103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2034

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

July 14 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2034) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 38, United

States Code, to revise and improve veterans’ health programs,

and for other purposes’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY

2 PROJECTS AND MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY

3 LEASES.

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF PROJECTS AND LEASES.—The

5 Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the major med6 ical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs,

7 and may carry out the major medical facility leases for that

8 Department, for which funds are requested in the budget

9 for fiscal year 1994 that the President submitted to Con10 gress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States

11 Code.

12 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are

13 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Veter14 ans Affairs for fiscal year 1994 as follows:

15 (1) For the major medical facility projects au16 thorized under subsection (a), $111,600,000.
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1 (2) For the major medical facility leases author2 ized under such subsection, $50,123,105.

3 (c) LIMITATION.—The projects and leases authorized

4 in subsection (a) may only be carried out using—

5 (1) funds appropriated pursuant to the author6 ization of appropriations in subsection (b);

7 (2) funds appropriated for the Department of

8 Veterans Affairs for Construction, Major Projects for

9 any fiscal year before fiscal year 1994 that remain

10 available for obligation; and

11 (3) funds appropriated for that department for

12 Construction, Major Projects for fiscal year 1994 for

13 a category of activity that is not specifically related

14 to a particular project.

15 SEC. 2. ENHANCED-USE LEASE AUTHORITY.

16 (a) UTILIZATION OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDS FOR USE

17 OF SPACE OR SERVICES.—Section 8162(b)(4) of title 38,

18 United States Code, is amended—

19 (1) by striking out ‘‘Any payment’’ and insert20 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘(A) Except as provided in sub21 paragraph (B), any payment’’;

22 (2) in subparagraph (A), as designated by para23 graph (1), by striking out ‘‘only’’ in the first sentence;

24 and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub2 paragraph (B):

3 ‘‘(B) The Secretary may make payments for the use

4 of space or services described in subparagraph (A) from

5 funds appropriated to the Department for construction

6 (other than for grants for construction). Any such payment

7 shall be treated as a project for the acquisition of a medical

8 facility subject to the provisions of section 8104 of this

9 title.’’.

10 (b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 8169 of such

11 title is amended by striking out ‘‘December 31, 1994’’ and

12 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1996’’.

13 SEC. 3. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACIL14 ITY PROJECT THRESHOLD.

15 Section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code,

16 is amended by striking out ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting in

17 lieu thereof ‘‘$3,000,000’’.

18 SEC. 4. FACILITY ACQUISITIONS SUBJECT TO HEALTH-CARE

19 RESOURCE SHARING CONSIDERATIONS.

20 Section 8102(d) of title 38, United States Code, is

21 amended—

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’;

23 (2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by strik24 ing out ‘‘for any project’’ and all that follows through

25 ‘‘$2,000,000,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘for any
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1 major medical facility project (other than by an ac2 quisition by exchange),’’; and

3 (3) by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘major medical facil5 ity project’ has the meaning given such term in section

6 8104(a)(3)(A) of this title.’’.

7 SEC. 5. INCREASE IN THRESHOLD FOR REQUIREMENT RE8 LATING TO EXPENDITURES FOR PARKING FA9 CILITIES.

10 Section 8109(i)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is

11 amended by striking out ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting in lieu

12 thereof ‘‘$3,000,000’’.

13 SEC. 6. REVISION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO PERSHING

14 HALL, FRANCE.

15 Subsection (c)(1) of section 403 of the Veterans’ Bene16 fits Programs Improvement Act of 1991 (36 U.S.C. 493)

17 is amended by striking out ‘‘35 years’’ and inserting in

18 lieu thereof ‘‘99 years’’.

Amend the title so as to read: An Act to authorize

major medical facility projects and leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to revise and extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into
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enhanced-use leases, to revise certain authorities relating

to Pershing Hall, France, and for other purposes.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
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