H.R. 2642 (112th): Hudson Valley VA Health Care System Campus Protection Act

Introduced:
Jul 26, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Nan Hayworth [R-NY19]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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7/26/2011--Introduced.
Hudson Valley VA Health Care System Campus Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from declaring specified federal land and improvements as excess to the respective needs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Hudson Valley Healthcare System's:
(1) Franklin Delano Roosevelt Campus in Montrose, New York; and
(2) Castle Point Campus in Castle Point, New York. Precludes the Secretary from taking any action to lease, sell, exchange, trade, auction, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, or reduce the acreage of such land and improvements.

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  • Title 38: VETERANS’ BENEFITS
  • Part VI: ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
  • Chapter 81: ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY
  • Subchapter V: ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY
  • Section 8162: Enhanced-use leases

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  • 102 Stat. 553