[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4590 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4590

  To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain 
major medical facility projects for which appropriations are being made 
             for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 2016

Mr. Miller of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain 
major medical facility projects for which appropriations are being made 
             for fiscal year 2016, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 2016 Department of 
Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety, Construction, and Leases Authorization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out 
the following major medical facility projects, with each project to be 
carried out in an amount not to exceed the amount specified for that 
project:
            (1) Seismic corrections to buildings, including 
        retrofitting and replacement of high-risk buildings, in San 
        Francisco, California, in an amount not to exceed $175,880,000.
            (2) Seismic corrections to facilities, including facilities 
        to support homeless veterans, at the medical center in West Los 
        Angeles, California, in an amount not to exceed $100,250,000.
            (3) Seismic corrections to the mental health and community 
        living center in Long Beach, California, in an amount not to 
        exceed $282,100,000.
            (4) Construction of an outpatient clinic, administrative 
        space, cemetery, and columbarium in Alameda, California, in an 
        amount not to exceed $83,782,000.
            (5) Realignment of medical facilities in Livermore, 
        California, in an amount not to exceed $188,650,000.
            (6) Construction of a replacement community living center 
        in Perry Point, Maryland, in an amount not to exceed 
        $92,700,000.
            (7) Seismic corrections and other renovations to several 
        buildings and construction of a specialty care building in 
        American Lake, Washington, in an amount not to exceed 
        $13,830,000.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations for Construction.--There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
fiscal year 2016 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the 
Construction, Major Projects, account, $937,192,000 for the projects 
authorized in subsection (a).
    (c) Limitation.--The projects authorized in subsection (a) may only 
be carried out using--
            (1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 2016 pursuant to the 
        authorization of appropriations in subsection (b);
            (2) funds available for Construction, Major Projects, for a 
        fiscal year before fiscal year 2016 that remain available for 
        obligation;
            (3) funds available for Construction, Major Projects, for a 
        fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 that remain available for 
        obligation;
            (4) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects, 
        for fiscal year 2016 for a category of activity not specific to 
        a project;
            (5) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects, 
        for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2016 for a category of 
        activity not specific to a project; and
            (6) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects, 
        for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 for a category of 
        activity not specific to a project.

SEC. 3. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
for each project authorized in section 2(a), the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate the following information:
            (1) A line item accounting of expenditures relating to 
        construction management carried out by the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs for such project.
            (2) The future amounts that are budgeted to be obligated 
        for construction management carried out by the Department for 
        such project.
            (3) A justification for the expenditures described in 
        paragraph (1) and the future amounts described in paragraph 
        (2).
            (4) Any agreement entered into by the Secretary regarding 
        the Army Corps of Engineers providing services relating to such 
        project, including reimbursement agreements and the costs to 
        the Department of Veterans Affairs for such services.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major 
medical facility leases at the locations specified, and in an amount 
for each lease not to exceed the amount shown for such location (not 
including any estimated cancellation costs):
            (1) For an outpatient clinic, Ann Arbor, Michigan, an 
        amount not to exceed $17,093,000.
            (2) For an outpatient mental health clinic, Birmingham, 
        Alabama, an amount not to exceed $6,971,000.
            (3) For an outpatient specialty clinic, Birmingham, 
        Alabama, an amount not to exceed $10,479,000.
            (4) For research space, Boston, Massachusetts, an amount 
        not to exceed $5,497,000.
            (5) For research space, Charleston, South Carolina, an 
        amount not to exceed $6,581,000.
            (6) For an outpatient clinic, Daytona Beach, Florida, an 
        amount not to exceed $12,664,000.
            (7) For Chief Business Office Purchased Care office space, 
        Denver, Colorado, an amount not to exceed $17,215,000.
            (8) For an outpatient clinic, Gainesville, Florida, an 
        amount not to exceed $4,686,000.
            (9) For an outpatient clinic, Hampton Roads, Virginia, an 
        amount not to exceed $18,124,000.
            (10) For research space Mission Bay, California, an amount 
        not to exceed $23,454,000.
            (11) For an outpatient clinic, Missoula, Montana, an amount 
        not to exceed $7,130,000.
            (12) For an outpatient clinic, Northern Colorado, Colorado, 
        an amount not to exceed $8,776,000.
            (13) For an outpatient clinic, Ocala, Florida, an amount 
        not to exceed $5,279,000.
            (14) For an outpatient clinic, Oxnard, California, an 
        amount not to exceed $6,297,000.
            (15) For an outpatient clinic, Pike County, Georgia, an 
        amount not to exceed $5,757,000.
            (16) For an outpatient clinic, Portland, Maine, an amount 
        not to exceed $6,846,000.
            (17) For an outpatient clinic, Raleigh, North Carolina, an 
        amount not to exceed $21,607,000.
            (18) For an outpatient clinic, Santa Rosa, California, an 
        amount not to exceed $6,498,000.
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