S. 3527 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two 

An Act 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to transfer the name of property of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

designated by law to other property of the Department. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO 

TRANSFER NAMES OF FACILITIES, STRUCTURES, OR 

REAL PROPERTY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 531 of title 38, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Requirement’’ 

and inserting ‘‘Requirements’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘Except as expressly provided by law’’ and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(a) NAMING LIMITATION.—Except as expressly provided by law 

or as authorized under subsection (b)’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(b) TRANSFER OF NAMES.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may transfer the name 

of covered property of the Department to other covered property 

of the Department if— 

‘‘(A) the original covered property was designated with 

that name by law; 

‘‘(B) the Department no longer offers benefits or services at the original covered property; 

‘‘(C) the other covered property is similar in type and 

purpose as the original covered property; 

‘‘(D) the other covered property is located in a different 

location or at a different address from the original covered 

property within the town, city, or other local government 

area specified in the designation made by such law; and 

‘‘(E) such transfer occurs not less than 30 days after 

the Secretary notifies the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

of the Senate, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

House of Representatives, and each member of Congress 

representing the State in which the original covered property and other covered property are located of the intent 

of the Secretary to transfer the name of the original covered 

property to the other covered property. 

‘‘(2) REFERENCES.—If the Secretary transfers the name of 

covered property under paragraph (1), any reference in a law, 

regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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States to the covered property originally named by law shall 

be deemed to be a reference to the covered property to which 

the name has been transferred under such paragraph. 

‘‘(3) COVERED PROPERTY.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered property’ means a facility, structure, or real property 

of the Department or a major portion (such as a wing or 

floor) of any such facility, structure, or real property.’’. 

(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 5 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking the item relating to section 531 and inserting the 

following new item: 

‘‘531. Requirements relating to naming of Department property.’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.