[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 21, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2021

  Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be discharged and the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of S. 1910.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1910) to authorize major medical facility 
     projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal 
     year 2021.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. SMITH. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a 
third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1910) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows

                                S. 1910

       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 ``Major Medical Facility 
     Authorization Act of 2021''.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
                   2021.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
     carry out the following major medical facility projects in 
     fiscal year 2021 at the locations specified and in an amount 
     for each project not to exceed the amount specified for such 
     location:
       (1) Construction of an outpatient clinic and national 
     cemetery in Alameda, California, in an amount not to exceed 
     $266,200,000.
       (2) Construction of a new specialty care building 201 in 
     American Lake, Washington, in an amount not to exceed 
     $110,600,000.
       (3) Construction of a community living center and 
     renovation of domiciliary and outpatient facilities in 
     Canandaigua, New York, in an amount not to exceed 
     $383,741,000.
       (4) Construction of a spinal cord injury center in Dallas, 
     Texas, in an amount not to exceed $249,000,000.
       (5) Realignment and closure of the Livermore Campus in 
     Livermore, California, in an amount not to exceed 
     $455,000,000.
       (6) Seismic corrections to the mental health and community 
     living center in Long Beach, California, in an amount not to 
     exceed $367,300,000.
       (7) Construction of a spinal cord injury building with a 
     community living center, including a parking garage, in San 
     Diego, California, in an amount not to exceed $252,100,000.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
     fiscal year 2021 or the year in which funds are appropriated 
     for the Construction, Major Projects account, $2,083,941,000 
     for the projects authorized in subsection (a).

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