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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1043 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report to Congress 

on proposed changes to the use of the West Los Angeles Department 

of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2007 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a 

report to Congress on proposed changes to the use of 

the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs 

Medical Center, California. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REPORT ON USE OF LANDS AT WEST LOS ANGE4 LES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

5 MEDICAL CENTER, CALIFORNIA. 

6 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that section 707 of the 

7 Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998 (Public 

8 Law 105–368; 112 Stat. 3351) required the Secretary of 


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1 Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the 

2 master plan of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or a 

3 plan for the development of such a master plan, relating 

4 to the use of Department lands at the West Los Angeles 

5 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cali6 fornia. 

7 (b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

8 shall submit to Congress a report on the master plan of 

9 the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to the use 

10 of Department lands at the West Los Angeles Department 

11 of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California. 

12 (c) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report under sub13 section (b) shall set forth the following: 

14 (1) The master plan referred to in that sub15 section, if such a plan currently exists. 

16 (2) A current assessment of the master plan. 

17 (3) Any proposal of the Department for a vet18 erans park on the lands referred to in subsection 

19 (b), and an assessment of each such proposal. 

20 (4) Any proposal to use a portion of the lands 

21 referred to in subsection (b) as dedicated green 

22 space, and an assessment of each such proposal. 

23 (d) ALTERNATIVE REPORT ELEMENT.— 

24 (1) PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER

25 PLAN.—If the master plan referred to in subsection 


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1 (b) does not exist as of the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act, the Secretary shall set forth in the re3 port under that subsection, in lieu of the matters 

4 specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c), 

5 a plan for the development of a master plan for the 

6 use of the lands referred to in subsection (b) during 

7 each period as follows: 

8 (A) The 25-year period beginning on the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act. 

10 (B) The 50-year period beginning on the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 (2) COMPLETION OF MASTER PLAN.—The mas13 ter plan referred to in paragraph (1) shall be com14 pleted before both of the following: 

15 (A) The adoption of the plan under the 

16 Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Serv17 ices (CARES) initiative for the lands referred 

18 to in subsection (b). 

19 (B) The issuance of any enhanced use 

20 lease with respect to any portion of such lands. 

21 (3) COORDINATION WITH CARES.—The master 

22 plan referred to in paragraph (1) and the plan under 

23 the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Serv24 ices initiative for the lands referred to in subsection 

25 (b) shall be consistent. 


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1 (e) LIMITATIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not im3 plement any portion of the master plan referred to 

4 in subsection (b) or the plan referred to in sub5 section (d), as applicable, until 120 days after the 

6 date of the receipt by the appropriate congressional 

7 committees of the report referred to in such sub8 section. 

9 (2) ACTIONS OTHER THAN DIRECT VETERANS

10 SERVICES.—In the case of any portion of the master 

11 plan referred to in subsection (b) or the plan re12 ferred to in subsection (d), as applicable, that does 

13 not relate to direct veterans services, the Secretary 

14 may not carry out such portion of such plan except 

15 pursuant to provisions of law enacted after the date 

16 of the receipt by the appropriate congressional com17 mittees of the report referred to in such subsection. 

18 (f) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

19 construed to prevent the Secretary from providing, with 

20 respect to the lands referred to in subsection (b), routine 

21 maintenance, facility upkeep, tasks connected to capital 

22 improvements, and activities related to the construction of 

23 a State veterans home. 

24 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

5 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 Senate; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

8 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives. 

10 (2) DIRECT VETERANS SERVICES.—The term 

11 ‘‘direct veterans services’’ means services directly re12 lated to maintaining the health, welfare, and support 

13 of veterans. 

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