[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2029 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                        Calendar No. 98
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2029

                          [Report No. 114-57]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 4, 2015

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

                              May 21, 2015

                Reported by Mr. Kirk, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
  Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
   Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 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, 
2016, and for other purposes, namely:

                       <DELETED>TITLE I</DELETED>

                <DELETED>DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE</DELETED>

             <DELETED>Military Construction, Army</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $663,245,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed 
$109,245,000 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.</DELETED>

    <DELETED>Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $1,349,678,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That of this amount, not 
to exceed $91,649,000 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.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Military Construction, Air Force</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $1,237,055,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:  
Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $89,164,000 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.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Military Construction, Defense-Wide</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, 
$1,931,456,000 (reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by $30,000,000), to 
remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That such amounts 
of this appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense 
may be transferred to such appropriations of the Department of 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:  Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 
not to exceed $160,404,000 (increased by $30,000,000) 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:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by this title may be 
used to construct any fiscal year 2016 special operations command 
military construction projects until the Commander of the Special 
Operations Command has certified in writing and submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report that 
includes the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) A definition of ``Special Operations Forces-
        peculiar'' as it applies to the use of United States Special 
        Operations Command (USSOCOM) funding to meet military 
        construction requirements for facilities that provide 
        healthcare services or support fitness activities.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) A description of the decision-making process 
        used to determine whether a military construction project that 
        provides healthcare facilities or supports fitness activities 
        should be funded by the USSOCOM or the military 
        departments.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Provides a schematic of the human performance 
        centers by installation, a listing of the planned equipment 
        related to training and resiliency and a description of the 
        mission-critical benefit of each item, an explanation of why 
        the unique physical and psychological health services 
        incorporated could not be provided by the Defense Health Agency 
        or military services, and a planned staffing 
        breakdown.</DELETED>

     <DELETED>Military Construction, Army National Guard</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $167,437,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$20,337,000 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.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Military Construction, Air National Guard</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $138,738,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$5,104,000 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.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Military Construction, Army Reserve</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $104,295,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,318,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Military Construction, Navy Reserve</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $36,078,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$2,208,000 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.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Military Construction, Air Force Reserve</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $65,021,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $13,400,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve 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.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>North Atlantic Treaty Organization</DELETED>

             <DELETED>Security Investment Program</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Family Housing Construction, Army</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For expenses of family housing for the Army for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, 
extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $99,695,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $393,511,000.</DELETED>

 <DELETED>Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, 
$16,541,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine 
                            Corps</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $353,036,000.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Family Housing Construction, Air Force</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, 
extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $160,498,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020.</DELETED>

 <DELETED>Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $331,232,000.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
                             Wide</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $58,668,000.</DELETED>

     <DELETED>Department of Defense Base Closure Account</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $251,334,000, to remain 
available until expended.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this title 
shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract 
for construction, where cost estimates 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 102.  Funds made available in this title for 
construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor 
vehicles.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 103.  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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this title 
may be used to begin construction of new bases in the United States for 
which specific appropriations have not been made.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available in this title 
shall be used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 
percent of the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers or 
the Naval Facilities 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available in this title 
shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; 
or (3) install utilities for any family housing, except housing for 
which funds have been made available in annual Acts making 
appropriations for military construction.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available in this title 
for minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity 
from one base or installation to another, without prior notification to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 108.  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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 109.  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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available in this title 
may be used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available in this title 
may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the 
Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished in Japan, 
in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, or in 
countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded 
to United States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
host nation firms.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 112.  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 
bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any contract estimated 
by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor:  
Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to contract awards 
for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United States 
contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a 
foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent:  Provided further, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 113.  The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 
appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, including the 
Committees on Appropriations, of plans and scope of any proposed 
military exercise involving United States personnel 30 days prior to 
its occurring, if amounts expended for construction, either temporary 
or permanent, are anticipated to exceed $100,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 114.  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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 115.  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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 116.  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.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 117.  Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 
sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such 
additional amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 
be transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family Housing 
Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for construction in ``Family 
Housing'' accounts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 
directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense Military 
Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for 
construction of military unaccompanied housing in ``Military 
Construction'' accounts, to be merged with and to be available for the 
same purposes and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 
directly to the Fund:  Provided, That appropriations made available to 
the Funds shall be 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:  Provided further, That the transfer authority in this 
provision shall also be applicable to amounts appropriated for 
construction in ``Family Housing'' accounts in section 2002 of Public 
Law 112-10.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 118.  In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from 
the Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the fund established 
by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated 
with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 
3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be merged with and be 
available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 
fund to which transferred.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 119.  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:  Provided, That not more than $15,000 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 120.  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.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 121.  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 ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
Construction, Defense'', to be merged with and to be available for the 
same time period and for the same purposes as the appropriation to 
which transferred.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 122. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none 
of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Secretary of 
the Army to relocate a unit in the Army that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) performs a testing mission or function that is 
        not performed by any other unit in the Army and is specifically 
        stipulated in title 10, United States Code; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) is located at a military installation at which 
        the total number of civilian employees of the Department of the 
        Army and Army contractor personnel employed exceeds 10 percent 
        of the total number of members of the regular and reserve 
        components of the Army assigned to the installation.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Secretary of the Army certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that in proposing the relocation of the unit of the Army, the Secretary 
complied with Army Regulation 5-10 relating to the policy, procedures, 
and responsibilities for Army stationing actions.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 123.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available in an account funded under the headings in this title may be 
transferred among projects and activities within the account in 
accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military construction 
and family housing construction contained in Department of Defense 
Financial Management Regulation 7000.14-R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of 
February 2009, as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 124.  None of the funds made available in this title 
may be obligated or expended for planning and design and construction 
of projects at Arlington National Cemetery.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>(rescission of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 125.  Of the unobligated balances available for 
``Military Construction, Army'', from prior appropriation Acts (other 
than appropriations designated by law as being for contingency 
operations directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an 
emergency requirement), $96,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</DELETED>

               <DELETED> (rescission of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 126.  Of the unobligated balances available for 
``Military Construction, Air Force'', from prior appropriation Acts 
(other than appropriations designated by law as being for contingency 
operations directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an 
emergency requirement), $52,600,000 are hereby rescinded.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>(rescission of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 127.  Of the unobligated balances available for 
``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', from prior appropriation Acts 
(other than appropriations designated by law as being for contingency 
operations directly related to the global war on terrorism or as an 
emergency requirement), $134,000,000 are hereby rescinded.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>(rescission of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 128.  Of the unobligated balances made available in 
prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in section 1013(d) of 
the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 3374) (other than appropriations designated by law as being for 
contingency operations directly related to the global war on terrorism 
or as an emergency requirement), $103,918,000 are hereby 
rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 129.  For the purposes of this Act, the term 
``congressional defense committees'' means the Committees on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 130.  None of the funds made available by this title 
may be used to carry out the closure or realignment of Lajes Air Force 
Base, Azores, and, unless and until the Secretary of Defense certifies 
in writing to the congressional defense committees that, based on 
operational requirements, Lajes Air Force Base is not an optimal 
location for the Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex, none of the funds 
made available by this title may be used to construct phase two of the 
Joint Intelligence Analysis Complex Consolidation at Royal Air Force 
Croughton, United Kingdom.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 131.  Notwithstanding section 124, for an additional 
amount for ``Military Construction, Army'' in this title, $30,000,000 
is provided for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, for construction of access roads as 
authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code.</DELETED>

