[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6324 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6324

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four


                                 An Act


 
   To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, 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 ``Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs 
Major Medical Facility Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.
    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out 
the following major medical facility projects in fiscal year 2024 at 
the locations specified and in an amount for each project not to exceed 
the amount specified for such location:
        (1) Construction of a new specialty care building 201, 
    renovation of building 18, and expansion of parking facilities in 
    American Lake, Washington, in an amount not to exceed $155,600,000.
        (2) Expansion of clinical space for mental health, expansion of 
    parking facilities, and land acquisition in Dallas, Texas, in an 
    amount not to exceed $93,100,000.
        (3) Construction of a new health care center and utility plant 
    in El Paso, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $759,200,000.
        (4) Replacement of community living center and expansion of 
    parking facilities in Perry Point, Maryland, in an amount not to 
    exceed $274,310,000.
        (5) Seismic retrofit and renovation of buildings 100 and 101, 
    roadway and site improvements, construction of a new specialty care 
    facility, and demolition and expansion of parking facilities in 
    Portland, Oregon, in an amount not to exceed $613,000,000.
        (6) Initiation of replacement of the medical center of the 
    Sierra Nevada Health Care System of the Department of Veterans 
    Affairs, including land acquisition and preliminary site work, in 
    Reno, Nevada, in an amount not to exceed $223,800,000.
        (7) Construction of a new spinal cord injury building, partial 
    renovation of building 1, parking facilities, central utility plant 
    upgrades, and the seismic retrofit of the existing spinal cord 
    injury building 11 at the San Diego Health Care System of the 
    Department in San Diego, California, in an amount not to exceed 
    $311,700,000.
        (8) Construction of a new research facility, parking structure, 
    and demolition in San Francisco, California, in an amount not to 
    exceed $264,500,000.
        (9) Seismic corrections for building 1, construction of a new 
    administrative building, and expansion of the outpatient clinic and 
    parking structure in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in an amount not to 
    exceed $370,370,000.
        (10) Phase 1 of the replacement of bed tower, expansion of 
    clinical building, consolidation of administrative building and 
    warehouse, water tower, and new utility plant and parking garages 
    in St. Louis, Missouri, in an amount not to exceed $135,340,000.
        (11) Construction of a new surgical and clinical space tower, 
    renovation of buildings 1 and 2, and demolition in West Haven, 
    Connecticut, in an amount not to exceed $153,128,000.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024 
or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major 
Projects account, $3,354,048,000 for the projects authorized in 
subsection (a).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.