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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3895 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans |
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| 6 | 6 | | Affairs for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JUNE7, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | HAVEZ-DEREMER(for herself and Ms. BONAMICI) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To authorize major medical facility projects for the Depart- |
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| 14 | 14 | | ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, and for |
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| 15 | 15 | | other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fiscal Year 2023 Vet-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | erans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023. 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | may carry out the following major medical facility projects 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | in fiscal year 2023 at the locations specified and in an 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amount for each project not to exceed the amount speci-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | fied for such location: 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) Construction of a community-based out-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | patient clinic and national cemetery in Alameda, 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | California, in an amount not to exceed 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | $395,000,000. 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) Construction of a community living center 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and renovation of domiciliary and outpatient facili-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ties in Canandaigua, New York, in an amount not 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | to exceed $506,400,000. 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) Construction of a new health care center in 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | El Paso, Texas, in an amount not to exceed 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | $700,000,000. 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (4) Seismic upgrade and specialty care improve-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ments in Fort Harrison, Montana, in an amount not 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | to exceed $88,600,000. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (5) Realignment and closure of the Livermore 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | campus in Livermore, California, in an amount not 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | to exceed $490,000,000. 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (6) Construction of a new medical facility in 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Louisville, Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | $1,013,000,000. 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (7) Seismic retrofit and renovation, roadway 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | and site improvements, construction of a new spe-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | cialty care facility, demolition, and expansion of 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | parking facilities in Portland, Oregon, in an amount 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | not to exceed $523,000,000. 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (b) A |
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| 62 | 62 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Affairs for fiscal year 2023 or the year in which funds 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects ac-7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | count, $3,716,000,000 for the projects authorized in sub-8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | section (a). 9 |
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