[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1722 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1722

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2019

  Ms. Brownley of California 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 the 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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