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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 711 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 19, 2021 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to 

authorize the use of certain funds received pursuant to 

leases entered into under such Act, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘West Los Angeles VA 

3 Campus Improvement Act of 2021’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF LAND USE REVENUES UNDER WEST 

5 LOS ANGELES LEASING ACT OF 2016. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 2 of the 

7 West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 

8 226; 130 Stat. 927) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(d) LAND USE REVENUES AT THE CAMPUS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any land use revenues re11 ceived by the Secretary shall be credited to the ap12 plicable Department medical facilities accounts or 

13 minor construction accounts and shall be available, 

14 without fiscal year limitation and without further 

15 appropriation, exclusively for any of the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) Supporting construction, mainte17 nance, and services at the Campus relating to 

18 temporary or permanent supportive housing for 

19 homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. 

20 ‘‘(B) Renovating and maintaining the land 

21 and facilities at the Campus. 

22 ‘‘(C) Carrying out minor construction 

23 projects at the Campus. 

24 ‘‘(D) Carrying out community operations 

25 at the Campus that support the development of 


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1 emergency shelter or supportive housing for 

2 homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. 

3 ‘‘(2) LAND USE REVENUE DEFINED.—In this 

4 subsection, the term ‘land use revenue’ means— 

5 ‘‘(A) any funds received by the Secretary 

6 under a lease described in subsection (b); and 

7 ‘‘(B) any funds received as proceeds from 

8 any assets seized or forfeited, and any restitu9 tion paid, in connection with any third-party 

10 land use at the Campus.’’. 

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

12 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to funds received 

13 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs after the date of the 

14 enactment of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 

15 (Public Law 114–226; 130 Stat. 927). 

16 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ENHANCED USE LEASES AT THE 

17 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WEST 

18 LOS ANGELES CAMPUS. 

19 Paragraph (1) of section 2(b) of the West Los Ange20 les Leasing Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–226; 130 Stat. 

21 927), is amended by adding at the end the following new 

22 sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 8162(b)(2) of such 

23 title, the term of such an enhanced-use lease at the Cam24 pus may not exceed 99 years.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

2 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

3 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

4 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

5 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

6 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

7 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro8 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

9 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2021. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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