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Yes: 413 • No: 7
117-s-1910117th CongressWALLET
Major Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2021
Sponsored By: Senator Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Became Law
Summary
Authorizes construction and major upgrades at seven Veterans Affairs medical sites to expand care capacity and fix aging and seismically vulnerable facilities.
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- Veterans and families: Veterans gain new and upgraded care spaces for specialty treatment and long-term services, improving local access to outpatient care and spinal cord injury care.
- Local facilities and operations: Projects cover new buildings, renovations, seismic corrections, a parking garage, and a campus realignment at sites including Alameda, Dallas, San Diego, Long Beach, Livermore, Canandaigua, and American Lake.
- Administration and limits: The law sets per-project cost ceilings and allows the VA Secretary to carry out each project in fiscal year 2021 within those ceilings.
*Authorizes up to $2.1 billion in appropriations to the VA Construction, Major Projects account for these seven projects, increasing federal construction spending by that amount.*
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Authorizes VA hospital and clinic projects
The law authorizes $2.08 billion for VA major construction. The money is for fiscal year 2021 or the year funds are provided. Projects and caps: Alameda, CA—outpatient clinic and national cemetery, up to $266.2 million; American Lake, WA—specialty care building, up to $110.6 million; Canandaigua, NY—community living center and renovations, up to $383.741 million; Dallas, TX—spinal cord injury center, up to $249 million; Livermore, CA—realignment and closure of the Livermore Campus, up to $455 million; Long Beach, CA—seismic fixes to mental health and community living center, up to $367.3 million; San Diego, CA—spinal cord injury building with a community living center and parking, up to $252.1 million. VA must use the funds only for these projects and stay within each cap.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Tester, Jon [D-MT]
MT • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 5/27/2021
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 7/27/2021
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Yes: 413 • No: 7