[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 928 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 928

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the authority of the 
   Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use bid savings on major medical 
 facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand or 
change the scope of a major medical facility project of the Department, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 10, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the authority of the 
   Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use bid savings on major medical 
 facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand or 
change the scope of a major medical facility project of the Department, 
                        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. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO 
              USE BID SAVINGS ON MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS FOR 
              EXPANSION OR CHANGE OF SCOPE OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 
              PROJECTS.

    Section 8104(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(C) The Secretary may not obligate an amount under subparagraph 
(A) to expand or to change the scope of a major medical facility 
project except pursuant to a provision of law enacted after the date on 
which the Secretary submits to the committees described in subparagraph 
(B) notice of the following:
            ``(i) The major medical facility project that is the source 
        of the bid savings.
            ``(ii) The major medical facility project for which the 
        Secretary intends to expand or change the scope.
            ``(iii) A description of such expansion or change of scope.
            ``(iv) The amounts the Secretary intends to obligate for 
        such expansion or change of scope.''.
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