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[S. 3527 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3527

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two


                                 An Act


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to transfer the name of property of the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs designated by law to other property of the Department.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO TRANSFER NAMES 
OF FACILITIES, STRUCTURES, OR REAL PROPERTY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS.
    (a) In General.--Section 531 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
        (1) in the section heading, by striking ``Requirement'' and 
    inserting ``Requirements'';
        (2) by striking ``Except as expressly provided by law'' and 
    inserting the following:
    ``(a) Naming Limitation.--Except as expressly provided by law or as 
authorized under subsection (b)''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Transfer of Names.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may transfer the name of 
    covered property of the Department to other covered property of the 
    Department if--
            ``(A) the original covered property was designated with 
        that name by law;
            ``(B) the Department no longer offers benefits or services 
        at the original covered property;
            ``(C) the other covered property is similar in type and 
        purpose as the original covered property;
            ``(D) the other covered property is located in a different 
        location or at a different address from the original covered 
        property within the town, city, or other local government area 
        specified in the designation made by such law; and
            ``(E) such transfer occurs not less than 30 days after the 
        Secretary notifies the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
        Senate, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives, and each member of Congress representing the 
        State in which the original covered property and other covered 
        property are located of the intent of the Secretary to transfer 
        the name of the original covered property to the other covered 
        property.
        ``(2) References.--If the Secretary transfers the name of 
    covered property under paragraph (1), any reference in a law, 
    regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 
    States to the covered property originally named by law shall be 
    deemed to be a reference to the covered property to which the name 
    has been transferred under such paragraph.
        ``(3) Covered property.--In this subsection, the term `covered 
    property' means a facility, structure, or real property of the 
    Department or a major portion (such as a wing or floor) of any such 
    facility, structure, or real property.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 5 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 531 and inserting the following new item:
``531. Requirements relating to naming of Department property.''.


                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.