Funding for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs in FY 2012 included $69.5 billion in mandatory spending, equal to the president's request.

The act provided $1.65 billion for family-housing maintenance and construction, a decrease of $128 million (seven percent) from FY 2011 and equal to the president's request.

The program finances installations and facilities needed to support the roles of the two NATO Strategic Commands, including communications and information systems, radar, military headquarters, airfields, fuel pipelines and storage and harbors.

The act provided $582 million for the re-stationing of overseas U.S. military personnel in the United States and base closures, a decrease of $1.9 billion (76 percent) from FY 2011 and equal to the president's budget request.

Most of the administration's funds are provided through mandatory spending for compensation, pensions and other benefits established in prior legislation.

The act provided $109 million for the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General, the same amount as the previous year and identical to the president's request.

The act provided $52.5 billion in advance appropriations for the Veterans Health Administration for medical services, support and facilities.

E-Verify is an Internet-based system allowing businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.

The act prohibited funding for the construction or renovation of any facility in the continental United States for housing any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Cuba.