House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2006
Sponsor: Rep. Henry Brown R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2006
- Committee actionJul 20, 2006
- Passed HouseSep 13, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2006 — 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. 5815.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5815, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2006” on August 30, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 20, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18079
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5815, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25fd3cadec973ad2907b2ac9517334e9fd296560f33af8428d7f9c4cce90d2dc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5815, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization Act of 2006” on August 30, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 20, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18079
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5815, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25fd3cadec973ad2907b2ac9517334e9fd296560f33af8428d7f9c4cce90d2dc
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-643 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 8, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/643
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5815, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25fd3cadec973ad2907b2ac9517334e9fd296560f33af8428d7f9c4cce90d2dc
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3421, which became Public Law 109-461 on 12/22/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5815, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5815
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
25fd3cadec973ad2907b2ac9517334e9fd296560f33af8428d7f9c4cce90d2dc
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Michael Michaud (D-ME).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.