A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to codify authority for the Joint Medical Facility Fund of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3992 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3992 To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify authority for the Joint Medical Facility Fund of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 4, 2026 Mr. Banks (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify authority for the Joint Medical Facility Fund of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Joint Medical Facilities Fund Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT MEDICAL FACILITY FUND OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) In General.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 1110c. Joint Medical Facility Fund ``(a) Establishment.--There is established on the books of the Treasury under the Department of Veterans Affairs a fund to be known as the `Joint Medical Facility Fund' (in this section referred to as the `Fund'). ``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Fund shall be to facilitate the joint funding of designated combined Federal medical facilities of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. ``(c) Transfers to Fund.-- ``(1) In general.--Amounts may be transferred to the Fund by the Secretary of Defense from amounts authorized and appropriated for the Department of Defense and by the