Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
Description
Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to construct a new bed tower and medical facilities in St. Louis, Missouri.
Summary
What it does
This act authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to execute a major medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri, during fiscal year 2026. The project includes the construction of a new bed tower, an expansion of clinical buildings, a consolidated administrative building and warehouse, a utility plant, and parking garages. Additionally, the law establishes a maximum spending limit for the completion of these specific facilities.
Who is affected
The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to carry out the specified construction and expansion activities. Veterans and medical staff in St. Louis, Missouri, are affected by the development of a new bed tower, clinical building, administrative facilities, and parking infrastructure. Additionally, the act impacts the allocation of federal funds designated for these specific major medical facility projects.
Key provisions
- Authorization of major medical facility project. Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri, during fiscal year 2026.
- Project scope and infrastructure components. Specifies that the project includes the construction of a new bed tower, clinical building expansion, consolidated administrative building and warehouse, utility plant, and parking garages.
- Expenditure limitations. Establishes a maximum authorized spending amount for the completion of the designated medical facility project.
Fiscal impact
- S. 2393, Fiscal Year 2026 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act· As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2025
Effective dates
The act authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out the specified major medical facility project during fiscal year 2026.
Relationship to existing law
This act provides specific authorization for the Department of Veterans Affairs to execute a major medical facility project, a requirement for large-scale capital improvements managed by the agency.
Stated purpose
The bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to execute a major medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri, during fiscal year 2026. This project includes the construction of a new bed tower, clinical and administrative expansions, a utility plant, and parking facilities within a specified budget.