3.0.0 6832 2022-02-03T05:17:41Z 2022-02-03T05:17:41Z House H HR 2008-09-08 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-12T15:39:31Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-08T18:01:51Z 2008-09-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-09-11 14:52:13 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-09-11 14:52:12 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to without objection. (text: CR 09/09/2008 H7909-7911) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2008-09-11 14:52:12 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to without objection.(text: CR 09/09/2008 H7909-7911) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-11 14:52:11 ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Lewis of Georgia asked unanimous consent that the ordering of the yeas and nays be vacated with respect to the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 6832 to the end that the motion be considered as adopted in the form considered by the House on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. (consideration: CR H8038-8039) Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-09 17:14:34 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2008-09-09 16:59:30 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6832. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-09 16:59:25 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7909-7913) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-09 16:59:04 Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-09-08 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 N B001203 Rep. Buyer, Steve [R-IN-4] STEPHEN BUYER R IN E. 4 2008-09-08 True P000589 Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] Jon Porter R NV C. 3 2008-09-09 False Armed Forces and National Security Advisory bodies Ambulatory care Arizona Auditing Authorization Biological warfare Building construction California Chemical and biological weapons Chemical warfare Collection of accounts Colorado Congregate housing Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Department of Veterans Affairs Disability and paralysis Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Florida Georgia Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government procurement Health Health care costs and insurance Health facilities and institutions Health insurance Higher education Home and outpatient care Hospitals Housing and Community Development Housing finance Housing finance and home ownership Human experimentation in medicine Leases Long-term care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Louisiana Medical centers Medical education Medical research Mental health Mental illness Military research Minorities Mississippi Mortgage guaranty insurance Mortgages Nevada Nonprofit organizations Nursing homes Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Post-traumatic stress disorder Puerto Rico Research administration and funding Research centers Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Soldiers' homes South Carolina Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Texas Veterans' benefits Veterans' hospitals Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' medical care Wisconsin Women Women veterans Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-09-08 Introduced in House 2008-09-09T16:41:36Z Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008 - Authorizes specified major medical facility projects and leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for FY2009.

Revises amounts of certain previously-authorized projects.

Requires reports from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on VA facilities administration and outpatient clinics.

Extends for specified periods, or makes permanent, certain VA programs and activities, including: (1) recovery audit authority; (2) health care for veterans who participated in certain chemical and biological tests conducted by the Department of Defense (DOD); (3) third-party insurance provider collection authority; (4) required nursing home care for veterans with certain service-connected disabilities; (5) income verification for benefits eligibility purposes; (6) research corporations; (7) veterans' home loan guaranty programs; (8) specified committee reports and committee duration; and (9) a temporary increase in the maximum guaranty amount for certain housing loans guaranteed by the VA.

Increases: (1) the number of veterans authorized to participate in the independent living program; and (2) the maximum percentage of home loan value authorized to be guaranteed by the VA upon refinancing.

]]> 81 2008-09-11 Passed House without amendment 2008-11-04T20:12:48Z Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008 - Title I: Authorization of Medical Facility Projects and Major Medical Facility Leases - (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical facility projects (projects) in FY2009 in: (1) Palo Alto, California; (2) San Antonio, Texas; and (3) San Juan, Puerto Rico.

(Sec. 102) Amends the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006 to: (1) increase amounts authorized for projects at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Denver, Colorado; and (2) repeal the authority for a project at the VA medical center in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Increases amounts authorized for projects at the following locations in connection with the Capital Asset Realignment Initiative: (1) Gainesville, Florida; (2) Las Vegas, Nevada; (3) Lee County, Florida; (4) Orlando, Florida; and (5) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

(Sec. 103) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified major medical facility leases (leases) in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.

(Sec. 104) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a project to construct a new VA medical facility in Okaloosa County, Florida.

(Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations for projects and leases authorized under this title.

(Sec. 106) Requires a report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans committees on the progress of the VA's Director of Construction and Facilities Administration in carrying out required duties.

(Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary to report annually to the veterans committees detailing information on VA community-based outpatient clinics and other outpatient clinics.

Title II: Extension of Certain Authorities - (Sec. 201) Makes permanent the temporary authority to consider noninstitutional extended care services as covered VA medical services.

(Sec. 202) Extends through FY2013 VA authority to conduct audits of payments made for non-VA care and services furnished to veterans through contracts and fee-based arrangements.

(Sec. 203) Makes permanent (under current law, expires at the end of 2008) the authority to provide hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to certain veterans who participated in Department of Defense (DOD) chemical and biological testing.

(Sec. 204) Extends through FY2010 VA authority to collect: (1) specified copayments for each day of hospital or nursing home care provided to certain veterans; and (2) from third-party insurers the cost of certain care and services provided by the VA to veterans with non-service-connected disabilities.

(Sec. 205) Extends through 2013 VA authority to provide nursing home care to veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 70% or higher, and to veterans in need of nursing home care for their service-connected disabilities.

(Sec. 206) Extends through FY2010 VA authority to obtain information from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Social Security Administration for income verification purposes for VA needs-based benefits.

(Sec. 207) Extends permanently (under current law, terminates at the end of 2008) VA authority to establish research corporations.

(Sec. 208) Extends through FY2012 VA demonstration projects involving adjustable rate and hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.

(Sec. 209) Amends the Veterans' Health Care Act of 1984 to extend through 2012 the annual report requirement of the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

(Sec. 210) Extends through 2012 the annual report requirement of the Committee on Care of Severely Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans.

(Sec. 211) Makes permanent (under current law, terminates in 2008) a required biannual report from the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans.

(Sec. 212) Makes permanent (under current law, terminates at the end of 2009) the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans.

(Sec. 213) Amends the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 to extend through 2011 a temporary increase in the maximum loan guaranty amount for certain veterans' housing loans guaranteed by the VA.

Title III: Other Matters - (Sec. 301) Increases, from 2500 to 2600, the cap on the number of veterans for which programs of independent living services and assistance may be annually initiated.

(Sec. 302) Increases from 90% to 100% the maximum percentage of home loan value authorized to be guaranteed by the VA upon refinancing.

]]> Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008 Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008 H House Display Title Veterans' Programs Extension and Construction Authorization Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2009, to extend certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Referred in Senate 2008-09-12T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2008-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6832eh/xml/BILLS-110hr6832eh.xml Introduced in House 2008-09-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6832ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6832ih.xml 2008-09-12 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.