H. R. 5936 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 
An Act 
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, to make certain improvements to the enhanced-use lease authority 
of the Department, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘West Los Angeles Leasing Act 
of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CERTAIN LEASES AT THE DEPART-
MENT 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 Campus in Los Angeles, California 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Campus’’). 
(b) LEASES DESCRIBED.—Leases described in this subsection 
are the following: 
(1) Any enhanced-use lease of real property under sub-
chapter 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, that principally benefit 
veterans and their families. 
(2) Any 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 physical recreation. 
(E) Assistance with legal issues and Federal 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 The Regents of the University of California, a corpora-
tion organized under the laws of the State of California, on
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behalf of its University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) cam-
pus (hereinafter in this section referred to as ‘‘The Regents’’), 
if— 
(A) the lease is consistent with the master plan 
described in subsection (g); 
(B) the provision of services to veterans is the predomi-
nant focus of the activities of The Regents at the Campus 
during the term of the lease; 
(C) The Regents expressly agrees to provide, during 
the term of the lease and to an extent and in a manner 
that the Secretary considers appropriate, additional serv-
ices and support (for which The Regents is not compensated 
by the Secretary or through an existing medical affiliation 
agreement) that— 
(i) principally benefit veterans and their families, 
including veterans that are severely disabled, women, 
aging, or homeless; and 
(ii) may consist of activities relating to the medical, 
clinical, therapeutic, dietary, rehabilitative, legal, 
mental, spiritual, physical, recreational, research, and 
counseling needs of veterans and their families or any 
of the purposes specified in any of subparagraphs (A) 
through (I) of paragraph (2); and 
(D) The Regents maintains records documenting the 
value of the additional services and support that The 
Regents provides pursuant to subparagraph (C) for the 
duration of the lease and makes such records available 
to the Secretary. 
(c) LIMITATION ON LAND-SHARING AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 
may not carry out any land-sharing agreement pursuant to section 
8153 of title 38, United States Code, at the Campus unless such 
agreement— 
(1) provides additional health-care resources to the Cam-
pus; and 
(2) benefits veterans and their families other than from 
the generation of revenue for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
(d) REVENUES FROM LEASES
AT
THE CAMPUS.—Any funds 
received by the Secretary under a lease described in subsection 
(b) shall be credited to the applicable Department medical facilities 
account and shall be available, without fiscal year limitation and 
without further appropriation, exclusively for the renovation and 
maintenance of the land and facilities at the Campus. 
(e) EASEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law (other than Federal laws relating to environmental and 
historic preservation), pursuant to section 8124 of title 38, 
United States Code, the Secretary may grant easements or 
rights-of-way on, above, or under lands at the Campus to— 
(A) any local or regional public transportation authority 
to access, construct, use, operate, maintain, repair, or 
reconstruct public mass transit facilities, including, fixed 
guideway facilities and transportation centers; and 
(B) the State of California, County of Los Angeles, 
City of Los Angeles, or any agency or political subdivision