That the following sums are
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes,
namely:
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Department of defense</header>
<appropriations-intermediate id="ID024E9F344E8849109F02F696AE8AEAC0"><header>Military construction,
army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For acquisition,
construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public
works, military installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation,
and for construction and operation of facilities in support of the functions of
the Commander in Chief, $4,051,512,000, to remain available until September 30,
2015, of which $190,000,000 shall be for trainee troop housing facilities:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That of this amount, not to exceed $259,456,000
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 obligations are necessary for such
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:<italic> Provided
further</italic>, That, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for the funds
provided for trainee troop housing
facilities.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HCC9EFAABDC6846FF8A97195A4401619F"><header>Military construction, navy and
marine corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For acquisition,
construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or permanent public
works, naval installations, 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, $3,587,376,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2015: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of this amount, not to
exceed $123,750,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and
architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of
the Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the
determination and the reasons therefor.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HE78A855C84084BCF81C8D9E0C0F88F1D"><header>Military construction, air
force</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H9B928B2D1CDE44D0B0D1AB2E6C8E8518"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For acquisition, construction, installation,
and equipment of temporary or permanent public works, military installations,
facilities, and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized by law,
$1,276,385,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That of this amount, not to exceed $73,536,000 shall
be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services,
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 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination
and the reasons therefor.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H67DC488E70BE4E448566CAB27196A32D"><header>Military construction,
defense-wide</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H588C1FF170D043389020AD215C9C24A5"><header>(including
transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of temporary or
permanent public works, installations, facilities, and real property for
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military
departments), as currently authorized by law, $2,999,612,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2015: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 Defense
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:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the amount appropriated, not to
exceed $434,217,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and
architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of
Defense 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
of the amount appropriated, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$31,863,000 shall be available for payments to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization for the planning, design, and construction of a new North Atlantic
Treaty Organization headquarters.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H2BC103691B1C487C80550749F11247C3"><header>Military construction, army
national guard</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of
facilities for the training and administration of the Army National Guard, and
contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $1,020,228,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2015, of which $60,000,000 shall be for
critical unfunded requirements: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of the amount
appropriated, not to exceed $57,182,000 shall be available for study, planning,
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the
Director of the Army National Guard determines that additional obligations are
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That, not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Army National Guard shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an
expenditure plan for the funds provided for critical unfunded
requirements.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H626986384E5D4A6492148FE25611F6C2"><header>Military construction, air
national guard</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of
facilities for the training and administration of the Air National Guard, and
contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $292,386,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2015, of which $50,000,000 shall be for
critical unfunded requirements: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of the amount
appropriated, not to exceed $21,214,000 shall be available for study, planning,
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the
Director of the Air National Guard determines that additional obligations are
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That, not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Air National Guard shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an
expenditure plan for the funds provided for critical unfunded
requirements.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H439EB2F6F7354F7DA27F8E7C00862AAF"><header>Military construction, army
reserve</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction,
acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of facilities for the
training and administration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803
of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts,
$358,325,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, of which
$30,000,000 shall be for critical unfunded requirements:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed
$26,250,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and
engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Army
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: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
That, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Chief of Army Reserve shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for the funds provided for critical
unfunded requirements.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H8166C88782794A928DDC45BC84E28440"><header>Military construction, navy
reserve</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction,
acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of facilities for the
training and administration of the reserve components of the Navy and Marine
Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and
Military Construction Authorization Acts, $91,557,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2015, of which $15,000,000 shall be for critical unfunded
requirements of the Navy Reserve and $15,000,000 shall be for critical unfunded
requirements of the Marine Forces Reserve: <italic>Provided</italic>, That of
the amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,857,000 shall be available for study,
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law,
unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obligations are
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That, not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief of Navy Reserve and the Commander,
Marine Forces Reserve shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for the funds provided for critical
unfunded requirements.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H88655B92E6C94AA29A627C3634F272DA"><header>Military construction, air force
reserve</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For construction,
acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and conversion of facilities for the
training and administration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by chapter
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction Authorization
Acts, $48,182,000, to remain available until September 30, 2015, of which
$30,000,000 shall be for critical unfunded
requirements:<italic>Provided</italic>, That of the amount appropriated, not to
exceed $2,503,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect
and engineer services, 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 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the
determination and the reasons therefor: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
That, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Chief of Air Force Reserve shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for the funds provided for critical
unfunded requirements.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H6702A9D16B9947A6AF2F262EBF17DDFE"><header>North atlantic treaty
organization</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H967F9A92EE3E400AB7564EF2530B3F65"><header>security investment
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the United States
share of the cost of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment
Program for the acquisition and construction of military facilities and
installations (including international military headquarters) and for related
expenses for the collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as
authorized by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military
Construction Authorization Acts, $258,884,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HF4EA95909A6B4A53917733C27D38031F"><header>Family housing construction,
army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of family
housing for the Army for construction, including acquisition, replacement,
addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law,
$92,369,000, to remain available until September 30,
2015.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HF6A42B83F8E24710B027321BD1B00415"><header>Family housing operation and
maintenance, army</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses
of family housing for the Army for operation and maintenance, including debt
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and
insurance premiums, as authorized by law,
$518,140,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H25AD6D1AAFF543A3804DD1E900F0E7F4"><header>Family housing construction,
navy and marine corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for construction,
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and
