CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 206. CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) Definition of Major Medical Facility Project.—Paragraph (3)A) of section 8104(a) is amended by striking out “$3,000,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$4,000,000”. (b) Applicability of Construction Authorization Requirement.—(1) Subsection (b) of section 301 of the Veterans’ Medical Programs Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102–405; 106 Stat. 1984) is repealed. (2) The amendments made by subsection (a) of such section shall apply with respect to any major medical facility project or any major medical facility lease of the Department of Veterans Affairs, regardless of when funds are first appropriated for that project or lease, except that in the case of a project for which funds were first appropriated before October 9, 1992, such amendments shall not apply with respect to amounts appropriated for that project for a fiscal year before fiscal year 1998. (c) Limitation on Obligations for Advance Planning.—Section 8104 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) The Secretary may not obligate funds in an amount in excess of $500,000 from the Advance Planning Fund of the Department toward design or development of a major medical facility project (as defined in subsection (a)(3)(A)) until— “(1) the Secretary submits to the committees a report on the proposed obligation; and “(2) a period of 30 days has passed after the date on which the report is received by the committees.”.