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SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out
the following major medical facility projects, with each project to be
carried out in the amount specified for that project:
(1) Alterations to facilitate consolidation of services in
buildings 126 and 150, and demolition of seismically unsafe
building 122 at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Long Beach, California, in an amount not to exceed
$23,200,000.
(2) Construction and seismic work at the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, in an
amount not to exceed $50,000,000.
(3) Outpatient clinic expansion at the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C., in an amount
not to exceed $29,700,000.
(4) Construction of a psychogeriatric care building and
demolition of seismically unsafe building 324 at the Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, in
an amount not to exceed $22,400,000.
(5) Construction of an ambulatory care addition and
renovations for ambulatory care at the Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland (Wade Park), Ohio, in an
amount not to exceed $28,300,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be
derived from funds appropriated for a fiscal year before fiscal
year 1999 that remain available for obligation.
(6) Construction of an ambulatory care addition at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona,
in an amount not to exceed $35,000,000.
(7) Construction of an addition for psychiatric care at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, Texas,
in an amount not to exceed $24,200,000.
(8) Outpatient clinic projects at Auburn and Merced,
California, as part of the Northern California Healthcare
Systems Project, in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000, to be
derived only from funds appropriated for Construction, Major
Projects, for a fiscal year before fiscal year 1999 that remain
available for obligation.
(b) Construction of Parking Facility.--The Secretary may construct
a parking structure at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center, Denver, Colorado, in an amount not to exceed $13,000,000, of
which $11,900,000 shall be derived from funds in the Parking Revolving
Fund.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES.

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into leases for
satellite outpatient clinics as follows:
(1) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in an amount not to exceed
$1,800,000.
(2) Daytona Beach, Florida, in an amount not to exceed
$2,600,000.
(3) Oakland Park, Florida, in an amount not to exceed
$4,100,000.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1999--
(1) for the Construction, Major Projects, account
$205,300,000 for the projects authorized in section 1(a); and
(2) for the Medical Care account, $8,500,000 for the leases
authorized in section 2.
(b) Limitation.--(1) The projects authorized in section 1(a) may
only be carried out using--
(A) funds appropriated for fiscal year 1999 pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations in subsection (a);
(B) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects,
for a fiscal year before fiscal year 1999 that remain available
for obligation; and
(C) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects,
for a fiscal year before fiscal year 1999 for a category of
activity not specific to a project.
(2) The project authorized in section 1(b) may only be carried out
using funds appropriated for a fiscal year before fiscal year 1999--
(A) for the Parking Revolving Fund; or
(B) for Construction, Major Projects, for a category of
activity not specific to a project.

SEC. 4. THRESHOLD FOR TREATMENT OF PARKING FACILITY PROJECT AS A MAJOR
MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECT.

Section 8109(i)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
striking out ''$3,000,000'' and inserting ''$4,000,000''.

SEC. 5. PROCEDURES FOR NAMING OF PROPERTY BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS.

(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
''Sec. 530. Procedures for naming property
''(a) If the Secretary proposes to designate the name of any
property of the Department other than for the geographic area in which
that property is located, the Secretary shall conduct a public hearing
before making the designation. The hearing shall be conducted in the
community in which the property is located. At the hearing, the
Secretary shall receive the views of veterans service organizations and
other interested parties regarding the proposed name of the property.
''(b) Before conducting such a hearing, the Secretary shall provide
reasonable notice of the proposed designation and of the hearing. The
notice shall include--
''(1) the time and place of the hearing;
''(2) identification of the property proposed to be named;
and
''(3) identification of the proposed name for the property;
''(c)(1) If after a hearing under subsection (a) the Secretary
intends to name the property involved other than for the geographic
area in which that property is located, the Secretary shall notify the
congressional veterans' affairs committees of the Secretary's intention
to so name the property and shall publish a notice of such intention in
the Federal Register.
''(2) The Secretary may not designate the property with a name for
which a notice was published in the Federal Register pursuant to
paragraph (1) until the end of a 60-day period of continuous session of
Congress following the date of the submission of notice under paragraph
(1). For purposes of the preceding sentence, continuity of a session of
Congress is broken only by an adjournment sine die, and there shall be
excluded from the computation of such 60-day period any day during
which either House of Congress is not in session during an adjournment
of more than three days to a day certain.
''(3) Each notice under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
''(A) An identification of the property involved.
''(B) An explanation of the background of, and rationale
for, the proposed name.
''(C) A summary of the views expressed by interested
parties at the public hearing conducted in connection with the
proposed name, together with a summary of the Secretary's
evaluation of those views.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
529 the following new item:

''530. Procedures for naming property.''.
(c) Effective Date.--Section 530 of title 38, United States Code,
as added by subsection (a), shall take effect as of January 1, 1998.

Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 1998.

Attest:

ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility projects in specified amounts at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers or outpatient clinics at the following locations: (1) Long Beach, California; (2) San Juan, Puerto Rico; (3) Washington, D.C.; (4) Palo Alto, California; (5) Cleveland, Ohio; (6) Tucson, Arizona; (7) Dallas, Texas; and (8) Auburn and Merced, California.
Authorizes the Secretary to construct a parking structure at the Department Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into leases for satellite outpatient clinics in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Daytona Beach, Florida, and Oakland Park, Florida.
Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1999 for the Construction, Major Projects, account, and for the Medical Care account, with limitations.
Increases from $3 million to $4 million the threshold for a Department parking facility project to be considered a major medical facility project.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) hold a local public hearing prior to designating Department property with a name other than for the geographic area involved; and (2) notify the congressional veterans' committees of the intention to make such designation and wait 60 days of continuous session of Congress before making such designation.