{"id":20091,"date":"2018-02-12T20:08:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/12\/trumps-infrastructure-plan-includes-new-rules-for-va-property-sales\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:07:27","slug":"trumps-infrastructure-plan-includes-new-rules-for-va-property-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2018\/02\/12\/trumps-infrastructure-plan-includes-new-rules-for-va-property-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s infrastructure plan includes new rules for VA property sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping new infrastructure plan unveiled Monday includes provisions for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/02\/12\/va-spending-up-again-in-trumps-fiscal-2019-budget-plan\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> to keep profits from real estate sales and to more easily trade existing properties to for more favorable leases, moves designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2017\/10\/12\/lawmakers-take-first-steps-towards-a-brac-for-va-facilities\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">help better manage the agency\u2019s national footprint<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan calls for $200 billion in direct government spending coupled with additional state and local funding to launch wide-ranging infrastructure improvements, encourage private investment in communities and reduce bureaucratic requirements for construction projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed VA rule changes fall into that last category, and pair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2017\/11\/08\/house-panel-advances-va-brac-plans-over-democrats-objections\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">with executive branch efforts to shutter or sell off underused facilities owned by the department<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department currently manages about 6,300 facilities, and officials have said more than 57 percent of those locations are more than 50 years old. VA Secretary David Shulkin has begun work to close down a few hundred of those obsolete locations but has said additional legislation will be needed to dispose of the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2017\/11\/08\/house-panel-advances-va-brac-plans-over-democrats-objections\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_594807689465.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">House panel advances VA BRAC plans over Democrats&#8217; objections<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Critics said the closing of VA facilities shouldn&#039;t move ahead until broader health reform questions surrounding the department are answered.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Republicans advanced such legislation last fall, but it has remained stalled in the chamber since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president\u2019s infrastructure plan notes that while many of the facilities owned by VA are aging and losing usefulness, \u201cthe underlying property values continue to increase.\u201d That money could be rerouted to new construction or leases, if lawmakers were to adopt the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_772059955918.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The seal a fixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2013. (Charles Dharapak\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administration officials argue current rules prohibiting the department from holding onto profits from property sales (instead, the money goes into a broader fund for government agencies) \u201chinders the VA\u2019s ability to make needed capital improvements\u201d across the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keeping that money in VA, or allowing the department to trade existing properties for cost breaks in new construction projects, would better serve veterans, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also wants to authorize pilot program for VA officials to trade existing properties for \u201ca lease of space in a resulting private facility built on the former VA land.\u201d The idea would be for VA to downsize their footprint in some areas, keeping a smaller set of revamped offices open alongside new private-sector tenants at a lower cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The infrastructure plan also calls for lawmakers to increase the threshold for lease authorizations from Congress. 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