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            MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2020

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. 3414.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:


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       A bill (S. 3414) to authorize major medical facility 
     projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal 
     year 2020, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered 
read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3414) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 3414

       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 2020''.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
                   2020.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
     carry out the following major medical facility projects in 
     fiscal year 2020 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 
     $113,332,000.
       (2) Realignment and closure of the Livermore Campus in 
     Livermore, California, in an amount not to exceed 
     $311,730,000.
       (3) Construction of a new medical facility in Louisville, 
     Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed $860,000,000.
       (4) Construction relating to flood recovery of the medical 
     center in Manhattan, New York, in an amount not to exceed 
     $372,600,000.
       (5) 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 $230,840,000.
       (6) Completion of construction of a medical facility 
     project, including a parking garage, in San Juan, Puerto 
     Rico, in an amount not to exceed $307,000,000.
       (7) Construction of a new critical care center in West Los 
     Angeles, California, in an amount not to exceed $75,790,000.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
     fiscal year 2020 or the year in which funds are appropriated 
     for the Construction, Major Projects account, $2,271,292,000 
     for the projects authorized in subsection (a).

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