Sec. 4. Management of Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, for the Army Corps of Engineers to carry out, on a reimbursable basis, the design, contract, construction management, and other similar services for the Aurora medical facility project. The agreement entered into under paragraph
(1)shall be subject to subsections
(b)through
(e)of section 1535 of title 31, United States Code. Under the agreement entered into under subsection (a), the Army Corps of Engineers may perform the project, design, contract, and construction management necessary to complete the work at the Aurora medical facility project that is remaining as of the date of the enactment of this Act. The authority under paragraph
(1)shall include the authority to enter into new contracts in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation to fulfill construction agent responsibilities associated with the Aurora medical facility project. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall determine whether entering into a new contract agreement with the prime contractor as of the date of the enactment of this Act is consistent with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and in the best interests of the Federal Government. In accordance with subsection (d)(1), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide the Army Corps of Engineers with the information needed to ensure that the Army Corps of Engineers understands the requirements for the successful operation of the Aurora medical facility project. Not later than 60 days after entering into the agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, based upon the advice of the Army Corps of Engineers provided under such agreement, shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives detailed plans, including estimated costs, to complete construction of the Aurora medical facility project. Not later than 180 days after entering into the agreement under subsection (a), and each 180-day period thereafter until the date on which the Aurora medical facility project is completed, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, based on the advice of the Army Corps of Engineers provided under the agreement entered into under subsection (a), shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and Senate a report detailing the progress on the Aurora medical facility project. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide the Army Corps of Engineers with any documents or information that the Army Corps of Engineers determines necessary to carry out subsections
(a)and (b). Upon request by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide to the Army Corps of Engineers any assistance that the Army Corps of Engineers determines necessary to carry out subsections
(a)and (b). Any assistance provided under subparagraph
(A)shall be at no cost to the Army Corps of Engineers. In this section, the term Aurora medical facility project means the major medical facility project specified in section 2 to replace the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Aurora, Colorado.