SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CONSTRUC-
TION REFORMS. 
(a) PROJECT MANAGEMENT.—Section 8103 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) In the case of any super construction project (as 
such term is defined in section 8104(a)(4)(C)), the Sec-
retary shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate 
non-Department entity to provide full project management 
services for the super construction project.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS.—Sec-
tion 8103 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by 
subsection (a) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) To the maximum extent practicable, the Sec-
retary shall use industry standards, standard designs, and 
best practices in carrying out the construction of medical 
facilities.’’. 
(c) LIMITATION
ON PLANNING
AND DESIGN
FOR 
SUPER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—Section 8104(a) of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
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‘‘(3) The Secretary may not obligate or expend funds 
for advance planning or design for any super construction 
project, until the date that is 60 days after the date on 
which the Secretary submits to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives notice of such obligation or expenditure.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection, by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) The term ‘super construction project’ 
means a project for the construction, alteration, or 
acquisition of a medical facility involving a total ex-
penditure of more than $100,000,000, but such term 
does not include an acquisition by exchange.’’. 
(d) 
CONGRESSIONAL
APPROVAL
OF
CERTAIN 
PROJECTS.— 
(1) 
PROJECTS
THAT
EXCEED
SPECIFIED 
AMOUNT.—Subsection (c) of section 8104 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) The Secretary may not obligate funds for a 
major medical facility project or a super construction 
project approved by a law described in subsection (a)(2) 
in an amount that would cause the total amount obligated 
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for that project to exceed the amount specified in the law 
for that project (or would add to total obligations exceed-
ing such specified amount) by more than 10 percent unless 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives each approve in writing 
the obligation of those funds.’’. 
(2) USE OF EXTRA AMOUNTS.—Subsection (d) 
of such section is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Before’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may not obligate any funds de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or amounts described in para-
graph (2) before the date that is 30 days after the notifi-
cation submitted under paragraph (1) or paragraph 
(2)(B), as the case may be, unless the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives each approve in writing the obligation of those funds 
or amounts.’’. 
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(3) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) COMMITTEES REQUIRED.—Subsection 
(d)(1) of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘each committee’’ and inserting ‘‘the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives’’. 
(B) USE
OF
AMOUNTS
FROM
BID
SAV-
INGS.—Subsection (d)(2)(B) of such section is 
amended by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iv) With respect to the major construction 
project that is the source of the bid savings— 
‘‘(I) the amounts already obligated or 
available in the project reserve for such project; 
‘‘(II) the percentage of such project that 
has been completed; and 
‘‘(III) the amount of such bid savings that 
is already obligated or otherwise being used for 
a purpose other than such project.’’. 
(e) QUARTERLY REPORT ON SUPER CONSTRUCTION 
PROJECTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—At the end of subchapter I 
of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, insert 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 8120. Quarterly report on super construction 
projects 
‘‘(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 30 days after the last day of each fiscal quarter the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the Senate and House of Representatives on the 
super construction projects carried out by the Secretary 
during such quarter. Each such report shall include, for 
each such project— 
‘‘(1) the budgetary and scheduling status of the 
project, as of the last day of the quarter covered by 
the report; and 
‘‘(2) the actual cost and schedule variances of 
the project, as of such day, compared to the planned 
cost and schedules for the project. 
‘‘(b) SUPER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘super construction project’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 8103(a)(4)(C) of this 
title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of the chapter is amended by 
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adding at the end of the items relating to such sub-
chapter the following new item: 
‘‘8120. Quarterly report on super construction projects.’’. 
(f) ACCELERATED MASTER PLANNING FOR EACH 
MEDICAL FACILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS.— 
(1) EXISTING FACILITIES.—Not later than De-
cember 31, 2016, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall complete a master plan described in paragraph 
(3) for each medical facility of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
(2) NEW FACILITIES.—For each medical facility 
of the Department for which construction is com-
pleted after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall complete a master plan described 
in paragraph (3) for the facility by not later than 
the earlier of the following dates: 
(A) The date on which activation is com-
pleted. 
(B) The date of the formal dedication of 
the facility. 
(3) MASTER PLAN DESCRIBED.—A master plan 
described in this paragraph is, with respect to a 
medical facility of the Department, a plan to inform 
investment decisions and funding requests over a 10- 
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year period for construction projects at such medical 
facility— 
(A) to meet the health care needs of a 
changing veteran population through a com-
bination of health care from the Department 
and other community resources; and 
(B) to maximize the best use of the land 
and structures comprising such medical facility. 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FOR 
EXPANDED 
AVAILABILITY 
OF 
HOSPITAL 
CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES FOR VET-
ERANS THROUGH THE USE OF AGREEMENTS 
WITH NON-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(b)(2) of the Veterans 
Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘(as cal-
culated based on distance traveled)’’ after ‘‘40 
miles’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking sub-
clause (II), and inserting the following new sub-
clause (II): 
‘‘(II) faces an unusual or exces-
sive burden in traveling to such a 
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medical facility of the Department 
based on— 
‘‘(aa) 
geographical 
chal-
lenges; 
‘‘(bb) environmental factors, 
such as roads that are not acces-
sible to the general public, traf-
fic, or hazardous weather; 
‘‘(cc) a medical condition 
that impacts the ability to travel; 
or 
‘‘(dd) other factors, as de-
termined by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and apply with respect to care or services 
provided on or after such date. 
SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL 
YEAR 
2008 
MAJOR 
MEDICAL 
FACILITY 
PROJECT AT DEPARTMENT MEDICAL CENTER 
IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. 
In chapter 3 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2008 (Public Law 110–252; 122 Stat. 2326), in the mat-
ter under the heading ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs– 
Departmental 
Administration–Construction, 
Major 
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Projects’’, after ‘‘Five Year Capital Plan’’ insert the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and for constructing a new bed tower at the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs medical center in Tampa, 
Florida, in lieu of providing bed tower upgrades at such 
medical center’’. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2015 MAJOR MED-
ICAL FACILITY PROJECTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs may carry out the following major medical facility 
projects in fiscal year 2015, with each project to be carried 
out in an amount not to exceed the amount specified for 
that project: 
(1) Construction of a community living center, 
outpatient clinic, renovated domiciliary, and renova-
tion of existing buildings in Canandaigua, New 
York, in an amount not to exceed $158,980,000. 
(2) Seismic corrections to the mental health 
and community living center in Long Beach, Cali-
fornia, in an amount not to exceed $126,100,000. 
(3) Seismic correction of 12 buildings in West 
Los Angeles, California, in an amount not to exceed 
$70,500,000. 
(4) Construction of a spinal cord injury build-
ing and seismic corrections in San Diego, California, 
in an amount not to exceed $205,840,000. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2015 or the year in which funds 
are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects, ac-
count, a total of $561,420,000 for the projects authorized 
in subsection (a). 
SEC. 6. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR EXPANDED AVAIL-
ABILITY OF HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL 
SERVICES FOR VETERANS THROUGH THE 
USE OF AGREEMENTS WITH NON-DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ENTITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Veterans Ac-
cess, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (p); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (q) through (s) 
as subsections (p) through (r), respectively. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 
further amended— 
(1) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ‘‘is author-
ized to carry out this section pursuant to subsection 
(p)’’ and inserting ‘‘carries out this section’’; and 
(2) in subsection (q)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (F). 
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SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VETERANS 
CHOICE FUND. 
Section 802(e) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 128 
Stat. 1803) is amended by striking ‘‘for each of fiscal 
years 2015 through 2017’’. 
Æ 
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