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PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 593 30 days after the receipt of such reports by the Office of Management and Budget. (b) CONTENT OF STATUS REPORTS.— The status reports required by subsection (a) shall include the following information: (1) The estimated residual value of United States capital value and improvements to facilities in Germany that the United States has turned over to Germany. (2) The actual value obtained by the United States for each facility or installation turned over to Germany. (3) The reasons for any difference between the estimated and actual value obtained. SEC. 2897. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT REGARDING FITZSIMONS ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, COLORADO. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress makes the following findings: (1) Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, was approved for closure in 1995 under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). (2) The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the University of Colorado Hospital Authority are in urgent need of space to maintain their ability to deliver health care to meet the growing demand for their services. (3) Reuse of the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center at the earliest opportunity would provide significant benefit to the cities of Aurora, Colorado, and Denver, Colorado. (4) Reuse of the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center by the communities in the vicinity of the center will ensure that the center is fully utilized, thereby providing a benefit to such communities. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— (1) determinations as to the use by other departments and agencies of the Federal Government of buildings and property at military installations approved for closure under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, including Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Colorado, should be completed as soon as practicable; (2) the Secretary of Defense should consider the expedited transfer of approprieite facilities (including facilities that remain operational) at such installations to the redevelopment authorities for such installations in order to ensure continuity of use of such facilities after the closure of such installations, in particular, the Secretary should consider the expedited transfer of the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center because of the significant preparation underway by the redevelopment authority concerned; (3) the Secretary should not enter into leases with redevelopment authorities for facilities at such installations until the Secretary determines that such leases fall within the categorical exclusions established by the Secretary pursuant to the National Environmental PoHcy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). (c) REPORT.—(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the closure and redevelopment of Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. (2) The report shall include the following: