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Fiscal Year 2023 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act

Source: Congress.gov · 381 words in original text

What This Bill Does

This bill allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to spend money on seven major medical building projects at veterans facilities across the country during fiscal year 2023. The bill sets a total budget of $3,716,000,000 for these construction and renovation projects.

Who It Affects

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs are directly responsible for carrying out these projects. Veterans who use VA medical facilities in Alameda, California; Canandaigua, New York; El Paso, Texas; Fort Harrison, Montana; Livermore, California; Louisville, Kentucky; and Portland, Oregon will be affected by these construction projects.

Key Provisions

• The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may build a community-based outpatient clinic and national cemetery in Alameda, California, spending up to $395,000,000 (Sec. 2(a)(1)). • The Secretary may build a community living center and renovate domiciliary and outpatient facilities in Canandaigua, New York, spending up to $506,400,000 (Sec. 2(a)(2)). • The Secretary may build a new health care center in El Paso, Texas, spending up to $700,000,000 (Sec. 2(a)(3)). • The Secretary may perform a seismic upgrade and specialty care improvements in Fort Harrison, Montana, spending up to $88,600,000 (Sec. 2(a)(4)). • The Secretary may realign and close the Livermore campus in Livermore, California, spending up to $490,000,000 (Sec. 2(a)(5)). • The Secretary may build a new medical facility in Louisville, Kentucky, spending up to $1,013,000,000 (Sec. 2(a)(6)). • The Secretary may perform seismic retrofit and renovation, roadway and site improvements, build a new specialty care facility, demolish structures, and expand parking facilities in Portland, Oregon, spending up to $523,000,000 (Sec. 2(a)(7)).

What Changes

The Department of Veterans Affairs gains authorization to spend $3,716,000,000 on the seven specific medical facility projects listed in the bill. The law permits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to proceed with these construction and renovation projects during fiscal year 2023.

Important Definitions

None defined in bill text.

[118th Congress Public Law 8] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [[Page 137 STAT. 53]] Public Law 118-8 118th Congress An Act To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: July 18, 2023 - [S. 30]>> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Fiscal Year 2023 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act.>> SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 2023 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. (a) In General.-- <<NOTE: State listing.>> The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects in fiscal year 2023 at the locations specified and in an amount for each project not to exceed the amount specified for such location: (1) Construction of a community-based outpatient clinic and national cemetery in Alameda, California, in an amount not to exceed $395,000,000. (2) Construction of a community living center and renovation of domiciliary and outpatient facilities in Canandaigua, New York, in an amount not to exceed $506,400,000. (3) Construction of a new health care center in El Paso, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $700,000,000. (4) Seismic upgrade and specialty care improvements in Fort Harrison, Montana, in an amount not to exceed $88,600,000. (5) Realignment and closure of the Livermore campus in Livermore, California, in an amount not to exceed $490,000,000. (6) Construction of a new medical facility in Louisville, Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed $1,013,000,000. (7) Seismic retrofit and renovation, roadway and site improvements, construction of a new specialty care facility, demolition, and expansion of parking facilities in Portland, Oregon, in an amount not to exceed $523,000,000. (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized [[Page 137 STAT. 54]] to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects account, $3,716,000,000 for the projects authorized in subsection (a). Approved July 18, 2023. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 30: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 169 (2023): Mar. 21, considered and passed Senate. June 20, considered and passed House. <all>

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