Public Law 118-8 | Public Law 118–8: To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.

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PUBLIC LAW 118–8—JULY 18, 2023

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.

July 18, 2023

[S. 30]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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.—

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
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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.

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