[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S526]
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  SA 4923. Mr. WYDEN (for Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Moran)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 3527, 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; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     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.''.

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