Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
Description
This bill would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs to construct a new medical facility complex in St. Louis, Missouri.
Summary
What it does
This bill would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs to undertake a major medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri, during fiscal year 2026. The proposed project would include the construction of a new bed tower, an expanded clinical building, a consolidated administrative building and warehouse, a utility plant, and parking garages. Additionally, the legislation would establish a maximum spending limit for the completion of these facilities.
Who is affected
The Department of Veterans Affairs is the primary agency affected, as it is authorized to carry out and fund the specified major medical facility project. The bill also impacts veterans and VA personnel in St. Louis, Missouri, through the construction of a new bed tower, clinical buildings, administrative facilities, and parking infrastructure.
Key provisions
- Authorization of St. Louis 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.
- Establishment of Project Expenditure Limits. Specifies the maximum allowable funding amount that may be spent on the authorized medical facility project.
- Construction of Medical and Support Infrastructure. Details specific project components including a new bed tower, clinical building expansion, consolidated administrative building and warehouse, utility plant, and parking garages.
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 bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out the specified major medical facility project during fiscal year 2026.
Relationship to existing law
This bill provides specific authorization for the Department of Veterans Affairs to execute a major medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri, as part of the agency's ongoing infrastructure and facility management programs for fiscal year 2026.
Stated purpose
The bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to execute a major medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri, for fiscal year 2026. This project includes the construction of a new bed tower, clinical and administrative buildings, a utility plant, and parking facilities within a specified spending limit.