[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2349 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2349
To authorize certain major medical facility projects for the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 5, 2003
Mr. Evans (for himself, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Filner, Ms.
Berkley, and Mrs. Davis of California) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To authorize certain major medical facility projects for the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major
medical facility projects, with each project to be carried out in the
amount specified for that project:
(1) Construction of a new bed tower to consolidate two
inpatient sites of care in inner city Chicago at the West Side
Division of the Department of Veterans Affairs health care
system in Chicago, Illinois, in an amount not to exceed
$98,500,000.
(2) Construction in Clark County, Nevada, of a facility for
(A) a multispecialty outpatient clinic to replace the leased
Las Vegas ambulatory care center, and (B) a satellite office
for the Veterans Benefits Administration, in an amount not to
exceed $97,300,000.
(3) Seismic corrections to strengthen Medical Center
Building 1 of the Department of Veterans Affairs health care
system in San Diego, California, in an amount not to exceed
$48,600,000.
(4) A project for (A) renovation of all inpatient care
wards at the West Haven, Connecticut, facility of the
Department of Veterans Affairs health system in Connecticut to
improve the environment of care and enhance safety, privacy,
and accessibility, and (B) establishment of a consolidated
medical research facility at that facility, in an amount not to
exceed $50,000,000.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2004 for the
Construction, Major Projects, account $294,400,000 for the projects
authorized in section 1.
(b) Limitation.--The projects authorized in section 1 may only be
carried out using--
(1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 2004 pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations in subsection (a);
(2) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects,
for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2004 that remain available
for obligation; and
(3) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects,
for fiscal year 2004 for a category of activity not specific to
a project.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASE.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into a lease for an
outpatient clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina, in an amount not to
exceed $3,000,000.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON DISPOSAL OF LAKESIDE DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITIES, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
(a) Limitation.--No funds available to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs may be used for disposal of the Lakeside Division facility of
the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities in Chicago,
Illinois, until the Secretary has entered into a contract to construct
a new bed tower at the West Side Medical Center of the Department of
Veterans Affairs in Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Definition.-- For purposes of this section, the term
``disposal'', with respect to the Lakeside Division facility, includes
entering into a long-term lease or sharing agreement under which a
party other than the Secretary has operational control of the facility.
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