West Los Angeles VA Campus Improvement Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5093 To amend the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to provide for the treatment of proceeds from seized or forfeited assets in connection with certain third-party land use, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 14, 2019 Mr. TED LIEU of California 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 provide for the treatment of proceeds from seized or forfeited assets in connection with certain third-party land use, and for other purposes. 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 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Nov 22, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5093.IH H5093 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 5093 IH SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM SEIZED OR FOR- 1 FEITED ASSETS UNDER WEST LOS ANGELES 2 LEASING ACT OF 2016. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 2 of the 4 West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 5 226; 38 U.S.C. 101 note), is amended to read as follows: 6 ‘‘(d) REVENUES FROM LEASES AT THE CAMPUS.— 7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any funds received by the 8 Secretary under a lease described in subsection (b) 9 shall be credited to the applicable Department med- 10 ical facilities account and shall be available, without 11 fiscal year limitation and without further appropria- 12 tion, exclusively for the renovation and maintenance 13 of the land and facilities at the Campus. 14 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS FROM SEIZED 15 OR FORFEITED ASSETS.—Proceeds from any seized 16 or forfeited assets, and any restitution paid, in con- 17 nection with any third-party land use at the Depart- 18 ment of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus 19 in Los Angeles, California, shall be considered funds 20 received under paragraph (1).’’. 21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 22 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to funds received 23 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs after the date of the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Nov 22, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5093.IH H5093 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 5093 IH enactment of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 1 (Public Law 114–226; 38 U.S.C. 101 note). 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:29 Nov 22, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5093.IH H5093 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS