# 118-hr-6324: Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act

118-hr-6324, Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act, is a 118th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL); status became_law; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-01-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 118-hr-6324
- Congress: 118
- Title: Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2023-11-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-01-05

## Summary

**Authorizes $3.4 billion** to build, renovate, and retrofit Veterans Affairs major medical facilities at 11 sites nationwide. The law funds new specialty-care buildings, seismic upgrades, outpatient expansions, and site improvements to modernize VA health infrastructure. - Veterans and patients: Expands or creates specialized care spaces such as spinal cord injury centers and new specialty-care buildings to boost clinical capacity and services at multiple campuses. - Local facilities and safety: Pays for seismic retrofits, utility plant upgrades, parking expansions, and land acquisition to improve safety and access at sites including Portland and San Juan. - Project caps and scope: Sets individual cost caps for each project, with the largest cap at $759.2 million for El Paso and smaller caps for the other ten projects. *This law authorizes $3.4 billion in FY2024 construction funding, increasing federal spending.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] (R-NV), 2023-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- 2024 funding for VA major construction: benefit, high. The law authorizes $3.354 billion for the VA Construction, Major Projects account. The money is for the 11 projects listed in this law. It is available in fiscal year 2024, or when Congress appropriates it. This is the authorized funding the VA uses to move these projects forward.
- VA builds and upgrades 11 medical sites: benefit, high. The law authorizes the VA to build and upgrade major medical facilities at 11 sites in fiscal year 2024. Work includes a new health center in El Paso, a spinal cord injury building in San Diego, and a surgical tower in West Haven. It also funds seismic fixes in Portland and San Juan, a bed tower in…

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## Sources
- [118-hr-6324 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6324)

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- [118-hjres-199: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hjres-199)
- [118-hjres-163: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hjres-163)
- [118-hjres-144: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hjres-144)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-hr-6324 (as of 2026-01-05).