[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3421 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3421
To authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility
leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal years 2006 and
2007, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 6, 2006
Mr. Craig introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility
leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal years 2006 and
2007, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2006 MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY
PROJECTS.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major
medical facility projects in fiscal year 2006, with each project to be
carried out in the amount specified for that project:
(1) Restoration, new construction or replacement of the
medical center facility for the Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, due to damage from
Hurricane Katrina in an amount not to exceed $675,000,000.
(2) Restoration of the Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Biloxi, Mississippi, and consolidation of
services performed at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, in an amount not to
exceed $310,000,000.
(3) Replacement of the Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, in an amount not to exceed
$52,000,000.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AUTHORIZED UNDER CAPITAL ASSET
REALIGNMENT INITIATIVE.
Notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 221 of the Veterans
Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-170; 117 Stat. 2050), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
may enter into contracts before September 30, 2009, to carry out each
major medical facility project, as originally authorized by such
section 221, as follows with each project to be carried out in the
amount specified for that project:
(1) Construction of an outpatient clinic and regional
office at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Anchorage, Alaska, in an amount not to exceed $75,270,000.
(2) Consolidation of clinical and administrative functions
of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in
Cleveland, Ohio, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center in Brecksville, Ohio, in an amount not to exceed
$102,300,000.
(3) Construction of the Extended Care Building at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Des Moines,
Iowa, in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000.
(4) Renovation of patient wards at the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, in
an amount not to exceed $9,100,000.
(5) Correction of patient privacy deficiencies at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville,
Florida, in an amount not to exceed $85,200,000.
(6) 7th and 8th Floor Wards Modernization addition at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis,
Indiana, in an amount not to exceed $27,400,000.
(7) Construction of a new Medical Center Facility at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Las Vegas,
Nevada, in an amount not to exceed $406,000,000.
(8) Construction of an Ambulatory Surgery/Outpatient
Diagnostic Support Center in the Gulf South Submarket of
Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 8 and completion of
Phase I land purchase, Lee County, Florida, in an amount not to
exceed $65,100,000.
(9) Seismic Corrections-Buildings 7 & 126 at the Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, in
an amount not to exceed $107,845,000.
(10) Seismic Corrections-Buildings 500 & 501 at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles,
California, in an amount not to exceed $79,900,000.
(11) Construction of a New Medical Center facility in the
Orlando, Florida, area in an amount not to exceed $377,700,000.
(12) Consolidation of Campuses at the University Drive and
H. John Heinz III divisions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in an
amount not to exceed $189,205,000.
(13) Ward Upgrades and Expansion at the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, in an
amount not to exceed $19,100,000.
(14) Seismic Corrections-Building 1, Phase 1 Design at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000.
(15) Construction of a Spinal Cord Injury Center at the
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Syracuse, New
York, in an amount not to exceed $53,900,000.
(16) Upgrade Essential Electrical Distribution Systems at
the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tampa,
Florida, in an amount not to exceed $49,000,000.
(17) Expansion of the Spinal Cord Injury Center addition at
the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tampa,
Florida, in an amount not to exceed $7,100,000.
(18) Blind Rehabilitation and Psychiatric Bed renovation
and new construction project at the Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Temple, Texas, in an amount not to
exceed $56,000,000.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2006 MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY
LEASES.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major
medical facility leases in fiscal year 2006 at the locations specified,
and in an amount for each lease not to exceed the amount shown for such
location:
(1) For an outpatient clinic, Baltimore, Maryland,
$10,908,000.
(2) For an outpatient clinic, Evansville, Illinois,
$8,989,000.
(3) For an outpatient clinic, Smith County, Texas,
$5,093,000.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2007 MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY
LEASES.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major
medical facility leases in fiscal year 2007 at the locations specified,
and in an amount for each lease not to exceed the amount shown for such
location:
(1) For an outpatient and specialty care clinic, Austin,
Texas, $6,163,000.
(2) For an outpatient clinic, Lowell, Massachusetts,
$2,520,000.
(3) For an outpatient clinic, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
$4,409,000.
(4) For up to four outpatient clinics, Las Vegas, Nevada,
$8,518,000.
(5) For an outpatient clinic, Parma, Ohio, $5,032,000.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 Major
Medical Facility Projects.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2006 for the
Construction, Major Projects, account, $1,606,000,000 for the projects
authorized in section 1.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations for Major Medical Facility
Projects Under Capital Asset Realignment Initiative.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for
fiscal year 2007 for the Construction, Major Projects, account,
$1,750,120,000 for the projects whose authorization is extended
by section 2.
(2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations in paragraph (1) shall remain
available until September 30, 2009.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations for Major Medical Facility
Leases.--
(1) Fiscal year 2006 leases.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal
year 2006 for the Medical Care account, $24,990,000 for the
leases authorized in section 4.
(2) Fiscal year 2007 leases.--There is authorized to be
appropriated for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal
year 2007 for the Medical Care account, $26,642,000 for the
leases authorized in section 5.
(d) Limitation.--The projects authorized in sections 1 and 2 may
only be carried out using--
(1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 2006 or 2007
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsections
(a), (b), and (c) of this section;
(2) funds available for Construction, Major Projects, for a
fiscal year before fiscal year 2006 that remain available for
obligation;
(3) funds available for Construction, Major Projects, for a
fiscal year after fiscal year 2006 or 2007 that are available
for obligation; and
(4) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects,
for fiscal year 2006 or 2007 for a category of activity not
specific to a project.
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