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[CITE: 38USC8106]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
            PART VI--ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
 
   CHAPTER 81--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY 
FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY
 
      SUBCHAPTER I--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES
 
Sec. 8106. Construction contracts

    (a) The Secretary may carry out any construction or alteration 
authorized under this subchapter by contract if the Secretary considers 
it to be advantageous to the United States to do so.
    (b)(1) The Secretary may obtain, by contract or otherwise, the 
services of individuals who are architects or engineers and of 
architectural and engineering corporations and firms, to the extent that 
the Secretary may require such services for any medical facility 
authorized to be constructed or altered under this subchapter.
    (2) No corporation, firm, or individual may be employed under the 
authority of paragraph (1) of this subsection on a permanent basis.
    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the 
Secretary shall be responsible for all construction authorized under 
this subchapter, including the interpretation of construction contracts, 
the approval of materials and workmanship supplied pursuant to a 
construction contract, approval of changes in the construction contract, 
certification of vouchers for payments due the contractor, and final 
settlement of the contract.

(Added Pub. L. 96-22, title III, Sec. 301(a), June 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 
58, Sec. 5006; renumbered Sec. 8106, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, 
Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 5006 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'' 
wherever appearing.