                      <DELETED>TITLE II</DELETED>

           <DELETED>DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Veterans Benefits Administration</DELETED>

              <DELETED>compensation and pensions</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $166,271,436,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $87,146,761,000 shall become available on October 1, 2016:  
Provided, That not to exceed $15,562,000 of the amount made available 
for fiscal year 2016 and $16,021,000 of the amount made available for 
fiscal year 2017 under this heading shall be reimbursed to ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', and 
``Information Technology Systems'' 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 ``Compensation and Pensions'' appropriation:  Provided 
further, That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying 
patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ``Medical Care Collections Fund'' 
to augment the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing 
home care provided to pensioners as authorized.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>readjustment benefits</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 
31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code, $32,088,826,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $16,743,904,000 shall become available on October 1, 2016:  
Provided, That expenses for rehabilitation program services and 
assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under 
subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other 
than under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall 
be charged to this account.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>veterans insurance and indemnities</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For military and naval insurance, national service life 
insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans 
insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 
chapters 19 and 21, title 38, United States Code, $169,080,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $91,920,000 shall become 
available on October 1, 2016.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>veterans housing benefit program fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by subchapters 
I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2016, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans 
are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $164,558,000.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>vocational rehabilitation loans program account</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the cost of direct loans, $31,000, as authorized by 
chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading are available to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
exceed $2,952,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct loan program, $367,000, which may be paid to the 
appropriation for ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>native american veteran housing loan program account</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan 
program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United 
States Code, $1,134,000.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Veterans Health Administration</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>medical services</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, bioengineering services, food 
services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees hired under 
title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes as authorized by 
section 1741 of title 38, United States Code, assistance and support 
services for caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, 
United States Code, loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the 
Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and hospital care and 
medical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States 
Code; $969,554,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 
2015; and, in addition, $51,673,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2017:  Provided, 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:  Provided 
further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, That the 
implementation of the program described in the previous proviso shall 
incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>medical support and compliance</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.), $6,524,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available 
on October 1, 2016, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2017.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>medical facilities</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation 
of hospitals, nursing homes, 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, 
$5,074,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 
1, 2016, and shall remain available until September 30, 2017.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>medical and prosthetic research</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $621,813,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
remain available until September 30, 2017.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>National Cemetery Administration</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $266,220,000, of which not to exceed 
$26,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>Departmental Administration</DELETED>

