Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Seismic Safety and Construction Authorization Act
Latest action. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on June 21, 2016. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on June 22, 2016: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
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In the 114th Congress (2015-16), 329 of the 10,233 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.2 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Jeff Miller (R-FL) introduced it on February 23, 2016. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on February 23, 2016, 3852 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 3732 days ago, on June 22, 2016.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 114th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2017 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers