[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1411 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1411

To authorize the transfer of the Denver Department of Veterans Affairs 
           Medical Center, Colorado, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 6, 2001

  Mr. Campbell (for himself and Mr. Allard) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the transfer of the Denver Department of Veterans Affairs 
           Medical Center, Colorado, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Denver Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center Transfer to Fitzsimons Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECT TO FACILITATE 
              TRANSFER OF DENVER DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL 
              CENTER, COLORADO.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out 
a major medical facility project, in the amount appropriated for the 
project pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection 
(b), for purposes of the transfer of the Denver Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center, Colorado, from its current location in Denver, 
Colorado, to the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, 
Aurora, Colorado.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the Construction, 
Major Projects, account such sums as may be necessary for the project 
authorized by subsection (a).
    (c) Transfer of Medical Center.--(1) Upon completion of the major 
medical facility project authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall transfer the Denver Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 
to the facility constructed pursuant to that authorization.
    (2) Amounts for the cost of the transfer authorized by paragraph 
(1) shall be derived from amounts in the Construction, Major Projects, 
account for a category of activity not specific to a project that are 
available for obligation.
    (d) Report on Transfer Costs.--Not later than 60 days before 
awarding the contract for the major medical facility project authorized 
by subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the estimated cost of the transfer 
of the Denver Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center under 
subsection (c).
    (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the following:
            (1) The Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Appropriations 
        of the Senate.
            (2) The Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Appropriations 
        of the House of Representatives.
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