Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006

Bill: 109-hr-2528
Sponsor: Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25]
Introduced: 2005-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Africa
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
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Alaska
Alliances
American Battle Monuments Commission
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Defense burdensharing
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Department of Defense
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Diabetes
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Former Soviet states
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Government Operations and Politics
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Middle East and North Africa
Military and naval supplies
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Military dependents
Military housing
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Military medicine
Military occupation
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Military training
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Minorities
Mississippi
Monuments and memorials
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NATO countries
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Rent
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Right of property
Risk
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Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Soldiers' homes
South Korea
Steel
Surplus government property
Taxation
Transportation and Public Works
Veterans' benefits
Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' employment
Veterans' hospitals
Veterans' loans
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions
Veterans' rehabilitation
Virginia
Vocational rehabilitation
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: 
Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006 - Appropriates funds for FY 2006 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guards, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 and the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Account 2005; (6) basic allowance for housing for the military departments (active-duty and reserve) and the Army and Air National Guard; (7) facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization for the military departments (active-duty and reserve), DOD, and the Army and Air National Guard; (8) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, Air Force, DOD, and at formerly used defense sites; and (9) the Defense Health Program.
 
Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration; (9) construction for major and minor projects; and (10) grants for the construction of State extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.
 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses, Army; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.

action_date: 2005-05-23
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Department of Defense - 
Appropriates funds for FY2006 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 and the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Account 2005; (6) basic allowance for housing for the military departments (active-duty and reserve) and the Army and Air National Guard; (7) facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization for the military departments (active-duty and reserve), DOD, and the Army and Air National Guard; (8) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, Air Force, DOD, and at formerly used defense sites; and (9) the Defense Health Program.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title and in other military construction appropriations Acts.
 
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
 
(Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
 
(Sec. 121) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at least 60 days prior to issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the appropriations committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments) proposed to be made to the private party in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.
 
(Sec. 123) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 125) Prohibits any funds made available in this Act for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program from being obligated or expended for missile defense studies.
 
(Sec. 126) Requires the Secretary or any other DOD official, when requested by specified congressional subcommittees to respond to a question or inquiry pursuant to a subcommittee hearing or other authorized activity, to respond to such request within 21 days.
 
(Sec. 128) Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account.
 
(Sec. 130) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to distribute surplus DOD dental and medical equipment to Indian Health Service facilities and federally-qualified health centers.
 
(Sec. 131) Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project for a military installation approved for closure in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.
 

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs - 
Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical and prosthetic research); (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) the Office of Inspector General; (11) construction for major and minor projects; and (12) grants for the construction of State extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 208) Directs the Department to continue the Franchise Fund pilot program (authorized under prior law) until October 1, 2006.
 
(Sec. 210) Makes funds from this title available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.
 
(Sec. 211) Prohibits funds in this title from being available to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits a report which the appropriations committees approve within 30 days after receipt.
 
(Sec. 219) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans eligible under existing Department medical care requirements and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical services from facilities supported by the Indian Health Services or tribal organizations.
 
(Sec. 221) Prohibits the Department from using funds available in this or any other Act to implement a national standardized contract for diabetes monitoring systems.
 

Title III: Related Agencies - 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses, Army; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title IV: General Provisions
 - Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.

action_date: 2005-05-26
text: 
Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Department of Defense - 
Appropriates funds for FY2006 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 and the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Account 2005; (6) basic allowance for housing for the military departments (active-duty and reserve) and the Army and Air National Guard; (7) facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization for the military departments (active-duty and reserve), DOD, and the Army and Air National Guard; (8) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, Air Force, DOD, and at formerly used defense sites; and (9) the Defense Health Program.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title and in other military construction appropriations Acts.
 
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
 
(Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
 
(Sec. 121) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at least 60 days prior to issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the appropriations committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments) proposed to be made to the private party in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.
 
(Sec. 123) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 125) Prohibits any funds made available in this Act for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program from being obligated or expended for missile defense studies.
 
(Sec. 126) Requires the Secretary or any other DOD official, when requested by specified congressional subcommittees to respond to a question or inquiry pursuant to a subcommittee hearing or other authorized activity, to respond to such request within 21 days.
 
(Sec. 128) Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account.
 
(Sec. 130) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to distribute surplus DOD dental and medical equipment to Indian Health Service facilities and federally-qualified health centers.
 
(Sec. 131) Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project for a military installation approved for closure in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.
 

