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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4590 
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 
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. 
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, Construc-
tion, and Leases Authorization Act’’. 
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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 
exceed $175,880,000. 
(2) Seismic corrections to facilities, including 
facilities to support homeless veterans, at the med-
ical 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, Cali-
fornia, in an amount not to exceed $282,100,000. 
(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. 
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(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 Construc-
tion, Major Projects, account, $937,192,000 for the 
projects authorized 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); 
(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; 
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(4) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for fiscal year 2016 for a category of activ-
ity 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 enact-
ment 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 Rep-
resentatives and the Senate the following information: 
(1) A line item accounting of expenditures re-
lating to construction management carried out by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for such project. 
(2) The future amounts that are budgeted to be 
obligated for construction management carried out 
by the Department for such project. 
(3) A justification for the expenditures de-
scribed in paragraph (1) and the future amounts de-
scribed in paragraph (2). 
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(4) Any agreement entered into by the Sec-
retary regarding the Army Corps of Engineers pro-
viding services relating to such project, including re-
imbursement agreements and the costs to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for such services. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 
LEASES. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the 
following major medical facility leases at the locations 
specified, and in an amount for each lease not to exceed 
the amount shown for such location (not including any es-
timated cancellation costs): 
(1) For an outpatient clinic, Ann Arbor, Michi-
gan, an amount not to exceed $17,093,000. 
(2) For an outpatient mental health clinic, Bir-
mingham, Alabama, an amount not to exceed 
$6,971,000. 
(3) For an outpatient specialty clinic, Bir-
mingham, Alabama, an amount not to exceed 
$10,479,000. 
(4) For research space, Boston, Massachusetts, 
an amount not to exceed $5,497,000. 
(5) For research space, Charleston, South 
Carolina, an amount not to exceed $6,581,000. 
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(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. 
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