House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Stump R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 29, 1997
- Committee actionSep 30, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 6, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 7, 1997 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2571.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2571, A bill to authorize major medical facility projects and major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes” on October 1, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 30, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10422
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2571, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2571
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
07444e129eade7a4fbe4ba7ad488b63975001cd47448f77349a05bc0f7b0d5bb
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-291 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 2, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/291
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2571, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2571
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
07444e129eade7a4fbe4ba7ad488b63975001cd47448f77349a05bc0f7b0d5bb
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2571, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Frank Mascara (D-PA), Cliff Stearns (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Stump.
- H.J.Res. 75 (105th) To confer status as an honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces on Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope.
- H.R. 2367 (105th) Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 1997
- H.R. 4110 (105th) Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998
- H.R. 3211 (105th) Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act
- H.R. 1092 (105th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for…
- H.R. 3039 (105th) Veterans Transitional Housing Opportunities Act of 1998
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.