PUBLIC LAW 96-22—JUNE 13, 1979 "(2) an estimate of the cost to the United States of the construction, alteration, lease, or other acquisition of such facility (including site costs, if applicable); and "(3) an estimate of the cost to the United States of the equipment required for the operation of such facility. "(c) The estimated cost of any construction, alteration, lease, or other acquisition that is approved under this section, as set forth in the pertinent resolutions described in subsection (a) of this section, may be increased by the Administrator in the contract for such construction, alteration, lease, or other acquisition by an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, as determined by the Administrator, in construction, alteration, lease, or other acquisition costs, as the case may be, from the date of such approval to the date of contract, but in no event may the amount of such increase exceed 10 per centum of such estimated cost. "(d) In the case of any medical facility approved for construction, alteration, lease, or other acquisition by each committee under subsection (a) of this section for which funds have not been appropriated within one year after the date of such approval, either such committee may by resolution rescind its approval at any time thereafter before such funds are appropriated. "(e) In any case in which the Administrator proposes that funds be used for a purpose other than the purpose for which such funds were appropriated, the Administrator shall promptly notify each committee, in writing, of the particulars involved and the reasons why such funds were not used for the purpose for which appropriated. "(0 The Administrator may accept gifts or donations for any of the purposes of this subchapter. "§ 5005, Structural requirements "(a) Each medical facility (including each nursing home facility for which the Administrator contracts under section 620 of this title and each State home facility constructed or altered under section 5031 of this title) shall be of fire, earthquake, and other natural disaster resistant construction in accordance with standards which the Administrator shall prescribe on a State or regional basis after surveying appropriate State and local laws, ordinances, and building codes and climatic and seismic conditions pertinent to each such facility. When an existing structure is acquired for use as a medical facility, it shall be altered to comply with such standards. "(b)(1) In order to carry out this section, the Administrator shall appoint an advisory committee to be known as the 'Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Veterans' Administration Facilities', on which shall serve at least one architect and one structural engineer who are experts in structural resistance to fire, earthquake, and other natural disasters and who are not employees of the Federal Government. "(2) Such advisory committee shall advise the Administrator on all matters of structural safety in the construction and altering of medical facilities in accordance with the requirements of this section and shall review and make recommendations to the Administrator on the regulations prescribed under this section. "(3) The Associate Deputy Administrator, the Chief Medical Director or the designee of the Chief Medical Director, and the Veterans' Administration official charged with the responsibility for construction shall be ex officio members of such advisory committee.
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Cost increase, limitation.
Rescinding of approval.
Gifts or donations. 38 USC 5005. 38 USC 620. 88 USC 5031.
Advisory eommittee on Structural Safety of Veterans' Administration Facilities; membership. Function.
Ex officio members.
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