Sec. 131. For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 2021: “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army”, $50,000,000; “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps”, $59,600,000; and “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $31,200,000.
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## SEC. 131 For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 2021: “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army”, $50,000,000; “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps”, $59,600,000; and “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $31,200,000. # TITLE II DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ## Veterans Benefits Administration ### compensation and pensions #### (including transfer of funds) For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C.
App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $1,439,931,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2019; and, $118,246,975,000 shall become available on October 1, 2020: *Provided*, That not to exceed $18,147,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 2021 under this heading shall be reimbursed to “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration”, and “Information Technology Systems” for necessary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source for which is specifically provided as the “Compensation and Pensions” appropriation: *Provided further*, That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to “Medical Care Collections Fund” to augment the funding of individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized. ### readjustment benefits For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $12,578,965,000, to remain available until expended and to become available on October 1, 2020: *Provided*, That expenses for rehabilitation program services and assistance which the Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection
(a)of section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and
(11)of that subsection, shall be charged to this account. ### veterans insurance and indemnities For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 19 and 21 of title 38, United States Code, $17,620,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2019, to remain available until expended; and, in addition, $129,224,000, shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until expended. ### veterans housing benefit program fund For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by subchapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code: *Provided*, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: *Provided further*, That, during fiscal year 2020, within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $200,377,391. ### vocational rehabilitation loans program account For the cost of direct loans, $57,729, as authorized by chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code: *Provided*, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: *Provided further*, That funds made available under this heading are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,008,232.In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $401,880, which may be paid to the appropriation for “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration”. ### native american veteran housing loan program account For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, $1,186,000. ### general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, and reimbursement of the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $3,125,000,000: *Provided*, That expenses for services and assistance authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and
(11)of section 3104(a) of title 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans:
(1)to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable employment; or
(2)to achieve maximum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: *Provided further*, That, of the funds made available under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2021. ## Veterans Health Administration ### medical services For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in section 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, and including medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees hired under title 38, United States Code, assistance and support services for caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance allowances authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United States Code, grants authorized by section 521A of title 38, United States Code, and administrative expenses necessary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United States Code, and hospital care and medical services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $56,158,015,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided*, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2020, under this heading, $1,500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022: *Provided further*, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the provision of medical treatment for veterans who have service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have special needs: *Provided further*, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: *Provided further*, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based on requirements established by the Secretary: *Provided further*, That the implementation of the program described in the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading for medical supplies and equipment are available for the acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically for female veterans: *Provided further*, That of the amount that became available on October 1, 2019, under this heading, not less than $585,000,000 shall be for gender-specific care for women. ### medical community care For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to individuals pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-Department facilities, $4,521,400,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, $17,131,179,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided*, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2020, under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022: *Provided further*, That $615,000,000 of the additional amounts provided for fiscal year 2020 under this heading in this Act shall be derived by transfer from the Veterans Choice Fund pursuant to the authority in section 802(c)(4) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, as amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note), from prior year unobligated balances in that Fund that were provided by section 510 of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-182). ### medical support and compliance For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of capital policy activities; and administrative and legal expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $98,800,000 which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, $7,914,191,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided*, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2020, under this heading, $150,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022. ### medical facilities For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other necessary facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; for administrative expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real property acquisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services; $6,433,265,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided*, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2020, under this heading, $250,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2022. ### medical and prosthetic research For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and prosthetic research and development as authorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, $800,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading are available for prosthetic research specifically for female veterans, and for toxic exposure research. ## National Cemetery Administration For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administration for operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial operations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the National Cemetery Administration, $329,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2021. ## Departmental Administration ### general administration #### (including transfer of funds) For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses in support of Department-wide capital planning, management and policy activities, uniforms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, $355,911,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided*, That funds provided under this heading may be transferred to “General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration”. ### board of veterans appeals For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans Appeals, $182,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2021. ### information technology systems #### (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses for information technology systems and telecommunications support, including developmental information systems and operational information systems; for pay and associated costs; and for the capital asset acquisition of information technology systems, including management and related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $4,371,615,000, plus reimbursements: *Provided,* That $1,204,238,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not to exceed 3 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided further,* That $2,739,597,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided further,* That $427,780,000 shall be for information technology systems development, and shall remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided further,* That amounts made available for salaries and expenses, operations and maintenance, and information technology systems development may be transferred among the three subaccounts after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is issued: *Provided further,* That amounts made available for the “Information Technology Systems” account for development may be transferred among projects or to newly defined projects: *Provided further,* That no project may be increased or decreased by more than $1,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to make the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed: *Provided further*, That the funds made available under this heading for information technology systems development shall be for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). ### veterans electronic health record For activities related to implementation, preparation, development, interface, management, rollout, and maintenance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system, including contractual costs associated with operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 38, United States Code, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: *Provided*, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and deployment implementation by facility: *Provided further*, That the funds provided in this account shall only be available to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be administered by that Office: *Provided further*, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be obligated in a manner inconsistent with deployment schedules provided to the Committees on Appropriations unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides notification to the Committees on Appropriations of such change and an approval is issued. ### office of inspector general For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to include information technology, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $210,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 2021. ### construction, major projects For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, architectural and engineering services, construction management services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is more than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, or where funds for a project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, $1,235,200,000, of which $1,036,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024, and of which $198,600,000 shall remain available until expended, of which $35,000,000 shall be available for seismic improvement projects and seismic program management activities, including for projects that would otherwise be funded by the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical Facilities or National Cemetery Administration accounts: *Provided*, That except for advance planning activities, including needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other capital asset management related activities, including portfolio development and management activities, and investment strategy studies funded through the advance planning fund and the planning and design activities funded through the design fund, including needs assessments which may or may not lead to capital investments, and funds provided for the purchase, security, and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery Administration through the land acquisition line item, none of the funds made available under this heading shall be used for any project that has not been notified to Congress through the budgetary process or that has not been approved by the Congress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory statement accompanying such Act and presented to the President at the time of enrollment: *Provided further*, That such sums as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the “General Administration” account for payment of salaries and expenses of all Office of Construction and Facilities Management employees to support the full range of capital infrastructure services provided, including minor construction and leasing services:*Provided further*, That funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 2020, for each approved project shall be obligated:
(1)by the awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, 2020; and
(2)by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2021: *Provided further*, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written report on any approved major construction project for which obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established above: *Provided further*, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 8104(a) of title 38, United States Code, amounts made available under this heading for seismic improvement projects and seismic program management activities shall be available for the completion of both new and existing seismic projects of the Department. ### construction, minor projects For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital investments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, $398,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, along with unobligated balances of previous “Construction, Minor Projects” appropriations which are hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount set forth in such section: *Provided*, That funds made available under this heading shall be for:
(1)repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe; and
(2)temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes. ### grants for construction of state extended care facilities For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 through 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $90,000,000, to remain available until expended. ### grants for construction of veterans cemeteries For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. ## Administrative Provisions ### (including transfer of funds)
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Sec. 131
For an additional amount for the accounts and in the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 2021: “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army”, $50,000,000; “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps”, $59,600,000; and “Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force”, $31,200,000.
Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-163
Stat.124 Stat. 1174
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