103 STAT. 842 PUBLIC LAW 101-144 —NOV. 9, 1989 Contracts. Reports. Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1004, 1006, 5002, 5003, 5006, 5008, 5009, and 5010 of title 38, United States Code, including planning, architectural and engineering serv- ices, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, and site acquisi- tion, where the estimated cost of a project is $2,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, $420,249,000, to remain available until ex- pended: Provided, That, except for advance planning of projects funded through the advance planning fund and the design of projects funded through the design fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which has not been considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further. That funds provided in the appropriation "Construction, major projects" for fiscal year 1990, for each approved project shall be obligated (1) by the awarding of a working drawings contract by September 30, 1990, and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Septem- ber 30, 1991: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly report in writing to the Comptroller General and to the Committees on Appropriations any approved major construction project in which obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established above; and the Comptroller General shall review the report in accordance with the procedures established by section 1015 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law 93-344): Provided further. That no funds from any other account, except the "Parking garsige revolving fund", may be obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project which was approved in the budget process and funded in this account until one year after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with respect to that part only: Provided further, That prior to the issuance of a bidding document for any construction contract for a project ap- proved under this heading (excluding completion items), the director of the affected Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility must certify that the design of such project is acceptable from a patient care standpoint. CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarant^s provided under the project, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1004, 1006, 5002, 5003, 5006, 5008, 5009, and 5010 of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than $2,000,000, $113,699,000, to remain available until expended, along with unobli- gated balances of previous "Construction, minor projects" appro- priations which are hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost is less than $2,000,000: Provided, That not more than $44,136,000 shall be available for expenses of the Office of Facilities, including research and development in building construction tech- nology: Provided further. That funds in this account shall be avail- able for (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs
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