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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2225 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report to Congress 
providing a master plan for the use of the West Los Angeles Department 
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, California, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2007 
Mr. WAXMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a 
report to Congress providing a master plan for the use 
of the West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, California, 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 ‘‘West Los Angeles De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Preservation 
Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSAL OF DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS LANDS AND IMPROVE-
MENTS AT WEST LOS ANGELES MEDICAL 
CENTER, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may not declare as excess to the needs of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, or otherwise take any action to ex-
change, trade, auction, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, 
or reduce the acreage of, Federal land and improvements 
at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles 
Medical Center, California, encompassing approximately 
388 acres on the north and south sides of Wilshire Boule-
vard and west of the 405 Freeway. 
(b) SPECIAL PROVISION REGARDING LEASE WITH 
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HOMELESS.—Notwithstanding 
any provision of this Act, section 7 of the Homeless Vet-
erans Comprehensive Services Act of 1992 (Public Law 
102–590) shall remain in effect. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8162(c)(1) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘or section 2(a) of the West Los Angeles Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center Preservation Act of 
2007’’ after ‘‘section 421 (b)(2) of the Veterans’ Benefits 
and Services Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–322; 102 Stat. 
553)’’. 
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SEC. 3. MASTER PLAN REGARDING USE OF DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LANDS AT WEST LOS 
ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that section 707 of the 
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998 (Public 
Law 105–368) required the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to submit to Congress a report on the master plan of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, or a plan for the develop-
ment of such a master plan, relating to the use of Depart-
ment land at the West Los Angeles Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, California. 
(b) MASTER PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report providing a master plan, consistent with 
the provisions of this Act, for the use of the Federal land 
and improvements described in section 2(a). 
(c) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Secretary shall ap-
point a committee to advise the Secretary in developing 
the master plan. The committee shall include representa-
tives of State and local governments, veterans, veterans’ 
service organizations, and community organizations. The 
committee shall be composed of nine members, who shall 
be appointed by the Secretary, of whom two shall be ap-
pointed on the recommendation of the Member of Con-
gress representing the 30th district of California, and two 
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each shall be appointed on the recommendation of each 
of the Senators from California. 
(d) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—Except for direct 
veterans’ services, no funding shall be authorized to imple-
ment the master plan except pursuant to provisions of law 
enacted after the date of the receipt by the appropriate 
congressional committees of the report providing such 
plan. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) DIRECT VETERANS’ SERVICES.—The term 
‘‘direct veterans’ services’’ means services directly 
related to maintaining the health, welfare, and sup-
port of veterans. 
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