HR 2571 · 105th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
To authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.(1997-10-07)
Plain Language Summary
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Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out: (1) seismic corrections at the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Memphis, Tennessee; (2) seismic corrections and clinical and other improvements to the McClellan Hospital at Mather Field, Sacramento, California; and (3) outpatient improvements at Mare Island, Vallejo, California, and Martinez, California. Specifies the funds that may be used for such purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into leases for: (1) an information management field office in Birmingham, Alabama; (2) satellite outpatient clinics in Jacksonville, Florida, Boston, Massachusetts, Canton, Ohio, Portland, Oregon, and Tulsa, Oklahoma; and (3) an information resources management field office in Salt Lake City, Utah. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1998 for the Construction, Major Projects, account and for the Medical Care account.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2571, A bill to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes
Oct 1, 1997Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 30, 1997
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (5)
4 Democrats1 Republican