[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 795 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 795

To provide for the establishment of a new medical facility for veterans 
                            in south Texas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 20 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

  Mr. Krueger introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the establishment of a new medical facility for veterans 
                            in south Texas.

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

SECTION 1. NEW DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY IN SOUTH 
              TEXAS.

    (a) Project Authorization.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may--
            (1) acquire a site in south Texas suitable for a medical 
        facility; and
            (2) construct a medical facility on such site.
    (b) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
may be necessary for the purposes of subsection (a), but the amount 
authorized for appropriation under such subsection for the construction 
of the medical facility referred to in such subsection may not exceed 
the product of (1) the number of beds to be included in the facility, 
and (2) $290,000.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``medical 
facility'' has the meaning given the term in section 8101(3) of title 
38, United States Code.

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