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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5353

To establish limitations on the utilization and disposal of the Franklin Delano 

Roosevelt campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley 

Health Care System at Montrose, New York, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 9, 2004

Mrs. KELLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL

To establish limitations on the utilization and disposal of 

the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care 

System at Montrose, New York, 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. LIMITATIONS ON UTILIZATION AND DISPOSAL 

2 OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT CAMPUS 

3 OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

4 HUDSON VALLEY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, 

5 MONTROSE, NEW YORK. 

6 (a) RETENTION AND DISPOSAL.—The Secretary of 

7 Veterans Affairs shall retain the property comprising the 

8 Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Department of 

9 Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System at 

10 Montrose, New York, as an element of that system. 

11 (b) LIMITATION ON ENHANCED-USED LEASES.—The 

12 Secretary may not enter into an enhanced-use lease of the 

13 property referred to in subsection (a)(1) unless activities 

14 under such lease include the provision of services for vet15 erans, including veterans of limited financial means. 

16 (c) PRESERVATION OF SERVICES.—(1) Except as 

17 provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall 

18 continue to provide through the facility of the Department 

19 of Veterans Affairs at the campus specified in subsection 

20 (a) the types and levels of health care services for veterans 

21 that are provided through that facility as of the date of 

22 the enactment of this Act. 

23 (2) The Secretary may consolidate or relocate the spi24 nal cord injury unit of the facility referred to in paragraph 

25 (1) at or to another location if the Secretary determines 
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1 that the consolidation or relocation of the unit is in the 

2 best interests of veterans. 

3 (3) The Secretary may modify the types and levels 

4 of health care services for veterans that are provided 

5 through the facility referred to in paragraph (1) if the Sec6 retary determines that increases in the population of vet7 erans served by that facility warrant such changes. 

8 (d) STUDY ON HOUSING OF LOW-INCOME VET9 ERANS.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of the need 

10 for housing of low-income veterans who are served by the 

11 Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health 

12 Care System. The study shall include an assessment of 

13 the feasibility and advisability of utilizing a portion of the 

14 property referred to in subsection (a)(1) as a means of 

15 addressing the need of such veterans for housing. 

16 SEC. 2. STUDY OF TOWN OF CORTLANDT PROPOSAL TO 

17 TRANSFER CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VET18 ERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES TO THE TOWN OF 

19 CORTLANDT. 

20 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

21 conduct a study of the feasibility of implementation of the 

22 proposed plan of the Town of Cortlandt, New York, to 

23 take title to certain facilities on the FDR Campus (includ24 ing the pool, theatre, and other recreation facilities and 

25 infrastructure facilities, such as roads, sewage treatment 
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1 plant, and waterfront facilities), subject to the conditions 

2 that—

3 (1) full use of those facilities be made available 

4 to the Secretary for the use of veterans in accord5 ance with the mission of the Department of Vet6 erans Affairs on such days and times as the Sec7 retary requires use of those facilities for such pur8 poses, the remaining time to be used by the Town 

9 of Cortlandt for its programs and public functions; 

10 and 

11 (2) the proposed plan would result in a reduc12 tion in costs to maintain the facilities that are the 

13 subject of the plan and will be beneficial to the vet14 erans being served by the FDR Campus. 

15 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—If as a result of the study 

16 under subsection (a) the Secretary determines that the 

17 proposed plan referred to in that subsection would result 

18 in a reduction in costs to maintain the facilities that are 

19 the subject of the plan and will be beneficial to the vet20 erans being served by the FDR Campus, the Secretary 

21 shall take such steps as necessary to provide for the imple22 mentation of the plan. 
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1 (c) FDR CAMPUS.—In this section, the term ‘‘FDR 

2 Campus’’ means the property referred to in section 

3 1(a)(1).

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