[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 566. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY FOR VETERANS SUPPORT 
                   SERVICES.

       Section 550 of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for property 
     transferred under subsection (i) for veterans support 
     services.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Property for Veterans Support Services.--
       ``(1) Assignment.--The Administrator, in the discretion of 
     the Administrator and under regulations that the 
     Administrator may prescribe, may assign to the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs for disposal surplus real property, 
     including buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated on the 
     property, that the Secretary recommends as needed for 
     veterans support services.
       ``(2) Sale or lease.--Subject to disapproval by the 
     Administrator by not later than 30 days after notice to the 
     Administrator by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of a 
     proposed transfer, the Secretary may sell or lease property 
     assigned to the Secretary under paragraph (1) for use for 
     veterans support services.
       ``(3) Fixing value.--In fixing the sale or lease value of 
     the property disposed of under paragraph (2), the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs shall take into consideration any benefit 
     that has accrued or may accrue to the Federal Government from 
     the use of the property by the entity receiving the 
     property.''.
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