               <DELETED>general administration</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $336,659,000 (reduced by 
$8,000,000) (increased by $8,000,000) (reduced by $500,000) (increased 
by $500,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by $50,000) (increased by 
$50,000) (reduced by $3,200,000), of which not to exceed $10,100,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That funds 
provided under this heading may be transferred to ``General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>board of veterans appeals</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans 
Appeals, $107,884,000 (increased by $2,000,000), of which not to exceed 
$10,788,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>general operating expenses, veterans benefits 
                        administration</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services Administration 
for security guard services, and reimbursement of the Department of 
Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $2,697,734,000 (reduced 
by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) 
(increased by $5,000,000):  Provided, That expenses for services and 
assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of 
section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of 
Veterans 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:  
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
not to exceed $134,800,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>information technology systems</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, 
$4,038,363,000 (increased by $3,200,000), plus reimbursements:  
Provided, That $1,115,757,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of 
which not to exceed $34,800,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2017:  Provided further, That $2,417,863,000 shall be for 
operations and maintenance, of which not to exceed $167,900,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That 
$504,743,000 shall be for information technology systems development, 
modernization, and enhancement, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That amounts made available for 
information technology systems development, modernization, and 
enhancement may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs or the Chief Information Officer of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, 
to be obligated and expended for each development project:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available for salaries and expenses, 
operations and maintenance, and information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 
the three subaccounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available for the ``Information Technology 
Systems'' account for development, modernization, and enhancement may 
be transferred among projects or to newly defined projects:  Provided 
further, That no project may be increased or decreased by more than 
$1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the 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:  Provided further, That funds under this heading may be used 
by the Interagency Program Office through the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to define data standards, code sets, and value sets used to 
enable interoperability:  Provided further, That of the funds made 
available for information technology systems development, 
modernization, and enhancement for VistA Evolution, not more than 25 
percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, and such Committees approve, a report that describes: (1) the 
status of and changes to the VistA Evolution program plan dated March 
24, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the ``Plan''), the VistA 4 product 
roadmap dated February 26, 2015 (``Roadmap''), and the VistA 4 
Incremental Life Cycle Cost Estimate, dated October 26, 2014; (2) any 
changes to the scope or functionality of projects within the VistA 
Evolution program as established in the Plan; (3) actual program costs 
incurred to date; (4) progress in meeting the schedule milestones that 
have been established in the Plan; (5) a Project Management 
Accountability System (PMAS) Dashboard Progress report that identifies 
each VistA Evolution project being tracked through PMAS, what 
functionality it is intended to provide, and what evaluation scores it 
has received throughout development; (6) the definition being used for 
interoperability between the electronic health record systems of the 
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, the 
metrics to measure the extent of interoperability, the milestones and 
timeline associated with achieving interoperability, and the baseline 
measurements associated with interoperability; (7) progress toward 
developing and implementing all components and levels of 
interoperability, including semantic interoperability; (8) the change 
management tools in place to facilitate the implementation of VistA 
Evolution and interoperability; and (9) any changes to the governance 
structure for the VistA Evolution program and its chain of 
decisionmaking authority:  Provided further, That the funds made 
available under this heading for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, 
and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>office of inspector general</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.), $131,766,000, of 
which not to exceed $12,600,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2017.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>construction, major projects</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any 
of the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction 
or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 
38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, 
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, $561,800,000, of which 
$527,800,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, and of 
which $34,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That except for advance planning activities, including needs 
assessments which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other 
capital asset management related activities, including portfolio 
development and management activities, and 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:  Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for fiscal year 2016, for each 
approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a 
construction documents contract by September 30, 2016; and (2) by the 
awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2017:  Provided 
further, 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.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>construction, minor projects</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, not 
otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a project is equal 
to or less than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
38, United States Code, $406,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020, along with unobligated balances of previous 
``Construction, Minor Projects'' appropriations which are hereby made 
available for any project where the estimated cost is equal to or less 
than the amount set forth in such section:  Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the 
nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any 
natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary 
to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>grants for construction of state extended care 
                          facilities</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $80,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>grants for construction of veterans cemeteries</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in 
establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 
by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $45,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 201.  Any appropriation for fiscal year 2016 for 
``Compensation and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and 
``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities'' may be transferred as necessary 
to any other of the mentioned appropriations:  Provided, That before a 
transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees issue 
an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 202.  Amounts made available for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this or any other Act, under 
the ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and 
``Medical Facilities'' accounts may be transferred among the accounts:  
Provided, That any transfers between the ``Medical Services'' and 
``Medical Support and Compliance'' accounts of 1 percent or less of the 
total amount appropriated to the account in this or any other Act may 
take place subject to notification from the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the amount and purpose of the transfer:  Provided further, That any 
transfers between the ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'' accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the 
cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place only after the 
Secretary requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is 
issued:  Provided further, That any transfers to or from the ``Medical 
Facilities'' account may take place only after the Secretary requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 203.  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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 204.  No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ``Construction, Major Projects'', and 
``Construction, Minor Projects'') shall be available for the purchase 
of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or 
home.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 205.  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 ``Medical 
Services'' account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 206.  Appropriations available in this title for 
``Compensation and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and 
``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities'' 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 2015.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 207.  Appropriations available in this title shall be 
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year 
appropriations accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 
3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, except that if such 
obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only 
from ``Compensation and Pensions''.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from 
the National Service Life Insurance Fund under section 1920 of title 
38, United States Code, the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United States 
Government Life Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration'' and ``Information Technology Systems'' 
accounts for the cost of administration of the insurance programs 
financed through those accounts:  Provided, That reimbursement shall be 
made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance 
program during fiscal year 2016 that are available for dividends in 
that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined 
reserves have been set aside:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for 
fiscal year 2016 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 209.  Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease 
proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account 
during a prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, 
may be obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds are 
received.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 210.  Funds available in this title or funds for 
salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be available to 
reimburse the Office of Resolution Management of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs and the Office of 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 to 
exceed $43,700,000 for the Office of Resolution Management and 
$3,400,000 for the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint 
Adjudication:  Provided, That payments may be made in advance for 
services to be furnished based on estimated costs:  Provided further, 
That amounts received shall be credited to the ``General 
Administration'' and ``Information Technology Systems'' accounts for 
use by the office that provided the service.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 211.  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 of 
Veterans Affairs submits a request to enter into such lease to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and (1) the 
Committees approve the request; or (2) the Committees have not rejected 
the request before the date that is 15 days after the date on which the 
request is received.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 212.  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:  Provided, That the Secretary 
may recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United 
States, the reasonable charges for such care or services from any 
person who does not make such disclosure as required:  Provided 
further, That any amounts so recovered for care or services provided in 
a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 213.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities 
(including disposal) may be deposited into the ``Construction, Major 
Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts and be used 
for construction (including site acquisition and disposition), 
alterations, and 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 
``Construction, Major Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor 
Projects''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 214.  Amounts made available under ``Medical 
Services'' are available--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, 
        supplies, and equipment; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 
        other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 
        beneficiaries receiving care in the Department.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 215.  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 ``Medical Services'', to remain 
available until expended for the purposes of that account.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 216.  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 ``rural Alaska'' 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.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 217.  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 ``Construction, 
Major Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts, to 
remain available until expended for the purposes of these 
accounts.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 218.  None of the funds made available in this title 
may be used to implement any policy prohibiting the Directors of the 
Veterans Integrated Service Networks from conducting outreach or 
marketing to enroll new veterans within their respective 
Networks.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 219.  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.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 220.  Amounts made available under the ``Medical 
Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', 
``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', 
``General Administration'', and ``National Cemetery Administration'' 
accounts for fiscal year 2016 may be transferred to or from the 
``Information Technology Systems'' account:  Provided, That such 
transfers may not result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase 
in the total amount made available by this Act for the ``Information 
Technology Systems'' account:  Provided further, That before a transfer 
may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 221.  Of the amounts made available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this or any other Act, 
under the ``Medical Facilities'' account for nonrecurring maintenance, 
not more than 20 percent of the funds made available shall be obligated 
during the last 2 months of that fiscal year:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may waive this requirement after providing written notice to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 222.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Support and Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', 
``Construction, Minor Projects'', and ``Information Technology 
Systems'', up to $266,303,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred 
to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 
111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by 
section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That 
additional funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 
section to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That 
section 223 of Title II of Division I of Public Law 113-235 is 
repealed.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 223.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2016, for 
``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'', up to $265,675,000, plus reimbursements, may be 
transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 
1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of 
the facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 
4500):  Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from 
accounts designated in this section to the Joint Department of Defense-
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 224.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical 
Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United 
States Code, for healthcare provided at facilities designated as 
combined Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the 
Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 
(Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) for 
transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 
1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the 
facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 
4500).</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 225.  Of the amounts available in this title for 
``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'', a minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD-
VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) 
of title 38, United States Code, to remain available until expended, 
for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States 
Code.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>(including rescissions of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 226. (a) Of the funds appropriated in title II of 
division I of Public Law 113-235, the following amounts which became 
available on October 1, 2015, are hereby rescinded from the following 
accounts in the amounts specified:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
        Services'', $1,400,000,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
        Support and Compliance'', $100,000,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
        Facilities'', $250,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, 
an additional amount is appropriated to the following accounts in the 
amounts specified to remain available until September 30, 
2017:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
        Services'', $1,400,000,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
        Support and Compliance'', $100,000,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical 
        Facilities'', $250,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 227.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all bid 
savings for a major construction project within 15 days of being 
identified that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the 
programmed amount of the project, whichever is less.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 228.  None of the funds made available for 
``Construction, Major Projects'' may be used for a project in excess of 
the scope specified for that project in the original justification data 
provided to the Congress as part of the request for appropriations 
unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 229.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
quarterly report that contains the following information from each 
Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office: (1) the average time 
to complete a disability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims 
pending more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number of claims 
personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within the quarter to 
address poor performance; (6) training programs undertaken; (7) the 
number and results of Quality Review Team audits; and (8) the number of 
informal claims that are unprocessed:  Provided, That each quarterly 
report shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end of the 
respective quarter.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 230.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
reprogramming request if at any point during fiscal year 2016 the 
funding allocated for a medical care program that is not estimated 
through the Enrollee Health Care Projection Model is adjusted by more 
than $25,000,000 from the allocation shown in the corresponding 
congressional budget justification. Amounts may only be reprogrammed as 
requested under this section if: (1) the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress approve the request; or (2) the Committees 
have not rejected the request before the date that is 15 days after the 
date on which the request is received.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 231.  Of the funds provided to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ``Medical Services'' and 
``Medical Support and Compliance'', a maximum of $5,000,000 may be 
obligated from the ``Medical Services'' account and a maximum of 
$154,596,000 may be obligated from the ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'' account for the VistA Evolution and electronic health 
record interoperability projects:  Provided, That funds in addition to 
these amounts may be obligated for the VistA Evolution and electronic 
health record interoperability projects upon written notification by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 232.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide 
written notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress 15 days prior to organizational changes which result in the 
transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents from one organizational 
unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs to another.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>(rescission of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 233. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate 
amount of $101,000,000 from the total budget authority provided for 
fiscal year 2016 for discretionary accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) this Act; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2016 
        in prior appropriation Acts.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report specifying the 
account and amount of each rescission not later than 20 days following 
enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 234.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide 
on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress notification of any single national outreach and awareness 
marketing campaign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 235.  None of the funds available to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to replace 
the current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Networks 
select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and 
equipment.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 236.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 
determination that such action is necessary to address needs of the 
Veterans Health Administration, may transfer to the ``Medical 
Services'' account any discretionary appropriations made available for 
fiscal year 2016 in this title (except appropriations made to the 
``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' 
account) or any discretionary unobligated balances within the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal 
year 2016, that were provided in advance by appropriations Acts:  
Provided, That transfers shall be made only with the approval of the 
Office of Management and Budget:  Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law:  Provided further, That no amounts may be 
transferred from amounts that were designated by Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  
Provided further, That such authority to transfer may not be used 
unless for higher priority items, based on emergent healthcare 
requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no 
case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by 
Congress:  Provided further, That, upon determination that all or part 
of the funds transferred from an appropriation are not necessary, such 
amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation and shall be 
available for the same purposes as originally appropriated:  Provided 
further, That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and receive 
approval of that request.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 237.  Amounts made available for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, under the ``Board of Veterans 
Appeals'' and the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration'' accounts may be transferred between such accounts:  
Provided, That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and receive 
approval from such Committees for such request.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>(rescission of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 238.  Of the unobligated balances available within 
the ``DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund'', $15,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 239.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
reprogram funds among major construction projects or programs if such 
instance of reprogramming will exceed $5,000,000, unless such 
reprogramming is approved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>(rescissions of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 240.  Of the discretionary funds made available in 
Public Law 113-235 for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal 
year 2016, $197,923,000 are rescinded from ``Medical Services'', 
$42,272,000 are rescinded from ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and 
$15,353,000 are rescinded from ``Medical Facilities''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 241.  The amounts otherwise made available by this 
Act for the following accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
are hereby reduced by the following amounts:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) ``Veterans Benefits Administration--Veterans 
        Housing Benefit Program Fund'', $3,098,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) ``Veterans Benefits Administration--Vocational 
        Rehabilitation Loans Program Account'', $10,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) ``Veterans Benefits Administration--Native 
        American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account'', 
        $25,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) ``Veterans Health Administration--Medical and 
        Prosthetic Research'', $3,109,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) ``National Cemetery Administration'', 
        $1,654,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) ``Departmental Administration--General 
        Administration'', $3,877,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) ``Departmental Administration--Board of 
        Veterans Appeals'', $786,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) ``Departmental Administration--General 
        Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', 
        $36,568,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) ``Departmental Administration--Information 
        Technology Systems'', $7,958,000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) ``Departmental Administration--Office of 
        Inspector General'', $993,000.</DELETED>