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs - 
Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical and prosthetic research); (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) the Office of Inspector General; (11) construction for major and minor projects; and (12) grants for the construction of State extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 208) Directs the Department to continue the Franchise Fund pilot program (authorized under prior law) until October 1, 2006.
 
(Sec. 210) Makes funds from this title available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.
 
(Sec. 211) Prohibits funds in this title from being available to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits a report which the appropriations committees approve within 30 days after receipt.
 
(Sec. 219) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans eligible under existing Department medical care requirements and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical services from facilities supported by the Indian Health Services or tribal organizations.
 
(Sec. 221) Prohibits the Department from using funds available in this or any other Act to implement a national standardized contract for diabetes monitoring systems.
 

Title III: Related Agencies - 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses, Army; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title IV: General Provisions - 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.
 
(Sec. 409) Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to close or realign any military installation approved for closure or realignment in 2005 before the Secretary of Defense makes the information available upon which the Secretary's closure and realignment recommendations were based, as required under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. 

action_date: 2005-07-21
text: 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Military Construction - 
Appropriates funds for FY2006 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; and (5) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 and the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
 
(Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
 
(Sec. 121) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at least 60 days prior to issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the appropriations committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments) proposed to be made to the private party in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.
 
(Sec. 123) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 126) Prohibits any funds made available in this title for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program from being obligated or expended for missile defense studies.
 
(Sec. 128) Prohibits any funds made available in this title, or in any Act making appropriations for military construction, from being obligated or expended to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or at an installation for supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, unless the Secretary certifies that the cost of carrying out such project would be less than the cost of canceling the project, or that another government agency will assume ownership of the completed project. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring funds made available for such a military construction project, land acquisition, or family housing project to another account or using such funds for another purpose or project without the prior approval of the appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 129) Directs that all reports and notifications required by this title be submitted to specified appropriations subcommittees.
 

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs -
 Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical services, information technology, medical facilities, and medical and prosthetic research); (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) the Office of Inspector General; (11) construction for major and minor projects; and (12) grants for the construction of state extended care facilities and veterans' cemeteries.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to report quarterly to the appropriations committees on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration.
 
(Sec. 209) Requires the Department to continue the Franchise Fund pilot program (established under prior law).
 
(Sec. 211) Makes specified Department funds available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.
 
(Sec. 212) Prohibits funds in this title from being available to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits a report which the appropriations committees approve within 30 days after receipt.
 
(Sec. 216) Directs the Secretary to allow veterans eligible under existing Department medical care requirements and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical services from facilities supported by the Indian Health Services or tribal organizations.
 

Title III: Related Agencies - 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses, Army; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

action_date: 2005-09-22
text: 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Military Construction - 
Appropriates funds for FY2006 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; and (5) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 and the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
 
(Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
 
(Sec. 121) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at least 60 days prior to issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the appropriations committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments) proposed to be made to the private party in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.
 
(Sec. 123) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 126) Prohibits any funds made available in this title for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program from being obligated or expended for missile defense studies.
 
(Sec. 128) Prohibits any funds made available in this title, or in any Act making appropriations for military construction, from being obligated or expended to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or at an installation for supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, unless the Secretary certifies that the cost of carrying out such project would be less than the cost of canceling the project, or that another government agency will assume ownership of the completed project. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring funds made available for such a military construction project, land acquisition, or family housing project to another account or using such funds for another purpose or project without the prior approval of the appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 129) Directs that all reports and notifications required by this title be submitted to specified appropriations subcommittees.
 
(Sec. 130) Earmarks specified: (1) Air National Guard military construction funds for planning and design for a replacement C-130 maintenance hangar at Air National Guard Newcastle County Airport, Delaware; and (2) Army military construction funds for a military police complex at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
 
(Sec. 132) Provides appropriation adjustments within specified DOD base closure accounts.
 

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs -
 Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical services, information technology, medical facilities, and medical and prosthetic research); (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) the Office of Inspector General; (11) construction for major and minor projects; and (12) grants for the construction of state extended care facilities and veterans' cemeteries.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to report quarterly to the appropriations committees on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration.
 
(Sec. 209) Requires the Department to continue the Franchise Fund pilot program (established under prior law).
 
(Sec. 211) Makes specified Department funds available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.
 
(Sec. 212) Prohibits funds in this title from being available to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary submits a report which the appropriations committees approve within 30 days after receipt.
 
