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38 U.S.C. § 8111B — Shared medical facilities with Department of Defense
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**(a) Agreements.—** The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Defense for the planning, design, and construction, or the leasing, of facilities to be operated as shared medical facilities.
**(b) Transfer of Funds by Secretary of Veterans Affairs.—**
(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer to the Department of Defense amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for “Construction, minor projects” for use for the planning, design, or construction of a shared medical facility if the estimated share of the project costs of the Department of Veterans Affairs does not exceed the amount specified in [section 8104(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer to the Department of Defense amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for “Construction, major projects” for use for the planning, design, or construction of a shared medical facility if—
(A) the estimated share of the project costs of the Department of Veterans Affairs exceeds the amount specified in [section 8104(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) the other requirements of [section 8104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104&num=0&edition=prelim) have been met with respect to amounts identified for transfer.
(3) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer to the Department of Defense amounts appropriated to the “Medical Facilities” account of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of leasing space for a shared medica
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**(a) Agreements.—** The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Defense for the planning, design, and construction, or the leasing, of facilities to be operated as shared medical facilities.
**(b) Transfer of Funds by Secretary of Veterans Affairs.—**
(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer to the Department of Defense amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for “Construction, minor projects” for use for the planning, design, or construction of a shared medical facility if the estimated share of the project costs of the Department of Veterans Affairs does not exceed the amount specified in [section 8104(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer to the Department of Defense amounts appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs for “Construction, major projects” for use for the planning, design, or construction of a shared medical facility if—
(A) the estimated share of the project costs of the Department of Veterans Affairs exceeds the amount specified in [section 8104(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) the other requirements of [section 8104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104&num=0&edition=prelim) have been met with respect to amounts identified for transfer.
(3) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer to the Department of Defense amounts appropriated to the “Medical Facilities” account of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of leasing space for a shared medical facility if the estimated share of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the lease costs does not exceed the amount specified in [section 8104(a)(3)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104/a/3/B&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Transfer of Funds to Secretary of Veterans Affairs.—**
(1) Any amount transferred to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by the Secretary of Defense for necessary expenses for the planning, design, or construction of a shared medical facility, if the estimated share of the project costs of the Department of Veterans Affairs does not exceed the amount specified in [section 8104(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim), may be credited to the “Construction, minor projects” account of the Department of Veterans Affairs and used for the necessary expenses of constructing such shared medical facility.
(2) Any amount transferred to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by the Secretary of Defense for necessary expenses for the planning, design, or construction of a shared medical facility, if the estimated share of the project costs of the Department of Veterans Affairs exceeds the amount specified in [section 8104(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim), may be credited to the “Construction, major projects” account of the Department of Veterans Affairs and used for the necessary expenses of constructing such shared medical facility if the other requirements of [section 8104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8104&num=0&edition=prelim) have been met with respect to amounts identified for transfer.
(3) Any amount transferred to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of leasing space for a shared medical facility may be credited to the “Medical Facilities” account of the Department of Veterans Affairs and may be used for such purpose.
**(d) Merger of Amounts Transferred.—** Any amount transferred to the Secretary of Defense under subsection (b) and any amount transferred to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under subsection (c) shall be merged with and available for the same purposes and the same period as the appropriation or fund to which transferred.
**(e) Appropriation in Advance.—** Amounts may be transferred pursuant to the authority under this section only to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
**(f) Shared Medical Facility Defined.—** In this section, the term “shared medical facility”—
(1) means a building or buildings, or a campus, intended to be used by both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense for the provision of health care services, whether under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of Defense, and whether or not located on a military installation or on real property under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
(2) includes any necessary building and auxiliary structure, garage, parking facility, mechanical equipment, abutting and covered sidewalks, and accommodations for attending personnel.
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**(a)**
(1) The purpose of this subsection is to enable Congress to ensure the equitable distribution of medical facilities throughout the United States, taking into consideration the comparative urgency of the need for the services to be provided in the case of each particular facility.
(2)
(A) No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year, and the Secretary may not obligate or expend funds (other than for advance planning and design), for any major medical facility project unless funds for that project have been specifically authorized by law.
(B) No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year, and the Secretary may not obligate or expend funds (other than for advance planning and design), for any major medical facility lease unless the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives each adopt a resolution approving the lease.
(3) For purposes 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 the amount specified in paragraph (4), but such term does not include an acquisition by exchange, nonrecurring maintenance projects of the Department, or the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a shared Federal medical facility for which the Department’s estimated share of the project costs does not exceed the amount specified in paragraph (4).
(B) The term “major medical facility lease”—
(i) means a lease for space for use as a new medical facility approved through the General Services Administration under [section 3307(a) of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section3307/a&num=0&edition=prel
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 8111B
Storm, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13350, July 29, 2004,
69 F.R. 46055, listed in a table under section 1701 of Title
50, War and National Defense.
§ 8111B. Shared medical facilities with Depart-
ment of Defense
(a) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs may enter into agreements with the Sec-
retary of Defense for the planning, design, and
construction, or the leasing, of facilities to be
operated as shared medical facilities.
(b) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BY SECRETARY OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS.—(1) The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs may transfer to the Department of De-
fense amounts appropriated to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’ for use for the planning, design, or
construction of a shared medical facility if the
estimated share of the project costs of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs does not exceed
the amount specified in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of
this title.
(2) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may
transfer to the Department of Defense amounts
appropriated to the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’ for use
for the planning, design, or construction of a
shared medical facility if—
(A) the estimated share of the project costs
of the Department of Veterans Affairs exceeds
the amount specified in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of
this title; and
(B) the other requirements of section 8104 of
this title have been met with respect to
amounts identified for transfer.
(3) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may
transfer to the Department of Defense amounts
appropriated to the ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ ac-
count of the Department of Veterans Affairs for
the purpose of leasing space for a shared medical
facility if the estimated share of the
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