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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3484 

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into certain leases 

at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus in 

Los Angeles, California, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 

Mr. TED LIEU of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into 

certain leases at the Department of Veterans Affairs 

West Los Angeles Campus in Los Angeles, California, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Los Angeles Homeless 

5 Veterans Leasing Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN LEASES AT 

2 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

3 WEST LOS ANGELES CAMPUS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

5 may carry out leases described in subsection (b) at the 

6 Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Cam7 pus in Los Angeles, California. 

8 (b) LEASES DESCRIBED.—Leases described in this 

9 subsection are the following: 

10 (1) An enhanced-use lease of real property 

11 under subchapter V of chapter 81 of title 38, United 

12 States Code, for purposes of providing supportive 

13 housing, as that term is defined in section 8161(3) 

14 of such title. 

15 (2) A lease of real property for a term not to 

16 exceed 50 years to a third party to provide services 

17 that principally benefit veterans and their families 

18 and that are limited to one or more of the following 

19 purposes: 

20 (A) The promotion of health and wellness, 

21 including nutrition and spiritual wellness. 

22 (B) Education. 

23 (C) Vocational training, skills building, or 

24 other training related to employment. 

25 (D) Peer activities, socialization, or phys26 ical recreation. 


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1 (E) Assistance with legal issues and Fed2 eral benefits. 

3 (F) Volunteerism. 

4 (G) Family support services, including 

5 child care. 

6 (H) Transportation. 

7 (I) Services in support of one or more of 

8 the purposes specified in subparagraphs (A) 

9 through (H). 

10 (3) A lease of real property for a term not to 

11 exceed 10 years to an institution of the State of 

12 California that has partnered with the Department 

13 at the campus specified in subsection (a) for more 

14 than 20 years, if— 

15 (A) the lease is consistent with the master 

16 plan described in subsection (e); 

17 (B) the provision of services to veterans is 

18 the predominant focus of the activities of the 

19 institution at the campus during the term of 

20 the lease; and 

21 (C) the institution expressly agrees to pro22 vide, during the term of the lease and to an ex23 tent and in a manner that the Secretary con24 siders appropriate, services and support that— 


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1 (i) principally benefit veterans and 

2 their families in the Greater Los Angeles 

3 area, including veterans that are severely 

4 disabled, women, aging, or homeless; and 

5 (ii) may consist of activities relating 

6 to the medical, clinical, therapeutic, die7 tary, rehabilitative, legal, mental, spiritual, 

8 physical, recreational, research, and coun9 seling needs of veterans and their families 

10 or any of the purposes specified in any of 

11 subparagraphs (A) through (I) of para12 graph (1). 

13 (c) LIMITATION ON LAND-SHARING AGREEMENTS.— 

14 The Secretary may not carry out any land-sharing agree15 ment pursuant to section 8153 of title 38, United States 

16 Code, at the campus specified in subsection (a) unless 

17 such agreement— 

18 (1) provides additional health-care resources to 

19 the campus; and 

20 (2) benefits veterans and their families other 

21 than from the generation of revenue for the Depart22 ment of Veterans Affairs. 

23 (d) PROHIBITION ON SALE OF PROPERTY.—Notwith24 standing section 8164 of title 38, United States Code, the 

25 Secretary may not sell or otherwise convey to a third party 


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1 fee simple title to any real property or improvements to 

2 real property made at the campus specified in subsection 

3 (a). 

4 (e) CONSISTENCY WITH MASTER PLAN.—The Sec5 retary shall ensure that each lease carried out under this 

6 section is consistent with the new master plan under devel7 opment as of the date of the enactment of this Act that 

8 will detail how the campus specified in subsection (a) will 

9 be used to benefit all veterans. 

