[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2277 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 515

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2277

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                                 A BILL

   To authorize major medical facility construction projects for the 
  Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1995, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                July 12 (legislative day, July 11), 1994

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar





                                                       Calendar No. 515
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2277

   To authorize major medical facility construction projects for the 
  Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1995, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 12 (legislative day, July 11), 1994

Mr. Rockefeller, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, reported the 
        following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
        calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize major medical facility construction projects for the 
  Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1995, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS AND MAJOR 
              MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES.

    (a) Projects Authorized.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
carry out the major medical facility projects for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and may carry out the major medical facility leases 
for that Department, for which funds are requested in the budget of the 
President for fiscal year 1995. The authorization in the preceding 
sentence applies to projects and leases which have not been authorized, 
or for which funds have not been appropriated, in any fiscal year 
before fiscal year 1995 and to projects and leases which have been 
authorized, or for which funds were appropriated, in fiscal years 
before fiscal year 1995.
    (b) Additional Projects.--(1) In addition to the projects 
authorized in subsection (a), the Secretary may carry out the following 
major medical facility projects in the amounts specified for such 
projects:
            (A) The projects that are proposed in the documents 
        submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 
        conjunction with the budget of the President for fiscal year 
        1995 to be financed with funds from the proposed Health Care 
        Investment Fund.
            (B) Construction of a nursing home facility at the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Charleston, 
        South Carolina, $7,300,000.
            (C) Construction of an outpatient care addition at the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Phoenix, 
        Arizona, $50,000,000.
    (2) The authorizations in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of 
paragraph (1) apply to projects which have not been authorized, or for 
which funds have not been appropriated, in any fiscal year before 
fiscal year 1995 and to projects which have been authorized, or for 
which funds were appropriated, in fiscal years before fiscal year 1995.
    (c) Projects for Which Funds Appropriated.--In addition to the 
projects authorized in subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary may carry 
out the following major medical facility projects for which funds were 
appropriated in chapter 7 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act of 1994 (title I of Public Law 103-211; 108 Stat. 10) in the 
amounts specified:
            (1) Construction of an ambulatory care/support services 
        facility at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 
        in Sepulveda, California, $53,700,000.
            (2) Other major medical facility projects required to 
        repair, restore, or replace earthquake-damaged facilities at 
        the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sepulveda, 
        California, $50,000,000.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1995--
            (1) $395,000,000 for the major medical facility projects 
        authorized in subsections (a) and (b) of section 1; and
            (2) $15,900,000 for the major medical facility leases 
        authorized in section 1(a).
    (b) Limitation.--The projects authorized in subsections (a) and (b) 
of section 1 may only be carried out using--
            (1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 1995 pursuant to the 
        authorization of appropriations in subsection (a);
            (2) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects for 
        a fiscal year before fiscal year 1995 that remain available for 
        obligation; and
            (3) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects for 
        fiscal year 1995 for a category of activity not specific to a 
        project.
    (c) Limitation on Certain Projects.--The projects authorized in 
subsection (c) of section 1 may only be carried out using--
            (1) funds appropriated to the Construction, Major Projects 
        account under chapter 7 of the Emergency Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act of 1994 (title I of Public Law 103-211; 108 
        Stat. 10) and funds transferred by the President to the 
        Construction, Major Projects account pursuant to chapter 8 of 
        that Act (108 Stat. 14);
            (2) funds appropriated to the Medical Care account by 
        chapter 7 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 
        1994 that are transferred to the Construction, Major Projects 
        account;
            (3) funds appropriated to the Construction, Major Projects 
        account for a fiscal year before fiscal year 1994 that remain 
        available for obligation; and
            (4) funds appropriated to the Construction, Major Projects 
        account for fiscal year 1994 for a category of activity not 
        specific to a project.

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF CONGRESSIONAL WAITING PERIOD REQUIREMENT FOR A 
              SPECIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION.

    (a) Waiver.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may undertake the 
administrative reorganization described in subsection (b) of this 
section without regard to the waiting period requirement of section 
510(b) of title 38, United States Code.
    (b) Covered Administrative Reorganization.--The administrative 
reorganization referred to in subsection (a) of this section is a 
reorganization at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 
Sepulveda, California, necessitated by the January 1994 earthquake 
damage at that location, as described in the letters dated April 25, 
1994, and the accompanying detailed plan and justification, submitted 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the chairmen of the Committees 
on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
pursuant to section 510(b) of title 38, United States Code.