[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2914 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2914

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to require congressional 
 approval before the appropriation of funds for Department of Veterans 
                 Affairs major medical facility leases.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2015

 Ms. Brownley of California (for herself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of 
 California, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. Dingell, and Mr. Zinke) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to require congressional 
 approval before the appropriation of funds for Department of Veterans 
                 Affairs major medical facility leases.

    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 ``Build a Better VA Act''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MAJOR 
              MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES.

    (a) In General.--Section 8104(a)(2) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``No funds'' and inserting ``(A) No 
        funds'';
            (2) by striking ``or any major medical facility lease'';
            (3) by striking ``or lease''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year for any 
major medical facility lease unless the Committees on Veterans' Affairs 
of the Senate and House of Representatives adopt resolutions approving 
the lease.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to a lease entered into after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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