West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-711
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-02-02
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction

California

Department of Veterans Affairs

Executive agency funding and structure

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Health facilities and institutions

Homelessness and emergency shelter

Land use and conservation

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Became Public Law No: 117-18.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill requires that land use revenues received by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with the use of an easement, 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.</p> <p>The bill prescribes that such revenues be used exclusively for</p> <ul> <li>the renovation and maintenance of the land and facilities at the campus;</li> <li>supporting construction, maintenance, and services at the campus relating to temporary or permanent supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families;</li> <li>implementing minor construction projects at the campus; or</li> <li>implementing community operations at the campus that support the development of emergency shelter or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. <br> </li> </ul>

action_date: 2021-05-18
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>The bill prescribes that such revenues be used exclusively for</p> <ul> <li>the renovation and maintenance of the land and facilities at the campus;</li> <li>supporting construction, maintenance, and services at the campus relating to temporary or permanent supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families;</li> <li>implementing minor construction projects at the campus; or</li> <li>implementing community operations at the campus that support the development of emergency shelter or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. <br> </li> </ul>

action_date: 2021-05-28
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><b>West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>The bill prescribes that such revenues be used exclusively for</p> <ul> <li>the renovation and maintenance of the land and facilities at the campus;</li> <li>supporting construction, maintenance, and services at the campus relating to temporary or permanent supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families;</li> <li>implementing minor construction projects at the campus; or</li> <li>implementing community operations at the campus that support the development of emergency shelter or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. </li></ul>

action_date: 2021-06-15
action_desc: House agreed to Senate amendment
text: <p><b>West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>The bill prescribes that such revenues be used exclusively for</p> <ul> <li>the renovation and maintenance of the land and facilities at the campus;</li> <li>supporting construction, maintenance, and services at the campus relating to temporary or permanent supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families;</li> <li>implementing minor construction projects at the campus; or</li> <li>implementing community operations at the campus that support the development of emergency shelter or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. </li></ul>

action_date: 2021-06-23
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>The bill prescribes that such revenues be used exclusively for</p> <ul> <li>the renovation and maintenance of the land and facilities at the campus;</li> <li>supporting construction, maintenance, and services at the campus relating to temporary or permanent supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families;</li> <li>implementing minor construction projects at the campus; or</li> <li>implementing community operations at the campus that support the development of emergency shelter or supportive housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families.</li> </ul> <p>The bill also increases the maximum time period for enhanced-use leases at the campus from 75 to 99 years.</p> <p>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. </p>

tv_txt: 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H.R. 711 In the Senate of the United States, May 28 (legislative day, May 27), 2021. Amendment:

That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 711) entitled 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. , do pass with the following At the end, add the following: 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 .

Secretary

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 711 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 2, 2021 Mr. Lieu introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021 . 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); (B) any funds received as compensation for an easement described in subsection (e); and (C) 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). 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), 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. .

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 711 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021 . 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). 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), 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. . 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.

Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 711 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 19, 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021 . 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). 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), 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. . 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.

Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk

tv_txt: I One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America At the First Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-one H. R. 711 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021 . 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). 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), 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. . 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. 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 .

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.