H.R. 2349: To authorize certain major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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H.R. 2349: To authorize certain major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
108th Congress · introduced 2003-06-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: See Public Law 108-170.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2003-06-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: See Public Law 108-170. (final step reached)
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Official title
To authorize certain major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Plain summary
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out: (1) construction of a new bed tower to consolidate two inpatient sites of care in inner city Chicago; (2) construction in Clark County, Nevada, of a facility for a multispecialty outpatient clinic to replace the leased Las Vegas ambulatory care center and for a satellite office for the Veterans Benefits Administration; (3) seismic corrections to strengthen Medical Center Building 1 of the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system in San Diego, California; and (4) renovation of all inpatient care wards and establishment of a consolidated medical research facility at the Department's West Haven, Connecticut, facility. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a lease for an outpatient clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prohibits funds available to the Secretary from being used for disposal of the Lakeside Division facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities in Chicago, Illinois, until the Secretary has entered into a contract to construct a new bed tower at the Department's West Side Medical Center in Chicago.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To authorize certain major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] · 7 cosponsors
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Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
Agencies named in this bill
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr2349.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>
Record fed-us-cong108-hr2349 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108