10 U.S.C. § 1104a — Shared medical facilities with Department of Veterans Affairs

(a) The Secretary of Defense may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to plan, design, and build facilities, or lease them, for use as shared medical facilities. (b)(1) The Secretary of Defense may transfer to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs— (A) for construction, no more than the amount authorized under section 2805(a)(2), if the Department of Defense's share of the estimated project cost does not exceed that amount and the other requirements of section 2805 have been met for the funds identified for transfer; and (B) for planning, design, construction, or leasing space, amounts appropriated for the Defense Health Program. (2) This transfer authority is in addition to other transfer authority available to the Secretary of Defense. (3) Section 2215 does not apply to transfers under this subsection. (c)(1) Money the Secretary of Veterans Affairs transfers to the Secretary of Defense for necessary expenses of a shared medical facility may be credited to Defense Department accounts available for construction if the Defense Department's share does not exceed section 2805(a)(2)'s amount. (2) Money transferred for planning, design, or leasing space may be credited to Defense Department accounts available for those purposes and used for them. (3) The Secretary of Defense may use accounts credited under paragraph (1) for unspecified minor military construction projects if the Defense Department's share does not exceed section 2805(a)(2)'s amount. (d) Transfers under subsections (b) and (c) are combined with, and available for the same purposes and period as, the appropriation or fund receiving them. (e) Funds may be transferred only to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance by appropriations Acts. (f) “Shared medical facility” means a building, buildings, or campus intended for both Departments to provide health care, whether controlled by either Secretary and whether or not on a military installation or Veterans Affairs real property. It includes necessary buildings and auxiliary structures, garages, parking facilities, mechanical equipment, abutting and covered sidewalks, and accommodations for attending personnel. This section does not otherwise define the quoted term.