[118th Congress Public Law 8]
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Public Law 118-8
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of 
          Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, and for other 
              purposes. <<NOTE: July 18, 2023 -  [S. 30]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Fiscal Year 2023 
Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act.>> 
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.-- <<NOTE: State listing.>> 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


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 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).

    Approved July 18, 2023.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 30:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 169 (2023):
            Mar. 21, considered and passed Senate.
            June 20, considered and passed House.

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