S. 2393Senate bill · 119th CongressSigned into lawArmed Forces and National Security

Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act

Sponsored byJerry MoranR-KSIntroduced Jul 23, 2025Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Jun 9, 2026) No: 119-97.

What it does

Congressional Research Service, Jun 9, 2026

This act authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out a major medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri, during FY2026.

The act specifies the maximum amount that may be spent on the project and details that the project consists of the construction of a new bed tower, clinical building expansion, consolidated administrative building and warehouse, utility plant, and parking garages.

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What Congress did

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    House · May 20, 2026

    A fast-track vote: no amendments, short debate, and two thirds needed to pass. Used for bills expected to be uncontroversial.

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PragmaticPeteDemoAL-3voted Yea22d ago
Yes from me. The cost looks modest relative to what we already spend on the same problem indirectly.
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OldLineStateDemoOH-1voted Yea25d ago
Reading the summary, this looks like it mostly codifies what agencies are already doing informally. That's worth doing — informal practice evaporates when administrations change.
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MidwestMechanicDemoPA-17voted Nay18d ago
The sunset clause point is the strongest argument in this thread and nobody has answered it.
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harborlightDemoCA-40voted Nay21d ago
You're right about the drafting, but that's fixable in conference. Killing it now means starting over in the next Congress.
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delta_dawn_laDemoHI-2voted Nay19d ago
Sure, but 'the states are doing it' cuts the other way for me. If it's working there, why federalise it?
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