(Sec. 216) Directs the Secretary to allow veterans eligible under existing Department medical care requirements and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical services from facilities supported by the Indian Health Services or tribal organizations.
 
(Sec. 222) Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct a study on housing assistance to low-income veterans; and (2) report to Congress on study results.
 
(Sec. 223) Requires the Secretary to submit to the Senate Appropriations Committee a plan to provide an adequate supply of the 2006 handbook &quot;Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents&quot; and all subsequent editions to all county veterans service officers in the United States.
 
(Sec. 224) Prohibits funds made available in this or any other Act from being used: (1) to revoke or reduce a veteran's disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on a finding that the Department failed to collect justifying documentation, unless such failure was the direct result of applicant fraud; or (2) for implementation of a specified recommendation of the Department's Inspector General or any related review and investigation of PTSD unemployability and 100 scheduler percent ratings cases, until the Department reports to the above committee on its plan for implementing such recommendation.
 
(Sec. 225) Directs the National Center on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to collaborate with the Secretary of Defense to: (1) enhance the clinical skills of military clinicians; and (2) promote pre-deployment resilience and post-deployment adjustment among servicemembers serving in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
 
(Sec. 226) Directs the Secretary to report to the veterans' committees on any Department budget shortfall totaling two percent or more of the Department's total discretionary funding budget for a fiscal year. Requires the inclusion of a comprehensive plan to improve Department long-term budget planning and actuarial forecasting.
 
(Sec. 227) Directs the Secretary, in conducting advanced planning activities, to reevaluate Veterans Health Administration Handbook 1006.1 and other guidance and procedures related to planning, activating, staffing, and maintaining community-based outpatient clinics.
 

Title III: Related Agencies - 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses, Army; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 
(Sec. 301) Requires any limitation, directive, or earmarking contained in either the Senate or House of Representatives report accompanying this bill to also be included in the conference report or joint statement accompanying this bill in order to be considered as having been approved by both Houses of Congress.

action_date: 2005-11-18
text: 
Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Department of Defense - 
Appropriates funds for FY2006 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; and (5) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 and the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Account 2005.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title and in other military construction appropriations Acts.
 
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
 
(Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
 
(Sec. 121) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at least 60 days prior to issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the appropriations committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments) proposed to be made to the private party in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.
 
(Sec. 123) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 125) Prohibits any funds made available in this Act for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program from being obligated or expended for missile defense studies.
 
(Sec. 126) Requires the Secretary or any other DOD official, when requested by specified congressional subcommittees to respond to a question or inquiry pursuant to a subcommittee hearing or other authorized activity, to respond to such request within 21 days.
 
(Sec. 128) Prohibits any funds from being obligated or expended to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or at a military installation for supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, unless such project will support a new mission or function, or unless the Secretary certifies that the cost of carrying out the project would be less than the cost of canceling the project, or that another government agency will assume ownership of the completed project. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring funds made available as a result of this limitation to another account or using such funds for another purpose or project without the prior approval of the appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 129) Makes specified funds from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 available for environmental restoration and property management and disposal at Navy installations closed or realigned under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit to the appropriations committees a plan for the use of such funds, including specific sites and work to be accomplished.
 
(Sec. 130) Requires the Secretary to submit to the appropriations committees a housing plan for Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Prohibits the use of family housing construction funds from this title at such base until both committees approve such plan or until 30 days have elapsed since both committees received such plan, whichever is earlier.
 

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs - 
Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical and prosthetic research and information technology systems); (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) the Office of Inspector General; (11) construction for major and minor projects; and (12) grants for the construction of State extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 208) Directs the Department to continue, without fiscal year limitation, the Franchise Fund program (previously a pilot program).
 
(Sec. 210) Makes funds from this title available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.
 
(Sec. 211) Prohibits funds in this title from being available to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits a report which the appropriations committees approve within 30 days after receipt.
 
(Sec. 218) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans eligible under existing Department medical care requirements and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical services from facilities supported by the Indian Health Services or tribal organizations.
 
(Sec. 220) Prohibits any funds made available to the Department from being used to replace the current system for selecting and contracting for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment.
 
(Sec. 222) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the appropriations committees on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration.
 
(Sec. 223) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to retroactively or prospectively revoke or reduce an award of veteran's disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with respect to 2,100 compensation cases identified and reviewed by the Department's Inspector General, unless the award was the direct result of applicant fraud; or (2) for implementation of a specified recommendation of such Inspector General, or any related review or investigation of PTSD unemployability and schedular 100 percent ratings cases, until the Department reports to the appropriations committees on its plan for implementing such recommendation.
 
