3.0.0 833 2023-01-11T13:27:48Z 2023-01-11T13:27:48Z Senate S 2015-03-23 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2015-08-06T16:31:16Z Markup by 2015-07-22T18:30:00Z Referred to 2015-03-23T18:54:56Z Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act 114 1543 HR 2015-04-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-08-06 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 199. Calendars 2015-08-06 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate 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. Committee 2015-08-06 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. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2015-07-22 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2015-03-23 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1710) IntroReferral 2015-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-03-23 True 2015-08-06T14:13:14Z S. 833, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50713 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 22, 2015 Armed Forces and National Security 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 Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-19T18:06:45Z 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.)

]]> 01 2015-08-06 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2015-09-04T13:52:00Z 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.

]]> Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act Display Title Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain major medical facility projects for which appropriations were made for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act Short Titles as Reported to Senate Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act S Senate Reported to Senate 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s833rs/xml/BILLS-114s833rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s833is/xml/BILLS-114s833is.xml 2015-08-06 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 199. 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.