[117th Congress Public Law 190]
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Public Law 117-190
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
   To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of 
          Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, and for other 
            purposes. <<NOTE: Oct. 10, 2022 -  [H.R. 7500]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Fiscal Year 2022 
Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs 
Major Medical Facility Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF 
                    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
                    2022.

    (a) <<NOTE: State listing.>>  In General.--The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects in 
fiscal year 2022 at the locations specified and in an amount for each 
project not to exceed the amount specified for such location:
            (1) Restoration and consolidation of the Gulfport Hospital 
        in Biloxi, Mississippi, in an amount not to exceed $341,500,000.
            (2) Construction of a community living center and renovation 
        of domiciliary and outpatient facilities in Canandaigua, New 
        York, in an amount not to exceed $443,900,000.
            (3) Construction of a spinal cord injury center in Dallas, 
        Texas, in an amount not to exceed $292,239,000.
            (4) Construction of a new health care center in El Paso, 
        Texas, in an amount not to exceed $150,000,000.
            (5) Seismic corrections to the mental health and community 
        living center in Long Beach, California, in an amount not to 
        exceed $387,300,000.
            (6) Construction of a new medical facility in Louisville, 
        Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed $953,000,000.
            (7) Construction of a new surgical intensive care unit and 
        renovated operating rooms in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in an 
        amount not to exceed $47,564,000.
            (8) Seismic retrofit and renovation of buildings 100 and 101 
        in Portland, Oregon, in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.
            (9) 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 $262,100,000.
            (10) Construction of a new research facility in San 
        Francisco, California, in an amount not to exceed $254,880,000.
            (11) Replacement bed tower and clinical building expansion 
        in St. Louis, Missouri, in an amount not to exceed $135,340,000.

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            (12) Construction of a new critical care center in West Los 
        Angeles, California, in an amount not to exceed $115,790,000.

    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022 
or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major 
Projects account, $3,403,613,000 for the projects authorized in 
subsection (a).

    Approved October 10, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 7500:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
            May 16, 17, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 14, considered and passed Senate.

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