[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S527-S528]
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 AMENDING 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

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged and the Senate proceed to 
the immediate consideration of S. 3527.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A 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.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Tester-
Moran substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be considered and 
agreed to; the bill, as amended, 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 amendment (No. 4923) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to, 
as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

        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

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     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.''.

  The bill (S. 3527), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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