[119th Congress Public Law 97]
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Public Law 119-97
119th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To authorize a major medical facility project for the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2026 in St. Louis, Missouri, and for 
          other purposes. <<NOTE: June 9, 2026 -  [S. 2393]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Fiscal Year 2025 
Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs 
Major Medical Facility Authorization Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECT OF 
                    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
                    2026 IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a 
major medical facility project in fiscal year 2026 in St. Louis, 
Missouri, that consists of the construction of a new bed tower, clinical 
building expansion, consolidated administrative building and warehouse, 
utility plant, and parking garages, in an amount not to exceed 
$1,762,668,000.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2026 
or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major 
Projects account, $1,762,668,000 for the project authorized in 
subsection (a).

    Approved June 9, 2026.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 2393:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 171 (2025):
                                    Dec. 17, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.
                                                        Vol. 172 (2026):
                                    May 19, 20, considered and passed 
                                        House.

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