H. R. 711 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-one 

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. 

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 ‘‘West Los Angeles VA Campus 

Improvement Act of 2021’’. 

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

ANGELES LEASING ACT OF 2016. 

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

Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–226; 130 Stat. 927) 

is amended to read as follows: 

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

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any land use revenues received by the 

Secretary shall be credited to the applicable Department medical facilities accounts or minor construction accounts and shall 

be available, without fiscal year limitation and without further 

appropriation, exclusively for any of the following: 

‘‘(A) Supporting construction, maintenance, and services at the Campus relating to temporary or permanent 

supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and 

their families. 

‘‘(B) Renovating and maintaining the land and facilities 

at the Campus. 

‘‘(C) Carrying out minor construction projects at the 

Campus. 

‘‘(D) Carrying out community operations at the Campus 

that support the development of emergency shelter or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their 

families. 

‘‘(2) LAND USE REVENUE DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 

term ‘land use revenue’ means— 

‘‘(A) any funds received by the Secretary under a lease 

described in subsection (b); and 

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

seized or forfeited, and any restitution paid, in connection 

with any third-party land use at the Campus.’’. 

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 

shall apply with respect to funds received by the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs after the date of the enactment of the West Los 

Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–226; 130 Stat. 927). 
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SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ENHANCED USE LEASES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WEST LOS ANGELES CAMPUS. 

Paragraph (1) of section 2(b) of the West Los Angeles Leasing 

Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–226; 130 Stat. 927), is amended by 

adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding 

section 8162(b)(2) of such title, the term of such an enhanceduse lease at the Campus may not exceed 99 years.’’. 

SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

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

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 

Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

SEC. 5. INCLUSION OF ASSESSMENT OF REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND 

DIRECT BENEFITS TO VETERANS IN ANNUAL REPORT. 

Section 2(j)(2) of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 

(Public Law 114–226; 130 Stat. 929) is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

a semicolon; 

(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph 

(C); and 

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 

subparagraph (B): 

‘‘(B) an assessment of— 

‘‘(i) the manner in which such revenue is expended; 

and 

‘‘(ii) the direct benefits such expenditures provide 

to veterans; and’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.