[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8367]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIMITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIMITED TARIFF 
                                BENEFITS

  Under clause 9 of rule XXI, lists or statements on congressional 
earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits were 
submitted as follows:

                    Offered By Mr. Miller of Florida

       Bill Number: H.R. 5856.
       Provision: Section 5.
       Description of Request: Authorizes the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility 
     project to construct a new medical facility of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs in Okaloosa County, Florida, in an amount 
     not to exceed $54,475,000. The facility authorized is to be 
     constructed pursuant to option 2 of the report to Congress 
     dated June 26, 2007, required to be submitted under section 
     823 of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information 
     Technology Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-461; 120 Stat. 3449). 
     This request is intended to provide Department of Veterans 
     Affairs patients in and around Okaloosa County, Florida, the 
     ability to more accessibly receive inpatient care through an 
     agreement between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the 
     Department of Defense.

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