West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2021

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 102 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 28, 2021 Mrs. FEINSTEIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘West Los Angeles VA 4 Campus Improvement Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:29 Feb 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S102.IS S102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 102 IS SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF LAND USE REVENUES UNDER WEST 1 LOS ANGELES LEASING ACT OF 2016. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 2 of the 3 West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 4 226; 130 Stat. 927) is amended to read as follows: 5 ‘‘(d) LAND USE REVENUES AT THE CAMPUS.— 6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any land use revenues re- 7 ceived by the Secretary shall be credited to the ap- 8 plicable Department medical facilities accounts or 9 minor construction accounts and shall be available, 10 without fiscal year limitation and without further 11 appropriation, exclusively for any of the following: 12 ‘‘(A) Supporting construction, mainte- 13 nance, and services at the Campus relating to 14 temporary or permanent supportive housing for 15 homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. 16 ‘‘(B) Renovating and maintaining the land 17 and facilities at the Campus. 18 ‘‘(C) Carrying out minor construction 19 projects at the Campus. 20 ‘‘(D) Carrying out community operations 21 at the Campus that support the development of 22 emergency shelter or supportive housing for 23 homeless or at-risk veterans and their families. 24 ‘‘(2) LAND USE REVENUE DEFINED.—In this 25 subsection, the term ‘land use revenue’ means— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:29 Feb 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S102.IS S102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 102 IS ‘‘(A) any funds received by the Secretary 1 under a lease described in subsection (b); 2 ‘‘(B) any funds received as compensation 3 for an easement described in subsection (e); and 4 ‘‘(C) any funds received as proceeds from 5 any assets seized or forfeited, and any restitu- 6 tion paid, in connection with any third-party 7 land use at the Campus.’’. 8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 9 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to funds received 10 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs after the date of the 11 enactment of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 12 (Public Law 114–226; 130 Stat. 927). 13 SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ENHANCED USE LEASES AT THE 14 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WEST 15 LOS ANGELES CAMPUS. 16 Paragraph (1) of section 2(b) of the West Los Ange- 17 les Leasing Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–226; 130 Stat. 18 927), is amended by adding at the end the following new 19 sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 8162(b)(2) of such 20 title, the term of such an enhanced-use lease at the Cam- 21 pus may not exceed 99 years.’’. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:29 Feb 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S102.IS S102 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS