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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 954

38 USC 4110 note.

PUBLIC LAW 99-166—DEC. 3, 1985 approval ahead of applications that had not been approved before the first day of such fiscal year. "(C) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term 'July 1 deadline' means July 1 of the fiscal year in which the State is notified by the Administrator of the availability of funding for a grant for such project.". SEC. 206. PROCEDURES FOR REDUCTION OR REVOCATION OF CLINICAL PRIVILEGES. (a) GuiDEUNES.—Not later than April 1, 1986, the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall prescribe uniform guidelines establishing administrative procedures to be followed in any case in which a reduction or revocation of the clinical privileges of any person employed in a position described in paragraph (1) of section 4104 of title 38, United States Code, is proposed on the basis of a deficiency in the employee's performance of professional responsibilities. (b) REPORT.—Not later than May 1, 1986, the Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report (containing a copy of such guidelines) on the implementation of this section. TITLE m—VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL FACILITIES SEC. 301. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION PROJECTS.

38 USC 5004.

Prohibition.

Subsection (a) of section 5004 is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) The purpose of this subsection is to enable Congress to ensure the equitable distribution of medical facilities throughout the United States, taking into consideration the comparative urgency of the need for the services to be provided in the case of each particular facility. "(2) After the adoption by the committees during a fiscal year of resolutions with identical texts approving major medical facility projects, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate to consider a bill, resolution, or amendment making an appropriation for that fiscal year or for the next fiscal year which may be expended for a major medical facility project— "(A) if the project for which the appropriation is proposed to be made is not approved in those resolutions; or "(B) in the event that the project is approved in the resolutions, if either— "(i) the bill, resolution, or amendment making the appropriation does not specify— "(I) the mecUcal facility project for which the appropriation is proposed to be made; and "(11) the amount proposed to be appropriated for the project; or "(ii) the amount proposed to be appropriated for the project (when added to any amount previously appropriated for the project) exceeds the amount approved for the project. "(3) No appropriation may be made for the lease of any space for use as a medical facility at an average annual rental of more than $500,000 unless each committee has first adopted a resolution approving such lease and setting forth the estimated cost thereof.