[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 21, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S874-S875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




FISCAL YEAR 2023 VETERANS AFFAIRS MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY AUTHORIZATION 
                                  ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, in 1 minute, I will ask unanimous consent 
on Calendar No. 24, S. 30. I am just proud to say that there are a good 
number of major facilities for Veterans Affairs to go forward, 
including the final installation on the Canandaigua veterans facility, 
up near Rochester, to complete its modernization. We have been working 
a long time on this, and this finally completes that action.
  Mr. President, now, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed 
to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 24, S. 30.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 30) to authorize major medical facility projects 
     for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, 
     and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, with 
an amendment to strike all after the enacting

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clause and insert the part, printed in italic, as follows:

     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, roadway and site 
     improvements, construction of a new specialty care facility, 
     demolition, and expansion of parking facilities in Portland, 
     Oregon, in an amount not to exceed $523,000,000.
       (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, $3,716,000,000 
     for the projects authorized in subsection (a).
  Mr. SCHUMER. I further ask that the committee-reported substitute 
amendment be agreed to; that 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, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment, in the nature of a substitute, was 
agreed to.
  The bill (S. 30), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third 
reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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