A Bill to authorize the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of certain parcels of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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SenateJan 21, 1993IntroducedOfficial record

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Related House bill: H.R.490 To provide for the conveyance of certain lands and improvements in Washington, District of Columbia, to the Columbia Hospital for Women to provide a site for the construction of a facility to house the National Women's Health Resource Center.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jan 21, 1993

Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey specified lands in the District of Columbia to the Columbia Hospital for Women for the construction of a National Women's Health Resource Center. Directs the Hospital to establish and operate three satellite health centers to provide health and counseling services for women, including teenage women, and their children. Provides for reversion to the United States if the land conveyed is not used for the Center. Provides damages to be paid by the Hospital for each year in which it fails to operate the satellite health centers, with a waiver in exceptional circumstances. Directs the Hospital to report annually for five years on the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the Center and the satellite health centers.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] · R–SC

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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Jan 21, 1993
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Jan 21, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S521-522)
Jan 21, 1993
Introduced in Senate

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HR 490 · To provide for the conveyance of certain lands and improvements in Washington, District of Columbia, to the Columbia Hospital for Women to provide a site for the construction of a facility to house the National Women's Health Resource Center.

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Discuss S.91, 103rd Congress: A Bill to authorize the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of certain parcels of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/91

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1993-01-21.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/s91/BILLS-103s91is.htm

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Analyze S.91 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss S.91, 103rd Congress: A Bill to authorize the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of certain parcels of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/91

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1993-01-21.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/s91/BILLS-103s91is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T19:06:17Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.91, 103rd Congress: A Bill to authorize the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of certain parcels of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/91

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1993-01-21.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/s91/BILLS-103s91is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T19:06:17Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.91, 103rd Congress: A Bill to authorize the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of certain parcels of land in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/91

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1993-01-21.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/103/bills/s91/BILLS-103s91is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T19:06:17Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.91 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.