West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.711 | Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted (D-CA)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021
This bill requires that land use revenues received by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with the use of certain leases or third-party land use at the VA's West Los Angeles Campus in Los Angeles, California, be used exclusively for specified purposes on campus.
The bill prescribes that such revenues be used exclusively for
The bill also increases the maximum time period for enhanced-use leases at the campus from 75 to 99 years.
Additionally, the bill requires the VA to include in its annual report evaluating leases and land-sharing agreements on campus an assessment of (1) the manner in which revenue generated by the leases is expended, and (2) the direct benefits the expenditures provide to veterans.

[117th Congress Public Law 18]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 117-18
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To amend the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to authorize the use 
  of certain funds received pursuant to leases entered into under such 
   Act, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: June 23, 2021 -  [H.R. 711]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: West Los Angeles 
VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``West Los Angeles VA Campus 
Improvement Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF LAND USE REVENUES UNDER WEST LOS ANGELES 
                    LEASING ACT OF 2016.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 2 of the West Los Angeles 
Leasing Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-226; 130 Stat. 927) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(d) Land Use Revenues at the Campus.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any land use revenues received by the 
        Secretary shall be credited to the applicable Department medical 
        facilities accounts or minor construction accounts and shall be 
        available, without fiscal year limitation and without further 
        appropriation, exclusively for any of the following:
                    ``(A) Supporting construction, maintenance, and 
                services at the Campus relating to temporary or 
                permanent supportive housing for homeless or at-risk 
                veterans and their families.
                    ``(B) Renovating and maintaining the land and 
                facilities at the Campus.
                    ``(C) Carrying out minor construction projects at 
                the Campus.
                    ``(D) Carrying out community operations at the 
                Campus that support the development of emergency shelter 
                or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans 
                and their families.
            ``(2) Land use revenue defined.--In this subsection, the 
        term `land use revenue' means--
                    ``(A) any funds received by the Secretary under a 
                lease described in subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) any funds received as proceeds from any assets 
                seized or forfeited, and any restitution paid, in 
                connection with any third-party land use at the 
                Campus.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to funds received by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs after the date of the enactment of the West Los Angeles Leasing 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-226; 130 Stat. 927).

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SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ENHANCED USE LEASES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                    VETERANS AFFAIRS WEST LOS ANGELES CAMPUS.

    Paragraph (1) of section 2(b) of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114-226; 130 Stat. 927), <<NOTE: 130 Stat. 926.>>  is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
``Notwithstanding section 8162(b)(2) of such title, the term of such an 
enhanced-use lease at the Campus may not exceed 99 years.''.
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    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 House Budget Committee, provided that such 
statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
SEC. 5. INCLUSION OF ASSESSMENT OF REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND DIRECT 
                    BENEFITS TO VETERANS IN ANNUAL REPORT.

    Section 2(j)(2) of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (Public 
Law 114-226; 130 Stat. 929) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph (B):
                    ``(B) an assessment of--
                          ``(i) the manner in which such revenue is 
                      expended; and
                          ``(ii) the direct benefits such expenditures 
                      provide to veterans; and''.

    Approved June 23, 2021.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 711:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 167 (2021):
            May 17, considered in House.
            May 18, prior proceedings vacated; considered and passed 
                House.
            May 28, considered and passed Senate, amended.
            June 15, House concurred in Senate amendment.

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