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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 2988 (Introduced in Senate) — To bolster upgrades and infrastructure for lasting development at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other p... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Use of commercial construction and facilities code and standards

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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use commercial codes and standards instead of or in addition to Federal codes and standards in the construction or alteration of facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Secretary shall undertake not fewer than 3 pilot projects during each of fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, and 2031 utilizing commercial codes and standards instead of Federal codes and standards to lease or construct facilities of the Department. The Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives not later than 90 days after the end of each of fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, and 2031 detailing the use by the Secretary of the authority provided by subsection
(a)and conduct of each pilot project required by subsection
(b)that was initiated, ongoing, or completed during the fiscal year. In this section: The term commercial codes and standards means building codes or standards of the following: The National Fire Protection Association. The International Code Council. The American Society for Testing and Materials. The American Society of Civil Engineers. The State or local jurisdiction in which the facility of the Department for which the Secretary is applying the authority in subsection
(a)is located. The term Federal codes and standards means the following: The Technical Information Library of the Department. The Unified Facilities Criteria of the Department of Defense. Building codes or standards of Federal agencies other than the Department.
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