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H.R. 5854 112th Congress House

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013

Official title: Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 23, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Jun 5, 2012
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Webster amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flores amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Runyan amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the second Poe (TX) amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Poe (TX) amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Fitzpatrick amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Speier amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
May 31, 2012
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Grimm amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Culberson demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Grimm amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Schock amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Blumenauer amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Terry amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Welch amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Hayworth amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 5854.
May 31, 2012
The Speaker designated the Honorable Candice S. Miller to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
May 31, 2012
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 667 and Rule XVIII.
May 31, 2012
Resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5743; H.R. 5854; H.R. 5855; and H.R. 5325.
May 31, 2012
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 667. (consideration: CR H3309-3346; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H3320, H3321, H3322-3324; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H3324, H3325, H3328-3330; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H3330; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H3330-3331; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H3331, H3341, H3358)
May 31, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 31, 2012
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 407 - 12 (Roll no. 305).
May 31, 2012
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 188 - 230 (Roll no. 304). (consideration: CR H3359)
May 31, 2012
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H3359)
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Barrow motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with amendments to reduce funding for the Departement of Defense Base Closure Account by $56,652,000 and to increase the funding for medical and prosthetic research by $28,326,000.
May 31, 2012
Mr. Barrow moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H3358; text: CR H3358)
May 31, 2012
The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
May 31, 2012
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H3358)
May 31, 2012
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5854.
May 31, 2012
On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
May 31, 2012
Mr. Culberson moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
May 31, 2012
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
May 31, 2012
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
May 31, 2012
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3356-3360)
May 31, 2012
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5854 as unfinished business.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Stearns amendment under the five-minute rule.
May 31, 2012
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Grimm amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Franks (AZ) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
May 31, 2012
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 667, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Franks (AZ) amendment No. 8 under the five-minute rule.
May 23, 2012
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 344.
May 23, 2012
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 112-491, by Mr. Culberson.
May 23, 2012
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 2
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
May 31, 2012 House · vote #305 On Passage Passed 407–12 See who voted →
May 31, 2012 House · vote #304 On Motion to Recommit with Instructions Failed 188–230 See who voted →
 Amendments to this bill 16

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

14 agreed to 1 failed 1 with no recorded outcome

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 1,169 – An amendment to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a performance award und… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,168 – An amendment numbered 8 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds to be used to implem… Failed May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,167 Webster, Daniel An amendment to prohibit the use of funds for the salary or compensation of a Director of Construction and Fa… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,166 – An amendment to prhoibit the use of funds to enforce section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act … Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,165 – An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to modify, maintain, or manage a structure, building, or barracks f… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,164 – An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to prohibit a veterans service organization that is participating i… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,163 – An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to hire a director of a national cemetery who is not a veteran. Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,162 – An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to enter into a contract using procedures that do not gi… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,161 – An amendment to make all filipino veterans eligible for veterans benefits. No recorded outcome May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,160 – An amendment to strike section 517 which prohibits the use of funds for construction bid solicitations that r… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,159 – An amendment to decrease and then increase the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services account by $16… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,158 – An amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record to decrease and then increase the Medical and Pro… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,157 – An amendment numbered 7 printed in the Congressional Record to decrease and then increase funding for Office … Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,156 Welch, Peter An amendment to make funds available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to comply with the Department's ene… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,155 – An amendment to increase and then decrease funds within the Veterans Benefits Administration Compensation and… Agreed to May 31, 2012
HAMDT 1,154 – An amendment numbered 2 printed in the Congressional Record to redirect funding within the Military Construct… Agreed to May 31, 2012
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 Latest action June 5, 2012

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.

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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Department of Defense - Appropriates funds for FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force (military departments), DOD, the Army and Air National Guard, and the Army, Navy, and Air Force reserves; (2) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; (3) family housing construction and related operation and maintenance for the military departments and DOD; (4) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund; (5) chemical demilitarization construction; and (6) the Department of Defense Base Closure Accounts of 1990 and 2005.

Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title and in other military construction appropriations Acts.

(Sec. 110) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification to the congressional appropriations committees.

(Sec. 113) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to notify the appropriate congressional committees 30 days in advance of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving U.S. personnel if construction costs are anticipated to exceed $100,000.

(Sec. 119) Authorizes the transfer of DOD funds for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Metropolitan Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966.

(Sec. 122) Places specified restrictions and limitations on the obligation or expenditure of funds made available in this title or in any other military construction appropriations Act to carry out a military construction, land acquisition, or family housing project at or for a military installation approved for closure, or for supporting a function that has been approved for realignment to another installation, in 2005 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.