(Sec. 224) Directs the National Center on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to collaborate with the Secretary of Defense to: (1) enhance the clinical skills of military clinicians; and (2) promote pre-deployment resilience and post-deployment readjustment among servicemembers serving in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
 
(Sec. 226) Provides for the transfer of funds from specified Department accounts for purposes of perfecting funding sources for the Department's information technology systems account.
 
(Sec. 228) Requires the Department to conduct an information campaign, in states with an average annual disability compensation payment of less than $7,300, to inform all veterans receiving disability compensation of the history of below average payments to veterans in such states, including instructions for submitting new claims and requesting review of past disability claims and ratings.
 
(Sec. 229) Earmarks funds for FY2006 for the HealtheVetVista project.
 
(Sec. 230) Continues through FY2006 the Department's homeless veterans' comprehensive services program.
 

Title III: Related Agencies - 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses, Army; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title IV: General Provisions - 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.

action_date: 2005-11-30
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on November 18, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Department of Defense - 
Appropriates funds for FY2006 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Naval, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; and (5) the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 and the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Account 2005.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title and in other military construction appropriations Acts.
 
(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.
 
(Sec. 118) Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriations committees on actions proposed by DOD to encourage other member nations of NATO, Japan, Korea, and U.S. allies bordering the Arabian Sea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States.
 
(Sec. 121) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated for Partnership for Peace programs in the new independent states of the former Soviet Union.
 
(Sec. 122) Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned, at least 60 days prior to issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for military family housing, to notify the appropriations committees of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage or rental payments) proposed to be made to the private party in the event of: (1) the closure or realignment of the installation for which housing is provided; (2) a reduction in force of units stationed at such installation; or (3) the extended deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.
 
(Sec. 123) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1996.
 
(Sec. 125) Prohibits any funds made available in this Act for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program from being obligated or expended for missile defense studies.
 
(Sec. 126) Requires the Secretary or any other DOD official, when requested by specified congressional subcommittees to respond to a question or inquiry pursuant to a subcommittee hearing or other authorized activity, to respond to such request within 21 days.
 
(Sec. 128) Prohibits any funds from being obligated or expended to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or at a military installation for supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, unless such project will support a new mission or function, or unless the Secretary certifies that the cost of carrying out the project would be less than the cost of canceling the project, or that another government agency will assume ownership of the completed project. Prohibits the Secretary from transferring funds made available as a result of this limitation to another account or using such funds for another purpose or project without the prior approval of the appropriations committees.
 
(Sec. 129) Makes specified funds from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 available for environmental restoration and property management and disposal at Navy installations closed or realigned under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit to the appropriations committees a plan for the use of such funds, including specific sites and work to be accomplished.
 
(Sec. 130) Requires the Secretary to submit to the appropriations committees a housing plan for Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Prohibits the use of family housing construction funds from this title at such base until both committees approve such plan or until 30 days have elapsed since both committees received such plan, whichever is earlier.
 

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs - 
Appropriates funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) readjustment benefits; (3) veterans insurance and indemnities; (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund; (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program; (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program; (7) guaranteed transitional housing loans for homeless veterans; (8) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical and prosthetic research and information technology systems); (9) the National Cemetery Administration; (10) the Office of Inspector General; (11) construction for major and minor projects; and (12) grants for the construction of State extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.
 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.
 
(Sec. 208) Directs the Department to continue, without fiscal year limitation, the Franchise Fund program (previously a pilot program).
 
(Sec. 210) Makes funds from this title available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.
 
(Sec. 211) Prohibits funds in this title from being available to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits a report which the appropriations committees approve within 30 days after receipt.
 
(Sec. 218) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans eligible under existing Department medical care requirements and who reside in Alaska to obtain medical services from facilities supported by the Indian Health Services or tribal organizations.
 
(Sec. 220) Prohibits any funds made available to the Department from being used to replace the current system for selecting and contracting for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment.
 
(Sec. 222) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the appropriations committees on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration.
 
(Sec. 223) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to retroactively or prospectively revoke or reduce an award of veteran's disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with respect to 2,100 compensation cases identified and reviewed by the Department's Inspector General, unless the award was the direct result of applicant fraud; or (2) for implementation of a specified recommendation of such Inspector General, or any related review or investigation of PTSD unemployability and schedular 100 percent ratings cases, until the Department reports to the appropriations committees on its plan for implementing such recommendation.
 
(Sec. 224) Directs the National Center on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder to collaborate with the Secretary of Defense to: (1) enhance the clinical skills of military clinicians; and (2) promote pre-deployment resilience and post-deployment readjustment among servicemembers serving in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
 
(Sec. 226) Provides for the transfer of funds from specified Department accounts for purposes of perfecting funding sources for the Department's information technology systems account.
 
(Sec. 228) Requires the Department to conduct an information campaign, in states with an average annual disability compensation payment of less than $7,300, to inform all veterans receiving disability compensation of the history of below average payments to veterans in such states, including instructions for submitting new claims and requesting review of past disability claims and ratings.
 
(Sec. 229) Earmarks funds for FY2006 for the HealtheVetVista project.
 
(Sec. 230) Continues through FY2006 the Department's homeless veterans' comprehensive services program.
 

Title III: Related Agencies - 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (3) cemeterial expenses, Army; and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 

Title IV: General Provisions - 
Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Became Public Law No: 109-114.
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Became Public Law No: 109-114.
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2005-11-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2005-11-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2005-11-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13329)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13329)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 427 - 0 (Roll no. 604).
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 427 - 0 (Roll no. 604).
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 109-305 as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10958)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the conference report, the Chair put the question on adoption of the conference report and announced that the yeas and nays were required under the rule. Pursuant to clause 8, Rule XX, further proceedings on the question of adoption of the conference report were postponed until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H10925)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Rule H. Res. 564 passed House.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2528.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Mr. Walsh brought up conference report H. Rept. 109-305 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 564. (consideration: CR H10915-10925)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 564 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 2528. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Conference report H. Rept. 109-305 filed. (text of conference report: CR 11/17/2005 H10749-10786)
action_date: 2005-11-18
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 109-305 filed.(text of conference report: CR 11/17/2005 H10749-10786)
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2005-11-03
text: The Speaker appointed conferees: Walsh, Aderholt, Northup, Simpson, Crenshaw, Young (FL), Kirk, Rehberg, Carter, Lewis (CA), Edwards, Farr, Boyd, Bishop (GA), Price (NC), Cramer, and Obey.
action_date: 2005-11-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-11-03
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2005-11-03
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H9566)
action_date: 2005-11-03
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with debate on the Obey motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to insist on the House level in order to support force protection activities in Iraq.
action_date: 2005-11-03
text: Mr. Obey moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9562-9566; text: CR H9562)
action_date: 2005-11-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-11-03
text: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-11-03
text: Mr. Walsh moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
action_date: 2005-09-26
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Measure amended in Senate after passage by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10391)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Hutchison; Burns; Craig; DeWine; Brownback; Allard; McConnell; Cochran; Feinstein; Inouye; Johnson; Landrieu; Byrd; Murray; Leahy.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 0. Record Vote Number: 243. (text: CR 9/26/2005 S10453-10459)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 0. Record Vote Number: 243.(text: CR 9/26/2005 S10453-10459)
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: The committee substitute agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10335-10360; text of measure as reported in Senate: CRS S10335-10346)
action_date: 2005-07-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169.
action_date: 2005-07-21
text: Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Hutchison with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-105.
action_date: 2005-07-21
text: Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Hutchison with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 109-105.
action_date: 2005-07-21
text: Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2005-07-19
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 425 - 1 (Roll no. 226).
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 425 - 1 (Roll no. 226).
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4117)
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2528.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Mr. Walsh moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Tiahrt amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jones (OH) amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation of a point of order was withdrawn and debate under the five-minute rule continued.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jones (OH) amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Obey amendment under the five-minute rule, pending a reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Blumenauer amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Blumenauer amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Blumenauer demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Blumenauer amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Melancon amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Melancon demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Melancon amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2528.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Charles F. Bass to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 298 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2528 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 298. (consideration: CR H4085-4114; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H4096, H4097-4098, H4099, H4100, H4103-4105; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H4105, H4106-4108; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H4108; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H4108-4109)
action_date: 2005-05-26
text: Rule H. Res. 298 passed House.
action_date: 2005-05-25
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 298 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2528 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 51.
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-95, by Mr. Walsh.
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-95, by Mr. Walsh.
action_date: 2005-05-23
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 109-114