Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the following major medical facility projects (in an amount for each project not to exceed specified limits):

• construction of a community living center, outpatient clinic, and renovated domiciliary facility, and the renovation of existing buildings in Canandaigua, New York;
• seismic corrections to the mental health and community living center in Long Beach, California;
• seismic corrections to 12 buildings in West Los Angeles, California; and
• construction of a spinal cord injury building and seismic corrections in San Diego, California.

The VA shall report to Congress on efforts, including those relating to building standards and disaster preparedness plans, to protect VA facilities in areas that are at a high-risk for tsunamis and volcanic activity, including areas in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and American Samoa.