Text of US HB 3944 (2025)

IB Union Calendar No. 128 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3944 [Report No. 119–161] Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 12, 2025 Mr. CARTER of Texas, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL Making appropriations for military construction, the Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3944 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 4 military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 5 and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 6 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely: 7 TITLE I 8 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 9 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 10 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 11 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 12 installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 13 currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 14 Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec- 15 essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con- 16 struction and operation of facilities in support of the func- 17 tions of the Commander in Chief, $2,103,657,000, to re- 18 main available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, 19 of this amount, not to exceed $321,838,000 shall be avail- 20 able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 21 services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, 22 unless the Secretary of the Army determines that addi- 23 tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no- 24 tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3944 RH of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 1 Provided further, That of the amount made available 2 under this heading, $77,300,000 shall be for the projects 3 and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 4 under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ in the 5 report accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts oth- 6 erwise available for such purposes. 7 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 8 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 9 ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in- 10 stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and 11 Marine Corps as currently authorized by law, including 12 personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 13 and other personal services necessary for the purposes of 14 this appropriation, $4,104,499,000, to remain available 15 until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of this amount, 16 not to exceed $526,821,000 shall be available for study, 17 planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 18 authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy deter- 19 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 20 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 21 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 22 reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 23 made available under this heading, $155,100,000 shall be 24 for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, speci- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3944 RH fied in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, 1 Navy and Marine Corps’’ in the report accompanying this 2 Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 3 purposes. 4 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 5 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 6 ment of temporary or permanent public works, military 7 installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 8 as currently authorized by law, $3,169,526,000, to remain 9 available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of this 10 amount, not to exceed $460,886,000 shall be available for 11 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv- 12 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 13 Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 14 for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro- 15 priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 16 and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 17 amount made available under this heading, $32,400,000 18 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 19 specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Con- 20 struction, Air Force’’ in the report accompanying this Act, 21 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur- 22 poses. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3944 RH MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2 For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip- 3 ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa- 4 tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen- 5 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 6 departments), as currently authorized by law, 7 $3,963,383,000, to remain available until September 30, 8 2030: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation 9 as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may 10 be transferred to such appropriations of the Department 11 of Defense available for military construction or family 12 housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with 13 and to be available for the same purposes, and for the 14 same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which 15 transferred: Provided further, That, of the amount, not to 16 exceed $822,998,000 shall be available for study, plan- 17 ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au- 18 thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense deter- 19 mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 20 purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations 21 of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 22 reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 23 made available under this heading, $82,000,000 shall be 24 for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, speci- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3944 RH fied in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, 1 Defense-Wide’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in ad- 2 dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 4 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 5 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 6 ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu- 7 tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 8 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza- 9 tion Acts, $358,489,000, to remain available until Sep- 10 tember 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 11 exceed $47,439,000 shall be available for study, planning, 12 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 13 by law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard 14 determines that additional obligations are necessary for 15 such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropria- 16 tions of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 17 the reasons therefor. 18 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 19 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 20 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 21 ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 22 therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 23 States Code, and Military Construction Authorization 24 Acts, $210,492,000, to remain available until September 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 3944 RH 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 1 $36,092,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 2 and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 3 unless the Director of the Air National Guard determines 4 that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 5 and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 6 Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 7 therefor. 8 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 9 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 10 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 11 ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 12 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con- 13 struction Authorization Acts, $305,032,000, to remain 14 available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the 15 amount, not to exceed $31,508,000 shall be available for 16 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv- 17 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 18 Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec- 19 essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 20 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the deter- 21 mination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That 22 of the amount made available under this heading, 23 $50,000,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 24 in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 3944 RH ‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’ in the report ac- 1 companying this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise 2 available for such purposes. 3 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 4 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 5 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 6 ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and 7 Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 8 United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza- 9 tion Acts, $79,829,000, to remain available until Sep- 10 tember 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 11 exceed $3,219,000 shall be available for study, planning, 12 design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized 13 by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that 14 additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 15 notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 16 of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 17 Provided further, That, of the amount made available 18 under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be for the projects 19 and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 20 under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Navy Reserve’’ 21 in the report accompanying this Act, in addition to 22 amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 3944 RH MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 1 For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita- 2 tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad- 3 ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 4 chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 5 Construction Authorization Acts, $37,863,000, to remain 6 available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the 7 amount, not to exceed $20,162,000 shall be available for 8 study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv- 9 ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air 10 Force Reserve determines that additional obligations are 11 necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 12 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the de- 13 termination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, 14 That of the amount made available under this heading, 15 $3,200,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in 16 the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 17 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’ in the report 18 accompanying this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise 19 made available for such purposes. 20 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 21 SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 22 For the United States share of the cost of the North 23 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro- 24 gram for the acquisition and construction of military fa- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 3944 RH cilities and installations (including international military 1 headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective 2 defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized 3 by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Mili- 4 tary Construction Authorization Acts, $293,434,000, to 5 remain available until expended. 6 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 7 For deposit into the Department of Defense Base 8 Closure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the De- 9 fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $489,174,000, to remain available 11 until expended. 12 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 13 For expenses of family housing for the Army for con- 14 struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex- 15 pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 16 $276,647,000, to remain available until September 30, 17 2030. 18 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 19 ARMY 20 For expenses of family housing for the Army for op- 21 eration and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, 22 minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in- 23 surance premiums, as authorized by law, $495,369,000. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 3944 RH FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 1 CORPS 2 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma- 3 rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace- 4 ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as 5 authorized by law, $245,742,000, to remain available until 6 September 30, 2030. 7 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 8 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 9 For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma- 10 rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 11 payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter- 12 est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by 13 law, $397,217,000. 14 FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 15 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 16 construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 17 expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 18 $221,549,000, to remain available until September 30, 19 2030. 20 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 21 FORCE 22 For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 23 operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leas- 24 ing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 3944 RH and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 1 $346,250,000. 2 FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 3 DEFENSE-WIDE 4 For expenses of family housing for the activities and 5 agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 6 military departments) for operation and maintenance, 7 leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 8 $52,156,000. 9 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 10 FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 11 For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im- 12 provement Fund, $8,195,000, to remain available until ex- 13 pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu- 14 ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro- 15 viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili- 16 tary family housing and supporting facilities. 17 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 18 MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT 19 FUND 20 For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom- 21 panied Housing Improvement Fund, $497,000, to remain 22 available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini- 23 tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 24 United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 3944 RH ing and improving military unaccompanied housing and 1 supporting facilities. 