Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

Bill: 114-s-833
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2015-03-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: 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

Summary:
action_date: 2015-03-23
text: 

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.)

action_date: 2015-08-06
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the following major medical facility projects (in an amount for each project not to exceed specified limits): 
 
 
construction of a community living center, outpatient clinic, and renovated domiciliary facility, and the renovation of existing buildings in Canandaigua, New York; 
 
seismic corrections to the mental health and community living center in Long Beach, California; 
 
seismic corrections to 12 buildings in West Los Angeles, California; and 
 
construction of a spinal cord injury building and seismic corrections in San Diego, California.
 
 
The VA shall report to Congress on efforts, including those relating to building standards and disaster preparedness plans, to protect VA facilities in areas that are at a high-risk for tsunamis and volcanic activity, including areas in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and American Samoa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 199.
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2015 with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-08-06
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2015 with an amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2015-07-22
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2015-03-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1710)
action_date: 2015-03-23
text: Introduced in Senate