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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 412 

To authorize certain major medical facility leases for the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2013 

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. VITTER, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. WARREN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. NELSON, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. COWAN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize certain major medical facility leases for the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep Our Commitment 

5 to Veterans Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL YEARS 2013 AND 2014 

2 MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES. 

3 The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the 

4 following major medical facility leases in fiscal years 2013 

5 and 2014 at the locations specified: 

6 (1) A clinical research and pharmacy coordi7 nating center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

8 (2) A community based outpatient clinic, Brick, 

9 New Jersey. 

10 (3) A new primary care and dental clinic annex, 

11 Charleston, South Carolina. 

12 (4) The Cobb County Community Based Out13 patient Clinic, Cobb County, Georgia. 

14 (5) The Leeward Outpatient Healthcare Access 

15 Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, including a co-located 

16 clinic with the Department of Defense and the co17 location of the Honolulu Regional Office of the Vet18 erans Benefits Administration and the Kapolei Vet 

19 Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

20 (6) A community based outpatient clinic, Lafay21 ette, Louisiana. 

22 (7) A community based outpatient clinic, Lake 

23 Charles, Louisiana. 

24 (8) Outpatient clinic consolidation, New Port 

25 Richey, Florida. 

26 (9) An outpatient clinic, Ponce, Puerto Rico. 


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1 (10) Lease consolidation, San Antonio, Texas. 

2 (11) The Errera Community Care Center, West 

3 Haven, Connecticut. 

4 (12) The Worchester Community Based Out5 patient Clinic, Worchester, Massachusetts. 

6 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION IN REDUCED AMOUNTS FOR 

7 MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES PRE8 VIOUSLY AUTHORIZED IN PRIOR FISCAL 

9 YEARS. 

10 The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the 

11 following major medical facility leases in fiscal year 2013 

12 at the locations specified, in an amount for each lease not 

13 to exceed the amount shown for such location: 

14 (1) For a community based outpatient clinic, 

15 Johnson County, Kansas, authorized by section 

16 1(a)(9) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize 

17 major medical facility leases for the Department of 

18 Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2010, and for other 

19 purposes’’, approved October 26, 2009 (Public Law 

20 111–82; 123 Stat. 2140), an amount not to exceed 

21 $2,431,900. 

22 (2) For the expansion of a community based 

23 outpatient clinic, San Diego, California, authorized 

24 by section 901(3) of the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 


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1 2010 (Public Law 111–275; 124 Stat. 2894), an 

2 amount not to exceed $11,893,505. 

3 (3) For the expansion of a community based 

4 outpatient clinic, Tyler, Texas, authorized by section 

5 7(a)(3) of the Veterans Programs Extension Act of 

6 2006 (Public Law 109–444; 120 Stat. 3312), an 

7 amount not to exceed $3,610,775. 

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