,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjai,ms4
 ,brownley of ,california introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to require congressional 
approval before the appropriation of    
funds for the ,department of ,veterans  
,affairs major medical facility leases4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,build a ,better ,,va ,act4  #b4
 ,congressional approval of ,department 
of ,veterans ,affairs major medical     
facility leases  7a7 ,in general        
,section #hajd7;a77#b7 of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 by striking ,no funds and inserting
 7,a7 ,no funds2  7#b7 by striking or   
any major medical facility lease2  7#c7 
by striking or lease2 and  7#d7 by      
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,b7 ,no funds may be    
appropriated for any fiscal year for any

 major medical facility lease unless the
 ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of  
the ,senate and ,house of               
,representatives adopt resolutions      
approving the lease4  4  7b7            
,applicability ,the amendments made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to a lease entered into after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4