To authorize certain major medical facility projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Introduced

5 June 2003

Last action

6 December 2003 · Committee

Status

See Public Law 108-170.

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.

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Timeline

5 June 2003
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
5 June 2003
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1156)
Source: IntroReferral
5 June 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 June 2003
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 June 2003
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
11 June 2003
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
24 June 2003
Committee
-Provision incorporated. See H. R. 1720, Section 3.
Source: Committee
19 November 2003
Committee
Certain provisions incorporated. See S. 1156, Title II, Section 211.
Source: Committee
6 December 2003
Committee
See Public Law 108-170.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to → Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act
related to ← Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act of 2003

Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2349
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2349
us · 108-hr-2349 · source updated 7 April 2025