[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2598 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2598

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and operate a 
         community-based outpatient clinic in Alpena, Michigan.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 7, 2006

 Ms. Stabenow introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and operate a 
         community-based outpatient clinic in Alpena, Michigan.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alpena, Michigan, Community Based 
Outpatient Clinic Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN ALPENA, MICHIGAN.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish 
and operate a community-based outpatient clinic for veterans at a 
location selected by the Secretary in Alpena, Michigan.
    (b) Deadline.--The Secretary shall begin the operation of the 
clinic required by subsection (a) not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2007 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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