3.0.0 4590 2023-01-11T13:32:06Z 2023-01-11T13:32:06Z House HR 2016-02-23 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)][Pages H854-H855]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MILLER of Florida:H.R. 4590.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H855]]Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.]]> ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-06-22T18:45:13Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Discharged from 2016-02-25T22:16:25Z Referred to 2016-02-24T22:51:01Z Reported by 2016-05-10T17:37:25Z Markup by 2016-02-25T22:22:41Z Referred to 2016-02-23T19:02:00Z H. Rept. 114-545 VA Construction and Lease Authorization, Health, and Benefits Enhancement Act 114 5286 HR 2016-06-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall. 114 5548 HR 2016-06-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Sell the VA's Hotel Act 114 6245 HR 2016-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2016 114 3367 S 2016-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act 114 2422 S 2016-02-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill House Providing Veterans Overdue Care Act of 2016 114 6220 HR 2016-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2016-06-22 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-06-21 17:12:15 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2016-06-21 17:12:12 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4006-4007) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2016-06-21 17:12:12 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4006-4007) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2016-06-21 17:00:57 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4590. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2016-06-21 17:00:54 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4006-4008) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2016-06-21 17:00:39 Mr. Miller (FL) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2016-05-10 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00421 2016-05-10 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-545. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2016-05-10 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 114-545. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2016-02-25 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2016-02-25 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2016-02-25 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Health Discharged. Committee 2016-02-24 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2016-02-23 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2016-02-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-02-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 N 2016-04-15T18:55:42Z H.R. 4590, Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety, Construction, and Leases Authorization Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51471 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on February 25, 2016 Armed Forces and National Security Alabama Building construction California Colorado Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Florida Georgia Health facilities and institutions Home and outpatient care Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mental health Michigan Montana Natural disasters North Carolina South Carolina Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' medical care Virginia Washington State Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-02-23 Introduced in House 2016-06-15T17:40:28Z Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety, Construction, and Leases Authorization Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the following major medical facility projects (each with specified maximum authorized funds):

  • seismic corrections to buildings, including retrofitting and replacement of high-risk buildings, in San Francisco, California;
  • seismic corrections to facilities, including facilities to support homeless veterans, at the medical center in West Los Angeles, California;
  • seismic corrections to the mental health and community living center in Long Beach, California;
  • construction of an outpatient clinic, administrative space, cemetery, and columbarium in Alameda, California;
  • realignment of medical facilities in Livermore, California;
  • construction of a replacement community living center in Perry Point, Maryland; and
  • seismic corrections and other renovations to several buildings and construction of a specialty care building in American Lake, Washington.

A specified amount is authorized to be appropriated to the VA for such projects for FY2016 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects, account.

Such projects may only be carried out using specified funds.

The VA shall submit to Congress the following information for each such project:

  • line item accounting of construction management expenditures,
  • future amounts budgeted for construction management, and
  • any agreement entered into by the VA regarding the Army Corps of Engineers providing project services.

The VA may carry out major medical facility leases (each with specified maximum authorized funds) for specified outpatient clinics and research spaces.

]]> 17 2016-05-10 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2016-08-04T18:45:12Z Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety, Construction, and Leases Authorization Act

(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the following major medical facility projects (each with specified maximum authorized funds):

  • seismic corrections to buildings, including retrofitting and replacement of high-risk buildings, in San Francisco, California;
  • seismic corrections to facilities, including facilities to support homeless veterans, at the medical center in West Los Angeles, California;
  • seismic corrections to the mental health and community living center in Long Beach, California;
  • construction of an outpatient clinic, administrative space, cemetery, and columbarium in Alameda, California;
  • realignment of medical facilities in Livermore, California;
  • construction of a replacement community living center in Perry Point, Maryland; and
  • seismic corrections and other renovations to several buildings and construction of a specialty care building in American Lake, Washington.

The bill authorizes appropriations for such projects for FY2016 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects, account. Only specified funds may be used to carry out such projects.

(Sec. 3) The VA shall submit the following information for each project:

  • a line item accounting of construction management expenditures,
  • future amounts budgeted for construction management,
  • a justification for expenditures and future amounts, and
  • any agreement entered into by the VA regarding the Army Corps of Engineers providing project services.

(Sec. 4) The VA may carry out major medical facility leases (each with specified maximum authorized funds) for:

  • outpatient clinics in Daytona Beach, Gainesville, and Ocala, Florida, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Missoula, Montana, northern Colorado, Oxnard and Santa Rosa, California, Pike County, Georgia, Portland, Maine, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Ann Arbor, Michigan;
  • an outpatient mental health clinic and an outpatient specialty clinic in Birmingham, Alabama;
  • research space in Mission Bay, California, Boston, Massachusetts, and Charleston, South Carolina; and
  • Chief Business Office Purchased Care office space in Denver, Colorado.

(Sec. 5) The VA shall report monthly on the status of each major medical facility project authorized under this bill until the VA's Administrative Investigative Board submits its report on the major medical facility project at the VA medical center in Aurora, Colorado.

(Sec. 6) The Veterans' Benefits Programs Improvement Act of 1991 is amended to authorize the VA to sell for fair market value Pershing Hall, in Paris, France, and transfer to the purchaser all right, title, and interest of the United States in the property. The VA shall, upon such sale, return to the entity from which the United States acquired Pershing Hall any personal property in the VA's possession, including memorabilia regarding General Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. The Pershing Hall Revolving Fund shall be abolished one year after such sale and its corpus and accrued interest shall be deposited in the VA's Construction, Major Projects account.

]]> 36 2016-06-21 Passed House amended 2016-09-27T20:44:57Z Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Constructions Authorization Act

(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the following major medical facility projects (each with specified maximum authorized funds):

  • seismic corrections to buildings, including retrofitting and replacement of high-risk buildings, in San Francisco, California;
  • seismic corrections to facilities, including facilities to support homeless veterans, at the medical center in West Los Angeles, California;
  • seismic corrections to the mental health and community living center in Long Beach, California;
  • construction of an outpatient clinic, administrative space, cemetery, and columbarium in Alameda, California;
  • realignment of medical facilities in Livermore, California;
  • construction of a replacement community living center in Perry Point, Maryland; and
  • seismic corrections and other renovations to several buildings and construction of a specialty care building in American Lake, Washington.

The bill authorizes appropriations for such projects for FY2016 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects, account. Only specified funds may be used to carry out such projects.

(Sec. 3) The VA shall submit the following information for each project:

  • a line item accounting of construction management expenditures,
  • future amounts budgeted for construction management,
  • a justification for expenditures and future amounts, and
  • any agreement entered into by the VA regarding the Army Corps of Engineers providing project services.
]]> Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act Display Title Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility projects for which appropriations are being made for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety, Construction, and Leases Authorization Act Short Titles as Reported to House Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety, Construction, and Leases Authorization Act H House Short Titles as Passed House Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act H House Referred in Senate 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4590rfs/xml/BILLS-114hr4590rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4590eh/xml/BILLS-114hr4590eh.xml Reported in House 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4590rh/xml/BILLS-114hr4590rh.xml Introduced in House 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4590ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4590ih.xml 2016-06-22 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 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.