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BUILD Act

Introduced: August 3, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Aug 3, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10905-10906)
Aug 3, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10905)
Aug 3, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Build, Update, Improve, Lift, and Design Health Centers Act of 2007 or the BUILD Act – Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to health centers to: (1) modernize, expand, and replace existing facilities; and (2) construct new facilities at such centers.

Requires the Secretary to establish a loan guarantee program for loans to health centers for capital need projects, including: (1) acquiring, leasing, modernizing, expanding, or replacing existing facilities; (2) constructing new facilities; (3) purchasing or leasing equipment; and (4) the costs of refinancing loans made for any such projects.

What's happening now August 3, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10905-10906)

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