[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 191 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15571-S15572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    TO MODERNIZE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 
1396 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1396) to authorize a major medical facility 
     project to modernize inpatient wards at the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table; that any statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1396) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1396

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

     SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECT, 
                   ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

       The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a major 
     medical facility project for modernization of inpatient wards 
     at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
     Atlanta, Georgia, in an amount not to exceed $20,534,000.

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