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Union Calendar No. 403 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H.R. 4768 
[Report No. 108–663] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to enter into certain major medical facility leases, to authorize 
that Secretary to transfer real property subject to certain limitations, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2004 
Mr. SIMMONS (for himself, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BEAUPREZ, and Mr. 
FILNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 
Additional sponsor: Mr. TURNER of Ohio 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 
Reported with amendments, 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 July 7, 2004] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into certain major 
medical facility leases, to authorize that Secretary to
transfer real property subject to certain limitations, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, 
UNITED STATES CODE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vet-
erans Health Programs and Facilities Enhancement Act of 
2004’’. 
(b) REFERENCES
TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section 
or other provision of title 38, United States Code. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; references to title 38, United States Code; table of contents. 
TITLE I—MEDICAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 101. Major medical facility leases. 
Sec. 102. Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund. 
Sec. 103. Annual report to Congress on inventory of Department of Veterans Af-
fairs historic properties. 
Sec. 104. Authority to use project funds to construct or relocate surface parking 
incidental to a construction or nonrecurring maintenance 
project. 
Sec. 105. Inapplicability of limitation on use of advance planning funds to au-
thorized major medical facility projects. 
Sec. 106. Improvement in enhanced-use lease authorities. 
Sec. 107. Extension of authority to provide care under long-term care pilot pro-
grams.
TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Inclusion of all enrolled veterans among persons eligible to use canteens 
operated by Veterans’ Canteen Service. 
Sec. 202. Enhancement of medical preparedness of Department. 
TITLE I—MEDICAL FACILITIES 
MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 101. MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES. 
(a) AUTHORIZED LEASES.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may enter into contracts for major medical facility 
leases at the following locations, in an amount for each fa-
cility lease not to exceed the amount shown for that location: 
(1) Wilmington, North Carolina, Outpatient 
Clinic, $1,320,000. 
(2) Greenville, North Carolina, Outpatient Clin-
ic, $1,220,000. 
(3) 
Norfolk, 
Virginia, 
Outpatient 
Clinic, 
$1,250,000. 
(4) Summerfield, Florida, Marion County Out-
patient Clinic, $1,230,000. 
(5) Knoxville, Tennessee, Outpatient Clinic, 
$850,000. 
(6) Toledo, Ohio, Outpatient Clinic, $1,200,000. 
(7) Crown Point, Indiana, Outpatient Clinic, 
$850,000. 
(8) Fort Worth, Texas, Tarrant County Out-
patient Clinic, $3,900,000.