A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the thresholds by which medical facility projects and medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs are considered major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases, respectively, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2058
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-11-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill increases the thresholds by which Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility projects and medical facility leases are considered major projects or major leases. </p> <p> Project thresholds are increased from $10 million to $20 million and lease thresholds are increased from an average annual rental rate exceeding $1 million to an average annual rental rate exceeding $1.5 million.</p> <p>(Major project or lease designation requires additional funding, administrative, and approval criteria.)</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2058 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 1, 2017 Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Merkley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the thresholds by which medical facility projects and medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs are considered major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases, respectively, and for other purposes.

1. Modification of thresholds used to classify major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases of the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Major medical facility projects Subparagraph (A) of section 8104(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking $10,000,000 and inserting $20,000,000 . (b) Major medical facility leases Subparagraph (B) of such section is amended by striking $1,000,000 and inserting the average annual rental rate set forth in section 3307(a)(2) of title 40 . (c) Applicability The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to a medical facility project or medical facility lease in progress on the date of the enactment of this Act or beginning on or after such date.