Title: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a feasibility study on renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center with a new or updated facility.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to evaluate and report on the feasibility and costs of renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center, which is in American Samoa. The report must include specified information, including: (1) the cost to equip the facility to meet the care standards of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Health and Human Services; (2) the feasibility of making the center a teaching hospital; and (3) the ability to include a tropical disease research center at the facility.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3651 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3651

 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
  feasibility study on renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. Johnson 
        Tropical Medical Center with a new or updated facility.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 11, 2017

Mrs. Radewagen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a 
  feasibility study on renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. Johnson 
        Tropical Medical Center with a new or updated facility.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GAO FEASIBILITY STUDY ON RENOVATING OR REPLACING THE LYNDON 
              B. JOHNSON TROPICAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH A NEW OR UPDATED 
              FACILITY.

    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall conduct a study to evaluate the 
feasibility of, and costs to the Federal Government and local 
government associated with, renovating or replacing the Lyndon B. 
Johnson Tropical Medical Center with a new or updated facility.
    (b) Report.--Not later than six months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress 
a report containing the findings of the study conducted under 
subsection (a). Such report shall include the following:
            (1) The cost to equip the facility with everything 
        necessary to meet relevant care standards required by the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, and 
        Department of Health and Human Services.
            (2) The cost of renovations as compared to the cost of an 
        entire replacement of the facility.
            (3) The cost of expansions and renovations necessary to 
        meet the healthcare demands of the territory.
            (4) The feasibility of making the center a teaching 
        hospital.
            (5) The ability to include a research center at the 
        facility for studying tropical diseases.
            (6) How improvements to the facility compare to the long 
        term cost of off-island care.
            (7) The feasibility and cost of a program that would help 
        pay for medical students to perform their residency at the 
        facility.
            (8) The suitability of the location for a new facility.
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