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H.R. 1543: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

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H.R. 1543: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-23 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

Plain summary

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the major medical facility projects of the VA specified in the explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, including by obligating and expending the amounts specified in such statement. (Those projects include seismic corrections to the West Los Angeles Medical Center, replacement of a community living center and mental health facilities in Long Beach, and replacement of an existing spinal cord injury clinic in San Diego, California, all of which are at high risk of sustaining damage during an earthquake, and renovations to address substantial safety and compliance issues and construction of a new clinic and community living center at the VA medical center in Canandaigua, New York.)

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Official text

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] · 8 cosponsors

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Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1543 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114