To provide for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct a joint medical research center for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina, under a cost-sharing agreement.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to construct a medical research center at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Provides that such construction may be carried out only if the Secretary, the President of the Medical University, and the Governor of South Carolina enter into a funding agreement to require the Secretary to pay one-half of the cost of constructing and equipping the center and the State of South Carolina and the Medical University to pay the other half of such cost. Authorizes the Secretary to accept payments from the State of South Carolina and the Medical University to defray such costs. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the President of the Medical University that provides for joint ownership, management, and use of the center. Authorizes appropriations.…