103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2277

AN ACT

To authorize major medical facility construction

for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes.projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs
103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2277

AN ACT

To authorize major medical facility construction projects for

the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1995,

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,
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1 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY

2 PROJECTS AND MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY

3 LEASES.

4 (a) PROJECTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Vet5 erans Affairs may carry out the major medical facility

6 projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and may

7 carry out the major medical facility leases for that Depart8 ment, for which funds are requested in the budget of the

9 President for fiscal year 1995. The authorization in the

10 preceding sentence applies to projects and leases which

11 have not been authorized, or for which funds have not

12 been appropriated, in any fiscal year before fiscal year

13 1995 and to projects and leases which have been author14 ized, or for which funds were appropriated, in fiscal years

15 before fiscal year 1995.

16 (b) ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.—(1) In addition to the

17 projects authorized in subsection (a), the Secretary may

18 carry out the following major medical facility projects in

19 the amounts specified for such projects:

20 (A) The projects that are proposed in the docu21 ments submitted to Congress by the Secretary of

22 Veterans Affairs in conjunction with the budget of

23 the President for fiscal year 1995 to be financed

24 with funds from the proposed Health Care Invest25 ment Fund.
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1 (B) Construction of a nursing home facility at

2 the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

3 in Charleston, South Carolina, $7,300,000.

4 (C) Construction of an outpatient care addition

5 at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical cen6 ter in Phoenix, Arizona, $50,000,000.

7 (2) The authorizations in subparagraphs (A), (B),

8 and (C) of paragraph (1) apply to projects which have not

9 been authorized, or for which funds have not been appro10 priated, in any fiscal year before fiscal year 1995 and to

11 projects which have been authorized, or for which funds

12 were appropriated, in fiscal years before fiscal year 1995.

13 (c) PROJECTS FOR WHICH FUNDS APPROPRIATED.—

14 In addition to the projects authorized in subsections (a)

15 and (b), the Secretary may carry out the following major

16 medical facility projects for which funds were appropriated

17 in chapter 7 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropria18 tions Act of 1994 (title I of Public Law 103–211; 108

19 Stat. 10) in the amounts specified:

20 (1) Construction of an ambulatory care/support

21 services facility at the Department of Veterans Af22 fairs Medical Center in Sepulveda, California,

23 $53,700,000.

24 (2) Other major medical facility projects re25 quired to repair, restore, or replace earthquake-dam-
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1 aged facilities at the Department of Veterans Affairs

2 Medical Center in Sepulveda, California,

3 $50,000,000.

4 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro6 priated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year

7 1995—

8 (1) $395,000,000 for the major medical facility

9 projects authorized in subsections (a) and (b) of sec10 tion 1; and

11 (2) $15,900,000 for the major medical facility

12 leases authorized in section 1(a).

13 (b) LIMITATION.—The projects authorized in sub14 sections (a) and (b) of section 1 may only be carried out

15 using—

16 (1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 1995 pur17 suant to the authorization of appropriations in sub18 section (a);

19 (2) funds appropriated for Construction, Major

20 Projects for a fiscal year before fiscal year 1995 that

21 remain available for obligation; and

22 (3) funds appropriated for Construction, Major

23 Projects for fiscal year 1995 for a category of activ24 ity not specific to a project.
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1 (c) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PROJECTS.—The

2 projects authorized in subsection (c) of section 1 may only

3 be carried out using—

4 (1) funds appropriated to the Construction,

5 Major Projects account under chapter 7 of the

6 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of

7 1994 (title I of Public Law 103–211; 108 Stat. 10)

8 and funds transferred by the President to the Con9 struction, Major Projects account pursuant to chap10 ter 8 of that Act (108 Stat. 14);

11 (2) funds appropriated to the Medical Care ac12 count by chapter 7 of the Emergency Supplemental

13 Appropriations Act of 1994 that are transferred to

14 the Construction, Major Projects account;

15 (3) funds appropriated to the Construction,

16 Major Projects account for a fiscal year before fiscal

17 year 1994 that remain available for obligation; and

18 (4) funds appropriated to the Construction,

19 Major Projects account for fiscal year 1994 for a

20 category of activity not specific to a project.

21 SEC. 3. WAIVER OF CONGRESSIONAL WAITING PERIOD RE22 QUIREMENT FOR A SPECIFIED ADMINISTRA23 TIVE REORGANIZATION.

24 (a) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may

25 undertake the administrative reorganization described in
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1 subsection (b) of this section without regard to the waiting

2 period requirement of section 510(b) of title 38, United

3 States Code.

4 (b) COVERED ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION.—

5 The administrative reorganization referred to in sub6 section (a) of this section is a reorganization at the De7 partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sepul8 veda, California, necessitated by the January 1994 earth9 quake damage at that location, as described in the letters

10 dated April 25, 1994, and the accompanying detailed plan

11 and justification, submitted by the Secretary of Veterans

12 Affairs to the chairmen of the Committees on Veterans’

13 Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives

14 pursuant to section 510(b) of title 38, United States Code.

Passed the Senate August 19 (legislative day, August 18), 1994.

Attest:

Secretary.