I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2913 
To authorize certain Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility 
leases, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2013 
Mr. BOUSTANY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize certain Department of Veterans Affairs major 
medical facility leases, 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 ‘‘Veterans’ Local Access 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2013 MAJOR MED-
ICAL FACILITY LEASES. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the 
following major medical facility leases in fiscal year 2013 
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at the locations specified, and in an amount for each lease 
not to exceed the amount shown for such location: 
(1) For a clinical research and pharmacy co-
ordinating center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, an 
amount not to exceed $9,560,000. 
(2) For a community based outpatient clinic, 
Brick, New Jersey, an amount not to exceed 
$7,280,000. 
(3) For a new primary care and dental clinic 
annex, Charleston, South Carolina, an amount not 
to exceed $7,070,000. 
(4) For the Cobb County Community Based 
Outpatient Clinic, Cobb County, Georgia, an amount 
not to exceed $6,409,000. 
(5) For the Leeward Outpatient Healthcare Ac-
cess Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, including a co-lo-
cated clinic with the Department of Defense and the 
co-location of the Honolulu Regional Office of the 
Veterans Benefits Administration and the Kapolei 
Vet Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
an amount not to exceed $15,887,000. 
(6) For a community based outpatient clinic, 
Johnson County, Kansas, an amount not to exceed 
$2,263,000. 
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(7) For a replacement community based out-
patient clinic, Lafayette, Louisiana, an amount not 
to exceed $2,966,000. 
(8) For a community based outpatient clinic, 
Lake Charles, Louisiana, an amount not to exceed 
$2,626,000. 
(9) For outpatient clinic consolidation, New 
Port Richey, Florida, an amount not to exceed 
$11,927,000. 
(10) For an outpatient clinic, Ponce, Puerto 
Rico, an amount not to exceed $11,535,000. 
(11) For lease consolidation, San Antonio, 
Texas, an amount not to exceed $19,426,000. 
(12) For a community based outpatient clinic, 
San Diego, California, an amount not to exceed 
$11,946,000. 
(13) For an outpatient clinic, Tyler, Texas, an 
amount not to exceed $4,327,000. 
(14) For the Errera Community Care Center, 
West Haven, Connecticut, an amount not to exceed 
$4,883,000. 
(15) For the Worcester Community Based Out-
patient Clinic, Worcester, Massachusetts, an amount 
not to exceed $4,855,000. 
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(8) For a community based outpatient clinic, 
Lubbock, 
Texas, 
an 
amount 
not 
to 
exceed 
$8,554,000. 
(9) For a community based outpatient clinic 
consolidation, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, an 
amount not to exceed $8,022,000. 
(10) For a community based outpatient clinic, 
Phoenix, Arizona, an amount not to exceed 
$20,757,000. 
(11) For the expansion of a community based 
outpatient clinic, Redding, California, an amount not 
to exceed $8,154,000. 
(12) For the expansion of a community based 
outpatient clinic, Tulsa, Oklahoma, an amount not 
to exceed $13,269,000. 
SEC. 4. SCORING OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
budgetary effects of this Act shall be determined by the 
Office of Management and Budget. 
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