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Union Calendar No. 421 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4590 
[Report No. 114–545] 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major 
medical facility projects for which appropriations are being made for 
fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2016 
Mr. MILLER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
MAY 10, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 23, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out 
certain major medical facility projects for which appro-
priations are being made for fiscal year 2016, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fiscal Year 2016 De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety, Construction, 
and Leases Authorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN MAJOR MEDICAL FA-
CILITY PROJECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs may carry out the following major medical facility 
projects, with each project to be carried out in an amount 
not to exceed the amount specified for that project: 
(1) Seismic corrections to buildings, including 
retrofitting and replacement of high-risk buildings, in 
San Francisco, California, in an amount not to ex-
ceed $175,880,000. 
(2) Seismic corrections to facilities, including fa-
cilities to support homeless veterans, at the medical 
center in West Los Angeles, California, in an amount 
not to exceed $100,250,000. 
(3) Seismic corrections to the mental health and 
community living center in Long Beach, California, 
in an amount not to exceed $282,100,000. 
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(4) Construction of an outpatient clinic, admin-
istrative space, cemetery, and columbarium in Ala-
meda, California, in an amount not to exceed 
$83,782,000. 
(5) Realignment of medical facilities in Liver-
more, California, in an amount not to exceed 
$188,650,000. 
(6) Construction of a replacement community 
living center in Perry Point, Maryland, in an 
amount not to exceed $92,700,000. 
(7) Seismic corrections and other renovations to 
several buildings and construction of a specialty care 
building in American Lake, Washington, in an 
amount not to exceed $13,830,000. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CON-
STRUCTION.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2016 or the 
year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, 
Major Projects, account, $937,192,000 for the projects au-
thorized in subsection (a). 
(c) LIMITATION.—The projects authorized in sub-
section (a) may only be carried out using— 
(1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 2016 pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations in sub-
section (b); 
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(2) funds available for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2016 that 
remain available for obligation; 
(3) funds available for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 that 
remain available for obligation; 
(4) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for fiscal year 2016 for a category of activity 
not specific to a project; 
(5) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2016 for 
a category of activity not specific to a project; and 
(6) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 for a 
category of activity not specific to a project. 
SEC. 3. SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, for each project authorized in section 2(a), the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate the following information: 
(1) A line item accounting of expenditures relat-
ing to construction management carried out by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for such project. 
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(14) For an outpatient clinic, Oxnard, Cali-
fornia, an amount not to exceed $6,297,000. 
(15) For an outpatient clinic, Pike County, 
Georgia, an amount not to exceed $5,757,000. 
(16) For an outpatient clinic, Portland, Maine, 
an amount not to exceed $6,846,000. 
(17) For an outpatient clinic, Raleigh, North 
Carolina, an amount not to exceed $21,607,000. 
(18) For an outpatient clinic, Santa Rosa, Cali-
fornia, an amount not to exceed $6,498,000. 
SEC. 5. MONTHLY REPORTS ON STATUS OF MAJOR MED-
ICAL FACILITY PROJECTS. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—For each month that begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress a report on the status of each 
major medical facility project authorized under section 2. 
Each such report shall include, for each project covered by 
the report, information about the status of the design and 
procurement planning, contract modification management, 
and cost escalation of the project. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit month-
ly reports under this section shall terminate on the date 
on which the Administrative Investigative Board of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs submits to Congress the report 
of the Administrative Investigative Board on the major 
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medical facility project carried out at the Department med-
ical center in Aurora, Colorado. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF SALE OF PERSHING HALL. 
Section 403 of the Veterans’ Benefits Programs Im-
provement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–86; 38 U.S.C. 2400 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF SALE.—(1) The Secretary 
may sell for fair market value Pershing Hall and transfer 
and convey to the purchaser all right, title, and interest 
of the United States in or to such property. The Secretary 
shall determine fair market value based on an independent 
assessment conducted by another department or agency of 
the Federal Government or a nongovernmental entity. The 
Secretary may only accept money as consideration for such 
sale. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary sells Pershing Hall pursuant to 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall return to the entity from 
which the United States acquired Pershing Hall pursuant 
to the Act of June 28, 1935, (Chapter 323; 49 Stat. 426) 
any personal property (including memorabilia regarding 
General Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces 
in France during World War I) in the possession of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs as of the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection that was located in Pershing Hall 
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(or otherwise associated with Pershing Hall) on the date 
of such acquisition. 
‘‘(3) The funds received by the Secretary pursuant to 
the sale of Pershing Hall under paragraph (1) shall be de-
posited in the ‘Construction, Major Projects’ account of the 
Department and be made available, without fiscal year lim-
itation, for the purposes of such account. 
‘‘(4)(A) Effective on the day after the date of the sale 
of Pershing Hall authorized under paragraph (1), the au-
thority of the Secretary to carry out subsections (a), (b), 
(c), and (e) shall terminate except for purposes of carrying 
out paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) Effective on the date that is one year after the 
date of the sale of Pershing Hall authorized under para-
graph (1), the Pershing Hall Revolving Fund shall be abol-
ished and the corpus of the fund, including accrued interest, 
shall be deposited in the ‘Construction, Major Projects’ ac-
count of the Department and be made available, without 
fiscal year limitation, for the purposes of such account.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 421 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4590 
[Report No. 114–545] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
carry out certain major medical facility projects 
for which appropriations are being made for fis-
cal year 2016, and for other purposes. 
MAY 10, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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