Sec. 255. For an additional amount for the Department of Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain available until expended, for infrastructure improvements, including new construction, and in addition to amounts otherwise made available in this act for such purpose, of which:

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## SEC. 255 For an additional amount for the Department of Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain available until expended, for infrastructure improvements, including new construction, and in addition to amounts otherwise made available in this act for such purpose, of which: ####

(1)$1,000,000,000 shall be for “Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities” to be used for non-recurring maintenance; ####

(2)$425,000,000 shall be for “Departmental Administration—Construction, Minor Projects”; and, ####

(3)$575,000,000 shall be for “Departmental Administration—Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities”; * Provided*, That the additional amounts appropriated for the purposes of non-recurring maintenance and minor construction may be used to carry out critical life-safety projects identified in the Department’s annual facility condition assessments; sustainment projects; modernization projects; infrastructure repair; renovations at existing Veterans Health Administration medical centers and outpatient clinics; and projects included in the Strategic Capital Investment Process plan: * Provided further*, That the additional amounts appropriated under this section may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and such Committees approve, a detailed expenditure plan, including project descriptions and costs, for any non-recurring maintenance, minor construction or State extended care facility project being funded with the additional amounts made available in this administrative provision.