[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 30 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 30

  To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 24 (legislative day, January 3), 2023

 Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, 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 2023 Veterans Affairs 
Major Medical Facility Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out 
the following major medical facility projects in fiscal year 2023 at 
the locations specified and in an amount for each project not to exceed 
the amount specified for such location:
            (1) Construction of a community-based outpatient clinic and 
        national cemetery in Alameda, California, in an amount not to 
        exceed $395,000,000.
            (2) Construction of a community living center and 
        renovation of domiciliary and outpatient facilities in 
        Canandaigua, New York, in an amount not to exceed $506,400,000.
            (3) Construction of a new health care center in El Paso, 
        Texas, in an amount not to exceed $700,000,000.
            (4) Seismic upgrade and specialty care improvements in Fort 
        Harrison, Montana, in an amount not to exceed $88,600,000.
            (5) Realignment and closure of the Livermore campus in 
        Livermore, California, in an amount not to exceed $490,000,000.
            (6) Construction of a new medical facility in Louisville, 
        Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed $1,013,000,000.
            (7) Seismic retrofit and renovation of buildings 100 and 
        101 in Portland, Oregon, in an amount not to exceed 
        $523,000,000.
            (8) Replacement of the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System 
        Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, in an amount not to exceed 
        $223,800,000.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023 
or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major 
Projects account, $3,939,800,000 for the projects authorized in 
subsection (a).
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