HR 4056 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, and interest of the United States to the property known as "The Community Living Center" at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Orlando, Florida.

Latest action · Feb 29, 2016 Became Public Law No: 114-130.

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.

  1. IntroducedNov 18, 2015
  2. Passed HouseFeb 9, 2016
  3. Passed SenateFeb 22, 2016
  4. To the PresidentFeb 25, 2016
  5. Became lawFeb 29, 2016Public Law 114-130

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 9, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, and interest of the United States in the property known as "The Community Living Center" at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Orlando, Florida.

The deed of conveyance shall require all of the property to be used for the sole purpose of providing nursing home, domiciliary, or adult day health care to veterans.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Nov 18, 2015
Health Subcommittee
Referred Dec 3, 2015Hearings Dec 8, 2015
SenateVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Feb 10, 2016Discharged Feb 22, 2016

Actions 18

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 29, 2016Signed by President.
  2. Feb 29, 2016Became Public Law No: 114-130.
  3. Feb 25, 2016Presented to President.
  4. Feb 23, 2016Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Feb 22, 2016Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S914)
  6. Feb 22, 2016Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S914)
  7. Feb 22, 2016Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Feb 10, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  9. Feb 9, 2016Mr. Miller (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. Feb 9, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H616-617)
  11. Feb 9, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4056.
  12. Feb 9, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H616)
  13. Feb 9, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  14. Feb 9, 2016The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  15. Dec 8, 2015Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  16. Dec 3, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  17. Nov 18, 2015Introduced in House
  18. Nov 18, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 2

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S914Mitch McConnell R-KYFeb 22, 2016
HouseDebate and remarks H616, H617Text printed H616Corrine Brown D-FL, Jeff Miller R-FL, John L. Mica R-FLFeb 9, 2016

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 170, November 18, 2015, page H8360.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

CRS reports 11

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 11

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, and interest of the United States to the property known as "The Community Living Center" at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Orlando, Florida.
Official Titles as Amended by House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey to the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs all right, title, and interest of the United States to the property known as "The Community Living Center" at the Lake Baldwin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Orlando, Florida.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Feb 10, 2016Referred in Senate
  3. Feb 9, 2016Engrossed in House
  4. Nov 18, 2015Introduced in House

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