[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2058 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2058

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the thresholds by 
  which medical facility projects and medical facility leases of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs are considered major medical facility 
projects and major medical facility leases, respectively, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 2017

Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley) 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 increase the thresholds by 
  which medical facility projects and medical facility leases of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs are considered major medical facility 
projects and major medical facility leases, respectively, 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. MODIFICATION OF THRESHOLDS USED TO CLASSIFY MAJOR MEDICAL 
              FACILITY PROJECTS AND MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES OF 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Major Medical Facility Projects.--Subparagraph (A) of section 
8104(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``$10,000,000'' and inserting ``$20,000,000''.
    (b) Major Medical Facility Leases.--Subparagraph (B) of such 
section is amended by striking ``$1,000,000'' and inserting ``the 
average annual rental rate set forth in section 3307(a)(2) of title 
40''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to a medical facility project or medical facility lease in 
progress on the date of the enactment of this Act or beginning on or 
after such date.
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