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 110 STAT. 3190 PUBLIC LAW 104-262—OCT. 9, 1996 to be served by the facility over a five-year period and a ten-year period. "(5) Current and projected workload and utilization data regarding the facility. "(6) Current and projected operating costs of the facility, including both recurring and non-recurring costs. "(7) The priority score assigned to the project or lease under the Department's prioritization methodology and, if the project or lease is being proposed for funding before a project or lease with a higher score, a specific explanation of the factors other than the priority score that were considered and the basis on which the project or lease is proposed for funding ahead of projects or leases with higher priority scores. "(8) In the case of a prospectus proposing the construction of a new or replacement medical facility, a description of each alternative to construction of the facility that was considered.". 38 USC 8104 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by subsection (a) note. shall apply with respect to any prospectus submitted by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs after the date of the enactment of this Act. 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 heu thereof "$4,000,000". (b) APPLICABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION REQUIRE- MENT.—(1) Subsection (b) of section 301 of the Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102-405; 106 Stat. 38 USC 8104 1984) is repealed. note. (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 Eroject or lease, except that in the case of a project for which mds 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— Reports. "(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.". SEC. 207. TERMINOLOGY CHANGES. (a) DEFINITION OF "CONSTRUCT".— Section 8101(2) is amended— (1) by striking out "working drawings" and inserting in lieu thereof "construction documents"; and (2) by striking out "preliminary plans" and inserting in lieu thereof "design development". (b) PARKING FACILITIES.— Section 8109(h)(3)(B) is amended by striking out "working drawings" and inserting in lieu thereof "construction documents".

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