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HR 2349 108th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Ambulatory care Authorization Building construction California Clinics Connecticut Construction costs Department of Veterans Affairs Earth movements and building Economics and Public Finance Federal office buildings Government Operations and Politics Health Illinois Leases Medical research Nevada North Carolina Research centers

To authorize certain major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: June 5, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 6, 2003
See Public Law 108-170.
Nov 19, 2003
Certain provisions incorporated. See S. 1156, Title II, Section 211.
Jun 24, 2003
-Provision incorporated. See H. R. 1720, Section 3.
Jun 11, 2003
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 9, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 5, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1156)
Jun 5, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 5, 2003
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out: (1) construction of a new bed tower to consolidate two inpatient sites of care in inner city Chicago; (2) construction in Clark County, Nevada, of a facility for a multispecialty outpatient clinic to replace the leased Las Vegas ambulatory care center and for a satellite office for the Veterans Benefits Administration; (3) seismic corrections to strengthen Medical Center Building 1 of the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system in San Diego, California; and (4) renovation of all inpatient care wards and establishment of a consolidated medical research facility at the Department's West Haven, Connecticut, facility.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a lease for an outpatient clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Prohibits funds available to the Secretary from being used for disposal of the Lakeside Division facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities in Chicago, Illinois, until the Secretary has entered into a contract to construct a new bed tower at the Department's West Side Medical Center in Chicago.

What's happening now December 6, 2003

See Public Law 108-170.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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