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“MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2021” mentioning Tina Smith was published in the Senate section on page S5025 on July 21.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2021
Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged and the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 1910.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The bill clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 1910) to authorize major medical facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Ms. SMITH. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 1910) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows
S. 1910
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 ``Major Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2021.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects in fiscal year 2021 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
$266,200,000.
(2) Construction of a new specialty care building 201 in American Lake, Washington, in an amount not to exceed
$110,600,000.
(3) Construction of a community living center and renovation of domiciliary and outpatient facilities in Canandaigua, New York, in an amount not to exceed
$383,741,000.
(4) Construction of a spinal cord injury center in Dallas, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $249,000,000.
(5) Realignment and closure of the Livermore Campus in Livermore, California, in an amount not to exceed
$455,000,000.
(6) Seismic corrections to the mental health and community living center in Long Beach, California, in an amount not to exceed $367,300,000.
(7) 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 $252,100,000.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2021 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects account, $2,083,941,000 for the projects authorized in subsection (a).
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