alteration, as authorized by law, $186,444,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2015.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H9CD770F7F4084C0EB13A0B8336F4AF61"><header>Family housing operation and
maintenance, navy and marine corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of family housing for the Navy
and Marine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt payment,
leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance
premiums, as authorized by law,
$366,346,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H6F19154D13B74BF6AA25635D8E5CFA49"><header>Family housing construction, air
force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of family
housing for the Air Force for construction, including acquisition, replacement,
addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law,
$78,025,000, to remain available until September 30,
2015.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HDF3DBB7AEBF74000B8CF80B0958DF072"><header>Family housing operation and
maintenance, air force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
expenses of family housing for the Air Force for operation and maintenance,
including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest
charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law,
$513,792,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H2F8104B8170E4B88BD712F29694FA0D3"><header>Family housing operation and
maintenance, defense-wide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies of the Department of
Defense (other than the military departments) for operation and maintenance,
leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law,
$50,464,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H970518178D154A5FABB92DF379E74E3F"><header>Department of defense family
housing improvement fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund, $1,096,000, to
remain available until expended, 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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HE5565CD5C3B14B48A4DD81AA4291AD90"><header>Homeowners assistance
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Homeowners
Assistance Fund established by section 1013 of the Demonstration Cities and
Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3374), $16,515,000,
to remain available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HD8A353C8B0D6411CAA9B1197331CBD2B"><header>Chemical demilitarization
construction, defense-wide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
expenses of construction, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chemical agents and
munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction of other
chemical warfare materials that are not in the chemical weapon stockpile, as
currently authorized by law, $124,971,000, to remain available until September
30, 2015, which shall be only for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
program.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H8115450194314FBC981DE6D555F86B15"><header>Department of defense base
closure account 1990</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990, established
by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
(10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $460,474,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H73996A276C7C42589C4A2443B9562445"><header>Department of defense base
closure account 2005</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005, established
by section 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990
(10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $2,354,285,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That the Department of Defense shall notify the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to
obligating an amount for a construction project that exceeds or reduces the
amount identified for that project in the most recently submitted budget
request for this account by 20 percent or $2,000,000, whichever is less:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That the previous proviso shall not apply to
projects costing less than $5,000,000, except for those projects not previously
identified in any budget submission for this account and exceeding the minor
construction threshold under section 2805 of title 10, United States
Code.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HF19453A0F1AF483D99428C576639AA08"><header>Administrative
provisions</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><section id="ID3D2A8336DE924E9698E7AD55A07345DA"><enum>101.</enum><text>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 exceed
$25,000, to be performed within the United States, except Alaska, without the
specific approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the
reasons therefor.</text>
</section><section id="H0892C42C2E5047A398D3C53A9D40606A"><enum>102.</enum><text>Funds made
available in this title for construction shall be available for hire of
passenger motor vehicles.</text>
</section><section id="ID09833B0F5BC44017AF1E45F8A3A16FCF"><enum>103.</enum><text>Funds made
available in this title for construction may be used for advances to the
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, for the
construction of access roads as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United
States Code, when projects authorized therein are certified as important to the
national defense by the Secretary of Defense.</text>
</section><section id="ID873E31024453420CAE404E8149B703A5"><enum>104.</enum><text>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.</text>
</section><section id="ID189BB0727DBA49E4A742CA6E8A269AD3"><enum>105.</enum><text>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 Engineering 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 General; (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.</text>
</section><section id="ID3A879B3F0FB743D88E879C3E56521CAC"><enum>106.</enum><text>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 in annual Acts making
appropriations for military construction.</text>
</section><section id="IDDBC1874716464F5FA6F4395E90F18B59"><enum>107.</enum><text>None of the
funds made available in this title for minor construction may be used to
transfer or relocate any activity from one base or installation to another,
without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress.</text>
</section><section id="ID8FC4F59EFF4A4CA69EBFEADA3C4F3E38"><enum>108.</enum><text>None of the
funds made available in this title may be used for the procurement of steel for
any construction project or activity for which American steel producers,
fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for
such steel procurement.</text>
</section><section id="ID2DD267D20D474E389ED25917B12DD3C6"><enum>109.</enum><text>None of the
funds available to the Department of Defense for military construction or
family housing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real property
taxes in any foreign nation.</text>
</section><section id="ID1DEE5FC4C1494F9FBC822A32EB320495"><enum>110.</enum><text>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 Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress.</text>
</section><section id="ID2C812EB33F994C35B6DE91A3B9C138A9"><enum>111.</enum><text>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 within the United States Central Command Area of
Responsibility, unless such contracts are awarded to United States firms or
United States firms in joint venture with host nation firms.</text>
</section><section id="H5BEDDBCDB7AD4D8F96D2B217D9A08BF0"><enum>112.</enum><text>None of the funds
made available in this title for military construction in the United States
territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in
countries within the United States Central Command Area of Responsibility, may
be used to award any contract estimated by the Government to exceed $1,000,000
to a foreign contractor: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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
responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That this section shall not apply to
contract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the
lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese
contractor.</text>
</section><section id="HEEE08C2A86AF44A88A1DBB01553BDE24"><enum>113.</enum><text>The Secretary of
Defense is to inform the appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress,
including the Committees on Appropriations, of the plans and scope of any
proposed military exercise involving United States personnel 30 days prior to
its occurring, if amounts expended for construction, either temporary or
permanent, are anticipated to exceed $100,000.</text>
</section><section id="H25C0B181258F4D0AA186FC9ED2B1CF72"><enum>114.</enum><text>Not more than 20
percent of the funds made available in this title which are limited for
obligation during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last
two months of the fiscal year.</text>
</section><section id="HFC2A13E31FC746A68CB5E7D0C480A692"><enum>115.</enum><text>Funds
appropriated to the Department of Defense for construction in prior years shall
be available for construction authorized for each such military department by
the authorizations enacted into law during the current session of
Congress.</text>
</section><section id="H0771A77D0A6646A9820132165B6344F8"><enum>116.</enum><text>For military
construction or family housing projects that are being completed with funds
otherwise expired 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.</text>
</section><section id="H2AF9876EFF86412881F72A2614F5F88B"><enum>117.</enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, any funds made available to a military department
or defense 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
increased pursuant to law.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H45E654AE1BDA4AEAB01964CBC55A1158"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H84993D575BA94E839458DC33CCEBF8D1"><enum>118.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any other transfer authority
available to the Department of Defense, proceeds deposited to the Department of
Defense Base Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) of the Defense
Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 U.S.C. 2687
note) pursuant to section 207(a)(2)(C) of such Act, may be transferred to the
account established by section 2906(a)(1) of the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), to be merged with, and to be
available for the same purposes and the same time period as that
account.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H0280C043A21B49A7916BD5AA5274AD5E"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H4B81806685274125A20F1FC1CE1AEF63"><enum>119.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 <quote>Family Housing</quote> 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 Department of Defense
Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for
construction of military unaccompanied housing in <quote>Military
Construction</quote> 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: <italic>Provided</italic>, That appropriations made available to
the Funds shall be available 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 acquiring and improving military family housing, military unaccompanied
housing, and supporting facilities.</text>
</section><section id="H140AE3F52C264DBC9A79599482FA1E61" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>120.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H32EFA185E81140F79B08148B3594C167"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Not later than 60 days
before issuing any solicitation for a contract with the private sector for
military family housing the Secretary of the military department concerned
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the
notice described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1771313E388D48668F08B29CB0B04C85"><enum>(b)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6EAA1EC0D6484E87951B582D858897AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A notice referred to in
subsection (a) is a notice of any guarantee (including the making of mortgage
or rental payments) proposed to be made by the Secretary to the private party
under the contract involved in the event of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3D788AB2631C464BA5334DFD7081523D" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the closure or realignment of the
installation for which housing is provided under the contract;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97EF3AD7326142D587FE831E8551B299" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a reduction in
force of units stationed at such installation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAECB13AEC4244610AFA157D4F846C285" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extended
deployment overseas of units stationed at such installation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H068C30ED21B144ADB8DAAF888CFF4CF2" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each notice under this subsection
shall specify the nature of the guarantee involved and assess the extent and
likelihood, if any, of the liability of the Federal Government with respect to
the guarantee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-small id="H6C8CF2B6E63E4C148888CE27AB09C802"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small><section id="H9F8E13C1A2204ACBB998F309B6681EB1"><enum>121.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any other transfer authority
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from the
accounts established by sections 2906(a)(1) and 2906A(a)(1) of the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), 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.</text>
</section><section id="H98BB299FA97640A5930B5F5A37DE1DE6"><enum>122.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds made available in this title for operation and maintenance 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:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent
annually 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 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 submission:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, 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.</text>
</section><section id="H865F3D5A3BE446C180ADD95116EAE8C7"><enum>123.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts contained in the Ford Island
Improvement 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 pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section.</text>
</section><section id="H823CE3B346974508A81B47AE36A006BC"><enum>124.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
title, or in any Act making appropriations for military construction which
remain available for obligation, may be 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
the purposes of supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to
another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note),
unless such a project at a military installation approved for realignment will
support a continuing mission or function at that installation or a new mission
or function that is planned for that installation, or unless the Secretary of
Defense certifies that the cost to the United States of carrying out such
project would be less than the cost to the United States of cancelling such
project, or if the project is at an active component base that shall be
established as an enclave or in the case of projects having multi-agency use,
that another Government agency has indicated it will assume ownership of the
completed project. The Secretary of Defense may not transfer funds made
available as a result of this limitation from any military construction
project, land acquisition, or family housing project to another account or use
such funds for another purpose or project without the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. This section shall not
apply to military construction projects, land acquisition, or family housing
projects for which the project is vital to the national security or the
protection of health, safety, or environmental quality:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the
congressional defense committees within seven days of a decision to carry out
such a military construction project.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H010AA6639730454AA2032F3AB4786E96"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="HA3BE9851F6FD44B08E71F5583978A78C"><enum>125.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the 5-year period after
appropriations 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 obligations incurred during the period
of availability of such appropriations, unobligated balances of such
appropriations may be transferred into the appropriation <quote>Foreign
Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense</quote>, to be merged with and to
be available for the same time period and for the same purposes as the
appropriation to which transferred.</text>
</section><section id="H462C4541E0F84BF4B275403E79681C47"><enum>126.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this title may be used for any action that is related to or
promotes the expansion of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver
Site, Colorado.</text>
</section><section id="HF6CB2EF474BA480899202286CC35A1A1"><enum>127.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available in an account funded under the headings in this title may be
transferred among projects and activities within the account in accordance with
the reprogramming guidelines for military construction and family housing
construction contained in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives to accompany this bill and in the guidance for
military construction reprogrammings and notifications contained in Department
of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of
December 1996, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Department of veterans affairs</header>
<appropriations-intermediate id="IDF1FC8500CCA44AF2982B212A9B18C51E"><header>Veterans Benefits
Administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H28C2B4A56282401B89ABB1F6D6EF0496"><header>Compensation and
pensions</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H035E74D8D404405A8D3B3C94E5B41849"><header>(including
transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the
payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and a pilot
program for disability examinations 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, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on
commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV
of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for
other benefits as authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code,
$53,492,234,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>,
That not to exceed $30,423,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
shall be reimbursed to <quote>General operating expenses</quote>,
<quote>Medical support and compliance</quote>, and <quote>Information
technology systems</quote> for necessary 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 <quote>Compensation
and pensions</quote> appropriation: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be
reimbursed to <quote>Medical care collections fund</quote> to augment the
funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to
pensioners as authorized.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H07FB15160B4E4D139BA230212A101204"><header>Readjustment
benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of
title 38, United States Code, $10,440,245,000, to remain available until
expended: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H8F1342C5C10F4399BBE581A2248B993A"><header>Veterans
insurance and indemnities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, servicemen's
indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and veterans mortgage life
insurance as authorized by title 38, United States Code, chapters 19 and 21,
$62,589,000, to remain available until expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HBE25A18341144E4F802D8580A83BE15F"><header>Veterans
housing benefit program fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That during fiscal year 2011,
within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for
direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$163,646,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HCE84943256314714844B7C4206C9EEE5"><header>Vocational
rehabilitation loans program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the cost of direct loans, $48,000, as
authorized by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds made available under
this heading are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,042,000.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition, for administrative expenses
necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $337,000, which may be paid to
the appropriation for <quote>General operating
expenses</quote>.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H4D62B41B7117465E8E754274EF94EE42"><header>Native
american veteran housing loan program account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For administrative expenses to carry out the
direct loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38,
United States Code, $707,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HB36F00A2860A4EA2A7B792F33F07F7A5"><header>Veterans health
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HC5B6BEB95970464DADCC79D283BC0158"><header>Medical
services</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H8DFEC4C72B1348A2B2815F3575BA52BD"><header>(including
transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and
outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans
Affairs and veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States
Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of
the Department, and including medical supplies and equipment, food services,
