Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008
Latest action · May 22, 2008 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 22, 2008
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility projects (projects) in FY2009 in: (1) Palo Alto, California; (2) San Antonio, Texas; and (3) San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Amends the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 to increase the amount authorized under such Act for: (1) all projects; and (2) specified projects in Florida, Nevada, and Pennsylvania in connection with the Capital Asset Realignment Initiative.
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified major medical facility leases (leases) in FY2009 in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.
Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a project in Okaloosa County, Florida.
Authorizes appropriations for projects and leases authorized or increased under this Act.
Directs the Secretary to submit to the congressional veterans' committees: (1) a report updating progress made in complying with provisions requiring the establishment of, and responsibilities for, a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Director of Construction and Facilities Management; and (2) an annual report on VA community-based outpatient clinics and other outpatient clinics.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 349 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed416–0 | May 21, 2008 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 22, 2008Markup Apr 30, 2008Reported May 15, 2008 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 22, 2008Markup Apr 23, 2008Reported Apr 23, 2008 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 22, 2008 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 21, 2008Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4415-4416)
- May 21, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 349).(text: CR 5/20/2008 H4199-4200)
- May 21, 2008On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 349). (text: CR 5/20/2008 H4199-4200)
- May 21, 2008Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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 E1056 | Betty McCollum D-MN | May 23, 2008 |
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E1002Recorded votes H4415enact | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | May 21, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4199–H4202Text printed H4199 | Bob Filner D-CA, Ciro D. Rodriguez D-TX, Jeff Miller R-FL, Michael H. Michaud D-ME, Steve Buyer R-IN, Steve Kagen D-WI | May 20, 2008 |
| House | Declaratory Statements H3405 | — | May 8, 2008 |
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 12, 2008H.R. 5856, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008</p>
- May 12, 2008H.R. 5856, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2797 | A bill to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Apr 2, 2008 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Ambulatory care
- Arizona
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Authorization
- Building construction
- California
- Caribbean area
- Clinics
- Colorado
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive reorganization
- Florida
- Georgia
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Leases
- Nevada
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Veterans' hospitals
- Wisconsin
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2008Referred in Senate
- May 21, 2008Engrossed in House
- May 15, 2008Reported in House
- Apr 22, 2008Introduced 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.
