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[H.R. 116 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 107
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 116

                          [Report No. 108-200]

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct, lease, or 
 modify major medical facilities at the site of the former Fitzsimons 
                 Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2003

   Mr. Hefley (for himself, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. McInnis, Mrs. 
 Musgrave, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Beauprez, and Ms. DeGette) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

                             July 14, 2003

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                                7, 2003]

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct, lease, or 
 modify major medical facilities at the site of the former Fitzsimons 
                 Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado.

    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 ``New Fitzsimons Regional Federal 
Medical Center Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS, FORMER 
              FITZSIMONS ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, AURORA, COLORADO.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out 
major medical facility projects under section 8104 of title 38, United 
States Code, at the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, 
Aurora, Colorado. Projects to be carried out at such site shall be 
selected by the Secretary and may include inpatient and outpatient 
facilities providing acute, sub-acute, primary, and long-term care 
services. Project costs shall be limited to an amount not to exceed a 
total of $300,000,000 if a combination of direct construction by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and capital leasing is selected under 
subsection (b) and no more than $30,000,000 per year in capital leasing 
costs if a leasing option is selected as the sole option under 
subsection (b).
    (b) Selection of Capital Option.--The Secretary of Veterans shall 
select the capital option to carry out the authority provided in 
subsection (a) of either--
            (1) direct construction by the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs or a combination of direct construction and capital 
        leasing; or
            (2) capital leasing alone.
    (c) Consultation With Secretary of Defense.--The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall consult with the Secretary of Defense in 
carrying out this section. Such consultation shall include 
consideration of establishing a Department of Veterans Affairs-
Department of Defense joint health-care venture at the site of the 
project or projects under subsection (a).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal years 
2004, 2005, and 2006 for ``Construction, Major Projects'' for the 
purposes authorized in subsection (a)--
            (1) a total of $300,000,000, if direct construction, or a 
        combination of direct construction and capital leasing, is 
        chosen pursuant to subsection (b) for purposes of the projects 
        authorized in subsection (a); and
            (2) $30,000,000 for each such fiscal year, if capital 
        leasing alone is chosen pursuant to subsection (b) for purposes 
        of the projects authorized in subsection (a).
    (e) Limitation.--The projects authorized in subsection (a) may only 
be carried out using--
            (1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 2004, 2005, or 2006 
        pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection 
        (a);
            (2) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects, 
        for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2004 that remain available 
        for obligation; and
            (3) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects, 
        for fiscal year 2004, 2005, or 2006 for a category of activity 
        not specific to a project.
    (f) Report to Congressional Committees.--Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Veterans' 
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on this 
section. The report shall include the following:
            (1) Notice of the option selected by the Secretary pursuant 
        to subsection (b) to carry out the authority provided by 
        subsection (a).
            (2) Information on any further planning required to carry 
        out the authority provided in subsection (a).
            (3) Other information of assistance to the committees with 
        respect to such authority.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 107

108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 116

                          [Report No. 108-200]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct, lease, or 
 modify major medical facilities at the site of the former Fitzsimons 
                 Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 14, 2003

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed