AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS.

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS. (a) Ambulatory Care Addition Projects.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following ambulatory care addition major medical facility projects, with each project to be carried out in the amount specified for that project: (1) Construction of an ambulatory care facility and renovation of “E” wing, Tripler Army Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii, $43,000,000. (2) Addition of ambulatory care facilities at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Brockton, Massachusetts, $13,500,000. (3) Addition of ambulatory care facilities for outpatient improvements at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Shreveport, Louisiana, $25,000,000. (4) Addition of ambulatory care facilities at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Lyons, New Jersey, $21,100,000. (5) Addition of ambulatory care facilities at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Tomah, Wisconsin, $12,700,000. (6) Addition of ambulatory care facilities at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Asheville, North Carolina, $26,300,000. (7) Addition of ambulatory care facilities at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Temple, Texas, $9,800,000. (8) Addition of ambulatory care facilities at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Tucson, Arizona, $35,500,000. (9) Construction of an ambulatory care facility at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Leavenworth, Kansas, $27,750,000. (b) Environmental Improvement Projects—The Secretary may carry out the following environmental improvement major medical facility projects, with each project to be carried out in the amount specified for that project: (1) Environmental improvements for the renovation of nursing home facilities at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, $9,500,000. (2) Environmental improvements at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Marion, Illinois, $11,500,000. (3) Environmental improvements for ward renovation for patient privacy at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Omaha, Nebraska, $7,700,000. (4) Environmental improvements at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, $17,400,000. (5) Environmental improvements for the renovation of various buildings at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Waco, Texas, $26,000,000. (6) Environmental improvements for the replacement of psychiatric beds at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Marion, Indiana, $17,300,000. 110 STAT. 3187 (7) Environmental improvements for the renovation of psychiatric wards at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Perry Point, Maryland, $15,100,000. (8) Environmental enhancement at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Salisbury, North Carolina, $18,200,000. (c) Seismic Correction Project.—The Secretary may carry out seismic corrections to Building Number 324 at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Palo Alto, California, in the amount of $20,800,000. (d) Project Authorization When Partial Funding Provided.—If the amount of funds appropriated for fiscal year 1997 or 1998 for design and partial construction of a major medical facility project that is authorized in this section is less than the amount required to complete the construction of that project as authorized and if the Secretary obligates funds for such construction, such project shall be deemed to be fully authorized. Any such authorization shall cease to have effect at the close of fiscal year 2001.