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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3489 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 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Northwest Florida Veterans Health Care Improvement Act.

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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.

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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.

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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.