                      <DELETED>TITLE III</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>RELATED AGENCIES</DELETED>

        <DELETED>American Battle Monuments Commission</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $75,100,000, to remain available 
until expended.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>foreign currency fluctuations account</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

 <DELETED>United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United 
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 
7251 through 7299 of title 38, United States Code, $32,141,000:  
Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of 
providing financial assistance as described, and in accordance with the 
process and reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in 
Public Law 102-229.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Department of Defense--Civil</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Cemeterial Expenses, Army</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and 
improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's 
Home National Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to 
exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$70,800,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 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.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Armed Forces Retirement Home</DELETED>

                     <DELETED>trust fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $64,300,000, of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for construction and 
renovation of the physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home--
Washington, District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement 
Home--Gulfport, Mississippi.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 301.  Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ``Department of Defense--Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army'', 
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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 302.  Amounts deposited during the current fiscal 
year into the special account established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are 
appropriated and shall be available until expended to support 
activities at the Army National Military Cemeteries.</DELETED>

                      <DELETED>TITLE IV</DELETED>

           <DELETED>OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS</DELETED>

                <DELETED>DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE</DELETED>

    <DELETED>Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Navy 
and Marine Corps'', $244,004,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2020, for projects outside of the United States:  Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Military Construction, Air Force</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Air 
Force''$75,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2020, for 
projects outside of the United States:  Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 215(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Military Construction, Defense-Wide</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide'', $212,996,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2020, for projects outside of the United States:  Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.</DELETED>

                       <DELETED>TITLE V</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>GENERAL PROVISIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year unless expressly so provided herein.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 502.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are made 
available that the program, project, or activity is not in compliance 
with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of 
private property rights, or unfunded mandates.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 503.  All departments and agencies funded under this 
Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory 
authorities and funding, to expand their use of ``E-Commerce'' 
technologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices 
and public service activities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 504.  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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 505.  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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 506.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for a project or program named for an individual serving as 
a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United States House 
of Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 507. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in 
this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
Web site 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the public posting of the report compromises 
        national security; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the report contains confidential or 
        proprietary information.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so 
only after such report has been made available to the requesting 
Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 508. (a) 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 509.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used by an agency of the executive branch to pay for first-class 
travel by an employee of the agency in contravention of sections 301-
10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 510.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to execute a contract for goods or services, including 
construction services, where the contractor has not complied with 
Executive Order No. 12989.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive 
fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with 
Presidential Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 
2011.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 512. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this Act 
may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in the 
United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
control of the Department of Defense.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
any modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
        member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) is--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the custody or under the effective 
                control of the Department of Defense; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) otherwise under detention at United 
                States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>spending reduction account</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 513.  The amount by which the applicable allocation 
of new budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives under section 302(b) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority 
is $0.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 514.  The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
revised by reducing the amount made available for ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--Information Technology 
Services'' (and the amount specified under such heading for operations 
and maintenance), and by increasing the amount made available for 
``Veterans Health Administration--Medical Services'', by 
$2,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 515.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to carry out the closure or transfer of the United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 516.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to carry out the Appraised Value Offer program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 517.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a performance 
award under section 5384 of title 5, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 518.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
for benefits for homeless veterans and training and outreach programs 
may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in contravention of 
subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 519.  Not more than $4,400,000 of the funds provided 
by this Act under the heading ``Department of Veterans Affairs--
Departmental Administration--General Administration'' may be used for 
the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, and the amount 
otherwise provided under such heading is hereby reduced by 
$1,500,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 520.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to end, suspend, or relocate hospital-based services with 
respect to a health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
that is--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the subject of an environmental impact 
        statement in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
        Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) designated as a National Historic Landmark by 
        the National Park Service; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) located in a highly rural area.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 521.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or additional Base 
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 522.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of its 
principals if the offeror certifies, as required by Federal Acquisition 
Regulation, that the offeror or any of its principals:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (A) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
        has been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against 
        it for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection 
        with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public 
        (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation 
        of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
        submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, 
        forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
        making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal 
        criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
        criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with, 
        commission of any of the offenses enumerated above in 
        subsection (A); or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (C) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
        has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount 
        that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains 
        unsatisfied.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 523.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used in contravention of subtitle D of title VIII of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 524.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to pay an award or bonus under chapter 45 or 53 of title 5, 
United States Code, to any employee of the Office of Construction and 
Facilities Management of the Department of Veterans Affairs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 525.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to pay the salary of any employee of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs who is a member of an Amputee Clinic Team (as 
described in VHA Handbook 1173.3, ``Amputee Clinic Teams and Artificial 
Limbs'', dated June 4, 2004) and who is not credentialed in accordance 
with VHA Directive 2012-030, ``Credentialing of Health Care 
Professionals'', issued on October 11, 2012.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 526.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to transfer any funds from the Veterans Choice Fund 
established by section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-146; 128 Stat. 
1802).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 527.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) carry out the memorandum from the Veterans 
        Benefit Administration known as Fast Letter 13-10, issued on 
        May 20, 2013; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) create or maintain any patient record-keeping 
        system other than those currently approved by the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs Central Office in Washington, D.C.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 528.  For an additional amount for ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', there is hereby 
appropriated, and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for 
``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--General 
Administration'' is hereby reduced by, $5,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2016''.</DELETED>
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, 2016, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                      Military Construction, Army

    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, $663,245,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to 
exceed $109,245,000 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.

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    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, $1,619,699,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $91,649,000 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.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

    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, $1,389,185,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:  
Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $89,164,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of 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.

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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, 
$2,290,767,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:  
Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined 
by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such appropriations 
of the Department of 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:  Provided further, 
That, of the amount appropriated, not to exceed $160,404,000 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.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

    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, $197,237,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$20,337,000 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.

               Military Construction, Air National Guard

    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, $138,738,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$5,104,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and 
architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 
Director of the Air National Guard determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor.

                  Military Construction, Army Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, 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, $113,595,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $9,318,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor.

                  Military Construction, Navy Reserve

    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, $36,078,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$2,208,000 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.

                Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

    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, $65,021,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That, of the 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $13,400,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve 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.

                   North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                      Security Investment Program

    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, $120,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Family Housing Construction, Army

    For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction, 
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and 
alteration, as authorized by law, $99,695,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020.

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

    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, $393,511,000.

           Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    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, $16,541,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020.

    Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

    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, $353,036,000.

                 Family Housing Construction, Air Force

    For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construction, 
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and 
alteration, as authorized by law, $160,498,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020.

          Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    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, $331,232,000.

         Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

    For expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies of 
the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) for 
operation and maintenance, leasing, and minor construction, as 
authorized by law, $58,668,000.

               Department of Defense Base Closure Account

    For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 
1990, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $251,334,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for 
construction, where cost estimates 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.
    Sec. 102.  Funds made available in this title for construction 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles.
    Sec. 103.  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.
    Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to begin construction of new bases in the United States for which 
specific appropriations have not been made.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of 
the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval 
Facilities 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.
    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or (3) 
install utilities for any family housing, except housing for which 
funds have been made available in annual Acts making appropriations for 
military construction.
    Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available in this title for minor 
construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity from one 
base or installation to another, without prior notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used for the procurement of steel for any construction project or 
activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 
manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such 
steel procurement.
    Sec. 109.  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.
    Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the 
Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished in Japan, 
in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, or in 
countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded 
to United States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
host nation firms.
    Sec. 112.  None of the funds made available in this title for 
military construction in the United States territories and possessions 
in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the 
Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any contract estimated by the 
Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor:  Provided, 
That this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for which 
the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United States contractor 
exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a foreign 
contractor by greater than 20 percent:  Provided further, 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.
    Sec. 113.  The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate 
committees of both Houses of Congress, including the Committees on 
Appropriations, of plans and scope of any proposed military exercise 
involving United States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if 
amounts expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, are 
anticipated to exceed $100,000.
    Sec. 114.  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 2 months of the fiscal year.
    Sec. 115.  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.
    Sec. 116.  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.
    Sec. 117.  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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 118.  Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a 
notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 
and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 
may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: 
(1) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund from 
amounts appropriated for construction in ``Family Housing'' accounts, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the 
same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or 
(2) the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing 
Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ``Military Construction'' accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same 
period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund:  Provided, 
That appropriations made available to the Funds shall be 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 119.  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.
    Sec. 120.  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:  
Provided, 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:  Provided further,  
That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all 
operation and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or 
flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year.
    Sec. 121.  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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 122.  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 ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense'', 
to be merged with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred.
    Sec. 123.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in an 
account funded under the headings in this title may be transferred 
among projects and activities within the account in accordance with the 
reprogramming guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial Management 
Regulation 7000.14-R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of February 2009, as in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 124.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
obligated or expended for planning and design and construction of 
projects at Arlington National Cemetery.
    Sec. 125.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Army'', $34,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:  
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction projects, in priority order, identified in the Department 
of the Army's Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to 
Congress:  Provided further, That such funding is subject to 
authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 
construction:  Provided further, That, not later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 126.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps'', $34,320,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020:  Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to 
carry out construction projects, in priority order, identified in the 
Department of the Navy's Unfunded Priority List for fiscal year 2016:  
Provided further, That such funding is subject to authorization prior 
to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out construction:  
Provided further, That, not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section.
    Sec. 127.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Army National Guard'', $51,300,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020:  Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction projects, in priority order, identified in the Department 
of the Army's Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to 
Congress:  Provided further, That such funding is subject to 
authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 
construction:  Provided further, That, not later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 128.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Army Reserve'', $34,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020:  Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction projects, in priority order, identified in the Department 
of the Army's Unfunded Priority List for Fiscal Year 2016 submitted to 
Congress:  Provided further, That such funding is subject to 
authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds to carry out 
construction:  Provided further, That, not later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section.

                         (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 129.  Of the unobligated balances available from prior 
Appropriations Acts (other than appropriations that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement or as being for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985) the following funds are hereby rescinded from the 
following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:
    ``Military Construction, Army'', $85,000,000;
    ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $86,400,000; and
    ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', $133,000,000.

                         (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 130.  Of the unobligated balances made available in prior 
appropriations Acts for the fund established in section 1013(d) of the 
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 3374), $65,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 131.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act 
may be used to consolidate or relocate any element of a United States 
Air Force Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron 
Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United States until the Secretary 
of the Air Force (1) completes an analysis and comparison of the cost 
and infrastructure investment required to consolidate or relocate a RED 
HORSE squadron outside of the United States versus within the United 
States; (2) provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress (``the Committees'') a report detailing the findings of the 
cost analysis; and (3) certifies in writing to the Committees that the 
preferred site for the consolidation or relocation yields the greatest 
savings for the Air Force:  Provided, That the term ``United States'' 
in this section does not include any territory or possession of the 
United States.

                                TITLE II

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 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, 
$166,271,436,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$87,146,761,000 shall become available on October 1, 2016:  Provided, 
That not to exceed $15,562,000 of the amount appropriated for fiscal 
year 2016 and $16,021,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 
2017 under this heading shall be reimbursed to ``General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', and ``Information 
Technology Systems'' 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 
``Compensation and Pensions'' appropriation:  Provided further, That 
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall 
be reimbursed to ``Medical Care Collections Fund'' to augment the 
funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided 
to pensioners as authorized.