10 (f) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS.— 

11 (1) LAWS RELATING TO LEASES AND LAND

12 USE.—If the Inspector General of the Department of 

13 Veterans Affairs determines, as part of an audit re14 port or evaluation conducted by the Inspector Gen15 eral, that the Department is not in compliance with 

16 all Federal laws relating to leases and land use at 

17 the campus specified in subsection (a), or that sig18 nificant mismanagement has occurred with respect 

19 to leases or land use at the campus, the Secretary 

20 may not enter into any lease or land-sharing agree21 ment at the campus, or renew any such lease or 

22 land-sharing agreement that is not in compliance 

23 with such laws, until the Secretary certifies to the 

24 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, the 

25 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 


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1 Representatives, and each Member of the Senate 

2 and the House of Representatives who represents 

3 the area in which the campus is located that all rec4 ommendations included in the audit report or eval5 uation have been implemented. 

6 (2) COMPLIANCE OF PARTICULAR LEASES.—No 

7 lease may be entered into or renewed under this sec8 tion unless the lease complies with chapter 33 of 

9 title 41, United States Code, and all Federal laws 

10 relating to environmental and historic preservation. 

11 (g) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTS.— 

12 (1) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—With re13 spect to each lease or land-sharing agreement in14 tended to be entered into or renewed at the campus 

15 specified in subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify 

16 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, 

17 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 

18 Representatives, and each Member of the Senate 

19 and the House of Representatives who represents 

20 the area in which the campus is located of the intent 

21 of the Secretary to enter into or renew the lease or 

22 land-sharing agreement not later than 45 days be23 fore entering into or renewing the lease or land-shar24 ing agreement. 


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1 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 

3 less frequently than annually thereafter, the Sec4 retary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ 

5 Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Veterans’ 

6 Affairs of the House of Representatives, and each 

7 Member of the Senate and the House of Representa8 tives who represents the area in which the campus 

9 specified in subsection (a) is located an annual re10 port evaluating all leases and land-sharing agree11 ments carried out at the campus. 

12 (3) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than each of 

14 two years and five years after the date of the 

15 enactment of this Act, and as determined nec16 essary by the Inspector General of the Depart17 ment of Veterans Affairs thereafter, the Inspec18 tor General shall submit to the Committee on 

19 Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, the Committee 

20 on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Represent21 atives, and each Member of the Senate and the 

22 House of Representatives who represents the 

23 area in which the campus specified in sub24 section (a) is located a report on all leases car25 ried out at the campus and the management by 


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1 the Department of the use of land at the cam2 pus, including an assessment of the efforts of 

3 the Department to implement the master plan 

4 described in subsection (e) with respect to the 

5 campus. 

6 (B) CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL RE7 PORT.—In preparing each report required by 

8 subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall 

9 take into account the most recent report sub10 mitted to Congress by the Secretary under 

11 paragraph (2). 

12 (h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec13 tion shall be construed as a limitation on the authority 

14 of the Secretary to enter into other agreements regarding 

15 the campus specified in subsection (a) that are authorized 

16 by law and not inconsistent with this section. 

17 (i) PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT VETERANS AND THEIR

18 FAMILIES DEFINED.—In this section the term ‘‘prin19 cipally benefit veterans and their families’’, with respect 

20 to services provided by a person under a lease of property, 

21 land-sharing agreement, or revocable license agreement— 

22 (1) means services— 

23 (A) provided exclusively to veterans and 

24 their families; or 


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1 (B) that are designed for the particular 

2 needs of veterans and their families, as opposed 

3 to the general public, and any benefit of those 

4 services to the general public is ancillary to the 

5 intended benefit to veterans and their families; 

6 and 

7 (2) excludes services in which the only benefit 

8 to veterans and their families is the generation of 

9 revenue for the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

10 (j) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) PROHIBITION ON DISPOSAL OF PROP12 ERTY.—Section 224(a) of the Military Construction 

13 and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appro14 priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 

15 2272) is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary of 

16 Veterans Affairs’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as author17 ized under section 2 of the Los Angeles Homeless 

18 Veterans Leasing Act of 2015, the Secretary of Vet19 erans Affairs’’. 

20 (2) ENHANCED-USE LEASES.—Section 8162(c) 

21 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by in22 serting ‘‘, other than an enhanced-use lease under 

23 section 2 of the Los Angeles Homeless Veterans 

24 Leasing Act of 2015,’’ before ‘‘shall be considered’’. 

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