[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1043 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1043

  To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report to 
    Congress on proposed changes to the use of the West Los Angeles 
       Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2007

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report to 
    Congress on proposed changes to the use of the West Los Angeles 
       Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORT ON USE OF LANDS AT WEST LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that section 707 of the Veterans 
Programs Enhancement Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-368; 112 Stat. 3351) 
required the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a 
report on the master plan of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or a 
plan for the development of such a master plan, relating to the use of 
Department lands at the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, California.
    (b) Report.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to 
Congress a report on the master plan of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs relating to the use of Department lands at the West Los Angeles 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California.
    (c) Report Elements.--The report under subsection (b) shall set 
forth the following:
            (1) The master plan referred to in that subsection, if such 
        a plan currently exists.
            (2) A current assessment of the master plan.
            (3) Any proposal of the Department for a veterans park on 
        the lands referred to in subsection (b), and an assessment of 
        each such proposal.
            (4) Any proposal to use a portion of the lands referred to 
        in subsection (b) as dedicated green space, and an assessment 
        of each such proposal.
    (d) Alternative Report Element.--
            (1) Plan for development of master plan.--If the master 
        plan referred to in subsection (b) does not exist as of the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall set 
        forth in the report under that subsection, in lieu of the 
        matters specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c), 
        a plan for the development of a master plan for the use of the 
        lands referred to in subsection (b) during each period as 
        follows:
                    (A) The 25-year period beginning on the date of the 
                enactment of this Act.
                    (B) The 50-year period beginning on the date of the 
                enactment of this Act.
            (2) Completion of master plan.--The master plan referred to 
        in paragraph (1) shall be completed before both of the 
        following:
                    (A) The adoption of the plan under the Capital 
                Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) 
                initiative for the lands referred to in subsection (b).
                    (B) The issuance of any enhanced use lease with 
                respect to any portion of such lands.
            (3) Coordination with cares.--The master plan referred to 
        in paragraph (1) and the plan under the Capital Asset 
        Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative for the lands 
        referred to in subsection (b) shall be consistent.
    (e) Limitations on Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may not implement any 
        portion of the master plan referred to in subsection (b) or the 
        plan referred to in subsection (d), as applicable, until 120 
        days after the date of the receipt by the appropriate 
        congressional committees of the report referred to in such 
        subsection.
            (2) Actions other than direct veterans services.--In the 
        case of any portion of the master plan referred to in 
        subsection (b) or the plan referred to in subsection (d), as 
        applicable, that does not relate to direct veterans services, 
        the Secretary may not carry out such portion of such plan 
        except pursuant to provisions of law enacted after the date of 
        the receipt by the appropriate congressional committees of the 
        report referred to in such subsection.
    (f) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
prevent the Secretary from providing, with respect to the lands 
referred to in subsection (b), routine maintenance, facility upkeep, 
tasks connected to capital improvements, and activities related to the 
construction of a State veterans home.
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Direct veterans services.--The term ``direct veterans 
        services'' means services directly related to maintaining the 
        health, welfare, and support of veterans.
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