(Sec. 123) Provides for the transfer of lapsed unobligated military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense account.

(Sec. 124) Prohibits the Secretary from using appropriated funds to take beneficial occupancy of more than 2,000 parking spaces provided by the BRAC (base realignment and closure) 133 project (northern Virginia). Allows a waiver of such prohibition under limited circumstances.

(Sec. 125) Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for any action that relates to or promotes the expansion of the boundaries or size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado.

(Sec. 126) Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from using appropriated funds to relocate an Army unit that: (1) performs a testing mission or function that is not performed by any other Army unit and is statutorily required, and (2) is located at a military installation at which the total number of Army civilian employees and contractor personnel exceeds 10% of the total number of regular and reserve Army personnel assigned there. Allows an exception if such Secretary notifies the defense committees of such relocation's compliance with Army Regulation 5-10 concerning the policy, procedures, and responsibilities for Army stationing actions.

(Sec. 127) Cancels from prior appropriations Acts: (1) $20 million in defense-wide military construction funds, and (2) $212.291 million for the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 2005.

(Sec. 129) Reduces by $2.334 million the total amount available in this Act for DOD civilian personnel.

Title II: Department of Veterans Affairs - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration, (2) readjustment benefits, (3) veterans insurance and indemnities, (4) the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund, (5) the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program, (6) the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program, (7) the Veterans Health Administration (including for medical and prosthetic research and information technology systems), (8) the National Cemetery Administration, (9) the Office of the Inspector General, (10) construction for major and minor projects, and (11) grants for the construction of state extended care facilities and veterans cemeteries.

Specifies restrictions and authorizations regarding the use of funds appropriated in this title.

(Sec. 210) Makes funds from this title available to reimburse expenses of the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, within specified limits.

(Sec. 216) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to enter into agreements with certain Indian tribes and tribal organizations in rural Alaska to provide health care, including behavioral health and dental care.

(Sec. 219) Directs the Secretary to report quarterly to the appropriations committees on the financial status of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

(Sec. 223) Allows certain VA funds to be used to fund operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Requires written notification from the Secretary to the appropriations committees of any fund transfers for such purpose.

(Sec. 226) Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriations committees on all bid savings in major construction projects that total at least $5 million or 5% of the programmed amount, whichever is less.

(Sec. 228) Directs the Secretary to notify the appropriations committees quarterly concerning any single national outreach and awareness marketing campaign in which obligations exceed $2 million.

(Sec. 229) Directs the Secretary to include in a current annual sufficiency letter to Congress a description of any changes exceeding $250 million in funding requirements for the Medical Services account resulting from the spring recalculation of the Enrollee Healthcare Projection Model.

(Sec. 230) Requires the Secretary to submit a reprogramming request to the appropriations committees whenever a change of 10% or more is proposed in funding for the current or advance year in the Medical Services initiatives listed in the congressional submission.

(Sec. 231) Rescinds specified funds made available in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 for the VA's Medical services, Medical support and compliance, and Medical facilities accounts.

(Sec. 232) Reduces by specified amounts funds made available in this Act for the Veterans Health Administration, the National Cemetery Administration, and VA departmental administration.

Title III: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the American Battle Monuments Commission, (2) the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, (3) cemeterial expenses, and (4) the Armed Forces Retirement Home.

Title IV: Overseas Contingency Operations - Appropriates funds for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, specifically for Navy and Marine Corps military construction.

Title V: General Provisions - Specifies restrictions and authorities regarding the use of funds appropriated in this Act.

(Sec. 507) Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for: (1) a project or program named for an individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the U.S. House of Representatives; (2) maintaining or establishing a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography; (3) funding the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN); (4) exercising the power of eminent domain without the payment of just compensation; (5) renovating, expanding, or constructing any facility in the United States in order to house any non-U.S. citizen detained at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; (6) paying for first-class travel by an agency employee in contravention of federal employee travel requirements; (7) entering into a contract or agreement with any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation within the preceding 24 months, or that carries an unpaid federal tax liability; or (8) requiring or prohibiting bidders, contractors, and subcontractors from entering into or adhering to agreements with one or more labor organizations.

(Sec. 518) Prohibits the applicable allocation of new budget authority under this Act from exceeding the amount of proposed new budget authority.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 2055 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
  • HR 3671 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
  • S 3215 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
  • HRES 667 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5743) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for intelligence a…
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