1.Authorization of fiscal year
2009 major medical facility projectsThe Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry
out the following major medical facility projects in fiscal year 2009, with
each project to be carried out in the amount specified for each project:
(1)Construction of
an 80-bed replacement facility in Palo Alto, California, to replace a
seismically unsafe acute psychiatric inpatient building, in an amount not to
exceed $54,000,000.
(2)Construction of
an outpatient clinic to meet the increased demand for diagnostic procedures,
ambulatory surgery, and specialty care in Lee County, Florida, in an amount not
to exceed $131,800,000.
(3)Seismic
corrections to Building 1 at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in an amount not to exceed $225,900,000.
(4)Construction of a
facility for a state-of-the-art polytrauma healthcare and rehabilitation center
in San Antonio, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $66,000,000.
2.Extension of
authorization for major medical facility construction projects previously
authorizedThe Secretary of
Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects in
fiscal year 2009, as originally authorized by section 801 of the Veterans
Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 (Public Law
109–461; 120 Stat. 3442) and as follows with each project to be carried out in
the amount specified for that project:
(1)Replacement of
the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, in an
amount not to exceed $769,200,000.
(2)Restoration, new
construction, or replacement of the medical center facility for the Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, due to damage from
Hurricane Katrina, in an amount not to exceed $625,000,000.
3.Authorization of
fiscal year 2009 major medical facility leasesThe Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry
out the following major medical facility leases in fiscal year 2009 at the
locations specified, and in an amount for each lease not to exceed the amount
shown for each such location:
(1)For an outpatient
clinic, Brandon, Florida, $4,326,000.
(2)For a
community-based outpatient clinic, Colorado Springs, Colorado,
$3,995,000.
(3)For an outpatient
clinic, Eugene, Oregon, $5,826,000.
(4)For expansion of
an outpatient clinic, Green Bay, Wisconsin, $5,891,000.
(5)For an outpatient
clinic, Greenville, South Carolina, $3,731,000.
(6)For a
community-based outpatient clinic, Mansfield, Ohio, $2,212,000.
(7)For a satellite
outpatient clinic, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, $6,276,000.
(8)For a
community-based outpatient clinic for Southeast Phoenix, Mesa, Arizona,
$5,106,000.
(9)For interim
research space, Palo Alto, California, $8,636,000.
(10)For expansion of
a community-based outpatient clinic, Savannah, Georgia, $3,168,000.
(11)For a
community-based outpatient clinic for Northwest Phoenix, Sun City, Arizona,
$2,295,000.
(12)For a primary
care annex, Tampa, Florida, $8,652,000.
4.Authorization of
appropriations
(a)Authorization
of appropriations for major medical facility projectsThere is
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal
year 2009 for the Construction, Major Projects, account—
(1)$477,700,000 for
the projects authorized in section 1; and
(2)$1,394,200,000
for projects whose authorization is extended by section 2.
(b)Authorization
of appropriations for medical facility leasesThere is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009
for the Medical Facilities account, $60,114,000 for the leases authorized in
section 3.
(c)The
projects authorized in sections 1 and 2 may only be carried out using—
(1)funds
appropriated for fiscal year 2009 pursuant to the authorization of
appropriations in subsection (a) of this section;
(2)funds available
for Construction, Major Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2009
that remain available for obligation;
(3)funds available
for Construction, Major Projects, for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2009 that
remain available for obligation;
(4)funds
appropriated for Construction, Major Projects, for fiscal year 2009 for a
category of activity not specific to a project;
(5)funds
appropriated for Construction, Major Projects, for a fiscal year before 2009
for a category of activity not specific to a project; and
(6)funds
appropriated for Construction, Major Projects, for a fiscal year after 2009 for
a category of activity not specific to a project.