S 2393
Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
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Bill overview
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to build a new, large medical facility in St. Louis, Missouri. The project includes constructing a new bed tower, expanding clinical spaces, building a consolidated administrative and warehouse building, a utility plant, and adding parking garages. The total cost of the project is capped at $1,762,668,000, which will be funded through an appropriation to the Construction, Major Projects account.
Key provisions
- Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to construct a major medical facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Specifies the components of the facility: a new bed tower, clinical building expansion, consolidated administrative building and warehouse, utility plant, and parking garages.
- Sets the maximum project cost at $1,762,668,000.
- Designates the funding source as the Construction, Major Projects account.
- Establishes the project for fiscal year 2026.
Who is affected
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Veterans in St. Louis, Missouri
- Residents of St. Louis, Missouri
Notable changes
- This bill authorizes a specific, large-scale construction project for a VA facility.
- It establishes a dedicated funding amount for the project.
Fiscal impact
The bill authorizes an appropriation of $1,762,668,000 for fiscal year 2026 to fund the construction project.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
S. 2393
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
A BILL
To authorize a major medical facility project for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2026 in St. Louis, Missouri, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a major medical facility project in fiscal year 2026 in St. Louis, Missouri, that consists of the construction of a new bed tower, clinical building expansion, consolidated administrative building and warehouse, utility plant, and parking garages, in an amount not to exceed $1,762,668,000.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2026 or the year in which funds are appropriated for the Construction, Major Projects account, $1,762,668,000 for the project authorized in subsection (a).