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Union Calendar No. 204 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3521 
[Report No. 113–284] 
To authorize Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2013 
Mr. MILLER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
DECEMBER 9, 2013 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. BROWN 
of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. 
O’ROURKE, and Mr. BOUSTANY 
DECEMBER 9, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To authorize Department of Veterans Affairs major medical 
facility leases, and for other purposes. 
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(2) if the lease specifies payments to be made 
in the event the lease is terminated before its full 
term, an amount sufficient to cover the first year 
lease payments plus the specified cancellation costs. 
(c) TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b) of section 
8104 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) In the case of a prospectus proposing 
funding for a major medical facility lease, a detailed 
analysis of how the lease is expected to comply with 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A–11 
and section 1341 of title 31 (commonly referred to 
as the ‘Anti-Deficiency Act’). Any such analysis shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) an analysis of the classification of the 
lease as a ‘lease-purchase’, ‘capital lease’, or 
‘operating lease’ as those terms are defined in 
Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 
11; 
‘‘(B) an analysis of the obligation of budg-
etary resources associated with the lease; and 
‘‘(C) an analysis of the methodology used 
in determining the asset cost, fair market value, 
and cancellation costs of the lease.’’. 
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(2) SUBMITTAL
TO
CONGRESS.—Such section 
8104 is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(h)(1) Not less than 30 days before entering into 
a major medical facility lease, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives— 
‘‘(A) notice of the Secretary’s intention to enter 
into the lease; 
‘‘(B) a copy of the proposed lease; 
‘‘(C) a description and analysis of any dif-
ferences between the prospectus submitted pursuant 
to subsection (b) and the proposed lease; and 
‘‘(D) a scoring analysis demonstrating that the 
proposed lease fully complies with Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A–11. 
‘‘(2) Each committee described in paragraph (1) shall 
ensure that any information submitted to the committee 
under such paragraph is treated by the committee with 
the same level of confidentiality as is required by law of 
the Secretary and subject to the same statutory penalties 
for unauthorized disclosure or use as the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) Not more than 30 days after entering into a 
major medical facility lease, the Secretary shall submit to 
each committee described in paragraph (1) a report on 
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any material differences between the lease that was en-
tered into and the proposed lease described under such 
paragraph, including how the lease that was entered into 
changes the previously submitted scoring analysis de-
scribed in subparagraph (D) of such paragraph.’’. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion, or the amendments made by this section, shall be 
construed to in any way relieve the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs from any statutory or regulatory obligations 
or requirements existing prior to the enactment of this 
section and such amendments. 
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Union Calendar No. 204 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3521 
[Report No. 113–284] 
A BILL 
To authorize Department of Veterans Affairs major 
medical facility leases, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 9, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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