To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for excess property of the National Cemetery Administration that is unsuitable for burial purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-4141
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2014-03-04
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Public contracts and procurement

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into enhanced-use leases for excess property of the National Cemetery Administration that is unsuitable for burial purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4141 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 4, 2014 Mr. Crenshaw (for himself, Ms. Brown of Florida , Mr. DeSantis , Mr. Yoho , and Mr. Mica ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for excess property of the National Cemetery Administration that is unsuitable for burial purposes.

1. Authority of Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for excess property of the National Cemetery Administration that is unsuitable for burial purposes (a) In general Section 8162(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking only for the provision and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting only if the lease is not inconsistent with and will not adversely affect the mission of the Department for— ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (A) the provision of supportive housing; or (B) other purposes, only in the case of excess property of the National Cemetery Administration that is unsuitable for burial purposes. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a lease entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act.