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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Aug 6, 2015
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Earthquake Protection and Improvement Act
(Sec. 2) This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out the following major medical facility projects (in an amount for each project not to exceed specified limits):
construction of a community living center, outpatient clinic, and renovated domiciliary facility, and the renovation of existing buildings in Canandaigua, New York;
seismic corrections to the mental health and community living center in Long Beach, California;
seismic corrections to 12 buildings in West Los Angeles, California; and
construction of a spinal cord injury building and seismic corrections in San Diego, California.
The VA shall report to Congress on efforts, including those relating to building standards and disaster preparedness plans, to protect VA facilities in areas that are at a high-risk for tsunamis and volcanic activity, including areas in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and American Samoa.
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Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D–CA
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 199.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2015 with an amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Isakson under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/05/2015 with an amendment. Without written report.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1710)
Introduced in Senate
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