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 PUBLIC LAW 108–170—DEC. 6, 2003

117 STAT. 2053

(a) through contribution to the construction of that university’s new medical facility or by becoming a tenant provider in that new facility. (B) Construction by the Department of Veterans Affairs of a new independent inpatient or outpatient facility alongside or nearby the university’s new facility. (2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider the degree to which the Department and the university medical center would be able to share expensive technologies and scarce specialty services that would affect any such plans of the Secretary or the university. (3) In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall especially consider the applicability of the authorities under section 8153 of title 38, United States Code (relating to sharing of health care resources between the Department and community provider organizations), to govern future arrangements and relationships between the Department and the Medical University of South Carolina. (c) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consult with the Secretary of Defense in carrying out the study under this section. Such consultation shall include consideration of establishing a Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense joint health-care venture at the site referred to in subsection (a). (d) REPORT.—Not later than April 15, 2004, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the results of the study. The report shall include the Secretary’s recommendations with respect to coordination described in subsection (a), including recommendations with respect to each of the matters referred to in subsection (b).

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Subtitle E—Designation of Facilities SEC. 241. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, AS THE BOB STUMP DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center located in Prescott, Arizona, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. Any reference to such medical center in any law, regulation, map, document, or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. SEC. 242. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE FACILITY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS THE JESSE BROWN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER.

The Department of Veterans Affairs health care facility located at 820 South Damen Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. Any reference to such facility in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered

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