and salaries and expenses of health care employees hired under title 38, United
States Code, aid to State homes as authorized by section 1741 of title 38,
United States Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as
authorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, and loan
repayments authorized by section 604 of Public Law 111–163, $39,649,985,000,
plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2011, and shall
remain available until September 30, 2012: <italic>Provided</italic>, That, of
the amount made available under this heading $1,015,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2013: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall establish a priority for the provision of medical treatment for veterans
who have service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the
provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1
through 6: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the
dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities
to enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based on requirements
established by the Secretary: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the
implementation of the program described in the previous proviso shall incur no
additional cost to the Department of Veterans
Affairs.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HF21CCD23CFCC4D1F94D0EDF7ED2B2E2B"><header>Medical
support and compliance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, hospital, nursing
home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research activities, as authorized
by law; administrative 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.); $5,535,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on
October 1, 2011, and shall remain available until September 30, 2012:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That, of the amount made available under this
heading, $145,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2013.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H0099245F179749BB92D220FFD263FB4D"><header>Medical
facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses for the maintenance and operation of hospitals, nursing homes, and
domiciliary facilities and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health
Administration; for administrative expenses in support of planning, design,
project management, real property acquisition and disposition, construction,
and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the
Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or providing
facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the
Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of
temporary employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; and
for laundry services, $5,426,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become
available on October 1, 2011, and shall remain available until September 30,
2012: <italic>Provided</italic>, That, of the amount made available under this
heading, $145,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That, of the amount available for fiscal
year 2012, $130,000,000 for non-recurring maintenance shall be allocated in a
manner not subject to the Veterans Equitable Resource
Allocation.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H13BC0C8B220248C8BD4DDF52FE406751"><header>Medical
and prosthetic research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and prosthetic research
and development as authorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code,
$590,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available until September 30,
2012.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H4836DB5E22FE4B04BC5B0C8C4960D599"><header>National cemetery
administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses of the National Cemetery Administration 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 National Cemetery Administration, $259,004,000, of which
not to exceed $24,200,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2012.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H48B33DFC04DD44AC8669D91F66CD9D02"><header>Departmental
administration</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HF6B0DB6767D94CCDAFBCA28E60323FF4"><header>General
operating expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not
otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses in support of
Department-wide capital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms,
or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of
the General Services Administration for security guard services, and the
Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $2,601,389,000
(reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000) (reduced by $100,000)
(increased by $100,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by $50,000)
(increased by $50,000) (reduced by $150,000) (increased by $150,000):
<italic>Provided</italic>, 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 Affairs 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:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Veterans Benefits Administration
shall be funded at not less than $2,162,776,000: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That of the funds made available under this heading, not to
exceed $111,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2012:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That from the funds made available under
this heading, the Veterans Benefits Administration may purchase (on a
one-for-one replacement basis only) up to two passenger motor vehicles for use
in operations of that Administration in Manila, Philippines: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$10,000,000 shall be available to increase the number of Department of Veterans
Affairs employees who administer benefits under chapter 31 of title 38, United
States Code: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the funds made
available under this heading, $8,000,000 shall be available to fund the
adaptive sports grant program under section 521A of title 38, United States
Code, and $2,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 322 of title 38,
United States Code.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HF8056E1ED3834A4F8F475B28AB41B333"><header>Information technology
systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses
for information technology systems and telecommunications support, including
developmental information systems and operational information systems; for pay
and associated costs; and for the capital asset acquisition of information
technology systems, including management and related contractual costs of said
acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with operations authorized
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $3,222,000,000, plus
reimbursements, shall remain available until September 30, 2012:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That none of the funds made available under this
heading may be obligated until the Department of Veterans Affairs submits to
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and such
Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital planning
and investment control review requirements established by the Office of
Management and Budget; (2) complies with the Department of Veterans Affairs
enterprise architecture; (3) conforms with an established enterprise life cycle
methodology; and (4) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements,
guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal
Government: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a
reprogramming base letter which sets forth, by project, the operations and
maintenance costs, with salary expenses separately designated, and development
costs to be carried out utilizing amounts made available under this
heading.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H008CC077F54D4254A1DFF78AE4A1255C"><header>Office of
inspector general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to include information
technology, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978
(5 U.S.C. App.), $115,367,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2012.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H4BDADBC74FFB479C81AFFA91CFDD2F76"><header>Construction, major
projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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,
8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code,
including planning, architectural and engineering services, construction
management 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 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 available in a previous major project
appropriation, $1,166,036,000 (increased by $10,000,000), to remain available
until expended, of which $6,000,000 shall be to make reimbursements as provided
in section 13 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 612) for claims
paid for contract disputes: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 investment
strategy studies funded through the advance planning fund and the planning and
design activities funded through the design fund, including needs assessments
which may or may not lead to capital investments, and salaries and associated
costs of the resident engineers who oversee those capital investments funded
through this account, and funds provided for the purchase of land for the
National Cemetery Administration through the land acquisition line item, none
of the funds made available under this heading shall be used for any project
which has not been approved by the Congress in the budgetary process:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That funds made available under this heading
for fiscal year 2011, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the
awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, 2011; and (2) by
the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2012: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written report
on any approved major construction project for which obligations are not
incurred within the time limitations established
above.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H62F09D480AFC43CCA4A5A9A59E5731AF"><header>Construction, minor
projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For constructing,
altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities, including parking
projects, under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans
Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital
investments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee
period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system
construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth
in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, 8122, and 8162
of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is equal
to or less than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38,
United States Code, $507,700,000, to remain available until expended, along
