(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.’’. 
(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 
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. 
SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives, as long as such statement has 
been submitted prior to the vote on passage of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2013. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3521 
AN ACT 
To authorize Department of Veterans Affairs major 
medical facility leases, and for other purposes.