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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2624 

To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans 

Affairs for fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 5, 2021 

Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, 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 ‘‘Fiscal Year 2022 Vet5 erans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 

7 PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

8 AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. 

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

10 may carry out the following major medical facility projects 


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1 in fiscal year 2022 at the locations specified and in an 

2 amount for each project not to exceed the amount speci3 fied for such location: 

4 (1) Restoration and consolidation of the Gulf5 port Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, in an amount 

6 not to exceed $341,500,000. 

7 (2) Construction of a community living center 

8 and renovation of domiciliary and outpatient facili9 ties in Canandaigua, New York, in an amount not 

10 to exceed $443,900,000. 

11 (3) Construction of a spinal cord injury center 

12 in Dallas, Texas, in an amount not to exceed 

13 $292,239,000. 

14 (4) Construction of a new health care center in 

15 El Paso, Texas, in an amount not to exceed 

16 $150,000,000. 

17 (5) Seismic corrections to the mental health 

18 and community living center in Long Beach, Cali19 fornia, in an amount not to exceed $387,300,000. 

20 (6) Construction of a new medical facility in 

21 Louisville, Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed 

22 $953,000,000. 

23 (7) Construction of a new surgical intensive 

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1 homa City, Oklahoma, in an amount not to exceed 

2 $47,564,000. 

3 (8) Seismic retrofit and renovation of buildings 

4 100 and 101 in Portland, Oregon, in an amount not 

5 to exceed $20,000,000. 

6 (9) Construction of a spinal cord injury build7 ing with a community living center, including a 

8 parking garage, in San Diego, California, in an 

9 amount not to exceed $262,100,000. 

10 (10) Construction of a new research facility in 

11 San Francisco, California, in an amount not to ex12 ceed $254,880,000. 

13 (11) Replacement bed tower and clinical build14 ing expansion in St. Louis, Missouri, in an amount 

15 not to exceed $135,340,000. 

16 (12) Construction of a new critical care center 

17 in West Los Angeles, California, in an amount not 

18 to exceed $115,790,000. 

19 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans 

21 Affairs for fiscal year 2022 or the year in which funds 

22 are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects ac23 count, $3,403,613,000 for the projects authorized in sub24 section (a). 

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