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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 412 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 412

 To authorize certain major medical facility leases for the Department 
              of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

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                   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

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                                 A BILL

 
 To authorize certain major medical facility leases for the Department 
              of Veterans Affairs, 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 ``Keep Our Commitment to Veterans 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL YEARS 2013 AND 2014 MAJOR MEDICAL 
              FACILITY LEASES.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major 
medical facility leases in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 at the locations 
specified:
            (1) A clinical research and pharmacy coordinating center, 
        Albuquerque, New Mexico.
            (2) A community based outpatient clinic, Brick, New Jersey.
            (3) A new primary care and dental clinic annex, Charleston, 
        South Carolina.
            (4) The Cobb County Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Cobb 
        County, Georgia.
            (5) The Leeward Outpatient Healthcare Access Center, 
        Honolulu, Hawaii, including a co-located clinic with the 
        Department of Defense and the co-location of the Honolulu 
        Regional Office of the Veterans Benefits Administration and the 
        Kapolei Vet Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (6) A community based outpatient clinic, Lafayette, 
        Louisiana.
            (7) A community based outpatient clinic, Lake Charles, 
        Louisiana.
            (8) Outpatient clinic consolidation, New Port Richey, 
        Florida.
            (9) An outpatient clinic, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
            (10) Lease consolidation, San Antonio, Texas.
            (11) The Errera Community Care Center, West Haven, 
        Connecticut.
            (12) The Worchester Community Based Outpatient Clinic, 
        Worchester, Massachusetts.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION IN REDUCED AMOUNTS FOR MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 
              LEASES PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED IN PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major 
medical facility leases in fiscal year 2013 at the locations specified, 
in an amount for each lease not to exceed the amount shown for such 
location:
            (1) For a community based outpatient clinic, Johnson 
        County, Kansas, authorized by section 1(a)(9) of the Act 
        entitled ``An Act to authorize major medical facility leases 
        for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2010, 
        and for other purposes'', approved October 26, 2009 (Public Law 
        111-82; 123 Stat. 2140), an amount not to exceed $2,431,900.
            (2) For the expansion of a community based outpatient 
        clinic, San Diego, California, authorized by section 901(3) of 
        the Veterans' Benefits Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-275; 124 
        Stat. 2894), an amount not to exceed $11,893,505.
            (3) For the expansion of a community based outpatient 
        clinic, Tyler, Texas, authorized by section 7(a)(3) of the 
        Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-444; 
        120 Stat. 3312), an amount not to exceed $3,610,775.
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