I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5353
To establish limitations on the utilization and disposal of the Franklin Delano 
Roosevelt campus of the Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley 
Health Care System at Montrose, New York, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 9, 2004
Mrs. KELLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish limitations on the utilization and disposal of 
the Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care 
System at Montrose, New York, 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. LIMITATIONS ON UTILIZATION AND DISPOSAL 
OF FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT CAMPUS 
OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
HUDSON VALLEY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, 
MONTROSE, NEW YORK. 
(a) RETENTION AND DISPOSAL.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall retain the property comprising the 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt campus of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health Care System at 
Montrose, New York, as an element of that system. 
(b) LIMITATION ON ENHANCED-USED LEASES.—The 
Secretary may not enter into an enhanced-use lease of the 
property referred to in subsection (a)(1) unless activities 
under such lease include the provision of services for vet-
erans, including veterans of limited financial means. 
(c) PRESERVATION
OF SERVICES.—(1) Except as 
provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall 
continue to provide through the facility of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs at the campus specified in subsection 
(a) the types and levels of health care services for veterans 
that are provided through that facility as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(2) The Secretary may consolidate or relocate the spi-
nal cord injury unit of the facility referred to in paragraph 
(1) at or to another location if the Secretary determines
that the consolidation or relocation of the unit is in the 
best interests of veterans. 
(3) The Secretary may modify the types and levels 
of health care services for veterans that are provided 
through the facility referred to in paragraph (1) if the Sec-
retary determines that increases in the population of vet-
erans served by that facility warrant such changes. 
(d) STUDY
ON HOUSING
OF LOW-INCOME VET-
ERANS.—The Secretary shall conduct a study of the need 
for housing of low-income veterans who are served by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Hudson Valley Health 
Care System. The study shall include an assessment of 
the feasibility and advisability of utilizing a portion of the 
property referred to in subsection (a)(1) as a means of 
addressing the need of such veterans for housing. 
SEC. 2. STUDY OF TOWN OF CORTLANDT PROPOSAL TO 
TRANSFER CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES TO THE TOWN OF 
CORTLANDT. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
conduct a study of the feasibility of implementation of the 
proposed plan of the Town of Cortlandt, New York, to 
take title to certain facilities on the FDR Campus (includ-
ing the pool, theatre, and other recreation facilities and 
infrastructure facilities, such as roads, sewage treatment
plant, and waterfront facilities), subject to the conditions 
that—
(1) full use of those facilities be made available 
to the Secretary for the use of veterans in accord-
ance with the mission of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs on such days and times as the Sec-
retary requires use of those facilities for such pur-
poses, the remaining time to be used by the Town 
of Cortlandt for its programs and public functions; 
and 
(2) the proposed plan would result in a reduc-
tion in costs to maintain the facilities that are the 
subject of the plan and will be beneficial to the vet-
erans being served by the FDR Campus. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—If as a result of the study 
under subsection (a) the Secretary determines that the 
proposed plan referred to in that subsection would result 
in a reduction in costs to maintain the facilities that are 
the subject of the plan and will be beneficial to the vet-
erans being served by the FDR Campus, the Secretary 
shall take such steps as necessary to provide for the imple-
mentation of the plan.