2 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 3 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 4 title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a- 5 fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost estimates 6 exceed $25,000, to be performed within the United States, 7 except Alaska, without the specific approval in writing of 8 the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons there- 9 for. 10 SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for con- 11 struction shall be available for hire of passenger motor ve- 12 hicles. 13 SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for con- 14 struction may be used for advances to the Federal High- 15 way Administration, Department of Transportation, for 16 the construction of access roads as authorized by section 17 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects author- 18 ized therein are certified as important to the national de- 19 fense by the Secretary of Defense. 20 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 21 title may be used to begin construction of new bases in 22 the United States for which specific appropriations have 23 not been made. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 1 title shall be used for purchase of land or land easements 2 in excess of 100 percent of the value as determined by 3 the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engi- 4 neering Command, except: (1) where there is a determina- 5 tion of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated 6 by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 7 General; (3) where the estimated value is less than 8 $25,000; or (4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary 9 of Defense to be in the public interest. 10 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this 11 title shall be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site 12 preparation; or (3) install utilities for any family housing, 13 except housing for which funds have been made available 14 in annual Acts making appropriations for military con- 15 struction. 16 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 17 title for minor construction may be used to transfer or 18 relocate any activity from one base or installation to an- 19 other, without prior notification to the Committees on Ap- 20 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 21 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this 22 title may be used for the procurement of steel for any con- 23 struction project or activity for which American steel pro- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 3944 RH ducers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied 1 the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement. 2 SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Depart- 3 ment of Defense for military construction or family hous- 4 ing during the current fiscal year may be used to pay real 5 property taxes in any foreign nation. 6 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 7 title may be used to initiate a new installation overseas 8 without prior notification to the Committees on Appro- 9 priations of both Houses of Congress. 10 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 11 title may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts 12 estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for 13 projects to be accomplished in Japan, in any North Atlan- 14 tic Treaty Organization member country, or in countries 15 bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are 16 awarded to United States firms or United States firms 17 in joint venture with host nation firms. 18 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 19 title for military construction in the United States terri- 20 tories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein 21 Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, may be 22 used to award any contract estimated by the Government 23 to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, 24 That this section shall not be applicable to contract 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 3944 RH awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid 1 of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest respon- 2 sive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater 3 than 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall 4 not apply to contract awards for military construction on 5 Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and re- 6 sponsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor. 7 SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the 8 appropriate committees of both Houses of Congress, in- 9 cluding the Committees on Appropriations, of plans and 10 scope of any proposed military exercise involving United 11 States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if amounts 12 expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, 13 are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 14 SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of 15 Defense for construction in prior years shall be available 16 for construction authorized for each such military depart- 17 ment by the authorizations enacted into law during the 18 current session of Congress. 19 SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing 20 projects that are being completed with funds otherwise ex- 21 pired or lapsed for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may 22 be used to pay the cost of associated supervision, inspec- 23 tion, overhead, engineering and design on those projects 24 and on subsequent claims, if any. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1 law, any funds made available to a military department 2 or defense agency for the construction of military projects 3 may be obligated for a military construction project or 4 contract, or for any portion of such a project or contract, 5 at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after 6 the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made 7 available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are 8 obligated from funds available for military construction 9 projects; and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated 10 for such project, plus any amount by which the cost of 11 such project is increased pursuant to law. 12 SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 13 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me- 14 dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 15 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 16 of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 17 may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 18 transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family 19 Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 20 for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be 21 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 22 and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 23 directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense 24 Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 3944 RH from amounts appropriated for construction of military 1 unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac- 2 counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 3 purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap- 4 propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria- 5 tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 6 cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con- 7 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 8 guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 9 to the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative means 11 of acquiring and improving military family housing, mili- 12 tary unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities. 13 SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority 14 available to the Department of Defense, amounts may be 15 transferred from the Department of Defense Base Closure 16 Account to the fund established by section 1013(d) of the 17 Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act 18 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated 19 with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 20 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall 21 be merged with and be available for the same purposes 22 and for the same time period as the fund to which trans- 23 ferred. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1 law, funds made available in this title for operation and 2 maintenance of family housing shall be the exclusive 3 source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family 4 housing units, including general or flag officer quarters: 5 Provided, That not more than $20,000 per unit may be 6 spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any gen- 7 eral or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notifica- 8 tion, or 14 days for a notification provided in an electronic 9 medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 10 United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 11 of both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact 12 notification shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded 13 solely due to costs associated with environmental remedi- 14 ation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 15 of the budget submission: Provided further, That the 16 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report an- 17 nually to the Committees on Appropriations of both 18 Houses of Congress all operation and maintenance ex- 19 penditures for each individual general or flag officer quar- 20 ters for the prior fiscal year. 21 SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Im- 22 provement Account established by subsection (h) of sec- 23 tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro- 24 priated and shall be available until expended for the pur- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 3944 RH poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 1 transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 2 SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria- 3 tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 4 for military construction and family housing operation and 5 maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 6 upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 7 necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 8 authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga- 9 tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap- 10 propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 11 may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur- 12 rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 13 with and to be available for the same time period and for 14 the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans- 15 ferred. 16 SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made 17 available in an account funded under the headings in this 18 title may be transferred among projects and activities 19 within the account in accordance with the reprogramming 20 guidelines for military construction and family housing 21 construction contained in Department of Defense Finan- 22 cial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chap- 23 ter 7, of April 2021, as in effect on the date of enactment 24 of this Act. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 1 title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 2 and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme- 3 tery. 4 SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts 5 and in the amounts specified, to remain available until 6 September 30, 2030: 7 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $100,000,000; 8 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 9 Corps’’, $100,000,000; 10 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 11 $100,000,000; 12 ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’, 13 $40,000,000; 14 ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, 15 $80,000,000; 16 ‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’, 17 $40,000,000; 18 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force Reserve’’, 19 $40,000,000; and 20 Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry 21 out construction and cost to complete projects identified 22 in the respective military department’s unfunded priority 23 list for fiscal year 2025 or fiscal year 2026 submitted to 24 Congress: Provided further, That such projects are subject 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 3944 RH to authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of 1 funds to carry out construction: Provided further, That not 2 later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec- 3 retary of the military department concerned, or their des- 4 ignee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 5 of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 6 provided under this section. 7 SEC. 125. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Depart- 8 ment of Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘De- 9 partment of Defense—Military Construction, Navy and 10 Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Department of Defense—Military Con- 11 struction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of Defense—Mili- 12 tary Construction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant to 13 the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense 14 Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 2026 in the 15 funding table in section 4601 of that Act shall be imme- 16 diately available and allotted to contract for the full scope 17 of authorized projects. 18 SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 116 of this Act, 19 funds made available in this Act or any available unobli- 20 gated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be obli- 21 gated before October 1, 2027, for fiscal year 2017, 2018, 22 2019, and 2020 military construction projects for which 23 project authorization has not lapsed or for which author- 24 ization is extended for fiscal year 2026 by a National De- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 3944 RH fense Authorization Act: Provided, That no amounts may 1 be obligated pursuant to this section from amounts that 2 were designated by the Congress as an emergency require- 3 ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 4 or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 5 Act of 1985. 6 SEC. 127. For the purposes of this Act, the term 7 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit- 8 tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 9 and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc- 10 tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria- 11 tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 12 Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on 13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 14 SEC. 128. For an additional amount for the accounts 15 and in the amounts specified for planning and design and 16 for construction improvements to Department of Defense 17 laboratory facilities, to remain available until September 18 30, 2030: 19 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’$35,000,000; 20 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 21 Corps’’, $35,000,000; and 22 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 23 $35,000,000: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 3944 RH Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of 1 this Act, the Secretary of the military department con- 2 cerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 3 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expendi- 4 ture plan for funds provided under this section: Provided 5 further, That the Secretary of the military department 6 concerned may not obligate or expend any funds prior to 7 approval by the Committees on Appropriations of both 8 Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required by 9 this section. 10 SEC. 129. For an additional amount for the accounts 11 and in the amounts specified for planning and design, for 12 child development centers, to remain available until Sep- 13 tember 30, 2030: 14 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $25,000,000; 15 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 16 Corps’’, $25,000,000; and 17 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 18 $25,000,000: 19 Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 20 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military de- 21 partment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 22 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 23 an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 130. For an additional amount for the accounts 1 and amounts specified for planning and design, for bar- 2 racks, to remain available until September 30, 2030: 3 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $25,000,000; 4 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 5 Corps’’, $25,000,000; and 6 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 7 $25,000,000: 8 Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 9 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military de- 10 partment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 11 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 12 an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 13 SEC. 131. For an additional amount for the accounts 14 and in the amounts specified for unspecified minor con- 15 struction for demolition, to remain available until Sep- 16 tember 30, 2029: 17 ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $25,000,000; 18 ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine 19 Corps’’, $25,000,000; 20 ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, 21 $25,000,000; 22 Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 23 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military de- 24 partment concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 3944 RH Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 1 an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section: 2 Provided further, That the Secretary of the military de- 3 partment concerned may not obligate or expend any funds 4 prior to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of 5 both Houses of Congress of the expenditure plan required 6 by this section. 7 SEC. 132. None of the funds made available by this 8 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 9 of the United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 10 Cuba. 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 3944 RH TITLE II 1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 3 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on 6 behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability ex- 7 aminations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 8 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; 9 pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized 10 by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 11 States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitle- 12 ment Program for Survivors, emergency and other offi- 13 cers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certifi- 14 cates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insur- 15 ance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV 16 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 17 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sec- 18 tions 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 19 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 20 $241,947,603,000 which shall become available on Octo- 21 ber 1, 2026, to remain available until expended: Provided, 22 That not to exceed $29,454,647 of the amount made avail- 23 able for fiscal year 2027 under this heading shall be reim- 24 bursed to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Bene- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 3944 RH fits Administration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Sys- 1 tems’’ for necessary expenses in implementing the provi- 2 sions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States 3 Code, the funding source for which is specifically provided 4 as the ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’ appropriation: Pro- 5 vided further, That such sums as may be earned on an 6 actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to 7 ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to augment the funding 8 of individual medical facilities for nursing home care pro- 9 vided to pensioners as authorized. 10 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 11 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation 12 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chap- 13 ters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 14 61 of title 38, United States Code, $20,057,841,000, 15 which shall become available on October 1, 2026, to re- 16 main available until expended: Provided, That expenses for 17 rehabilitation program services and assistance which the 18 Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of 19 section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than 20 under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of that sub- 21 section, shall be charged to this account. 22 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 23 For military and naval insurance, national service life 24 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 3944 RH erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as 1 authorized by chapters 19 and 21 of title 38, United 2 States Code, $97,893,000, which shall become available 3 on October 1, 2026, to remain available until expended. 4 VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such 6 sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as 7 authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of 8 title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 9 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de- 10 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 11 1974: Provided further, That, during fiscal year 2026, 12 within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 13 gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe- 14 cially adapted housing loans. 15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 16 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $266,736,842. 17 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 18 For the cost of direct loans, $45,428, as authorized 19 by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 20 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 21 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres- 22 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That funds 23 made available under this heading are available to sub- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 3944 RH sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 1 loans not to exceed $1,394,442. 2 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 3 carry out the direct loan program, $507,254, which may 4 be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Ex- 5 penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 6 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM 7 ACCOUNT 8 For the principal amount of direct loans, $6,865,235, 9 as authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, 10 United States Code: Provided, That such costs, including 11 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined in sec- 12 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro- 13 vided further, That funds made available under this head- 14 ing are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 15 principal amount of the direct loans not to exceed 16 $75,000,000. 17 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 18 carry out the direct loan program, $5,007,265, which shall 19 be paid as appropriate to the appropriations for ‘‘General 20 Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ 21 and ‘‘General Administration’’. 22 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 3944 RH GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 1 ADMINISTRATION 2 For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans 3 Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, in- 4 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement 5 of the General Services Administration for security guard 6 services, and reimbursement of the Department of De- 7 fense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 8 $3,876,425,000: Provided, That expenses for services and 9 assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and 10 (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, 11 that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are nec- 12 essary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum ex- 13 tent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and 14 maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve maximum 15 independence in daily living, shall be charged to this ac- 16 count: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 17 under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain 18 available until September 30, 2027. 19 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 20 MEDICAL SERVICES 21 For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized 22 by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 23 beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 24 veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 3944 RH States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not 1 under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including 2 medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, 3 food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare em- 4 ployees hired under title 38, United States Code, assist- 5 ance and support services for caregivers as authorized by 6 section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repay- 7 ments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and 8 Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 9 Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), 10 monthly assistance allowances authorized by section 11 322(d) of title 38, United States Code, grants authorized 12 by section 521A of title 38, United States Code, and ad- 13 ministrative expenses necessary to carry out sections 14 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United States Code, and hos- 15 pital care and medical services authorized by section 1787 16 of title 38, United States Code; $59,858,000,000, plus re- 17 imbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2026, 18 and shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Pro- 19 vided, That of the amount made available on October 1, 20 2026, under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain 21 available until September 30, 2028: Provided further, That 22 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 23 of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provi- 24 sion of medical treatment for veterans who have service- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 3944 RH connected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: 1 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi- 2 sion of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give 3 priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits 4 to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: Pro- 5 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 6 law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the 7 dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 8 Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately 9 written prescriptions based on requirements established by 10 the Secretary: Provided further, That the implementation 11 of the program described in the previous proviso shall 12 incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans 13 Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans 14 Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated 15 under this heading for medical supplies and equipment are 16 available for the acquisition of prosthetics designed specifi- 17 cally for female veterans: Provided further,That nothing 18 in section 2044(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, may 19 be construed as limiting amounts that may be made avail- 20 able under this heading for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 21 in this or prior Acts. 22 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 23 For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to 24 individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 3944 RH States Code, at non-Department facilities, $3,000,000,000 1 to remain available until September 30, 2027; and in addi- 2 tion $38,700,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 3 available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available 4 until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the amount 5 made available on October 1, 2026, under this heading, 6 $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 7 2028. Provided further, That of the $34,000,000,000 that 8 became available on October 1, 2025, previously appro- 9 priated under this heading in the Full-Year Continuing 10 Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A of P.L. 119-4), 11 $3,000,000,000 is hereby permanently cancelled. 12 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 13 For necessary expenses in the administration of the 14 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, 15 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad- 16 ministrative expenses in support of capital policy activi- 17 ties; and administrative and legal expenses of the Depart- 18 ment for collecting and recovering amounts owed the De- 19 partment as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 20 United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recov- 21 ery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $12,000,000,000, plus 22 reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 23 2026, and shall remain available until September 30, 24 2027: Provided, That, of the amount made available on 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 3944 RH October 1, 2026, under this heading, $350,000,000 shall 1 remain available until September 30, 2028. 2 MEDICAL FACILITIES 3 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op- 4 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, 5 and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Ad- 6 ministration; for administrative expenses in support of 7 planning, design, project management, real property ac- 8 quisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 9 any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 10 Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural 11 activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, alter- 12 ing, improving, or providing facilities in the several hos- 13 pitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Depart- 14 ment, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 15 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate- 16 rials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services; 17 $11,700,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall become 18 available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available 19 until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amount 20 made available on October 1, 2026, under this heading, 21 $500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 22 2028. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 3944 RH BRIDGING RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERAN 1 EMPOWERMENT 2 Contingent upon enactment of authorizing legislation 3 to create a rental assistance voucher program for homeless 4 veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs, for nec- 5 essary expenses to carry out the Bridging Rental Assist- 6 ance for Veteran Empowerment program, $970,000,000 7 to remain available until September 30, 2029, of which 8 up to $75,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of 9 Veterans Affairs to carry out pilot programs, including 10 any necessary administrative expenses, that aim to end 11 homelessness among veterans. 12 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 13 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of 14 medical and prosthetic research and development as au- 15 thorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, 16 $943,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain avail- 17 able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Sec- 18 retary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 19 amounts appropriated under this heading are available for 20 prosthetic research specifically for female veterans, and 21 for toxic exposure research. 22 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 23 For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Ad- 24 ministration for operations and maintenance, not other- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 3944 RH wise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there- 1 for; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase 2 of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial oper- 3 ations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alter- 4 ation or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 5 of the National Cemetery Administration, $497,000,000, 6 of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 7 until September 30, 2027. 8 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 9 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11 For necessary operating expenses of the Department 12 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including 13 administrative expenses in support of Department-wide 14 capital planning, management and policy activities, uni- 15 forms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 16 official reception and representation expenses; hire of pas- 17 senger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 18 Services Administration for security guard services, 19 $450,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall re- 20 main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 21 funds provided under this heading may be transferred to 22 ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Adminis- 23 tration’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 3944 RH BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 1 For necessary operating expenses of the Board of 2 Veterans Appeals, $287,000,000 of which not to exceed 3 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 4 2027. 5 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7 For necessary expenses for information technology 8 systems and telecommunications support, including devel- 9 opmental information systems and operational information 10 systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital 11 asset acquisition of information technology systems, in- 12 cluding management and related contractual costs of said 13 acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with 14 operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 15 States Code, $5,882,000,000, plus reimbursements: Pro- 16 vided, That $1,350,000,000 shall be for pay and associ- 17 ated costs, of which not to exceed 3 percent shall remain 18 available until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 19 $4,531,000,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, 20 of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available 21 until September 30, 2027, and of which $118,900,000 22 shall remain available until September 30, 2030, for the 23 purpose of facility activations related to projects funded 24 by the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, ‘‘Construction, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 39 •HR 3944 RH Minor Projects’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘National Ceme- 1 tery Administration’’, ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Vet- 2 erans Benefit Administration’’, and ‘‘General Administra- 3 tion’’ accounts: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall 4 be for information technology systems development, and 5 shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided 6 further, That amounts made available for salaries and ex- 7 penses, operations and maintenance, and information 8 technology systems development may be transferred 9 among the three subaccounts after the Secretary of Vet- 10 erans Affairs requests from the Committees on Appropria- 11 tions of both Houses of Congress the authority to make 12 the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided further, 13 That amounts made available for the ‘‘Information Tech- 14 nology Systems’’ account for development may be trans- 15 ferred among projects or to newly defined projects: Pro- 16 vided further, That no project may be increased or de- 17 creased by more than $3,000,000 of cost prior to submit- 18 ting a request to the Committees on Appropriations of 19 both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and an ap- 20 proval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 21 has elapsed: Provided further, That the funds made avail- 22 able under this heading for information technology sys- 23 tems development shall be for the projects, and in the 24 amounts, specified in the table entitled ‘‘Information 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 40 •HR 3944 RH Technology Development Projects’’ under this heading in 1 the report accompanying this Act. 2 VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 3 For activities related to implementation, preparation, 4 development, interface, management, rollout, and mainte- 5 nance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, in- 6 cluding contractual costs associated with operations au- 7 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 8 and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 9 5 and 38, United States Code, $2,515,893,000, to remain 10 available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That the 11 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Commit- 12 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress quar- 13 terly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and de- 14 ployment implementation by facility, including any 15 changes from the deployment plan or schedule: Provided 16 further, That the funds provided in this account shall only 17 be available to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be 18 administered by that Office: Provided further, That 25 19 percent of the funds made available under this heading 20 shall not be available until July 1, 2026, and are contin- 21 gent upon the Secretary of Veterans Affairs— 22 (1) providing the Committees on Appropriations 23 certifying and detailing any changes to the full de- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 3944 RH ployment schedule, no later than 60 days prior to 1 July 1, 2027; and 2 (2) certifying in writing no later than 30 days 3 prior to July 1, 2027, the following— 4 (A) the status of issues included in the re- 5 port referenced in paragraph (1), including 6 issues that have not been closed but have been 7 suitably resolved or mitigated in a manner that 8 will enhance provider productivity and minimize 9 the potential for patient harm; and 10 (B) whether the system is stable, and opti- 11 mized for further deployment at VA sites. 12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 14 General, to include information technology, in carrying out 15 the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 16 U.S.C. App.), $295,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 17 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2027. 18 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 19 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 20 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 21 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 22 Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 23 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States 24 Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, ar- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 3944 RH chitectural and engineering services, construction manage- 1 ment services, maintenance or guarantee period services 2 costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 3 under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 4 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac- 5 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more 6 than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 7 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were 8 made available in a previous major project appropriation, 9 $1,750,000,000, which shall remain available until Sep- 10 tember 30, 2030: Provided, That except for advance plan- 11 ning activities, including needs assessments which may or 12 may not lead to capital investments, and other capital 13 asset management related activities, including portfolio 14 development and management activities, and planning, 15 cost estimating, and design for major medical facility 16 projects and major medical facility leases and investment 17 strategy studies funded through the advance planning 18 fund and the planning and design activities funded 19 through the design fund, staffing expenses, and funds pro- 20 vided for the purchase, security, and maintenance of land 21 for the National Cemetery Administration and the Vet- 22 erans Health Administration through the land acquisition 23 line item, none of the funds made available under this 24 heading shall be used for any project that has not been 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 3944 RH notified to Congress through the budgetary process or that 1 has not been approved by the Congress through statute, 2 joint resolution, or in the explanatory statement accom- 3 panying such Act and presented to the President at the 4 time of enrollment: Provided further, That funds provided 5 for the Veterans Health Administration through the land 6 acquisition line item shall only be for projects included on 7 the five year development plan notified to Congress 8 through the budgetary process: Provided further, That 9 such sums as may be necessary shall be available to reim- 10 burse the ‘‘General Administration’’ account for payment 11 of salaries and expenses of all Office of Construction and 12 Facilities Management employees to support the full range 13 of capital infrastructure services provided, including minor 14 construction and leasing services: Provided further, That 15 funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 16 2026, for each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by 17 the awarding of a construction documents contract by 18 September 30, 2026; and (2) by the awarding of a con- 19 struction contract by September 30, 2027: Provided fur- 20 ther, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly 21 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 22 Houses of Congress a written report on any approved 23 major construction project for which obligations are not 24 incurred within the time limitations established above. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 3944 RH CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 1 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving 2 any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the 3 jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans 4 Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs 5 which may lead to capital investments, architectural and 6 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 7 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro- 8 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite 9 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and 10 site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 11 sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, 12 United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 13 estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the 14 amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 15 United States Code, $232,000,000, of which 16 $200,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 17 2030, and of which $32,000,000 shall remain available 18 until expended, along with unobligated balances of pre- 19 vious ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ appropriations 20 which are hereby made available for any project where the 21 estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth 22 in such section: Provided, That funds made available 23 under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the 24 nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 3944 RH of the Department which are necessary because of loss or 1 damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; 2 and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to 3 minimize further loss by such causes. 4 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 5 FACILITIES 6 For grants to assist States to acquire or construct 7 State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to re- 8 model, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, 9 and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing 10 care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 11 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $171,000,000, to 12 remain available until expended. 13 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 14 For grants to assist States and tribal organizations 15 in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans ceme- 16 teries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United 17 States Code, $60,000,000, to remain available until ex- 18 pended. 19 COST OF WAR TOXIC EXPOSURES FUND 20 For investment in the delivery of veterans’ health 21 care associated with exposure to environmental hazards, 22 the expenses incident to the delivery of veterans’ health 23 care and benefits associated with exposure to environ- 24 mental hazards, and medical and other research relating 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 3944 RH to exposure to environmental hazards, as authorized by 1 section 324 of title 38, United States Code, and in addi- 2 tion to the amounts otherwise available for such purposes 3 in the appropriations provided in this or prior Acts, 4 $52,676,000,000, which shall become available on October 5 1, 2025, and shall remain available until expended; and, 6 in addition, $51,742,000,000, which shall become avail- 7 able on October 1, 2026, and shall remain available until 8 September 30, 2028. 9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11 SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2026 for 12 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 13 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ may be trans- 14 ferred as necessary to any other of the mentioned appro- 15 priations: Provided, That, before a transfer may take 16 place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 17 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con- 18 gress the authority to make the transfer and such Com- 19 mittees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period 20 of 30 days has elapsed. 21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22 SEC. 202. Amounts made available for the Depart- 23 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2026, in this or 24 any other Act, under the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 3944 RH Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, 1 and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred 2 among the accounts: Provided, That any transfers among 3 the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and 4 ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’ accounts of 1 percent 5 or less of the total amount appropriated to the account 6 in this or any other Act may take place subject to notifica- 7 tion from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Com- 8 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of 9 the amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 10 That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Med- 11 ical Community Care’’, and ‘‘Medical Support and Compli- 12 ance’’ accounts in excess of 1 percent, or exceeding the 13 cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 14 only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on 15 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 16 to make the transfer and an approval is issued: Provided 17 further, That any transfers to or from the ‘‘Medical Facili- 18 ties’’ account may take place only after the Secretary re- 19 quests from the Committees on Appropriations of both 20 Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 21 and an approval is issued. 22 SEC. 203. Appropriations available in this title for 23 salaries and expenses shall be available for services au- 24 thorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 48 •HR 3944 RH hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of a facility or land 1 or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author- 2 ized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United 3 States Code. 4 SEC. 204. No appropriations in this title (except the 5 appropriations for ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’, and 6 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’) shall be available for the 7 purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any 8 new hospital or home. 9 SEC. 205. No appropriations in this title shall be 10 available for hospitalization or examination of any persons 11 (except beneficiaries entitled to such hospitalization or ex- 12 amination under the laws providing such benefits to vet- 13 erans, and persons receiving such treatment under sec- 14 tions 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States Code, 15 or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 16 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reim- 17 bursement of the cost of such hospitalization or examina- 18 tion is made to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account at such 19 rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 20 SEC. 206. Appropriations available in this title for 21 ‘‘Compensation and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, 22 and ‘‘Veterans Insurance and Indemnities’’ shall be avail- 23 able for payment of prior year accrued obligations re- 24 quired to be recorded by law against the corresponding 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 49 •HR 3944 RH prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1 2025. 2 SEC. 207. Appropriations available in this title shall 3 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding 4 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from sections 5 3328(a), 3334, and 3712(a) of title 31, United States 6 Code, except that if such obligations are from trust fund 7 accounts they shall be payable only from ‘‘Compensation 8 and Pensions’’. 9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 11 law, during fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of Veterans 12 Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance 13 Fund under section 1920 of title 38, United States Code, 14 the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund under section 15 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United 16 States Government Life Insurance Fund under section 17 1955 of title 38, United States Code, reimburse the ‘‘Gen- 18 eral Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra- 19 tion’’ and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ accounts for 20 the cost of administration of the insurance programs fi- 21 nanced through those accounts: Provided, That reimburse- 22 ment shall be made only from the surplus earnings accu- 23 mulated in such an insurance program during fiscal year 24 2025 that are available for dividends in that program after 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 50 •HR 3944 RH claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves 1 have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of 2 administration of such an insurance program exceeds the 3 amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, 4 reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such 5 surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary 6 shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 7 2025 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 8 such insurance program and to the provision of any total 9 disability income insurance included in that insurance pro- 10 gram. 11 SEC. 209. Amounts deducted from enhanced-use 12 lease proceeds to reimburse an account for expenses in- 13 curred by that account during a prior fiscal year for pro- 14 viding enhanced-use lease services shall be available until 15 expended. 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17 SEC. 210. Funds available in this title or funds for 18 salaries and other administrative expenses shall also be 19 available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Manage- 20 ment, the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint 21 Adjudication, and the Alternative Dispute Resolution 22 function within the Office of Human Resources and Ad- 23 ministration for all services provided at rates which will 24 recover actual costs but not to exceed $134,343,000 for 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 51 •HR 3944 RH the Office of Resolution Management, $7,607,000 for the 1 Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adju- 2 dication, and $7,686,000 for the Alternative Dispute Res- 3 olution function within the Office of Human Resources 4 and Administration: Provided, That payments may be 5 made in advance for services to be furnished based on esti- 6 mated costs: Provided further, That amounts received shall 7 be credited to the ‘‘General Administration’’ and ‘‘Infor- 8 mation Technology Systems’’ accounts for use by the of- 9 fice that provided the service. 10 SEC. 211. No funds of the Department of Veterans 11 Affairs shall be available for hospital care, nursing home 12 care, or medical services provided to any person under 13 chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for a non-serv- 14 ice-connected disability described in section 1729(a)(2) of 15 such title, unless that person has disclosed to the Sec- 16 retary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary 17 may require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement 18 information for purposes of section 1729 of such title: Pro- 19 vided, That the Secretary may recover, in the same man- 20 ner as any other debt due the United States, the reason- 21 able charges for such care or services from any person who 22 does not make such disclosure as required: Provided fur- 23 ther, That any amounts so recovered for care or services 24 provided in a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 52 •HR 3944 RH Secretary during the fiscal year in which amounts are re- 1 ceived. 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 4 law, proceeds or revenues derived from enhanced-use leas- 5 ing activities (including disposal) may be deposited into 6 the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construction, 7 Minor Projects’’ accounts and be used for construction 8 (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 9 and improvements of any medical facility under the juris- 10 diction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af- 11 fairs. Such sums as realized are in addition to the amount 12 provided for in ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Con- 13 struction, Minor Projects’’. 14 SEC. 213. Amounts made available under ‘‘Medical 15 Services’’ are available— 16 (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, sup- 17 plies, and equipment; and 18 (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and 19 other expenses incidental to funerals and burials for 20 beneficiaries receiving care in the Department. 21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22 SEC. 214. Such sums as may be deposited into the 23 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 24 of title 38, United States Code, may be transferred to the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 53 •HR 3944 RH ‘‘Medical Services’’ and ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ ac- 1 counts to remain available until expended for the purposes 2 of these accounts. 3 SEC. 215. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 4 enter into agreements with Federally Qualified Health 5 Centers in the State of Alaska and Indian Tribes and 6 Tribal organizations which are party to the Alaska Native 7 Health Compact with the Indian Health Service, to pro- 8 vide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental 9 care, to veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall re- 10 quire participating veterans and facilities to comply with 11 all appropriate rules and regulations, as established by the 12 Secretary. The term ‘‘rural Alaska’’ shall mean those 13 lands which are not within the boundaries of the munici- 14 pality of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North Star Borough. 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16 SEC. 216. Such sums as may be deposited into the 17 Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pur- 18 suant to section 8118 of title 38, United States Code, may 19 be transferred to the ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and 20 ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ accounts, to remain avail- 21 able until expended for the purposes of these accounts. 22 SEC. 217. Not later than 30 days after the end of 23 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 24 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 54 •HR 3944 RH Houses of Congress a report on the financial status of the 1 Department of Veterans Affairs for the preceding quarter: 2 Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall include 3 the direction contained in the paragraph entitled ‘‘Quar- 4 terly reporting’’, under the heading ‘‘General Administra- 5 tion’’ in the joint explanatory statement accompanying 6 Public Law 114–223. 7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8 SEC. 218. Amounts made available under the ‘‘Med- 9 ical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Sup- 10 port and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘General Op- 11 erating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 12 ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’, ‘‘General Administration’’, 13 and ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’ accounts for fis- 14 cal year 2026 may be transferred to or from the ‘‘Informa- 15 tion Technology Systems’’ account: Provided, That such 16 transfers may not result in a more than 10 percent aggre- 17 gate increase in the total amount made available by this 18 Act for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account: 19 Provided further, That, before a transfer may take place, 20 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 21 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 22 the authority to make the transfer and an approval is 23 issued. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 55 •HR 3944 RH (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1 SEC. 219. Of the amounts appropriated to the De- 2 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2026 for 3 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 4 Support and Compliance’’, ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, ‘‘Con- 5 struction, Minor Projects’’, and ‘‘Information Technology 6 Systems’’, up to $654,954,000, plus reimbursements, may 7 be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—De- 8 partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstra- 9 tion Fund, established by section 1704 of the National De- 10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 11 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be used for operation 12 of the facilities designated as combined Federal medical 13 facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hun- 14 ter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 15 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Provided, 16 That additional funds may be transferred from accounts 17 designated in this section to the Joint Department of De- 18 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 19 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec- 20 retary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appro- 21 priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 22 That section 220 of title II of division A of Public Law 23 118–42, as continued by division A of Public Law 119– 24 4 is repealed. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 56 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 220. Of the amounts appropriated to the De- 1 partment of Veterans Affairs which become available on 2 October 1, 2026, for ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Com- 3 munity Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 4 ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, up to $739,918,000, plus reimburse- 5 ments, may be transferred to the Joint Department of De- 6 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 7 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 8 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 9 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be used 10 for operation of the facilities designated as combined Fed- 11 eral medical facilities as described by section 706 of the 12 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 13 Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): 14 Provided, That additional funds may be transferred from 15 accounts designated in this section to the Joint Depart- 16 ment of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Med- 17 ical Facility Demonstration Fund upon written notifica- 18 tion by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Commit- 19 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21 SEC. 221. Such sums as may be deposited into the 22 Medical Care Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A 23 of title 38, United States Code, for healthcare provided 24 at facilities designated as combined Federal medical facili- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 57 •HR 3944 RH ties as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 1 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 2 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be avail- 3 able: (1) for transfer to the Joint Department of De- 4 fense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 5 Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 6 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 7 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571); and (2) for oper- 8 ations of the facilities designated as combined Federal 9 medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Dun- 10 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 11 Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500): Pro- 12 vided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the 13 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 14 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2573), amounts trans- 15 ferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department 16 of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 17 shall remain available until expended. 