CONGRESSIONAL PROCEDURES FOR APPROVAL OF MEDICAL FACILITY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION.

SEC. 422. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEDURES FOR APPROVAL OF MEDICAL FACILITY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION. (a) Procedures.— Paragraph (2) of section 5004(a) is amended to read as follows: “(2) It shall not be in order in the Senate or in the House of Representatives to consider a bill, resolution, or amendment which would make an appropriation for any fiscal year which may be expended for a major medical facility project or a major medical facility lease unless— “(A) such bill, resolution, or amendment specifies the amount to be appropriated for that project or lease, “(B) the project or lease has been approved in a resolution adopted by the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of that House, and “(C) the amount to be appropriated for that project or lease is no more than the amount specified in that resolution for that project or lease for that fiscal year.”. (b) Definitions.— Section 5004(a) is further amended by striking out paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(3) For the purpose of this subsection: “(A) The term ‘major medical facility project’ means a project for the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a medical facility involving a total expenditure of more than $2,000,000, but such term does not include an acquisition by exchange. “(B) The term ‘major medical facility lease’ means a lease for space for use as a medical facility at an average annual rental of more than $500,000.”. (c) Cost Variations.— Subsection (c) of section 5004 is amended to read as follows: 102 STAT. 554 “(c) Not less than 30 days before obligating funds for a major medical facility project approved by a resolution described in subsection (a)(2) of this section in an amount that would cause the total amount obligated for that project to exceed the amount specified in the resolution for that project (or would add to total obligations exceeding such specified amount) by more than 10 percent, the Administrator shall provide the committees with notice of the Administrator’s intention to do so and the reasons for the specified amount being exceeded.”. (d) Conforming Repeal.— Such section is further amended— (1) by striking out subsection (d); and (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.