I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7500 
To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2022 
Mr. ALLRED (for himself, Mr. ELLZEY, and Ms. ESCOBAR) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize major medical facility projects for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, 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 2022 Vet-
erans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 
PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may carry out the following major medical facility projects 
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in fiscal year 2022 at the locations specified and in an 
amount for each project not to exceed the amount speci-
fied for such location: 
(1) Restoration and consolidation of the Gulf-
port Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, in an amount 
not to exceed $341,500,000. 
(2) Construction of a community living center 
and renovation of domiciliary and outpatient facili-
ties in Canandaigua, New York, in an amount not 
to exceed $443,900,000. 
(3) Construction of a spinal cord injury center 
in Dallas, Texas, in an amount not to exceed 
$292,239,000. 
(4) Construction of a new health care center in 
El Paso, Texas, in an amount not to exceed 
$150,000,000. 
(5) Seismic corrections to the mental health 
and community living center in Long Beach, Cali-
fornia, in an amount not to exceed $387,300,000. 
(6) Construction of a new medical facility in 
Louisville, Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed 
$953,000,000. 
(7) Construction of a new surgical intensive 
care unit and renovated operating rooms in Okla-
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homa City, Oklahoma, in an amount not to exceed 
$47,564,000. 
(8) Seismic retrofit and renovation of buildings 
100 and 101 in Portland, Oregon, in an amount not 
to exceed $20,000,000. 
(9) Construction of a spinal cord injury build-
ing with a community living center, including a 
parking garage, in San Diego, California, in an 
amount not to exceed $262,100,000. 
(10) Construction of a new research facility in 
San Francisco, California, in an amount not to ex-
ceed $254,880,000. 
(11) Replacement bed tower and clinical build-
ing expansion in St. Louis, Missouri, in an amount 
not to exceed $135,340,000. 
(12) Construction of a new critical care center 
in West Los Angeles, California, in an amount not 
to exceed $115,790,000. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2022 or the year in which funds 
are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects ac-
count, $3,403,613,000 for the projects authorized in sub-
section (a). 
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