I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3484 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into certain leases 
at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus in 
Los Angeles, California, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 
Mr. TED LIEU of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into 
certain leases at the Department of Veterans Affairs 
West Los Angeles Campus in Los Angeles, California, 
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 ‘‘Los Angeles Homeless 
Veterans Leasing Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN LEASES AT 
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
WEST LOS ANGELES CAMPUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may carry out leases described in subsection (b) at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Cam-
pus in Los Angeles, California. 
(b) LEASES DESCRIBED.—Leases described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) An enhanced-use lease of real property 
under subchapter V of chapter 81 of title 38, United 
States Code, for purposes of providing supportive 
housing, as that term is defined in section 8161(3) 
of such title. 
(2) A lease of real property for a term not to 
exceed 50 years to a third party to provide services 
that principally benefit veterans and their families 
and that are limited to one or more of the following 
purposes: 
(A) The promotion of health and wellness, 
including nutrition and spiritual wellness. 
(B) Education. 
(C) Vocational training, skills building, or 
other training related to employment. 
(D) Peer activities, socialization, or phys-
ical recreation. 
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(E) Assistance with legal issues and Fed-
eral benefits. 
(F) Volunteerism. 
(G) Family support services, including 
child care. 
(H) Transportation. 
(I) Services in support of one or more of 
the purposes specified in subparagraphs (A) 
through (H). 
(3) A lease of real property for a term not to 
exceed 10 years to an institution of the State of 
California that has partnered with the Department 
at the campus specified in subsection (a) for more 
than 20 years, if— 
(A) the lease is consistent with the master 
plan described in subsection (e); 
(B) the provision of services to veterans is 
the predominant focus of the activities of the 
institution at the campus during the term of 
the lease; and 
(C) the institution expressly agrees to pro-
vide, during the term of the lease and to an ex-
tent and in a manner that the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, services and support that— 
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(i) principally benefit veterans and 
their families in the Greater Los Angeles 
area, including veterans that are severely 
disabled, women, aging, or homeless; and 
(ii) may consist of activities relating 
to the medical, clinical, therapeutic, die-
tary, rehabilitative, legal, mental, spiritual, 
physical, recreational, research, and coun-
seling needs of veterans and their families 
or any of the purposes specified in any of 
subparagraphs (A) through (I) of para-
graph (1). 
(c) LIMITATION ON LAND-SHARING AGREEMENTS.— 
The Secretary may not carry out any land-sharing agree-
ment pursuant to section 8153 of title 38, United States 
Code, at the campus specified in subsection (a) unless 
such agreement— 
(1) provides additional health-care resources to 
the campus; and 
(2) benefits veterans and their families other 
than from the generation of revenue for the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON SALE OF PROPERTY.—Notwith-
standing section 8164 of title 38, United States Code, the 
Secretary may not sell or otherwise convey to a third party 
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fee simple title to any real property or improvements to 
real property made at the campus specified in subsection 
(a). 
(e) CONSISTENCY WITH MASTER PLAN.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that each lease carried out under this 
section is consistent with the new master plan under devel-
opment as of the date of the enactment of this Act that 
will detail how the campus specified in subsection (a) will 
be used to benefit all veterans. 
(f) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LAWS.— 
(1) LAWS
RELATING
TO
LEASES
AND
LAND 
USE.—If the Inspector General of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs determines, as part of an audit re-
port or evaluation conducted by the Inspector Gen-
eral, that the Department is not in compliance with 
all Federal laws relating to leases and land use at 
the campus specified in subsection (a), or that sig-
nificant mismanagement has occurred with respect 
to leases or land use at the campus, the Secretary 
may not enter into any lease or land-sharing agree-
ment at the campus, or renew any such lease or 
land-sharing agreement that is not in compliance 
with such laws, until the Secretary certifies to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
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Representatives, and each Member of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives who represents 
the area in which the campus is located that all rec-
ommendations included in the audit report or eval-
uation have been implemented. 
(2) COMPLIANCE OF PARTICULAR LEASES.—No 
lease may be entered into or renewed under this sec-
tion unless the lease complies with chapter 33 of 
title 41, United States Code, and all Federal laws 
relating to environmental and historic preservation. 
(g) NOTIFICATION AND REPORTS.— 
(1) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—With re-
spect to each lease or land-sharing agreement in-
tended to be entered into or renewed at the campus 
specified in subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives, and each Member of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives who represents 
the area in which the campus is located of the intent 
of the Secretary to enter into or renew the lease or 
land-sharing agreement not later than 45 days be-
fore entering into or renewing the lease or land-shar-
ing agreement. 
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the Department of the use of land at the cam-
pus, including an assessment of the efforts of 
the Department to implement the master plan 
described in subsection (e) with respect to the 
campus. 
(B) CONSIDERATION
OF
ANNUAL
RE-
PORT.—In preparing each report required by 
subparagraph (A), the Inspector General shall 
take into account the most recent report sub-
mitted to Congress by the Secretary under 
paragraph (2). 
(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as a limitation on the authority 
of the Secretary to enter into other agreements regarding 
the campus specified in subsection (a) that are authorized 
by law and not inconsistent with this section. 
(i) PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT VETERANS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES DEFINED.—In this section the term ‘‘prin-
cipally benefit veterans and their families’’, with respect 
to services provided by a person under a lease of property, 
land-sharing agreement, or revocable license agreement— 
(1) means services— 
(A) provided exclusively to veterans and 
their families; or 
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(B) that are designed for the particular 
needs of veterans and their families, as opposed 
to the general public, and any benefit of those 
services to the general public is ancillary to the 
intended benefit to veterans and their families; 
and 
(2) excludes services in which the only benefit 
to veterans and their families is the generation of 
revenue for the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(j) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION
ON
DISPOSAL
OF
PROP-
ERTY.—Section 224(a) of the Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 
2272) is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as author-
ized under section 2 of the Los Angeles Homeless 
Veterans Leasing Act of 2015, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs’’. 
(2) ENHANCED-USE LEASES.—Section 8162(c) 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, other than an enhanced-use lease under 
section 2 of the Los Angeles Homeless Veterans 
Leasing Act of 2015,’’ before ‘‘shall be considered’’. 
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