with unobligated balances of previous <quote>Construction, minor
projects</quote> 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: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the funds made available under this
heading, $162,734,000 shall be for renewable energy projects at Department of
Veterans Affairs medical facility campuses pursuant to section 8103 of title
38, United States Code.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="HB8628B17A6FF4A30AAA27815C4CC4AA9"><header>Grants for
construction of state extended care facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants to assist States to acquire or
construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, 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, $85,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H3CC412EC29904E5EB8F18BFC2F407552"><header>Grants for
construction of state veterans cemeteries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For grants to assist States in establishing,
expanding, or improving State veterans cemeteries as authorized by section 2408
of title 38, United States Code, $46,000,000, to remain available until
expended.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HE626BC2207CF402E9C6E7D2FE3A7CD52"><header>Administrative
provisions</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HBF27C6E01C754451ABFCA9FE29E901A7"><header>(including
transfer of funds)</header>
</appropriations-small><section id="H52366C2AFDB44AFAA3A1FAC63D77B63E"><enum>201.</enum><text>Any appropriation
for fiscal year 2011 for <quote>Compensation and pensions</quote>,
<quote>Readjustment benefits</quote>, and <quote>Veterans insurance and
indemnities</quote> may be transferred as necessary to any other of the
mentioned appropriations: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30
days has elapsed.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H8942DE86FAAD4533A54EB5B97DF0015F"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="HDFCB2429C7164827B2E26BF6F16D8F64"><enum>202.</enum><text>Amounts made
available for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2011, in this
Act or any other Act, under the <quote>Medical services</quote>, <quote>Medical
support and compliance</quote>, and <quote>Medical facilities</quote> accounts
may be transferred among the accounts: <italic>Provided</italic>, That any
transfers between the <quote>Medical services</quote> and <quote>Medical
support and compliance</quote> 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 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the amount and
purpose of the transfer: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That any transfers
between the <quote>Medical services</quote> and <quote>Medical support and
compliance</quote> 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: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That any transfers to or from the <quote>Medical
facilities</quote> account 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.</text>
</section><section id="H66C37C36894940FC9C8667537912CB0A"><enum>203.</enum><text>Appropriations
available in this title for salaries and expenses shall be available for
services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, hire of
passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land or both; and uniforms or
allowances therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5,
United States Code.</text>
</section><section id="H4A43EC89774D4E609EA34BBED4E869EA"><enum>204.</enum><text>No
appropriations in this title (except the appropriations for
<quote>Construction, major projects</quote>, and <quote>Construction, minor
projects</quote>) shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward
the construction of any new hospital or home.</text>
</section><section id="H024E39F4F286422FB66D995DE6FEE40E"><enum>205.</enum><text>No
appropriations in this title shall be available for hospitalization or
examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled to such
hospitalization or examination under the laws providing such benefits to
veterans, 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 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement of the
cost of such hospitalization or examination is made to the <quote>Medical
services</quote> account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.</text>
</section><section id="H64918A83CDAC4E469439AFBCBBF0B6DB"><enum>206.</enum><text>Appropriations
available in this title for <quote>Compensation and pensions</quote>,
<quote>Readjustment benefits</quote>, and <quote>Veterans insurance and
indemnities</quote> shall be available 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 2010.</text>
</section><section id="H97AF3C864FE34483A27A6991EF8DE021"><enum>207.</enum><text>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
<quote>Compensation and pensions</quote>.</text>
<appropriations-small id="HBC4967DCC9DC4FBD9CA36386FBB1DA56"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="HE06D290A0B07467E98DF10944E0F6442"><enum>208.</enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2011, 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 <quote>General operating expenses</quote> and
<quote>Information technology systems</quote> accounts for the cost of
administration of the insurance programs financed through those accounts:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That reimbursement shall be made only from the
surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year
2011 that are available for dividends in that program after claims have been
paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That if the cost of administration of such an insurance
program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program,
reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such surplus earnings:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary shall determine the cost
of administration for fiscal year 2011 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.</text>
</section><section id="H77B7908CBE6C4B9FA1C2C951F292A01F"><enum>209.</enum><text>Amounts deducted
from enhanced-use lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred
by that account during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease
services, may be obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds are
received.</text>
<appropriations-small id="HEDF1182914894201BC289A2F6EB45742"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H123EFCDB9DFC4F03B23E49DF8F13D8A0"><enum>210.</enum><text>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 Employment Discrimination
Complaint Adjudication under section 319 of title 38, United States Code, for
all services provided at rates which will recover actual costs but not exceed
$35,794,000 for the Office of Resolution Management and $3,354,000 for the
Office of Employment and Discrimination Complaint Adjudication:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That payments may be made in advance for services to
be furnished based on estimated costs: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
amounts received shall be credited to the <quote>General operating
expenses</quote> and <quote>Information technology systems</quote> accounts for
use by the office that provided the service.</text>
</section><section id="H53E9CCF707644E38B44AF0C76BB4B03D"><enum>211.</enum><text>No
appropriations in this title shall be available to enter into any new lease of
real property if the estimated annual rental cost is more than $1,000,000,
unless the Secretary submits a report which the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress approve within 30 days following the date on which the
report is received.</text>
</section><section id="H5206250163A34090AF806F2218B5E8C5"><enum>212.</enum><text>No
funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospital
care, nursing home care, or medical services provided to any person under
chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-service-connected
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: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
That any amounts so recovered for care or services provided in a prior fiscal
year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts
are received.</text>
<appropriations-small id="HEA97B6033E81492CBB63395C4EF47088"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="HCF4BC951BBC1406789BBA0EFA2AB9D10"><enum>213.</enum><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use
leasing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into the
<quote>Construction, major projects</quote> and <quote>Construction, minor
projects</quote> accounts and be used for construction (including site
acquisition and disposition), alterations, and improvements 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
<quote>Construction, major projects</quote> and <quote>Construction, minor
projects</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD408FE6E72D9466FB669F96B113BC6AD"><enum>214.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available under <quote>Medical
services</quote> are available—</text>
<paragraph id="HBDAD53EF4CF34502AF4F5D14B2DD82D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for furnishing
recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0FD1430B01147CE996F9AE1010F4473"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for funeral
expenses, burial expenses, and other expenses incidental to funerals and
burials for beneficiaries receiving care in the Department.</text>
</paragraph></section><appropriations-small id="HC707E2F43D5B45589D2D14B1837227FF"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small><section id="H8D7FB47F028149C2AAC34F48C7B54BF5"><enum>215.</enum><text>Such sums as may
be deposited to the Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of
title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to <quote>Medical
services</quote>, to remain available until expended for the purposes of that
account.</text>
</section><section id="HCBE851A506D541348C8FC28B30DEF222"><enum>216.</enum><text>The Secretary of
Veterans Affairs may enter into agreements with Indian tribes and tribal
organizations which are party to the Alaska Native Health Compact with the
Indian Health Service, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations serving rural
Alaska which have entered into contracts with the Indian Health Service under
the Indian Self Determination and Educational Assistance Act, to provide
healthcare, including behavioral health and dental care. The Secretary shall
require participating veterans and facilities to comply with all appropriate
rules and regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term <quote>rural
Alaska</quote> shall mean those lands sited within the external boundaries of
the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 7(a)(1)–(4) and (7)–(12) of the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1606), and those
lands within the Alaska Native regions specified in sections 7(a)(5) and
7(a)(6) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C.
1606), which are not within the boundaries of the Municipality of Anchorage,
the Fairbanks North Star Borough, the Kenai Peninsula Borough or the Matanuska
Susitna Borough.</text>
<appropriations-small id="HB00DADCA20AD45E0B27208B2105E525E"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="HA936E105E449452DB745FA31A354D49B"><enum>217.</enum><text>Such sums as may
be deposited to the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant
to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the
<quote>Construction, major projects</quote> and <quote>Construction, minor
projects</quote> accounts, to remain available until expended for the purposes
of these accounts.</text>
</section><section id="HE49F5F7A220041DB87BB208032D017C2"><enum>218.</enum><text>None of the funds
made available in this title may be used to implement any policy prohibiting
the Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks from conducting
outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans within their respective
Networks.</text>
</section><section id="H667AFEFB342242719F803674475CC5EB"><enum>219.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a
quarterly report on the financial status of the Veterans Health
Administration.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H429BD4F5C2F14FB5AF657AAFBFEE3990"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="HBEA748F82AE74CA7886D14DE3B939147"><enum>220.</enum><text>Amounts made
available under the <quote>Medical services</quote>, <quote>Medical support and
compliance</quote>, <quote>Medical facilities</quote>, <quote>General operating
expenses</quote>, and <quote>National Cemetery Administration</quote> accounts
for fiscal year 2011, may be transferred to or from the <quote>Information
technology systems</quote> account: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 an approval is issued.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H36F0147F014A422089DCBA7F20B40006"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H8397F9331AFE4A2DB5DEAEB31281DC4C"><enum>221.</enum><text>Amounts made
available for the <quote>Information technology systems</quote> account may be
transferred between projects: <italic>Provided</italic>, That no project may be
increased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a
request to the Committees 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.</text>
</section><section id="H46C91E2E0479489CB7F0941879CA97DB"><enum>222.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Veterans
Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with—</text>
<paragraph id="HE74EF8FBA38A4075A2BEC6CC3E6BD59A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 842 of the
Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the
District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public
Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2506); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA34850A300749EA9A727198A29E2B7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 8110(a)(5)
of title 38, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H446E424B324D474C8EEDF0FA023D5ED5"><enum>223.</enum><text>Of
the amounts made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal
year 2011, in this Act or any other Act, under the <quote>Medical
facilities</quote> account for non-recurring maintenance, not more than 20
percent of the funds made available shall be obligated during the last 2 months
of that fiscal year: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary may waive
this requirement after providing written notice to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</text>
</section><section id="H2ADD358CB28447BAB3F2F84506F9BFD8"><enum>224.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise
made available by this title, the Secretary may execute $5,000,000 for
cooperative agreements with State and local government entities or their
designees with a demonstrated record of serving veterans to conduct outreach to
ensure that veterans in underserved areas receive the care and benefits for
which they are eligible.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H481BA9FE2FBC4A9BBD929FB63A43B02A"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H56BCDC69598C480F857ADCA7E28447E4"><enum>225.</enum><text>Of the amounts
appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs in this Act, and any other
Act, for <quote>Medical services</quote>, <quote>Medical support and
compliance</quote>, <quote>Medical facilities</quote>, <quote>Construction,
minor projects</quote>, and <quote>Information technology systems</quote>, such
sums as may be necessary, plus reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint
Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility
Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of title XVII of division A of
Public Law 111–84, and shall be available to fund operations of the integrated
Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the North
Chicago Veteran Affairs Medical Center, and Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and
supporting facilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility as
described by Section 706 of Public Law 110–417.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H9A1D4BB2E72A42FAAA3135FFEEC8A077"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="HF724FC1EAD7143888DF80C9A5EB84FAD"><enum>226.</enum><text>Such sums as may
be deposited to the Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of
title 38, United States Code, for health care provided at the Captain James A.
Lovell Federal Health Care Center may be transferred to the Joint Department of
Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund,
established by section 1704 of title XVII of division A of Public Law 111–84,
and shall be available to fund operations of the integrated Captain James A.
Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Veteran
Affairs Medical Center, and Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting
facilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility as described by
section 1706 of Public Law 110–417.</text>
<appropriations-small id="HAF1FB7E09CCE450A9C5098697B491CD7"><header>(including transfer of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section id="H8874106AF3C74296A9C64F3E1D832551"><enum>227.</enum><text>Of the amounts
available in this title for <quote>Medical services</quote>, <quote>Medical
support and compliance</quote>, and <quote>Medical facilities</quote>, a
minimum of $15,000,000, shall be transferred to the Department of
Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs 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 section 8111 of title
38, United States Code.</text>
<appropriations-small id="H5F4C84BD1191478D88968D56B821E7BC"><header>(including rescission of
funds)</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB81746638851441D8FF15B75B0D0D4FC"><enum>228.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8D72847DF4D24EE88FBE0FDD6E17FAA2"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds appropriated in the Military
Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
(Public Law 111–117, Division E), the following amounts which become available
on October 1, 2010 are hereby permanently cancelled from the accounts in the
amounts specified:</text>
<list level="paragraph" list-type="none">
<list-item><quote>Medical services</quote>, Department of
Veterans Affairs, $1,015,000,000; </list-item>
<list-item><quote>Medical support and compliance</quote>,
Department of Veterans Affairs, $145,000,000; and</list-item>
<list-item><quote>Medical facilities</quote>, Department of
Veterans Affairs, $145,000,000.</list-item></list>
</subsection><subsection id="H5A48652478DB48EAA63CF042C3D27351"><enum>(b)</enum><text>An additional
amount is appropriated to the following accounts in the amounts specified, to
become available on October 1, 2010 and to remain available until September 30,
2012:</text>
<list level="paragraph" list-type="none">
<list-item><quote>Medical services</quote>, Department of
Veterans Affairs, $1,015,000,000;</list-item>
<list-item><quote>Medical support and compliance</quote>,
Department of Veterans Affairs, $145,000,000; and </list-item>
<list-item><quote>Medical facilities</quote>, Department of
Veterans Affairs, $145,000,000.</list-item></list>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFFFDC4B8EEF745EF9D87A613CD866162" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>229.</enum><text>For an additional
amount for the <quote>General operating expenses</quote> account, $23,584,000,
to increase the Department's acquisition workforce capacity and capabilities:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That such funds may be transferred by the Secretary
to any other account in the Department to carry out the purposes provided
herein: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such transfer authority is in
addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That such funds shall be available only to supplement and not
to supplant existing acquisition workforce activities: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That such funds shall be available for training, recruitment,
retention, and hiring additional members of the acquisition workforce as
defined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C.
401 et seq.): <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such funds shall be
available for information technology in support of acquisition workforce
effectiveness or for management solutions to improve acquisition
management.</text>
</section><section id="H7257831F7FB349A38A63D1E91F6E337B"><enum>230.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Department of Veterans
Affairs shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress within 30 days of enactment of this Act the planned funding allocation
from each of the Veterans Health Administration accounts to the National
Reserve Fund and any subsequent increase in these allocations of ten percent or
more: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees
of any planned obligation of the National Reserve Fund fifteen days before such
obligation takes place, as well as the intended use of the funds.</text>
</section><section id="H25E03BDC8F91476F9CA460097AE551AB"><enum>231.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Department of Veterans
Affairs shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress of all bid savings in major construction projects that total at least
$5,000,000, or five percent of the programmed amount, whichever is less:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That such notification shall occur within 14 days
after the date on which funds are obligated.</text>
</section><section id="HEEEB88F2DB7E47F2ACB5DF10315DFE48"><enum>232.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The scope of work for a project included in
<quote>Construction, major projects</quote>, may not be increased above the
scope specified for that project in the original justification data provided to
the Congress as part of the request for appropriations, without prior
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</section><section id="H4A14892624CA4C8680A0D795F31ACEE3"><enum>233.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts made available for fiscal
year 2011 for <quote>Medical Facilities</quote> in Public Law 111–117,
$162,734,000 shall be available for renewable energy projects at the Department
of Veterans Affairs medical facility campuses subject to section 8103 of title
38, United States Code.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Related agencies</header>
<appropriations-intermediate id="H48D57BA833314B87A37592DCE6D203BE"><header>American battle monuments
commission</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HE28357BD6C734C20B93CCEA964C63506"><header>Salaries
and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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 replacement 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, $65,667,000, to remain available until expended:
<italic>Provided</italic>, That of the amount made available under this
heading, $1,000,000 shall be for improvements and rehabilitation of the Bataan
Death March Memorial at the Cabanatuan American Memorial in the
Philippines.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="HCBF086631005468EB375BC17E03C2EF4"><header>Foreign currency fluctuations
account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HC8DF94F16982474CA79A2530B6DA15EE"><header>United states court of appeals
for veterans claims</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H60706F710C6440A38705DA5C5803BB9E"><header>Salaries
and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $90,147,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, That, of the foregoing amount,
$62,000,000 shall be transferred to the General Services Administration for the
construction of a courthouse to house the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That $2,515,229 shall be
available for the purpose of providing financial assistance as described, and
in accordance with the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this
heading in Public Law 102–229.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H59D9877F36F64CFEB0AF9E221FD68144"><header>
Department of Defense - Civil</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HE4211E2800F94E829A07E8A70B6433DC"><header>Cemeterial expenses,
Army</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HCA62F63949074296A0FBA87B9E066F5E"><header>Salaries
and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary
expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, operation, and improvement of
Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery,
including the purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,
and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
$39,600,000, to remain available until expended: <italic>Provided</italic>,
That none of the funds available under this heading shall be for construction
of a perimeter wall at Arlington National Cemetery. In addition, such sums as
may be necessary for parking maintenance, repairs and replacement, to be
derived from the Lease of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense
Agencies account.</text><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Funds
appropriated under this Act may be provided to Arlington County, Virginia, for
the relocation of the federally-owned water main at Arlington National Cemetery
making additional land available for ground
burials.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H1559793E9F7A45FE883D46D1957D2ADB"><header>Armed forces retirement
home</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HE54C7F6A0F284689AF459259C2A9B542"><header>Trust
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary
for the Armed Forces Retirement Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces
Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces
Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in the
Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $71,200,000, of which $2,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for construction and renovation of the physical
plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia,
and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport,
Mississippi.</text>
</appropriations-small><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">Overseas contingency operations</header>
<appropriations-intermediate id="HB4D5BA23354C4089B2853CDF5B654C7F"><header>Department of
defense</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H7E1182B4A31F47A1A4A2253F6B547191"><header>Military construction,
army</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H1D4A5C0291B4477FAB89C1D5768A274E"><header>(including
transfer of funds)</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small id="H452B916A88A84CA880E418C4E63A04D1"><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for <quote>Military
Construction, Army</quote>, $929,996,000, to remain available until September
30, 2013: <italic>Provided</italic>, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, such funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and
design and military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the amount appropriated, $10,000,000
shall be transferred to <quote>Department of Defense — Other Department of
Defense Programs — Office of the Inspector General</quote>, to be merged with
and to be available for the same time period as the appropriation to which
transferred, for the purpose of carrying out audits of military construction
projects in Afghanistan: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That this transfer
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the
Department of Defense.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate id="H8927DBC856594F82AF95E2C4EF505078"><header>Military construction, air
force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount
for <quote>Military Construction, Air Force</quote>, $280,504,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2013: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and
expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects
not otherwise authorized by law.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="HE2A61F19A8EC4D28853FC35BD0007ED4"><header>Military construction,
defense-wide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional
amount for <quote>Military Construction, Defense-Wide</quote>, $46,500,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2013: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated and
expended to carry out planning and design and military construction projects
not otherwise authorized by law.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate id="H510697CF28A24098BC9AE9EBEFAE4A2A"><header>Administrative
provisions</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><section id="H813F25D81AF04F3B94992AC6015C6A22"><enum>401.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless otherwise specified, each amount in
this title is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet
emergency needs pursuant to sections 403(a) and 423(b) of S. Con. Res. 13
(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2010.</text>
</section><section id="H07E19DC62F2044FF9CB7A2034596F77C"><enum>402.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, unless such contracts are awarded to United
States firms or United States firms in joint venture with host nation firms.</text>
</section><section id="H54B0F0D061A14247B375CC15C87A0059"><enum>403.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
title may be used to award any contract estimated by the Government to exceed
$1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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 responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20
percent: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the Secretary of Defense may
waive the limitation imposed by this section upon a determination that such
limitation is inconsistent with national security:
<italic>Provided</italic><italic>further</italic>, That the Secretary of
Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress no later than five days following a decision to waive the limitation
imposed in this section.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header display-inline="no-display-inline">General provisions</header>
<section id="ID1B2872B919A542888A85369E306A465E"><enum>501.</enum><text>No part of any
appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation
beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</text>
</section><section id="ID2D4A60DDB74E47589CCBAC74495B7291"><enum>502.</enum><text>Such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2011 for pay raises for programs funded by this
Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.</text>
</section><section id="IDA22F13D14D4A4370A1C6AAD05A7F8735"><enum>503.</enum><text>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.</text>
</section><section id="IDC86DD2948C294D26A2C79C06D11BC0AA"><enum>504.</enum><text>No part of any
funds appropriated in this Act shall be used by an agency of the executive
branch, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation,
distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio,
television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before Congress, except in presentation to Congress itself.</text>
</section><section id="ID19FEDAEA592A404F891750EF7DD426EA"><enum>505.</enum><text>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
<quote>E-Commerce</quote> technologies and procedures in the conduct of their
business practices and public service activities.</text>
</section><section id="ID375A7FA5F610490587D7BB0BEF86A2C7"><enum>506.</enum><text>None of the
funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency,
or instrumentality of the United States Government except pursuant to a
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this or any other
appropriations Act.</text>
</section><section id="ID20089C13882B4874B820FF662658255B"><enum>507.</enum><text>Unless stated
otherwise, all reports and notifications required by this Act shall be
submitted to the Subcommittee 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.</text>
</section><section id="ID7023747F89CC453E8C26E0BE5B61D684"><enum>508.</enum><text>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 Commissioner of the
United States House of Representatives.</text>
</section><section id="H0C14A5A9D942461F97FD1A56C9453922" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>509.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAEF398C4C0364A7A8F5C82AA2010589B"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Any agency receiving
funds made available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c),
post on the public website of that agency any report required 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFE0E43F7C34F4B7F8203C3B7DDF30E46"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Subsection (a)
shall not apply to a report if—</text>
<paragraph id="H9876377ABB6C42C69F151DCA1123CCD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the public posting
of the report compromises national security; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DB8AE8597F54881A83C43970CB73DEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the report
contains confidential or proprietary information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE57A161749014B9E828AEBF4E97C9CD7"><enum>(c)</enum><text>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.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFDA8705B2B7E4F71864DE93B6B32CCD3"><enum>510.</enum><text>None of the funds
made available in this Act may be distributed to the Association of Community
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries.</text>
</section><section id="H574E2750E4B54717AD186A767FE93347"><enum>511.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be obligated by any covered executive agency in
contravention of the certification requirement of section 6(b) of the Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996, as included in the revisions to the Federal Acquisition
Regulation pursuant to such section.</text>
</section><section id="H875465D7DA5742CF846F3435E661E381"><enum>512.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H21E6662BB1BD4E3AB55519701DEF2A6C"><enum>(a)</enum><text>None of the funds made
available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network
unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of
pornography.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1DB15E366D6840CFAE205AB7723A7360"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 criminal investigations, prosecution,
or adjudication activities.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1EC23CDC65964E0F9E126A5C1476DAFD"><enum>513.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the processing of new enhanced-use leases at the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</text>
</section><section id="H535AD2C577804394AE34DA95F6DB8E76"><enum>514.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
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.</text>
</section><section id="H48305B1760314BC2B3CE205AD8EA2FAC"><enum>515.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available in this Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to
exercise the power of eminent domain (to take private property for public use)
without the payment of just compensation.</text>
</section><section id="H4D9C816818914557A53D2D97C96427F6"><enum>516.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Defense in this Act may be used to renovate
or construct any facility in the continental United States for the purpose of
housing any individual who has been detained, at any time after September 11,
2001, at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7E8AA6A643F4FE694D51F58D942E88E" section-type="undesignated-section"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Military Construction and Veterans
Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2011</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section>
Passed the House of
Representatives July 28, 2010.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk.
July 29, 2010
Received; read twice and placed on the
calendar