112 STAT. 3348 PUBLIC LAW 105-368—NOV. 11, 1998 (iv) by striking the item relating to section 3763 and inserting the following: "3763. Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account.". 38 USC 2106 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This title and the amendments made note. by this title shall take effect on October 1, 1998. SEC. 603. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF SELECTED RESERVE FOR VETERANS HOUSING LOANS. (a) EXTENSION. — Section 3702(a)(2)(E) is amended by striking "October 27, 1999," and inserting "September 30, 2003,". (b) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF FEE PROVISION. — Section 3729(a)(4) is amended— (1) by striking "With respect to a loan closed after September 30, 1993, and before October 1, 2002," and inserting "(A) With respect to a loan closed during the period specified in subparagraph (B)"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(B) The specified period for purposes of subparagraph (A) is the period beginning on October 1, 1993, and ending on September 30, 2002, except that in the case of a loan described in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2), such period ends on September 30, 2003. ". SEC. 604. APPLICABILITY OF PROCUREMENT LAW TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3720(b) is amended by striking "; however" and all that follows and inserting the following: ", except that title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) shall apply to any contract for services or supplies on account of any property acquired pursuant to this section.". 38 USC 3720 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendment made by subsection (a) note. shall apply with respect to contracts entered into under section 3720 of title 38, United States Code, after the end of the 60- day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. TITLE VII—CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES MATTERS SEC. 701. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects, with each project to be carried out in the amount specified for that project: (1) Alterations and demolition at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, in an amount not to exceed $23,200,000. (2) Construction and seismic work at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Juan, Puerto Rico, in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000. (3) Outpatient clinic expansion at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C., in an amount not to exceed $29,700,000. (4) Construction of a psychogeriatric care building and demolition of a seismically unsafe building at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, in an amount not to exceed $22,400,000.
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