[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1403 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1403

   To provide for the establishment of a new Department of Veterans 
   Affairs medical facility for veterans in the Columbus, Ohio, area.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 15, 2003

  Mr. Voinovich (for himself and Mr. DeWine) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the establishment of a new Department of Veterans 
   Affairs medical facility for veterans in the Columbus, Ohio, area.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NEW DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY, 
              COLUMBUS, OHIO.

    (a) Project Authorization.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is 
authorized to construct a medical facility on available Federal land at 
the Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio.
    (b) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs $90,000,000 for the purposes of 
subsection (a).
    (c) Medical Facility Defined.--In this section, the term ``medical 
facility'' has the meaning given that term in section 8101(3) of title 
38, United States Code.
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