[116th Congress Public Law 144]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 116-144
116th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of 
          Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020, and for other 
             purposes. <<NOTE: June 16, 2020 -  [S. 3414]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Major Medical 
Facility Authorization Act of 2020.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Major Medical Facility Authorization 
Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF 
                    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
                    2020.

    (a) <<NOTE: California.>>  In General.--The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects in 
fiscal year 2020 at the locations specified and in an amount for each 
project not to exceed the amount specified for such location:
            (1) Construction of an outpatient clinic and national 
        cemetery in Alameda, California, in an amount not to exceed 
        $113,332,000.
            (2) Realignment and closure of the Livermore Campus in 
        Livermore, California, in an amount not to exceed $311,730,000.
            (3) <<NOTE: Kentucky.>>  Construction of a new medical 
        facility in Louisville, Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed 
        $860,000,000.
            (4) <<NOTE: New York.>>  Construction relating to flood 
        recovery of the medical center in Manhattan, New York, in an 
        amount not to exceed $372,600,000.
            (5) Construction of a spinal cord injury building with a 
        community living center, including a parking garage, in San 
        Diego, California, in an amount not to exceed $230,840,000.
            (6) <<NOTE: Puerto Rico.>>  Completion of construction of a 
        medical facility project, including a parking garage, in San 
        Juan, Puerto Rico, in an amount not to exceed $307,000,000.
            (7) Construction of a new critical care center in West Los 
        Angeles, California, in an amount not to exceed $75,790,000.

    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2020 
or the year in which funds are appropriated for the

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Construction, Major Projects account, $2,271,292,000 for the projects 
authorized in subsection (a).

    Approved June 16, 2020.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 3414:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
            Mar. 5, considered and passed Senate.
            May 28, considered and passed House.

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