                         readjustment benefits

    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 
36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$32,088,826,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$16,743,904,000 shall become available on October 1, 2016:  Provided, 
That expenses for rehabilitation program services and assistance which 
the Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 
3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), 
(2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this 
account.

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

    For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and 
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 19 and 21, 
title 38, United States Code, $169,080,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $91,920,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2016.

                 veterans housing benefit program fund

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by subchapters I 
through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That, during fiscal year 2016, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans 
are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $164,558,000.

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $31,000, as authorized by chapter 31 
of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,952,381.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $367,000, which may be paid to the appropriation 
for ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

          native american veteran housing loan program account

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code, $1,134,000.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                            medical services

    For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, 
inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and 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, bioengineering services, food 
services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees hired under 
title 38, United States Code, aid to State homes as authorized by 
section 1741 of title 38, United States Code, assistance and support 
services for caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, 
United States Code, loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the 
Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 
111-163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), and hospital care and 
medical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States 
Code; $1,134,197,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that become available on October 1, 
2015; and, in addition, $51,673,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
become available on October 1, 2016, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2017:  Provided, That, of the amount made available on 
October 1, 2016, under this heading, $1,400,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
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:  Provided further, That the implementation of the 
program described in the previous proviso shall incur no additional 
cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, That, of 
the amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this heading, not 
less than $900,000,000 shall be available for highly effective 
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) clinical treatments including clinical 
treatments with modern medications that have significantly higher cure 
rates than older medications, are easier to prescribe, and have fewer 
and milder side effects.

                     medical support and compliance

    For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research 
activities, as authorized by law; 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.), 
$6,524,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 
1, 2016, and shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  
Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2016, under 
this heading, $100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2018.

                           medical facilities

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, 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, $5,074,000,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2016, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, That, of the 
amount made available on October 1, 2016, under this heading, 
$250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2018.

                    medical and prosthetic research

    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, $621,813,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
remain available until September 30, 2017.

                    National Cemetery Administration

    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, $266,220,000, of which not to exceed 
$26,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017.

                      Departmental Administration

                         general administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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, $311,591,000, of which not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading may be transferred to ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

                       board of veterans appeals

    For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans Appeals, 
$107,884,000, of which not to exceed $10,788,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017.

      general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration

    For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services Administration 
for security guard services, and reimbursement of the Department of 
Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $2,697,734,000:  
Provided, That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans 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:  Provided further, That, of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $160,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2017.

                     information technology systems

    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, 
$4,106,363,000, plus reimbursements:  Provided, That $1,115,757,000 
shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not to exceed 
$34,800,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  Provided 
further, That $2,512,863,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, 
of which not to exceed $175,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2017:  Provided further, That $477,743,000 shall be for 
information technology systems development, modernization, and 
enhancement, and shall remain available until September 30, 2017:  
Provided further, That amounts made available for information 
technology systems development, modernization, and enhancement may not 
be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the 
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs submits 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
certification of the amounts, in parts or in full, to be obligated and 
expended for each development project:  Provided further, That amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses, operations and maintenance, 
and information technology systems development, modernization, and 
enhancement may be transferred among the three subaccounts after the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the 
transfer and an approval is issued:  Provided further, That amounts 
made available for the ``Information Technology Systems'' account for 
development, modernization, and enhancement may be transferred among 
projects or to newly defined projects:  Provided further, That no 
project may be increased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost 
prior to submitting a request to the 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:  Provided 
further, That funds under this heading may be used by the Interagency 
Program Office through the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a 
standard data reference terminology model:  Provided further, That, of 
the funds made available for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement for VistA Evolution, not 
more than 25 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress, and such Committees approve, a report that 
describes: (1) the status of and changes to the VistA Evolution program 
plan dated March 24, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the ``Plan''), 
the VistA 4 product roadmap dated February 26, 2015 (``Roadmap''), and 
the VistA 4 Incremental Life Cycle Cost Estimate, dated October 26, 
2014; (2) any changes to the scope or functionality of projects within 
the VistA Evolution program as established in the Plan; (3) actual 
program costs incurred to date; (4) progress in meeting the schedule 
milestones that have been established in the Plan; (5) a Project 
Management Accountability System (PMAS) Dashboard Progress report that 
identifies each VistA Evolution project being tracked through PMAS, 
what functionality it is intended to provide, and what evaluation 
scores it has received throughout development; (6) the definition being 
used for interoperability between the electronic health record systems 
of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
the metrics to measure the extent of interoperability, the milestones 
and timeline associated with achieving interoperability, and the 
baseline measurements associated with interoperability; (7) progress 
toward developing and implementing all components and levels of 
interoperability, including semantic interoperability; (8) the change 
management tools in place to facilitate the implementation of VistA 
Evolution and interoperability; and (9) any changes to the governance 
structure for the VistA Evolution program and its chain of 
decisionmaking authority:  Provided further, That the funds made 
available under this heading for information technology systems 
development, modernization, and enhancement, shall be for the projects, 
and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the report 
accompanying this Act.

                      office of inspector general

    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.), $126,766,000, of which 
$12,676,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017.

                      construction, major projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 
38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, 
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, $1,027,064,000, of which 
$967,064,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, and of 
which $60,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That except for advance planning activities, including needs 
assessments which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other 
capital asset management related activities, including portfolio 
development and management activities, and 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:  Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for fiscal year 2016, for each 
approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a 
construction documents contract by September 30, 2016; and (2) by the 
awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2017:  Provided 
further, 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:  Provided further, That, of the amount made available on October 
1, 2016, under this heading, $490,700,000 for Veterans Health 
Administration major construction projects shall not be available until 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs:
            (1) Enters into an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of 
        Engineers, to serve as the design and construction agent for 
        Veterans Health Administration projects with a Total Estimated 
        Cost of $250,000,000 or above.
            (2) That such an agreement will designate the U.S. Army 
        Corps of Engineers as the design and construction agent to 
        serve as--
                    (A) the overall construction project manager, with 
                a dedicated project delivery team including engineers, 
                medical facility designers, and professional project 
                managers;
                    (B) the facility design manager, with a dedicated 
                design manager and technical support;
                    (C) the design agent, with standardized and 
                rigorous facility designs;
                    (D) the architect/engineer designer; and
                    (E) the overall construction agent, with a 
                dedicated construction and technical team during pre-
                construction, construction, and commissioning phases.
            (3) Certifies in writing that such an agreement is in 
        effect and will prevent subsequent major construction project 
        cost overruns, provides a copy of the agreement entered into 
        (and any required supplementary information) to the Committees 
        on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and a period of 
        60 days has elapsed.

                      construction, minor projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans 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 and chapter 81 of 
title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 
estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set 
forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$378,080,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, along with 
unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, Minor Projects'' 
appropriations which are hereby made available for any project where 
the estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth in 
such section:  Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the 
jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which are necessary 
because of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or 
catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to 
minimize further loss by such causes.

       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

    For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to 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, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

             grants for construction of veterans cemeteries

    For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in 
establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 
by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $46,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 201.  Any appropriation for fiscal year 2016 for 
``Compensation and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and 
``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities'' may be transferred as necessary 
to any other of the mentioned appropriations:  Provided, That, before a 
transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees issue 
an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 202.  Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this Act or any other Act, under the 
``Medical Services'', ``Medical support and compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'' accounts may be transferred among the accounts:  Provided, 
That any transfers between the ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical 
Support and Compliance'' accounts of 1 percent or less of the total 
amount appropriated to the account in this or any other Act may take 
place subject to notification from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
amount and purpose of the transfer:  Provided further, That any 
transfers between the ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'' accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the 
cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place only after the 
Secretary requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is 
issued:  Provided further, That any transfers to or from the ``Medical 
Facilities'' account may take place only after the Secretary requests 
from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued.
    Sec. 203.  Appropriations available in this title for 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.
    Sec. 204.  No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ``Construction, Major Projects'', and 
``Construction, Minor Projects'') shall be available for the purchase 
of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
    Sec. 205.  No appropriations in this title shall be available for 
hospitalization or examination of any persons (except beneficiaries 
entitled to such hospitalization or 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 ``Medical 
Services'' account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 206.  Appropriations available in this title for 
``Compensation and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and 
``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' 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 2015.
    Sec. 207.  Appropriations available in this title shall be 
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year 
appropriations accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 
3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, except that if such 
obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only 
from ``Compensation and Pensions''.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the 
National Service Life Insurance Fund under section 1920 of title 38, 
United States Code, the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United States 
Government Life Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ``General operating expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration'' and ``Information Technology Systems'' 
accounts for the cost of administration of the insurance programs 
financed through those accounts:  Provided, That reimbursement shall be 
made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance 
program during fiscal year 2016 that are available for dividends in 
that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined 
reserves have been set aside:  Provided further, 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:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for 
fiscal year 2016 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 
such insurance program and to the provision of any total disability 
income insurance included in that insurance program.
    Sec. 209.  Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds to 
reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account during a 
prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services, may be 
obligated during the fiscal year in which the proceeds are received.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 210.  Funds available in this title or funds for salaries and 
other administrative expenses shall also be available to reimburse the 
Office of Resolution Management of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
and the Office of 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 to exceed 
$43,700,000 for the Office of Resolution Management and $3,400,000 for 
the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication:  
Provided, That payments may be made in advance for services to be 
furnished based on estimated costs:  Provided further, That amounts 
received shall be credited to the ``General Administration'' and 
``Information Technology Systems'' accounts for use by the office that 
provided the service.

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 211.  Of the amounts made available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for the Office of Rural Health 
under the heading ``Medical Services'', including any advance 
appropriation for fiscal year 2016 provided in prior appropriation 
Acts, up to $20,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Grants for Construction of State 
Extended Care Facilities''.
    Sec. 212.  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:  Provided, That the Secretary 
may recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United 
States, the reasonable charges for such care or services from any 
person who does not make such disclosure as required:  Provided 
further, That any amounts so recovered for care or services provided in 
a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 213.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds or 
revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including 
disposal) may be deposited into the ``Construction, Major Projects'' 
and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts and be used for 
construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 
and 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 ``Construction, Major 
Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects''.
    Sec. 214.  Amounts made available under ``Medical Services'' are 
available--
            (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and 
        equipment; and
            (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other 
        expenses incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries 
        receiving care in the Department.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 215.  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 ``Medical Services'', to remain available 
until expended for the purposes of that account:  Provided, That, for 
fiscal year 2016, up to $27,000,000 deposited in the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Care Collections Fund shall be transferred to 
``Information Technology Systems'', to remain available until expended, 
for development of the Medical Care Collections Fund electronic data 
exchange provider and payer system.
    Sec. 216.  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 ``rural Alaska'' 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 217.  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 ``Construction, Major 
Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts, to remain 
available until expended for the purposes of these accounts.
    Sec. 218.  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.
    Sec. 219.  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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 220.  Amounts made available under the ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Support and Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', ``General 
Administration'', and ``National Cemetery Administration'' accounts for 
fiscal year 2016 may be transferred to or from the ``Information 
Technology Systems'' account:  Provided, That, before a transfer may 
take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and an approval is issued.
    Sec. 221.  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: (1) 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 (2) 
section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code.
    Sec. 222.  Of the amounts made available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016, in this Act or any other Act, 
under the ``Medical Facilities'' account for nonrecurring maintenance, 
not more than 20 percent of the funds made available shall be obligated 
during the last 2 months of that fiscal year:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may waive this requirement after providing written notice to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 223.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Support and Compliance'', ``Medical Facilities'', 
``Construction, Minor Projects'', and ``Information Technology 
Systems'', up to $266,303,000, plus reimbursements, may be transferred 
to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 
111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by 
section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That 
additional funds may be transferred from accounts designated in this 
section to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notification 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That 
section 223 of Title II of Division I of Public Law 113-235 is 
repealed.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 224.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2016, for 
``Medical Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'', up to $265,675,000, plus reimbursements, may be 
transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 
1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 3571) and may be used for operation of 
the facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities as 
described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 
4500):  Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from 
accounts designated in this section to the Joint Department of Defense-
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 225.  Such sums as may be deposited to the Medical Care 
Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United States 
Code, for healthcare provided at facilities designated as combined 
Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) for transfer 
to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 
111-84; 123 Stat. 3571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by 
section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500).

                          (transfer of funds)

    Sec. 226.  Of the amounts available in this title for ``Medical 
Services'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Medical 
Facilities'', a minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the DOD-
VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as authorized by section 8111(d) 
of title 38, United States Code, to remain available until expended, 
for any purpose authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States 
Code.

