[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 711 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.711
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Sunday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-one
An Act
To amend the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to authorize the use
of certain funds received pursuant to leases entered into under such
Act, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``West Los Angeles VA Campus
Improvement Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF LAND USE REVENUES UNDER WEST LOS ANGELES LEASING
ACT OF 2016.
(a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 2 of the West Los
Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-226; 130 Stat. 927) is
amended to read as follows:
``(d) Land Use Revenues at the Campus.--
``(1) In general.--Any land use revenues received by the
Secretary shall be credited to the applicable Department medical
facilities accounts or minor construction accounts and shall be
available, without fiscal year limitation and without further
appropriation, exclusively for any of the following:
``(A) Supporting construction, maintenance, and services at
the Campus relating to temporary or permanent supportive
housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families.
``(B) Renovating and maintaining the land and facilities at
the Campus.
``(C) Carrying out minor construction projects at the
Campus.
``(D) Carrying out community operations at the Campus that
support the development of emergency shelter or supportive
housing for homeless or at-risk veterans and their families.
``(2) Land use revenue defined.--In this subsection, the term
`land use revenue' means--
``(A) any funds received by the Secretary under a lease
described in subsection (b); and
``(B) any funds received as proceeds from any assets seized
or forfeited, and any restitution paid, in connection with any
third-party land use at the Campus.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to funds received by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs after the date of the enactment of the West Los Angeles Leasing
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-226; 130 Stat. 927).
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ENHANCED USE LEASES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS WEST LOS ANGELES CAMPUS.
Paragraph (1) of section 2(b) of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act
of 2016 (Public Law 114-226; 130 Stat. 927), is amended by adding at
the end the following new sentence: ``Notwithstanding section
8162(b)(2) of such title, the term of such an enhanced-use lease at the
Campus may not exceed 99 years.''.
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
SEC. 5. INCLUSION OF ASSESSMENT OF REVENUE EXPENDITURES AND DIRECT
BENEFITS TO VETERANS IN ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 2(j)(2) of the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 (Public
Law 114-226; 130 Stat. 929) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new
subparagraph (B):
``(B) an assessment of--
``(i) the manner in which such revenue is expended; and
``(ii) the direct benefits such expenditures provide to
veterans; and''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.