Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act

Bill: 117-s-2624
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-08-05
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction

California

Department of Veterans Affairs

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Health facilities and institutions

Home and outpatient care

Kentucky

Medical research

Mental health

Mississippi

Missouri

Neurological disorders

New York State

Oklahoma

Oregon

Surgery and anesthesia

Texas

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-08-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out specified major medical facility projects during FY2022. The bill also indicates the maximum amount that can be spent on each project.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2624 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 5, 2021 Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To authorize major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act . 2. Authorization of major medical facility projects of Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022 (a) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the following major medical facility projects in fiscal year 2022 at the locations specified and in an amount for each project not to exceed the amount specified for such location: (1) Restoration and consolidation of the Gulfport Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, in an amount not to exceed $341,500,000. (2) Construction of a community living center and renovation of domiciliary and outpatient facilities in Canandaigua, New York, in an amount not to exceed $443,900,000. (3) Construction of a spinal cord injury center in Dallas, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $292,239,000. (4) Construction of a new health care center in El Paso, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $150,000,000. (5) Seismic corrections to the mental health and community living center in Long Beach, California, in an amount not to exceed $387,300,000. (6) Construction of a new medical facility in Louisville, Kentucky, in an amount not to exceed $953,000,000. (7) Construction of a new surgical intensive care unit and renovated operating rooms in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in an amount not to exceed $47,564,000. (8) Seismic retrofit and renovation of buildings 100 and 101 in Portland, Oregon, in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000. (9) Construction of a spinal cord injury building with a community living center, including a parking garage, in San Diego, California, in an amount not to exceed $262,100,000. (10) Construction of a new research facility in San Francisco, California, in an amount not to exceed $254,880,000. (11) Replacement bed tower and clinical building expansion in St. Louis, Missouri, in an amount not to exceed $135,340,000. (12) Construction of a new critical care center in West Los Angeles, California, in an amount not to exceed $115,790,000. (b) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects account, $3,403,613,000 for the projects authorized in subsection (a).