Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, in an amount not to ex-
ceed $406,000,000. 
(8) Construction of an ambulatory surgery/out-
patient diagnostic support center in the Gulf South 
Submarket of Veterans Integrated Service Network 
(VISN) 8 and completion of Phase I land purchase, 
Lee County, Florida, in an amount not to exceed 
$65,100,000. 
(9) Seismic corrections, Buildings 7 and 126, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
Long Beach, California, in an amount not to exceed 
$107,845,000. 
(10) Seismic corrections, Buildings 500 and 
501, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Cen-
ter, Los Angeles, California, in an amount not to ex-
ceed $79,900,000. 
(11) Construction of a new medical center facil-
ity, Orlando, Florida, to be located at the site in 
Lake Nona known as site selection C, which is di-
rectly south of the interchange between SR-417 and 
Lake Nona Boulevard and is part of a science and 
research park that is likely to include the proposed 
campus of the medical school of the University of 
Central Florida, in an amount not to exceed 
$377,700,000. 
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(12) Consolidation of campuses at the Univer-
sity Drive and H. John Heinz III divisions, Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, in an amount not to exceed 
$189,205,000. 
(13) Ward upgrades and expansion at the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San 
Antonio, Texas, in an amount not to exceed 
$19,100,000. 
(14) Construction of a spinal cord injury cen-
ter, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
Syracuse, New York, in an amount not to exceed 
$77,700,000. 
(15) Upgrade essential electrical distribution 
systems, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center, Tampa, Florida, in an amount not to exceed 
$49,000,000. 
(16) Expansion of the spinal cord injury center 
addition, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center, Tampa, Florida, in an amount not to exceed 
$7,100,000. 
(17) Blind rehabilitation and psychiatric bed 
renovation and new construction project, Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Temple, 
Texas, in an amount not to exceed $56,000,000. 
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SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 
LEASES. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2006 LEASES.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major med-
ical facility leases in fiscal year 2006 at the locations spec-
ified, in an amount for each lease not to exceed the 
amount specified for that location: 
(1) For an outpatient clinic, Baltimore, Mary-
land, $10,908,000. 
(2) For an outpatient clinic, Evansville, Indi-
ana, $8,989,000. 
(3) For an outpatient clinic, Smith County, 
Texas, $5,093,000. 
(b) FISCAL YEAR 2007 LEASES.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major med-
ical facility leases in fiscal year 2007 at the locations spec-
ified, in an amount for each lease not to exceed the 
amount specified for that location: 
(1) For an outpatient and specialty care clinic, 
Austin, Texas, $6,163,000. 
(2) For an outpatient clinic, Lowell, Massachu-
setts, $2,520,000. 
(3) For an outpatient clinic, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, $4,409,000. 
(4) For up to four outpatient clinics, Las 
Vegas, Nevada, $8,518,000. 
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(5) For an outpatient clinic, Parma, Ohio, 
$5,032,000. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2006 MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2006 for the Construc-
tion, Major Projects, account, a total of $578,000,000, of 
which— 
(1) $310,000,000 is for the project authorized 
in section 2; 
(2) $100,000,000 is for the advance planning 
and design authorized in section 3; 
(3) $70,000,000 is for the advanced planning 
authorized in section 4; and 
(4) $98,000,000 is for the purchase of a site 
authorized in section 5. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS UNDER CAPITAL 
ASSET REALIGNMENT INITIATIVE.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
for fiscal year 2007 for the Construction, Major Projects, 
account, $1,758,920,000 for the projects specified in sec-
tion 6. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES.— 
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2006 LEASES.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2006 for the Medical 
Care account, $24,990,000 for the leases authorized 
in section 7(a). 
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2007 LEASES.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs for fiscal year 2007 for the Medical 
Care account, $26,642,000 for the leases authorized 
in section 7(b). 
(d) LIMITATION.—The projects authorized in sections 
2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 may only be carried out using— 
(1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 2006 or 
2007 pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in subsections (a), (b), and (c); 
(2) funds available for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2006 
that remain available for obligation; 
(3) funds available for Construction, Major 
Projects, for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2006 or 
2007 that are available for obligation; and 
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(4) funds appropriated for Construction, Major 
Projects, for fiscal year 2006 or 2007 for a category 
of activity not specific to a project. 
SEC. 9. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT ON OPTION FOR 
MEDICAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN SAN 
JUAN, PUERTO RICO. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Recognizing that concern 
for the need for medical facility improvements in San 
Juan, Puerto Rico, is not being adequately addressed, it 
is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs should take steps to explore all options for address-
ing that concern, including the option of a public/private 
partnership to construct and operate a facility that would 
replace the current Department of Veterans Affairs med-
ical center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report 
identifying and outlining the various options available to 
the Department for replacing the current Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
The report shall include the following: 
(1) The feasibility of entering into a partner-
ship with a Federal, Commonwealth, or local govern-
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