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Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

Introduced: March 23, 2015 Introduced by: Lieu, Ted Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 7, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Mar 23, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Mar 23, 2015

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the major medical facility projects of the VA specified in the explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, including by obligating and expending the amounts specified in such statement. (Those projects include seismic corrections to the West Los Angeles Medical Center, replacement of a community living center and mental health facilities in Long Beach, and replacement of an existing spinal cord injury clinic in San Diego, California, all of which are at high risk of sustaining damage during an earthquake, and renovations to address substantial safety and compliance issues and construction of a new clinic and community living center at the VA medical center in Canandaigua, New York.)

What's happening now April 7, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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