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PUBLIC LAW 104-262—OCT. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 3187 (7) Environmental improvements for the renovation of psychiatric wards at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Perry Point, Maryland, $15,100,000, (8) Environmental enhancement at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Salisbury, North Carolina, $18,200,000. (c) SEISMIC CORRECTION PROJECT. — The Secretary may carry out seismic corrections to Building Number 324 at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Palo Alto, California, in the amount of $20,800,000. (d) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION WHEN PARTIAL FUNDING PROVIDED. —I f the amount of funds appropriated for fiscal year 1997 or 1998 for design and partial construction of a major medical facility project that is authorized in this section is less than the amount required to complete the construction of that project as authorized and if the Secretary obligates funds for such construction, such project shall be deemed to be fully authorized. Any such authorization shall cease to have effect at the close of fiscal year 2001. SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into leases for medical facilities as follows: (1) Lease of a satellite outpatient clinic in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in an amount not to exceed $2,159,000. (2) Lease of a satellite outpatient clinic in Beaumont, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $1,940,000. (3) Lease of a satellite outpatient clinic in Boston, Massachusetts, in an amount not to exceed $2,358,000. (4) Lease of a parking facility in Cleveland, Ohio, in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000. (5) Lease of a satellite outpatient clinic and Veterans Benefits Administration field office in San Antonio, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $2,256,000. (6) Lease of a satellite outpatient clinic in Toledo, Ohio, in an amount not to exceed $2,223,000. SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL. —There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1997 and fiscal year 1998— (1) for the Construction, Major Projects, account, a total of $358,150,000 for the projects authorized in section 201; and (2) for the Medical Care account, a total of $12,236,000 for the leases authorized in section 202. (b) LIMITATION. — The projects authorized in section 201 may only be carried out using— (1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 1997 or fiscal year 1998 consistent with the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a); (2) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects for a fiscal year before fiscal year 1997 that remain available for obligation; and (3) funds appropriated for Construction, Major Projects for fiscal year 1997 or fiscal year 1998 for a category of activity not specific to a project.