[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3489 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3489

To require that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of 
   Defense enter into a sharing agreement with Eglin Air Force Base 
    Hospital for the provision of inpatient services to veterans in 
               Northwest Florida, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2007

Mr. Miller of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of 
   Defense enter into a sharing agreement with Eglin Air Force Base 
    Hospital for the provision of inpatient services to veterans in 
               Northwest Florida, 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 ``Northwest Florida Veterans Health 
Care Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WITH RESPECT TO INPATIENT MEDICAL 
              FACILITY AT EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE.

    By not later than October 1, 2008, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs and the Secretary of Defense shall enter into one or more 
agreements under section 8111 of title 38, United States Code, and 
section 1104 of title 10 of such code for--
            (1) the coordination of the provision of medical and 
        surgical acute inpatient services to the beneficiaries of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense at 
        the medical facility located at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida;
            (2) the use by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of land 
        owned by the Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for 
        the construction and operation of the joint Department of 
        Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense outpatient medical 
        facility required under section 3; and
            (3) the purchase of services provided by the Air Force and 
        the use of employees of the Air Force by the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs and the purchase of services provided by the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs and the use of employees of the 
        Department by the Air Force, as applicable.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF OUTPATIENT SPECIALTY CARE SPACE AT EGLIN AIR FORCE 
              BASE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION OF JOINT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OUTPATIENT MEDICAL 
              FACILITY.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out the construction 
of a joint Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense 
outpatient medical facility at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The 
Secretary shall complete the planning and design of such facility by 
not later than October 1, 2009, and shall complete the construction of 
such facility by not later than February 1, 2012.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated--
            (1) such sums as may be necessary to carry out section 2; 
        and
            (2) to the Construction, Major Projects account of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, in addition to any other 
        amounts authorized to be appropriated to that account, 
        $54,500,000 to carry out section 3.
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