The President enacted H.R. 2638 , the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, which included the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009, as its Division E on September 30 as P.L. 110-329 . On January 26, 2009, Representative David R. Obey, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations introduced H.R. 1 , the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which supplemented some military construction and veterans affairs appropriations accounts. The bill was signed by the President on February 17 to become P.L. 111-5 . The first portion of the " Summary and Key Issues " section of this report, " 'Economic Stimulus' Funding ," beginning on p. 2, discusses the $4.3 billion ARRA addition to military construction and veterans affairs appropriations. This second portion, " Regular Fiscal Year 2009 Appropriations ", explains the regular FY2009 appropriations bill, includes a detailed description of its legislative path, and begins on p. 9. No official committee conferences were held for either the appropriations or authorization bills before they were enacted. Rather, the appropriations bill was inserted as part of an amendment to H.R. 2638 , a Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill for FY2008 that had been passed by both chambers but never enacted. The amended bill, renamed the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act for FY2009, was subsequently passed by both houses without referral to committee and enacted. The authorization bill was passed and enacted via a different procedural route, but also without recourse to conference. The authorization bill was subject to an exchange of amendments between the houses, a method known as the "ping pong" procedure, before being cleared for the White House. The first portion of this section examines those parts of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( H.R. 1 , the ARRA, enacted on February 17, 2009, as P.L. 111-5 ) that touch on military construction and veterans affairs appropriations accounts. The section's second portion, beginning on p. 9, discusses the regular FY2009 appropriations to these same accounts enacted on September 30, 2008. On January 26, 2009, three weeks after the 111 th Congress convened, Representative David R. Obey, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, introduced H.R. 1 , the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or ARRA, also known as the "economic stimulus." Title X of the bill added funding to several military construction and veterans affairs appropriations accounts. The original bill was referred to the House Committees on Appropriations and Budget. It was brought up for consideration on the floor on January 27 ( Congressional Record , pp. H557-H583, H620-H749). After debate and amendment, H.R. 1 was passed by the Yeas and Nays, 244-188 (Roll no. 46). The Senate received the bill on January 29. It was laid before the Senate by Unanimous Consent on February 2, when Sen. Harry Reid, the Majority Leader, proposed on behalf of Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to amend H.R. 1 by substituting the text of S. 336 , the chamber's own version of the bill ( Congressional Record S1237-S1243, S1266-S1273). The Senate adopted several floor amendments before passing the bill February 10 by a vote of 61-37 (Record Vote No. 61). The House disagreed with the amendment on the same day and agreed to a conference with the Senate by the Yeas and Nays (Roll no. 54, Congressional Record H1090-H1102). The Conference Committee filed its report ( H.Rept. 111-16 , Congressional Record H1307-H1516) on February 12. The House agreed to the conference report on February 13 by the Yeas and Nays, 246-183-1 (Roll no. 70, Congressional Record H1587). In the Senate, a point of order was raised against the emergency designation of the Act that was specified in the conference report. A motion to waive was carried 60-38 (Record Vote No. 63), and the Senate agreed to the conference report by a Yea-Nay vote of 60-38 (Record Vote No. 64) on February 13 ( Congressional Record S2288-S2313). The passed bill was presented to the President on February 16, 2009 and signed the next day to become P.L. 111-5 . Title X of Division A of the versions of the ARRA passed by the House and Senate each included budget authority destined for military construction and veterans affairs appropriations accounts. The amounts recommended and enacted for these accounts are presented in Table 3 . The House and Senate versions of H.R. 1 differed not only in the allocation of funds across broad appropriations accounts, but also in their specificity on the use of funds within individual appropriations accounts. In addition, the Senate amendment to H.R. 1 and the enacted bill addressed a number of non-appropriations issues. These will be discussed in detail in the sections that follow. The House version of the bill would have appropriated $920 million, made available without time limitation for construction projects not otherwise authorized. Of this sum, $600 million would have been designated for training and recruitment troop housing (barracks), $220 million for permanent party troop housing (barracks), and $100 million for on-post child development centers. The Senate amendment would have appropriated $637.9 million to this account, available for obligation through Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, for which $84.1 million would be dedicated to child development centers, $481 million to the construction of warrior transition complexes, and $42.4 million for building and equipping medical and dental clinics. The Act appropriated $180 million, available through FY2013 for projects in the United States not otherwise authorized, with $80 million devoted to child development centers and $100 million dedicated to warrior transition complexes. In this and other military construction provisions, Congress instructed the Secretary of Defense to submit an expenditure plan for the funds provided to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of the bill's enactment. The House bill would have appropriated $350 million, again without time limitation on its obligation, of which $170 million would have built sailor and Marine housing and $180 million would have constructed child development centers. The Senate version would have appropriated $990.1 million, available through FY2013. $172.8 million of this amount would have been dedicated to child development centers, $174.3 million would have constructed barracks, $125 million would have replaced health clinics, and $494.4 million would have been used for energy conservation and alternative energy projects. The enacted version appropriated $280 million, available through FY2013 for projects in the United States not otherwise authorized. $100 million was dedicated to troop housing, $80 million was targeted at child development centers, and $100 million was to be used for energy conservation and alternative energy projects. The House would have provided $280 million without time limit for projects not otherwise authorized. $200 million of this would have been dedicated to airmen housing, and $80 million would have built child development centers. The Senate amendment would have appropriated $871.3 million to the Air Force for construction obligations through FY2013. $18.1 million would have been be dedicated to child development centers, $612.2 million would have constructed Air Force dormitories (barracks), and $138.1 million would have constructed health clinics. The enacted version appropriated $180 million available through FY2013 for projects within the United States not otherwise authorized. $100 million was designated for troop housing, and the remainder was devoted to child development centers. The House bill would have appropriated $3,750 million ($3.8 billion) for the construction of hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, without time limitation and in addition to those otherwise authorized by law. The Senate version would have provided $118.6 million to the account for use in the Energy Conservation Investment Program through FY2013. The enacted version appropriated $1,450 million ($1.4 billion), available through FY2013 for projects in the United States not otherwise authorized. Of this, $1,330 million was dedicated to the construction of hospitals, and $120 million went to the Energy Conservation Investment Program. The House bill would have added $140 million, without time limitation, for projects not otherwise authorized. The Senate bill would have appropriated $150 million, available through FY2013, for the construction of readiness centers not otherwise authorized. The enacted version appropriated $50 million, available through FY2013, for projects not otherwise authorized. The Act directed the Secretary of Defense to consult with the Director of the Army National Guard before submitting the required expenditure plan. The House bill would have appropriated $70 million without time limit for construction not otherwise authorized. The Senate bill would have provided $110 million, available through FY2013 for projects not otherwise authorized. The enacted version appropriated $50 million, available through FY2013, for construction projects not otherwise authorized. The Act directed the Secretary of Defense to consult with the Director of the Air National Guard before submitting the required expenditure plan. The House version of H.R. 1 would have appropriated $100 million, $30 million, and $60 million, respectively, to these accounts, all without time limitation, for the construction of projects not otherwise authorized. The Senate bill had no such provision. The enacted version had no such provision. The House bill contained no such appropriations.