Bill > S4677

This bill makes appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Care:** * Medical Services: $75,039,000,000 (available until September 30, 2026, with $2,000,000,000 available until September 30, 2027) * Medical Community Care: $34,000,000,000 (available until September 30, 2026, with $2,000,000,000 available until September 30, 2027) * Medical Support and Compliance: $12,700,000,000 (available until September 30, 2026, with $350,000,000 available until September 30, 2027) * Medical Facilities: $9,700,000,000 (available until September 30, 2026, with $500,000,000 available until September 30, 2027) * Medical and Prosthetic Research: $878,000,000 (available until September 30, 2026) * $1,323,444,000 is specifically for gender-specific care and programmatic efforts for women veterans. * **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits and Administration:** * Compensation and Pensions: $9,820,699,000 (available until expended) plus an additional $204,481,753,000 becoming available October 1, 2025 (available until expended). * Readjustment Benefits: $2,657,656,000 (available until expended) plus an additional $17,614,235,000 becoming available October 1, 2025 (available until expended). * Veterans Insurance and Indemnities: $131,518,000 (available October 1, 2025, until expended). * General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration: $4,035,000,000 (with up to 10 percent available until September 30, 2026). * Information Technology Systems: $6,276,693,000. * Veterans Electronic Health Record: $894,000,000 (available until September 30, 2027). * Office of Inspector General: $301,000,000 (with up to 10 percent available until September 30, 2026). * Construction, Major Projects: $2,069,000,000 (with $1,265,300,000 available until September 30, 2029, and $803,700,000 available until expended). * Construction, Minor Projects: $380,453,000 (with $342,408,000 available until September 30, 2029, and $38,045,000 available until expended). * Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities: $150,000,000 (available until expended). * Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries: $65,000,000 (available until expended). * **Military Construction:** * Additional funds are appropriated for various military construction accounts, including Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, Defense-Wide, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and Army Reserve. These funds are generally available until September 30, 2028, or 2029, and are intended for projects on unfunded priority lists and for improving military installation resilience and foreign military training sites. * **Related Agencies:** * American Battle Monuments Commission: $94,520,000 (available until expended). * United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: $47,300,000 (with $3,000,000 available until September 30, 2026). * Cemeterial Expenses, Army (Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery): $105,514,000 (with $15,000,000 available until September 30, 2027). * Construction for Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery: $42,000,000 (available until expended). * Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund: $69,520,000 (with $1,000,000 available until September 30, 2026, for construction and renovation). The bill includes numerous provisions regarding the use of funds, transfer authorities between accounts, reporting requirements to Congress, and specific limitations on certain expenditures, such as those related to construction contracts, land purchases, and the use of specific technologies. It also prohibits the use of funds for certain activities, including the closure or realignment of U.S. Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and the construction of facilities in the United States to house individuals detained there.