                    (including rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 227. (a) Of the funds appropriated in division I of Public Law 
113-235, the following amounts which become available on October 1, 
2015, are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the amounts 
specified:
            (1) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services'', 
        $1,400,000,000.
            (2) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and 
        Compliance'', $150,000,000.
            (3) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities'', 
        $250,000,000.
    (b) In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, an 
additional amount is appropriated to the following accounts in the 
amounts specified to remain available until September 30, 2017:
            (1) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Services'', 
        $1,400,000,000.
            (2) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Support and 
        Compliance'', $100,000,000.
            (3) ``Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Facilities'', 
        $250,000,000.
    Sec. 228.  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 5 percent of the programmed amount of the 
project, whichever is less:  Provided, That such notification shall 
occur within 14 days of a contract identifying the programmed amount:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 days prior to the 
obligation of such bid savings and shall describe the anticipated use 
of such savings.
    Sec. 229.  The scope of work for a project included in 
``Construction, Major Projects'' 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.
    Sec. 230.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a quarterly 
report that contains the following information from each Veterans 
Benefits Administration Regional Office: (1) the average time to 
complete a disability compensation claim; (2) the number of claims 
pending more than 125 days; (3) error rates; (4) the number of claims 
personnel; (5) any corrective action taken within the quarter to 
address poor performance; (6) training programs undertaken; and (7) the 
number and results of Quality Review Team audits:  Provided, That each 
quarterly report shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the end 
of the respective quarter.
    Sec. 231.  Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2016 for ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical 
Support and Compliance'', a maximum of $5,000,000 may be obligated from 
the ``Medical Services'' account and a maximum of $154,596,000 may be 
obligated from the ``Medical Support and Compliance'' account for the 
VistA Evolution and electronic health record interoperability projects: 
 Provided, That funds in addition to these amounts may be obligated for 
the VistA Evolution and electronic health record interoperability 
projects upon written notification by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 232.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide written 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress 15 days prior to organizational changes which result in the 
transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents from one organizational 
unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs to another.
    Sec. 233.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide on a 
quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress notification of any single national outreach and awareness 
marketing campaign in which obligations exceed $2,000,000.
    Sec. 234.  Not more than $4,400,000 of the funds provided in this 
Act under the heading ``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental 
Administration--General Administration'' may be used for the Office of 
Congressional and Legislative Affairs.
    Sec. 235.  None of the funds available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to replace the 
current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Networks select 
and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment.

                         (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 236.  Of the discretionary funds made available in title II of 
division I of Public Law 113-235 for the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for fiscal year 2016, $198,000,000 are rescinded from ``Medical 
Services'', $42,000,000 are rescinded from ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'', and $15,000,000 are rescinded from ``Medical 
Facilities''.

                         (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 237. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate amount of 
$55,000,000 from the total budget authority provided for fiscal year 
2016 for discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
in--
            (1) this Act; or
            (2) any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2016 in prior 
        appropriation Acts.
    (b) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report specifying the account and amount 
of each rescission not later than 30 days following enactment of this 
Act.

                         (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 238.  Of the unobligated balances available within the ``DOD-
VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund'', $50,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded.

                         (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 239.  Of the discretionary funds made available in title II of 
division I of Public Law 113-235 for the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for fiscal year 2015, $1,052,000 are rescinded from ``General 
Administration'', and $5,000,000 are rescinded from ``Construction, 
Minor Projects''.

                         (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 240. (a) There is hereby rescinded an aggregate amount of 
$90,293,000 from prior year unobligated balances available within 
discretionary accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs;
    (b) No funds may be rescinded from amounts provided under the 
following headings:
            (1) ``Medical Services'';
            (2) ``Medical and Prosthetic Research'';
            (3) ``National Cemetery Administration'';
            (4) ``Board of Veterans Appeals'';
            (5) ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
        Administration'';
            (6) ``Office of Inspector General'';
            (7) ``Grants for Construction of State Extended Care 
        Facilities''; and
            (8) ``Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries''.
    (c) No amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    (d) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress a report specifying the account and amount 
of each rescission not later than 30 days following enactment of this 
Act.
    Sec. 241.  Section 2302(a)(2)(A)(viii) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ``or under title 38'' after ``of this 
title''.
    Sec. 242.  The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to 
administer financial assistance grants and enter into cooperative 
agreements with organizations, utilizing a competitive selection 
process, to train and employ homeless and at-risk veterans in natural 
resource conservation management.
    Sec. 243.  Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) Whenever the Inspector General, in carrying out the duties 
and responsibilities established under the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), issues a work product that makes a recommendation 
or otherwise suggests corrective action, the Inspector General shall--
                    ``(A) submit the work product to--
                            ``(i) the Secretary;
                            ``(ii) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
                        the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                        Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on 
                        Appropriations of the Senate;
                            ``(iii) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 
                        the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                        Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
                        the House of Representatives;
                            ``(iv) if the work product was initiated 
                        upon request by an individual or entity other 
                        than the Inspector General, that individual or 
                        entity; and
                            ``(v) any Member of Congress upon request; 
                        and
                    ``(B) the Inspector General shall submit all final 
                work products to--
                            ``(i) if the work product was initiated 
                        upon request by an individual or entity other 
                        than the Inspector General, that individual or 
                        entity; and
                            ``(ii) any Member of Congress upon request; 
                        and
                    ``(C) not later than 3 days after the work product 
                is submitted in final form to the Secretary, post the 
                work product on the Internet website of the Inspector 
                General.
            ``(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
        authorize the public disclosure of information that is 
        specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other provision 
        of law.''.
    Sec. 244.  None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to 
pay the salary of any individual who (a) was the Executive Director of 
the Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, and (b) who 
retired from Federal service in the midst of an investigation, 
initiated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, into delays and cost 
overruns associated with the design and construction of the new medical 
center in Aurora, Colorado.
    Sec. 245.  Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ``Medical Services'' 
account for fiscal year 2016 in this Act of any other Act, not less 
than $10,000,000 shall be used to hire additional caregiver support 
coordinators to support the programs of assistance and support for 
caregivers of veterans under section 1720G of title 38, United States 
Code.
    Sec. 246.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in this Act may be used 
in a manner that would--
            (1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to participate 
        in a State-approved medicinal marijuana program;
            (2) deny any services from the Department to a veteran who 
        is participating in such a program; or
            (3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health care 
        provider of the Department to make appropriate recommendations, 
        fill out forms, or take steps to comply with such a program.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or 
interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms 
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the 
United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and 
garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one 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, $75,100,000, to remain available until expended.

                 foreign currency fluctuations account

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of 
title 36, United States Code.

           United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court 
of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 7251 through 
7298 of title 38, United States Code, $32,141,000:  Provided, That 
$2,500,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing financial 
assistance as described, and in accordance with the process and 
reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 102-
229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and improvement 
of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National 
Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $1,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $70,800,000, of 
which not to exceed $28,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2018. 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.

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

                               trust fund

    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, $64,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for construction and renovation of the 
physical plants at the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington, 
District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, 
Mississippi.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 301.  Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
``Department of Defense--Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army'', 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.
    Sec. 302.  Amounts deposited during the current fiscal year to the 
special account established under 10 U.S.C. 4727 are appropriated and 
shall be available until expended to support activities at the Army 
National Military Cemeteries.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 402.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the 
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that 
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 403.  Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016 for 
pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 404.  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.
    Sec. 405.  All departments and agencies funded under this Act are 
encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory authorities and 
funding, to expand their use of ``E-Commerce'' technologies and 
procedures in the conduct of their business practices and public 
service activities.
    Sec. 406.  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.
    Sec. 407.  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.
    Sec. 408. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web 
site 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.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains confidential or proprietary 
        information.
    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee 
or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
    Sec. 409. (a) 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.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 410. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this Act may 
be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
control of the Department of Defense.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
        the Armed Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the effective control 
                of the Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States 
                Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
     This Act may be cited as the ``Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016''.
                                                        Calendar No. 98

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2029

                          [Report No. 114-57]

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                                 AN ACT

  Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
   Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

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                              May 4, 2015

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

                              May 21, 2015

                       Reported with an amendment