S. 2624: Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
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S. 2624: Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-08-05 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-08-05 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
Plain summary
Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out specified major medical facility projects during FY2022. The bill also indicates the maximum amount that can be spent on each project.
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Official text
Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2624, Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act (2022-02-09)
Cosponsors on this site
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
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Words on this page, explained (3)
- 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 (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s2624.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s2624 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117