[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2307 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2307

To provide for the establishment of new Department of Veterans Affairs 
 medical facilities for veterans in the area of Columbus, Ohio, and in 
                              south Texas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2003

Mr. Hobson (for himself, Mr. Ortiz, Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. 
     Gillmor, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Regula, Mr. Reyes, and Mr. Oxley) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the establishment of new Department of Veterans Affairs 
 medical facilities for veterans in the area of Columbus, Ohio, and 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, 
              COLUMBUS, OHIO.

    (a) Project Authorization.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is 
authorized to construct a medical facility on available Federal land at 
the Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio.
    (b) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs $90,000,000 for the purposes of 
subsection (a).

SEC. 2. NEW DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY, SOUTH 
              TEXAS.

    (a) Project Authorization.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is 
authorized--
            (1) to acquire a site in south Texas suitable for a medical 
        facility; and
            (2) to construct a medical facility on that site.
    (b) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs such sums as may be necessary for the 
purposes of subsection (a), except that the amount appropriated for the 
construction of the medical facility may not exceed the amount equal to 
the product of (1) the number of patient beds to be provided in the 
facility, and (2) $290,000.

SEC. 3. MEDICAL FACILITY DEFINED.

    For the purposes of this Act, the term ``medical facility'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 8101(3) of title 38, United States 
Code.
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