H.R. 4590: Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-02-23 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-02-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act

Plain summary

Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Constructions Authorization Act (Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the following major medical facility projects (each with specified maximum authorized funds): seismic corrections to buildings, including retrofitting and replacement of high-risk buildings, in San Francisco, California; seismic corrections to facilities, including facilities to support homeless veterans, at the medical center in West Los Angeles, California; seismic corrections to the mental health and community living center in Long Beach, California; construction of an outpatient clinic, administrative space, cemetery, and columbarium in Alameda, California; realignment of medical facilities in Livermore, California; construction of a replacement community living center in Perry Point, Maryland; and seismic corrections and other renovations to several buildings and construction of a specialty care building in American Lake, Washington. The bill authorizes appropriations for such projects for FY2016 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects, account. Only specified funds may be used to carry out such projects. (Sec. 3) The VA shall submit the following information for each project: a line item accounting of construction management expenditures, future amounts budgeted for construction management, a justification for expenditures and future amounts, and any agreement entered into by the VA regarding the Army Corps of Engineers providing project services.

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Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4590, Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety, Construction, and Leases Authorization Act (2016-04-15)

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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.
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.
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).
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4590.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4590 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114