Veterans Health Care Funding Guarantee Act of 2003
Summary
Repeals provisions which: (1) prohibit the appropriation, obligation, or use of funds for any Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility project or lease unless such funds have been specifically authorized by law; (2) require the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a prospectus of a proposed medical facility involving an expenditure of more than $4 million or facility lease with an average annual rental of more than $600,000; and (3) require the Secretary to give Congress notice before obligating an amount of funds for a major medical facility project that would cause the total amount obligated to exceed the amount specified in the law for that project by more than 10 percent, and when proposing that funds be used for a purpose other than the purpose for which such funds were appropriated.
Timeline
- Jun 22, 2004Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-874.
- Jan 7, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jan 7, 2003Introduced in Senate
Cosponsors
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] R-ME
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] D-NV
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] D-HI
- Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] D-ND
- Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] D-IA
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] D-MA
- Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] D-SD
- Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] D-MT
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] D-IL
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] D-MN
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] D-LA
- Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] I-VT
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] D-WV
- Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] D-MD
- Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] D-GA
- Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] R-ME
- Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] D-NJ
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] D-MI
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] D-WA
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] D-NY
- Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] D-FL
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] D-WA
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] D-MA
- Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] D-ND
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] D-VT
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] D-NY
- Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] D-NJ
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] D-MD
- Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] D-CT
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