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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6324 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 525
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6324

                          [Report No. 118-627]

  To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2023

   Mr. Bost introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                             August 9, 2024

                     Additional sponsor: Mr. Amodei

                             August 9, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           November 9, 2023]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
  To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

 

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs 
Major Medical Facility Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out 
the following major medical facility projects in fiscal year 2024 at 
the locations specified and in an amount for each project not to exceed 
the amount specified for such location:
            (1) Construction of a new specialty care building 201, 
        renovation of building 18, and expansion of parking facilities 
        in American Lake, Washington, in an amount not to exceed 
        $155,600,000.
            (2) Expansion of clinical space for mental health, 
        expansion of parking facilities, and land acquisition in 
        Dallas, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $93,100,000.
            (3) Construction of a new health care center and utility 
        plant in El Paso, Texas, in an amount not to exceed 
        $759,200,000.
            (4) Replacement of community living center and expansion of 
        parking facilities in Perry Point, Maryland, in an amount not 
        to exceed $274,310,000.
            (5) Seismic retrofit and renovation of buildings 100 and 
        101, roadway and site improvements, construction of a new 
        specialty care facility, and demolition and expansion of 
        parking facilities in Portland, Oregon, in an amount not to 
        exceed $613,000,000.
            (6) Initiation of replacement of the medical center of the 
        Sierra Nevada Health Care System of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs, including land acquisition and preliminary site work, 
        in Reno, Nevada, in an amount not to exceed $223,800,000.
            (7) Construction of a new spinal cord injury building, 
        partial renovation of building 1, parking facilities, central 
        utility plant upgrades, and the seismic retrofit of the 
        existing spinal cord injury building 11 at the San Diego Health 
        Care System of the Department in San Diego, California, in an 
        amount not to exceed $311,700,000.
            (8) Construction of a new research facility, parking 
        structure, and demolition in San Francisco, California, in an 
        amount not to exceed $264,500,000.
            (9) Seismic corrections for building 1, construction of a 
        new administrative building, and expansion of the outpatient 
        clinic and parking structure in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in an 
        amount not to exceed $370,370,000.
            (10) Phase 1 of the replacement of bed tower, expansion of 
        clinical building, consolidation of administrative building and 
        warehouse, water tower, and new utility plant and parking 
        garages in St. Louis, Missouri, in an amount not to exceed 
        $599,840,000.
            (11) Construction of a new surgical and clinical space 
        tower, renovation of buildings 1 and 2, and demolition in West 
        Haven, Connecticut, in an amount not to exceed $153,128,000.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024 
or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major 
Projects account, $3,818,548,000 for the projects authorized in 
subsection (a).
    (c) Offset.--The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``November 15, 2031'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``August 3, 2032''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 525

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 6324

                          [Report No. 118-627]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             August 9, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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