Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017
Latest action · Jan 24, 2017 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.
- IntroducedJan 24, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility leases in specified amounts for:
- outpatient clinics in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Daytona Beach, Gainesville, and Ocala, Florida; Hampton Roads, Virginia; Missoula, Montana; Northern Colorado, Colorado; Oxnard and Santa Rosa, California; Pike County, Georgia; Portland, Maine; and Raleigh, North Carolina;
- an outpatient mental health clinic and an outpatient specialty clinic in Birmingham, Alabama;
- research space in Boston, Massachusetts; Charleston, South Carolina; and Mission Bay, California;
- Chief Business Office Purchased Care office space in Denver, Colorado; and
- replacement outpatient clinics in Corpus Christi, Texas; Jacksonville and Tampa, Florida; Pontiac, Michigan; Rochester, New York (phase II); and Terre Haute, Indiana.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2017 to Mar 29, 2017, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jan 24, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jan 24, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 90 | Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jan 19, 2017 |
| S 114 | VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 | Related bill | Aug 12, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Alabama
- Armed Forces and National Security
- California
- Colorado
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Florida
- Georgia
- Health facilities and institutions
- Home and outpatient care
- Indiana
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Mental health
- Michigan
- Montana
- New York State
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Veterans' medical care
- Virginia
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 24, 2017Introduced in Senate
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