18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19 SEC. 222. Of the amounts available in this title for 20 ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical 21 Support and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, a 22 minimum of $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the 23 DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, as au- 24 thorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 58 •HR 3944 RH Code, to remain available until expended, for any purpose 1 authorized by section 8111 of title 38, United States Code. 2 SEC. 223. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall no- 3 tify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 4 Congress of all bid savings in a major construction project 5 that total at least $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the pro- 6 grammed amount of the project, whichever is less: Pro- 7 vided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days 8 of a contract identifying the programmed amount: Pro- 9 vided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Commit- 10 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 14 11 days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and shall 12 describe the anticipated use of such savings. 13 SEC. 224. None of the funds made available for 14 ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ may be used for a project 15 in excess of the scope specified for that project in the origi- 16 nal justification data provided to the Congress as part of 17 the request for appropriations unless the Secretary of Vet- 18 erans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on 19 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 20 SEC. 225. Not later than 30 days after the end of 21 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 22 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 23 Houses of Congress a quarterly report containing perform- 24 ance measures and data from each Veterans Benefits Ad- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 59 •HR 3944 RH ministration Regional Office: Provided, That, at a min- 1 imum, the report shall include the direction contained in 2 the section entitled ‘‘Disability claims backlog’’, under the 3 heading ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 4 Administration’’ in the joint explanatory statement accom- 5 panying Public Law 114–223: Provided further, That the 6 report shall also include information on the number of ap- 7 peals pending at the Veterans Benefits Administration as 8 well as the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly 9 basis. 10 SEC. 226. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 11 provide written notification to the Committees on Appro- 12 priations of both Houses of Congress 15 days prior to or- 13 ganizational changes which result in the transfer of 25 or 14 more full-time equivalents from one organizational unit of 15 the Department of Veterans Affairs to another. 16 SEC. 227. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 17 provide on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appro- 18 priations of both Houses of Congress notification of any 19 single national outreach and awareness marketing cam- 20 paign in which obligations exceed $1,000,000. 21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22 SEC. 228. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon 23 determination that such action is necessary to address 24 needs of the Veterans Health Administration, may trans- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 60 •HR 3944 RH fer to the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account any discretionary 1 appropriations made available for fiscal year 2026 in this 2 title (except appropriations made to the ‘‘General Oper- 3 ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ ac- 4 count) or any discretionary unobligated balances within 5 the Department of Veterans Affairs, including those ap- 6 propriated for fiscal year 2026, that were provided in ad- 7 vance by appropriations Acts: Provided, That transfers 8 shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Man- 9 agement and Budget: Provided further, That the transfer 10 authority provided in this section is in addition to any 11 other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 12 That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 13 were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 14 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 16 1985: Provided further, That such authority to transfer 17 may not be used unless for higher priority items, based 18 on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for 19 which originally appropriated and in no case where the 20 item for which funds are requested has been denied by 21 Congress: Provided further, That, upon determination that 22 all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation 23 are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 24 to that appropriation and shall be available for the same 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 61 •HR 3944 RH purposes as originally appropriated: Provided further, 1 That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 2 Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 3 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 4 to make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6 SEC. 229. Amounts made available for the Depart- 7 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2026, under the 8 ‘‘Board of Veterans Appeals’’ and the ‘‘General Operating 9 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ accounts 10 may be transferred between such accounts: Provided, That 11 before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of Vet- 12 erans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appro- 13 priations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 14 make the transfer and receive approval of that request. 15 SEC. 230. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 16 reprogram funds among major construction projects or 17 programs if such instance of reprogramming will exceed 18 $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is approved by 19 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con- 20 gress. 21 SEC. 231. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 22 ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline under section 23 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 62 •HR 3944 RH (1) provides to individuals who contact the hot- 1 line immediate assistance from a trained profes- 2 sional; and 3 (2) adheres to all requirements of the American 4 Association of Suicidology. 5 (b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act 6 may be used to enforce or otherwise carry out any Execu- 7 tive action that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 8 from appointing an individual to occupy a vacant civil 9 service position, or establishing a new civil service position, 10 at the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to 11 such a position relating to the hotline specified in sub- 12 section (a). 13 (2) In this subsection— 14 (A) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 15 given such term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 16 States Code; and 17 (B) the term ‘‘Executive action’’ includes— 18 (i) any Executive order, Presidential 19 memorandum, or other action by the President; 20 and 21 (ii) any agency policy, order, or other di- 22 rective. 23 (c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall con- 24 duct a study on the effectiveness of the hotline specified 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 63 •HR 3944 RH in subsection (a) during the 5-year period beginning on 1 January 1, 2016, based on an analysis of national suicide 2 data and data collected from such hotline. 3 (2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph 4 (1) shall— 5 (A) determine the number of veterans who con- 6 tact the hotline specified in subsection (a) and who 7 receive follow up services from the hotline or mental 8 health services from the Department of Veterans Af- 9 fairs thereafter; 10 (B) determine the number of veterans who con- 11 tact the hotline who are not referred to, or do not 12 continue receiving, mental health care who commit 13 suicide; and 14 (C) determine the number of veterans described 15 in subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide. 16 SEC. 232. Effective during the period beginning on 17 October 1, 2018, and ending on January 1, 2026, none 18 of the funds made available to the Secretary of Veterans 19 Affairs by this or any other Act may be obligated or ex- 20 pended in contravention of the ‘‘Veterans Health Adminis- 21 tration Clinical Preventive Services Guidance Statement 22 on the Veterans Health Administration’s Screening for 23 Breast Cancer Guidance’’ published on May 10, 2017, as 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 64 •HR 3944 RH issued by the Veterans Health Administration National 1 Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. 2 SEC. 233. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 3 of law, the amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail- 4 able to the Department of Veterans Affairs for the ‘‘Med- 5 ical Services’’ account may be used to provide— 6 (1) fertility counseling and treatment using as- 7 sisted reproductive technology to a covered veteran 8 or the spouse of a covered veteran; or 9 (2) adoption reimbursement to a covered vet- 10 eran. 11 (b) In this section: 12 (1) The term ‘‘service-connected’’ has the 13 meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38, 14 United States Code. 15 (2) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a vet- 16 eran, as such term is defined in section 101 of title 17 38, United States Code, who has a service-connected 18 disability that results in the inability of the veteran 19 to procreate without the use of fertility treatment. 20 (3) The term ‘‘assisted reproductive tech- 21 nology’’ means benefits relating to reproductive as- 22 sistance provided to a member of the Armed Forces 23 who incurs a serious injury or illness on active duty 24 pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of title 10, United 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 65 •HR 3944 RH States Code, as described in the memorandum on 1 the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted Reproductive 2 Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/ 3 Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 4 Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of De- 5 fense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the 6 guidance issued to implement such policy, including 7 any limitations on the amount of such benefits avail- 8 able to such a member except that— 9 (A) the time periods regarding embryo 10 cryopreservation and storage set forth in part 11 III(G) and in part IV(H) of such memorandum 12 shall not apply; and 13 (B) such term includes embryo 14 cryopreservation and storage without limitation 15 on the duration of such cryopreservation and 16 storage. 17 (4) The term ‘‘adoption reimbursement’’ means 18 reimbursement for the adoption-related expenses for 19 an adoption that is finalized after the date of the en- 20 actment of this Act under the same terms as apply 21 under the adoption reimbursement program of the 22 Department of Defense, as authorized in Depart- 23 ment of Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 66 •HR 3944 RH reimbursement limits and requirements set forth in 1 such instruction. 2 (c) Amounts made available for the purposes speci- 3 fied in subsection (a) of this section are subject to the 4 requirements for funds contained in section 508 of division 5 H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 6 Law 115–141). 7 SEC. 234. None of the funds appropriated or other- 8 wise made available by this Act or any other Act for the 9 Department of Veterans Affairs may be used in a manner 10 that is inconsistent with: (1) section 842 of the Transpor- 11 tation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 12 Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 13 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 14 119 Stat. 2506); or (2) section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, 15 United States Code. 16 SEC. 235. Section 842 of Public Law 109–115 shall 17 not apply to conversion of an activity or function of the 18 Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Ad- 19 ministration, or National Cemetery Administration to con- 20 tractor performance by a business concern that is at least 21 51 percent owned by one or more Indian Tribes as defined 22 in section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one 23 or more Native Hawaiian Organizations as defined in sec- 24 tion 637(a)(15) of title 15, United States Code. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 67 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 236. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 1 consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Sec- 2 retary of Labor, shall discontinue using Social Security 3 account numbers to authenticate individuals in all infor- 4 mation systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 5 all individuals not later than September 30, 2026: 6 (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may collect and 7 use a Social Security account number to identify an indi- 8 vidual, in accordance with section 552a of title 5, United 9 States Code, in an information system of the Department 10 of Veterans Affairs if and only if the use of such number 11 is necessary to: 12 (1) obtain or provide information the Secretary 13 requires from an information system that is not 14 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; 15 (2) comply with a law, regulation, or court 16 order; 17 (3) perform anti-fraud activities; or 18 (4) identify a specific individual where no ade- 19 quate substitute is available. 20 (c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall super- 21 sede section 237 of division J of Public Law 117–328. 22 SEC. 237. For funds provided to the Department of 23 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2026 and 2027 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 68 •HR 3944 RH for ‘‘Medical Services’’, section 239 of division A of Public 1 Law 114–223 shall apply. 2 SEC. 238. None of the funds appropriated in this or 3 prior appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to 4 the Department of Veterans Affairs may be used to trans- 5 fer any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Com- 6 pensation Fund to any other account within the Depart- 7 ment of Veterans Affairs. 8 SEC. 239. Of the funds provided to the Department 9 of Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2026 and fiscal 10 year 2027 for ‘‘Medical Services’’, funds may be used in 11 each year to carry out and expand the child care program 12 authorized by section 205 of Public Law 111–163, not- 13 withstanding subsection (e) of such section. 14 SEC. 240. None of the funds appropriated or other- 15 wise made available in this title may be used by the Sec- 16 retary of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement re- 17 lated to resolving a dispute or claim with an individual 18 that would restrict in any way the individual from speak- 19 ing to members of Congress or their staff on any topic 20 not otherwise prohibited from disclosure by Federal law 21 or required by Executive order to be kept secret in the 22 interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign af- 23 fairs. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 69 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 241. For funds provided to the Department of 1 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2026 and 2027, 2 section 258 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall 3 apply. 4 SEC. 242. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 5 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deny 6 an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 7 to any records, documents, or other materials available to 8 the department or agency over which that Inspector Gen- 9 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 10 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the ac- 11 cess of the Inspector General to such records, documents, 12 or other materials, under any provision of law, except a 13 provision of law that expressly refers to such Inspector 14 General and expressly limits the right of access. 15 (b) A department or agency covered by this section 16 shall provide its Inspector General access to all records, 17 documents, and other materials in a timely manner. 18 (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 19 with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in- 20 formation provided by the establishment over which that 21 Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 22 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 23 (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 24 shall report to the Committee on Appropriations of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 70 •HR 3944 RH Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 1 of Representatives within 5 calendar days of any failure 2 by any department or agency covered by this section to 3 comply with this requirement. 4 SEC. 243. None of the funds made available in this 5 Act may be used in a manner that would increase wait 6 times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of 7 the Department of Veterans Affairs. 8 SEC. 244. None of the funds appropriated or other- 9 wise made available by this Act to the Veterans Health 10 Administration may be used in fiscal year 2026 to convert 11 any program which received specific purpose funds in fis- 12 cal year 2025 to a general purpose funded program unless 13 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits written notifica- 14 tion of any such proposal to the Committees on Appropria- 15 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 16 to any such action and an approval is issued by the Com- 17 mittees. 18 SEC. 245. For funds provided to the Department of 19 Veterans Affairs for each of fiscal year 2026 and 2027, 20 section 248 of division A of Public Law 114–223 shall 21 apply. 22 SEC. 246. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 23 erwise made available by this Act may be used to conduct 24 research commencing on or after July 1, 2025, that uses 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 71 •HR 3944 RH any canine, feline, or non-human primate unless the Sec- 1 retary of Veterans Affairs approves such research specifi- 2 cally and in writing pursuant to subsection (b). 3 (b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve 4 the conduct of research commencing on or after July 1, 5 2025, using canines, felines, or non-human primates if the 6 Secretary certifies that— 7 (A) the scientific objectives of the research can 8 only be met by using such canines, felines, or non- 9 human primates and cannot be met using other ani- 10 mal models, in vitro models, computational models, 11 human clinical studies, or other research alter- 12 natives; 13 (B) such scientific objectives are necessary to 14 advance research benefiting veterans and are directly 15 related to an illness or injury that is combat-related 16 as defined by 10 U.S.C. 1413(e); 17 (C) the research is consistent with the revised 18 Department of Veterans Affairs canine research pol- 19 icy document dated December 15, 2017, including 20 any subsequent revisions to such document; and 21 (D) ethical considerations regarding minimizing 22 the harm experienced by canines, felines, or non- 23 human primates are included in evaluating the sci- 24 entific necessity of the research. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 72 •HR 3944 RH (2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority 1 under this subsection. 2 (c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursu- 3 ant to subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the 4 commencement of such research, the Secretary shall sub- 5 mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 6 and House of Representatives a report describing— 7 (1) the nature of the research to be conducted 8 using canines, felines, or non-human primates; 9 (2) the date on which the Secretary approved 10 the research 11 (3) the USDA pain category on the approved 12 use 13 (4) the justification for the determination of the 14 Secretary that the scientific objectives of such re- 15 search could only be met using canines, felines, or 16 non-human primates, and methods used to make 17 such determination; 18 (5) the frequency and duration of such re- 19 search; and 20 (6) the protocols in place to ensure the neces- 21 sity, safety, and efficacy of the research, and animal 22 welfare. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 73 •HR 3944 RH (d) Not later than December 31, 2025, and bian- 1 nually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to such Com- 2 mittees a report describing— 3 (1) any research being conducted by the De- 4 partment of Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, 5 or non-human primates as of the date of the sub- 6 mittal of the report; 7 (2) the circumstances under which such re- 8 search was conducted using canines, felines, or non- 9 human primates; 10 (3) the justification for using canines, felines, 11 or non-human primates to conduct such research; 12 (4) the protocols in place to ensure the neces- 13 sity, safety, and efficacy of such research; and 14 (5) the development and adoption of alter- 15 natives to canines, felines, or non-human primates 16 research. 17 (e) Not later than December 31, 2025, and annually 18 thereafter, the Department of Veterans Affairs must sub- 19 mit to voluntary U.S. Department of Agriculture inspec- 20 tions of canine, feline, and non-human primate research 21 facilities. 22 (f) Not later than December 31, 2025, and annually 23 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to such Committees 24 a report describing — 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 74 •HR 3944 RH (1) any violations of the Animal Welfare Act, 1 the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care 2 and Use of Laboratory Animals, or other Depart- 3 ment of Veterans Affairs policies related to oversight 4 of animal research found during that quarter in VA 5 research facilities; 6 (2) immediate corrective actions taken; and 7 (3) specific actions taken to prevent their recur- 8 rence. 9 (g) The Department shall implement a plan under 10 which the Secretary will eliminate the research conducted 11 using canines, felines, or non-human primates by not later 12 than September 20, 2026. 13 SEC. 247. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 14 use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in 15 this title to ensure that the ratio of veterans to full-time 16 employment equivalents within any program of rehabilita- 17 tion conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 18 Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time em- 19 ployment equivalent. 20 (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the en- 21 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Con- 22 gress a report on the programs of rehabilitation conducted 23 under chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, includ- 24 ing— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 75 •HR 3944 RH (1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio 1 for each such program; and 2 (2) recommendations for such action as the 3 Secretary considers necessary to reduce the veteran- 4 to-staff ratio for each such program. 5 SEC. 248. Amounts made available for the ‘‘Veterans 6 Health Administration, Medical Community Care’’ ac- 7 count in this or any other Act for fiscal years 2025 and 8 2026 may be used for expenses that would otherwise be 9 payable from the Veterans Choice Fund established by 10 section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Account- 11 ability Act, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note). 12 SEC. 249. Obligations and expenditures applicable to 13 the ‘‘Medical Services’’ account in fiscal years 2017 14 through 2019 for aid to state homes (as authorized by 15 section 1741 of title 38, United States Code) shall remain 16 in the ‘‘Medical Community Care’’ account for such fiscal 17 years. 18 SEC. 250. Of the amounts made available for the De- 19 partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this 20 or any other Act, under the ‘‘Veterans Health Administra- 21 tion—Medical Services’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Administra- 22 tion—Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Veterans Health Ad- 23 ministration—Medical Support and Compliance’’, and 24 ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities’’ ac- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 76 •HR 3944 RH counts, $1,323,444,000 shall be made available for gen- 1 der-specific care and programmatic efforts to deliver care 2 for women veterans. 3 SEC. 251. Notwithstanding any other law, unless pre- 4 vented by an order issued by a federal or state court, by 5 no later than September 30, 2026, the Secretary shall 6 commence construction of the Community Based Out- 7 patient Clinic in Bakersfield, California authorized in sec- 8 tion 1(a)(3) of Public Law 111–82 and in accordance with 9 Lease No.36C10F20L0008 or successor lease. 10 SEC. 252. Not later than 30 days after the end of 11 each fiscal quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 12 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 13 Houses of Congress a quarterly report on the status of 14 the ‘‘Veterans Medical Care and Health Fund’’, estab- 15 lished to execute section 8002 of the American Rescue 16 Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2): Provided, That, 17 at a minimum, the report shall include an update on obli- 18 gations by program, project or activity and a plan for ex- 19 pending the remaining funds. 20 SEC. 253. Any amounts transferred to the Secretary 21 and administered by a corporation referred to in section 22 7364(b) of title 38, United States Code, between October 23 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019 for purposes of carrying 24 out an order placed with the Department of Veterans Af- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 77 •HR 3944 RH fairs pursuant to section 1535 of title 31, United States 1 Code, that are available for obligation pursuant to section 2 7364(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, are to remain 3 available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred 4 by such corporation during the period of performance of 5 such order, provided that the Secretary of Veterans Af- 6 fairs determines that such amounts need to remain avail- 7 able for such liquidation. 8 SEC. 254. Unobligated balances available under the 9 headings ‘‘Construction, Major Projects’’ and ‘‘Construc- 10 tion, Minor Projects’’ may be obligated by the Secretary 11 of Veterans Affairs for a facility pursuant to section 12 2(e)(1) of the Communities Helping Invest through Prop- 13 erty and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 14 (Public Law 114–294; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note), as amended, 15 to provide additional funds or to fund an escalation clause 16 under such section of such Act: Provided, That before such 17 unobligated balances are obligated pursuant to this sec- 18 tion, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 19 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con- 20 gress the authority to obligate such unobligated balances 21 and such Committees issue an approval, or absent a re- 22 sponse, a period of 30 days has elapsed: Provided further, 23 That the request to obligate such unobligated balances 24 must provide Congress notice that the entity described in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 78 •HR 3944 RH section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 114–294, as amended, has 1 exhausted available cost containment approaches as set 2 forth in the agreement under section 2(c) of such Public 3 Law. 4 SEC. 255. (a) None of the funds made available in 5 this Act may be used to implement, administer, or other- 6 wise carry out the Department of Veterans Affairs interim 7 final rule published on September 9, 2022, or any suc- 8 cessor to such rule, or to propose, promulgate, or imple- 9 ment any substantially similar rule or policy. 10 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 11 be expended for any abortion, including through a medical 12 benefits package or health benefits program that includes 13 coverage of abortion. 14 (c) The limitations established in subsection (b) shall 15 not apply to an abortion— 16 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 17 rape or incest; or 18 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 19 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 20 including a life-endangering physical condition 21 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 22 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 23 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 79 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 256. None of the funds made available by this 1 Act may be used for surgical procedures or hormone thera- 2 pies for the purposes of gender affirming care. 3 SEC. 257. During the period beginning on October 4 1, 2025 and ending on September 30, 2026, none of the 5 funds made available by this Act may be used to admin- 6 ister, implement, or enforce the final rule issued by the 7 Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to ‘‘Change in Rates 8 VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation’’ (88 Fed. 9 Reg. 10032) and published on February 16, 2023. 10 SEC. 258. None of the funds made available by this 11 Act may be used to carry out VHA Directive 1193.01, 12 ‘‘Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Program for Vet- 13 erans Health Administration Health Care Personnel’’. 14 SEC. 259. None of the funds made available by this 15 Act may be used to provide any services to any individual 16 unlawfully present in the United States who is not eligible 17 for health care under the laws administered by the Sec- 18 retary of Veterans Affairs. 19 SEC. 260. None of the funds made available by this 20 Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 21 under section 5502 of title 38, United States Code, in any 22 case arising out of the administration by the Secretary of 23 laws and benefits under such title, to report a person who 24 is deemed mentally incapacitated, mentally incompetent, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 80 •HR 3944 RH or to be experiencing an extended loss of consciousness 1 as a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defec- 2 tive under subjection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of section 922 of 3 title 18, United States Code, without the order or finding 4 a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of com- 5 petent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself 6 or herself or others. 7 SEC. 261. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 8 made available under the heading ‘‘Veterans Health Ad- 9 ministration’’ from prior appropriations Acts, including 10 any funds transferred from the Medical Care Collections 11 Fund to accounts under such heading, $15,889,000,000 12 is hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 13 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were pro- 14 vided under the heading ‘‘Medical and Prosthetic Re- 15 search’’ or amounts that were designated by the Congress 16 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 17 resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further; 19 That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 20 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 21 atives and the Senate a plan for rescinding amounts pur- 22 suant to this section not later than 30 days after the date 23 of the enactment of this Act. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 81 •HR 3944 RH TITLE III 1 RELATED AGENCIES 2 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 5 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including 6 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun- 7 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of 8 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United 9 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office 10 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for- 11 one replacement basis only) and hire of passenger motor 12 vehicles; not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and 13 representation expenses; and insurance of official motor 14 vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such 15 countries, $106,000,000, to remain available until ex- 16 pended. 17 FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT 18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 19 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, such 20 sums as may be necessary, to remain available until ex- 21 pended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 22 36, United States Code. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 82 •HR 3944 RH UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS 1 CLAIMS 2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3 For necessary expenses for the operation of the 4 United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims as 5 authorized by sections 7251 through 7298 of title 38, 6 United States Code, $49,000,000: Provided, That 7 $3,800,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing 8 financial assistance as described and in accordance with 9 the process and reporting procedures set forth under this 10 heading in Public Law 102–229. 11 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 12 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14 For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, 15 and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Sol- 16 diers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including 17 the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles for re- 18 placement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed 19 $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 20 $115,000,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 21 remain available until September 30, 2028. In addition, 22 such sums as may be necessary for parking maintenance, 23 repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ‘‘Lease 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 83 •HR 3944 RH of Department of Defense Real Property for Defense 1 Agencies’’ account. 2 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 3 TRUST FUND 4 For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire- 5 ment Home to operate and maintain the Armed Forces 6 Retirement Home—Washington, District of Columbia, 7 and the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Gulfport, Mis- 8 sissippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed 9 Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $70,520,000, to re- 10 main available until September 30, 2027, of which 11 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for con- 12 struction and renovation of the physical plants at the 13 Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington, District of 14 Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home— 15 Gulfport, Mississippi: Provided, That of the amounts made 16 available under this heading from funds available in the 17 Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, 18 $25,000,000 shall be paid from the general fund of the 19 Treasury to the Trust Fund. 20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 21 SEC. 301. Amounts deposited into the special account 22 established under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and 23 shall be available until expended to support activities at 24 the Army National Military Cemeteries. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 84 •HR 3944 RH TITLE IV 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 3 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 4 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 5 SEC. 402. None of the funds made available in this 6 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity, 7 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official 8 to which the funds are made available that the program, 9 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 10 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private 11 property rights, or unfunded mandates. 12 SEC. 403. All departments and agencies funded under 13 this Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing 14 statutory authorities and funding, to expand their use of 15 ‘‘E-Commerce’’ technologies and procedures in the con- 16 duct of their business practices and public service activi- 17 ties. 18 SEC. 404. Unless stated otherwise, all reports and no- 19 tifications required by this Act shall be submitted to the 20 Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Af- 21 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appro- 22 priations of the House of Representatives and the Sub- 23 committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 85 •HR 3944 RH and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations 1 of the Senate. 2 SEC. 405. None of the funds made available in this 3 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in- 4 strumentality of the United States Government except 5 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro- 6 vided in, this or any other appropriations Act. 7 SEC. 406. None of the funds made available in this 8 Act may be used for a project or program named for an 9 individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident 10 Commissioner of the United States House of Representa- 11 tives. 12 SEC. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail- 13 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 14 post on the public Web site of that agency any report re- 15 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 16 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen- 17 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 18 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 19 (1) the public posting of the report com- 20 promises national security; or 21 (2) the report contains confidential or propri- 22 etary information. 23 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 24 do so only after such report has been made available to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 86 •HR 3944 RH the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 1 no less than 30days. 2 SEC. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in 3 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 4 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 5 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 6 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 7 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 8 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi- 9 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 10 SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this 11 Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 12 to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 13 in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 14 10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 15 SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 16 Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv- 17 ices, including construction services, where the contractor 18 has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 19 SEC. 411. None of the funds made available by this 20 Act may be used in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of 21 title 10, United States Code. 22 SEC. 412. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds ap- 23 propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 24 of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 87 •HR 3944 RH or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, 1 or possessions to house any individual detained at United 2 States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, for the 3 purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or 4 under the control of the Department of Defense. 5 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 6 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 7 Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 8 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 9 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 10 States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 11 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 12 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 13 and 14 (2) is— 15 (A) in the custody or under the effective 16 control of the Department of Defense; or 17 (B) otherwise under detention at United 18 States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 19 SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 20 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 21 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 22 matter pending before Congress, other than to commu- 23 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 24 1913. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 88 •HR 3944 RH SEC. 414. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office 1 of the Secretary’’, $1,500,000, to remain available until 2 expended, for the Secretary to enter into an agreement 3 with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 4 and Medicine to conduct a study on the prevalence and 5 mortality of cancers among individuals who served as ac- 6 tive-duty aircrew in the Armed Forces: Provided, That the 7 panel or panels established by the National Academies 8 Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct the study 9 shall identify exposures associated with military occupa- 10 tions of covered individuals, including relating to chemi- 11 cals, compounds, agents, and other phenomena: Provided 12 further, the study shall review the literature to determine 13 associations between exposures and the incidence of over- 14 all cancer morbidity, cancer mortality and increased preva- 15 lence of brain cancer, colon and rectal cancers, kidney can- 16 cer, lung cancer, melanoma skin cancer, non-Hodgkin 17 lymphoma, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, testicular 18 cancer, thyroid cancer, urinary bladder cancer and any 19 other cancers determined appropriate by the Department 20 of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That not later than 21 eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act, 22 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 23 Medicine shall submit its report to the Secretary of Vet- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 89 •HR 3944 RH erans Affairs and the Congress of its systematic review 1 and data analysis of the research topics. 2 SEC. 415. There is hereby appropriated $1,500,000, 3 to remain available until expended, for a pilot program 4 for the Secretary to partner with a private laboratory to 5 utilize Forensic Genetic Genealogy sequencing technology 6 to identify the remains of fallen soldiers buried at the Na- 7 tional Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. 8 SEC. 416. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 9 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for 10 the Department of Veterans Affairs may be obligated, 11 awarded, or expended to procure or purchase covered in- 12 formation technology equipment in cases where the manu- 13 facturer, bidder, or offeror, or any subsidiary or parent 14 entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, of the 15 equipment is an entity or parent company of an entity list- 16 ed on any of the following: 17 (1) The Chinese Military Company List of the 18 Department of Defense. 19 (2) The Non-SDN Chinese Military Industrial 20 Complex Companies List of the Department of the 21 Treasury. 22 (3) The Denied Persons List, Entity List, or 23 Military End User List of the Department of Com- 24 merce, if the entity is— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 90 •HR 3944 RH (A) an agency or instrumentality of the 1 People’s Republic of China; 2 (B) an entity headquartered in the Peo- 3 ple’s Republic of China; or 4 (C) directly or indirectly owned or con- 5 trolled by an agency, instrumentality, or entity 6 described in subparagraph (A) or (B). 7 (4) The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act 8 Entity List of the Department of Homeland Secu- 9 rity. 10 (b) The prohibition under subsection (a) shall apply 11 to a case in which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has 12 entered into a contract with a non-Department entity for 13 the procurement or purchase of, or the expenditure of 14 funds on, covered information technology equipment. 15 (c) In this section, the term ‘‘covered information 16 technology equipment’’— 17 (1) means a computer, printer, or interoperable 18 videoconferencing equipment for direct use by em- 19 ployees of the Department of Veterans Affairs in an 20 office environment; and 21 (2) does not include services that use such 22 equipment, including cloud services. 23 SEC. 417. None of the funds appropriated or other- 24 wise made available in this Act may be used to— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 91 •HR 3944 RH (1) Classify or facilitate the classification of any 1 communications by a United States person as a mis- 2 , dis-, or mal-information; or 3 (2) Partner with or fund nonprofit or other pri- 4 vate organizations that in any way instruct, influ- 5 ence, direct, or recommend that private companies in 6 any way censor, prohibit, or obstruct lawful and con- 7 stitutionally protected speech of United States per- 8 sons, including recommending the censoring or re- 9 moval of content on social media platforms. 10 SEC. 418. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall en- 11 sure that the policies and requirements described in the 12 transmittal sheet of the Veterans Health Administration 13 published on August 8, 2019, titled ‘‘Smoke-Free Policy 14 for Employees at VA Health Care Facilities (VHA Direc- 15 tive 1085.01)’’ remain in effect. 16 SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 17 Act may be used to reduce the staffing, hours of operation, 18 or services of the Veterans Crisis Line or any other suicide 19 prevention program of the Department of Veterans Af- 20 fairs. 21 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 22 SEC. 420. $0. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 92 •HR 3944 RH This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction, 1 Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 2 Act, 2026’’. 3 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS Union Calendar No. 128 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3944 [Report No. 119–161] A BILL Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes. JUNE 12, 2025 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:40 Jun 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3944.RH H3944 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS