Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002
Latest action · May 22, 2002 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 18, 2002
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a lease for a satellite outpatient clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina, in a specified amount.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for the Construction, Major Projects, account and the Medical Care account.
Increases from $4 million to $6 million the major medical facility project threshold.
Directs the Secretary, in selecting medical facilities for projects other than major medical facility projects, to the extent practicable, to select projects to improve, replace, renovate, or update facilities to achieve one or more specified purposes, including improvements in: (1) seismic protection related to patient safety; (2) fire safety; (3) utility systems and ancillary patient care facilities; (4) accommodation for person with disabilities; and (5) patient care facilities to specialized programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 183 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed411–0 | May 21, 2002 |
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 18, 2002 to May 16, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Apr 18, 2002 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | May 9, 2002 | |
| R-FL | Michael Bilirakis | May 9, 2002 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | May 9, 2002 | |
| D-MS | Ronnie Shows | May 9, 2002 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | May 9, 2002 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | May 16, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | May 16, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | May 16, 2002 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 18, 2002Markup May 9, 2002Reported May 16, 2002 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2002Hearings Apr 24, 2002Markup May 1, 2002Reported May 1, 2002 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 22, 2002 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2002Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 21, 2002Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2778-2779)
- May 21, 2002Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0 (Roll no. 183). (text: CR 5/20/2002 H2614-2615)
- May 21, 2002Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 20, 2002Mr. Smith (NJ) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 20, 2002Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2614-2617)
- May 20, 2002DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4514.
- May 20, 2002At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- May 16, 2002Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 107-473.
- May 16, 2002Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 284.
- May 9, 2002Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 9, 2002Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 1, 2002Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 1, 2002Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 24, 2002Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 23, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 18, 2002Introduced in House
- Apr 18, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E874 | Nick Smith R-MI | May 22, 2002 |
| House | Recorded votes H2778enact | — | May 21, 2002 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2614–H2617Text printed H2614 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL, Bob Filner D-CA, Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Jerry Moran R-KS, Ronnie Shows D-MS, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | May 20, 2002 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E591 | Jerry Moran R-KS | Apr 18, 2002 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 10, 2002H.R. 4514, Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 9, 2002</p>
- May 10, 2002H.R. 4514, Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 9, 2002
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-85 | MEDICARE'S GEOGRAPHIC COST ADJUSTORS179 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jul 23, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-1085 | NOMINATIONS TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE87 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 16, 2001 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out construction projects for the purpose of improving, renovating, and updating patient care facilities at Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Veterans' Major Medical Facilities Construction Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Adult day care
- Alaska
- Alcoholism treatment
- Ambulatory care
- Architecture and the disabled
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Blind
- Brain
- Building construction
- Building leases
- California
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Clinics
- Connecticut
- Construction costs
- Disabled
- Disabled veterans
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse treatment
- Earthquake engineering
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Federal aid to day care centers
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to hospitals
- Federal aid to medical research
- Federal aid to substance abuse programs
- Fire prevention
- Florida
- Geriatrics
- Head injuries
- Health
- Health education
- Hospices (Terminal care)
- Infrastructure
- Long-term care
- Maintenance and repair
- Mental care facilities
- Mentally ill
- Military medicine
- North Carolina
- Nursing homes
- Ohio
- Physical therapy
- Prosthesis
- Psychiatric research
- Rehabilitation of the disabled
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Spinal cord injuries
- Surgery
- Terminal care
- Veterans' hospitals
- Veterans' medical care
- Women
- Women veterans
- Women's health
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2002Referred in Senate
- May 21, 2002Engrossed in House
- May 16, 2002Reported in House
- Apr 18, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
