Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 2.djvu/550

 101 STAT. 1329-207

PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

operations, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail; $762,810,000, including $508,500,000 for the Department of Veterans Benefits: Provided, That, during fiscal year 1988, jurisdictional average employment shall not be less than 12,915 for the Department of Veterans Benefits: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act shall be obligated to effect the closing of the St. Paul Insurance Center during the period beginning on the date of the enactment into law of this Act and ending on September 30, 1988: Provided further. That $26,700,000 of the sum appropriated is for contracts in amounts not less than $1,000,000 for the acquisition of automated data processing equipment and services to support the modernization program in the Department of Veterans Benefits and shall remain available until September 30, 1989. CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

Contracts.

Reports.

Contracts.

For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Veterans Administration, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1004, 1006, 5002, 5003, 5006, 5008, 5009, and 5010 of title 38, United States Code, including planning, architectural and engineering services, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is $2,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, $402,884,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, except for advance planning of projects funded through the advance planning fund and the design of projects funded through the design fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which has not been considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further. That funds provided in the appropriation "Construction, major projects" for fiscal year 1988, for each approved project shall be obligated (1) by the awarding of a working drawings contract by September 30, 1988, and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 1989: Provided further. That the Administrator shall promptly report in writing to the Comptroller General and to the Committees on Appropriations any approved major construction project in which obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established above; and the Comptroller General shall review the report in accordance with the procedures established by section 1015 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law 93-344): Provided further. That no funds from any other account, except the "Parking garage revolving fund", may be obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project which was approved in the budget process and funded in this account until one year after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by the Veterans Administration of the project or any part thereof with respect to that part only: Provided further. That prior to the issuance of a bidding document for any construction contract for a project approved under this heading (excluding completion items), the director of the affected Veterans Administration medical facility must certify that the design of such project is acceptable from a patient care standpoint: Provided further. That $2,500,000 of the unobligated balances under this heading shall be available for the settlement of a contractor's claim arising from the construction

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