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[CITE: 38USC8161]

 
                      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 V--ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY
 
Sec. 8161. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter:
        (1) The term ``enhanced-use lease'' means a written lease 
    entered into by the Secretary under this subchapter.
        (2) The term ``congressional veterans' affairs committees'' 
    means the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the 
    House of Representatives.

(Added Pub. L. 102-86, title IV, Sec. 401(a), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 
417.)


                Training and Outreach Regarding Authority

    Pub. L. 106-117, title II, Sec. 208(f), Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1568, provided that: ``The Secretary [of Veterans Affairs] shall take 
appropriate actions to provide training and outreach to personnel at 
Department [of Veterans Affairs] medical centers regarding the enhanced-
use lease authority under subchapter V of chapter 81 of title 38, United 
States Code. The training and outreach shall address methods of 
approaching potential lessees in the medical or commercial sectors 
regarding the possibility of entering into leases under that authority 
and other appropriate matters.''


       Independent Analysis of Opportunities for Use of Authority

    Pub. L. 106-117, title II, Sec. 208(g), Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1568, provided that:
    ``(1) The Secretary [of Veterans Affairs] shall take appropriate 
actions to secure from an appropriate entity (or entities) independent 
of the Department [of Veterans Affairs] an analysis (or analyses) of 
opportunities for the use of the enhanced-use lease authority under 
subchapter V of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code.
    ``(2) An analysis under paragraph (1) shall include--
        ``(A) a survey of facilities of the Department for purposes of 
    identifying Department property that presents an opportunity for 
    lease under the enhanced-use lease authority;
        ``(B) an assessment of the feasibility of entering into 
    enhanced-use leases under that authority in the case of any property 
    identified under subparagraph (A) as presenting an opportunity for 
    such lease; and
        ``(C) an assessment of the resources required at the Department 
    facilities concerned, and at the Department Central Office, in order 
    to facilitate the entering into of enhanced-used leases in the case 
    of property so identified.
    ``(3) If as a result of a survey under paragraph (2)(A) an entity 
carrying out an analysis under this subsection determines that a 
particular Department property presents no opportunities for lease under 
the enhanced-use lease authority, the analysis shall include the 
entity's explanation of that determination.
    ``(4) If as a result of such a survey an entity carrying out an 
analysis under this subsection determines that certain Department 
property presents an opportunity for lease under the enhanced-use lease 
authority, the analysis shall include a single integrated business plan, 
developed by the entity, that addresses the strategy and resources 
necessary to implement the plan for all property determined to present 
an opportunity for such lease.''


                           Enhanced Use Leases

    Pub. L. 104-110, title II, Sec. 202(c), Feb. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 
771, provided that: ``The Secretary shall submit to Congress, not later 
than March 31, 1997, a report evaluating the operation of the program 
under subchapter V of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code.''
