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HR 1543 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Building construction California Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency planning and evacuation Government buildings, facilities, and property Health facilities and institutions Natural disasters New York State Veterans' medical care

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
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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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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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Issa, Darrell
California · Mar 23, 2015
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Mar 23, 2015
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 23, 2015
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Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 23, 2015
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Takano, Mark
California · Mar 23, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1543: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1543/
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"H.R. 1543: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1543/.
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