from prior year appropriations under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Commerce, Economic Development Administration,
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Economic Development Assistance Programs’’ designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
$10,000,000 is rescinded immediately upon enactment of 
this Act: Provided, That such amounts are designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available from 
amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Department of Com-
merce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Operations, Research, and Facilities’’ in title II of Public 
Law 111–212 for responding to economic impacts of fisher-
man and fishery dependent businesses, $13,000,000 is re-
scinded immediately upon enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That such amounts are designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
(c) Of the unobligated balances available from amounts 
provided under the heading ‘‘Department of Homeland Se-
curity, Office of the Secretary and Executive Management’’ 
in Public Law 109–148, $279,045 is rescinded immediately 
upon enactment of this Act: Provided, That such amounts
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are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(d) Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection, Salaries and Expenses’’ from emer-
gency funds in Public Law 107–206 and earlier laws trans-
ferred to the Department of Homeland Security when it was 
created in 2003, $39,246 is rescinded immediately upon en-
actment of this Act: Provided, That such amounts are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(e) Of the unobligated balances available from amounts 
provided under the heading ‘‘Department of Homeland Se-
curity, United States Coast Guard, Acquisition, Construc-
tion, and Improvements’’ in Public Law 110–329, Public 
Law 109–148 and Public Law 109–234, $48,075,920 is re-
scinded immediately upon enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That such amounts are designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
(f) Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Homeland Security, Federal
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Emergency Management Agency, Administrative and Re-
gional Operations’’ in Public Law 109–234, $731,790 is re-
scinded immediately upon enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That such amounts are designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
(g) Of the unobligated amounts made available under 
section 1323(c)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18043(c)(1)), $168,100,000 is rescinded 
immediately upon enactment of this Act. 
(h) Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in title IX of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113– 
235), $7,522,000 is rescinded immediately upon enactment 
of this Act: Provided, That such amounts are designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(i) Of the unobligated balances of appropriations made 
available under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assist-
ance, Funds Appropriated to the President’’ in title IX of 
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public
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Law 113–235), $109,478,000 is rescinded immediately 
upon enactment of this Act: Provided, That such amounts 
are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(j) Of the unobligated balances available from amounts 
provided under the heading ‘‘Department of Transpor-
tation, Federal Aviation Administration, Facilities and 
Equipment’’ in Public Law 109–148, $4,384,920 is re-
scinded immediately upon enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That such amounts are designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
(k) Of the unobligated balances available from 
amounts provided under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Facili-
ties and Equipment’’ in Public Law 102–368, $990,277 is 
rescinded immediately upon enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided, That such amounts are designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(l) Of the unobligated balances available to the Depart-
ment of Transportation from amounts provided under sec-
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tion 108 of Public Law 101–130, $37,400,000 is rescinded 
immediately upon enactment of this Act: Provided, That 
such amounts are designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
Attest: 
Secretary.