[House Appropriations Committee Print] Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2638; P.L. 110–329) DIVISION E—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGEN- CIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 (703) VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:29 Oct 22, 2008 Jkt 044807 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\A807P6.XXX A807P6 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with HEARING VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:29 Oct 22, 2008 Jkt 044807 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\A807P6.XXX A807P6 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with HEARING CONTENTS, DIVISION E Page Legislative Text: Title I—Department of Defense ...................................................................... 709 Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs ...................................................... 721 Title III—Related Agencies .............................................................................. 732 Title IV—General Provisions ........................................................................... 734 Explanatory Statement: Title I—Department of Defense ...................................................................... 736 Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs ...................................................... 748 Title III—Related Agencies .............................................................................. 756 Title IV—General Provisions ........................................................................... 757 Earmark Disclosure .......................................................................................... 758 Table .................................................................................................................. 759 (705) VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:17 Oct 22, 2008 Jkt 044807 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\A807P6.XXX A807P6 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with HEARING VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:29 Oct 22, 2008 Jkt 044807 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 0483 E:\HR\OC\A807P6.XXX A807P6 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with HEARING [CLERK’S NOTE: Four sections which precede division A in the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appro- priations Act apply to all divisions of the Act, including this one. The text of these sections is as follows: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Security, Disaster As- sistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009’’. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. [Text omitted for purposes of this note] SEC. 3. REFERENCES. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ or ‘‘this joint resolution’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. The explanatory statement regarding this legislation, printed in the House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record on or about September 24, 2008 by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same effect with re- spect to the allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of con- ference. Reproduced below is the text of division E of the Consolidated Se- curity, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 2638; P. L. 110–329) as presented to the President for signature.] (707) VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:29 Oct 22, 2008 Jkt 044807 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\A807P6.XXX A807P6 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with HEARING VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:29 Oct 22, 2008 Jkt 044807 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\A807P6.XXX A807P6 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with HEARING LEGISLATIVE TEXT, DIVISION E DIVISION E—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem- porary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by law, in- cluding personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other per- sonal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for construction and operation of facilities in support of the func- tions of the Commander in Chief, $4,692,648,000, to remain avail- able until September 30, 2013: Provided, That of this amount, not to exceed $178,685,000 shall be available for study, planning, de- sign, architect and engineer services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That the amount appropriated in this paragraph shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, and under the headings ‘‘Army’’ in the table entitled ‘‘Military Construction’’, in the explanatory state- ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That of the funds appro- priated for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ under Public Law 110– 5, $34,720,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ under Public Law 110–161, $16,600,000 are hereby rescinded. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem- porary or permanent public works, naval installations, facilities, and real property for the Navy and Marine Corps as currently au- thorized by law, including personnel in the Naval Facilities Engi- (709) VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:29 Oct 22, 2008 Jkt 044807 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\A807P6.XXX A807P6 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with HEARING 710 neering Command and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, $3,333,369,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That of this amount, not to ex- ceed $246,528,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro- priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That the amount appropriated in this paragraph shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, and under the headings ‘‘Navy’’ in the table en- titled ‘‘Military Construction’’, in the explanatory statement de- scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con- solidated Act). MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem- porary or permanent public works, military installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized by law, $1,117,746,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: Pro- vided, That of this amount, not to exceed $93,436,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense de- termines that additional obligations are necessary for such pur- poses and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That the amount appropriated in this paragraph shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, speci- fied under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, and under the headings ‘‘Air Force’’ in the table entitled ‘‘Military Con- struction’’, in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’ under Public Law 110–161, $20,821,000 are hereby re- scinded. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of tem- porary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and real property for activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), as currently authorized by law, $1,695,204,000, to remain available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation as may be de- termined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for military construction or family housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which trans- ferred: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, not to VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:29 Oct 22, 2008 Jkt 044807 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\A807P6.XXX A807P6 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with HEARING 711 exceed $186,060,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the