House bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Michaud D-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 2008
- Committee actionApr 30, 2008
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2008 · 416–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2008 — 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. 5856.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5856, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008” on May 12, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19724
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5856, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8680ab6197b6a360e6f3e7f3530de17aa0d4bca5ffe2a9e369eccc4cc92d36a3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5856, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Authorization and Lease Act of 2008” on May 12, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on April 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19724
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5856, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8680ab6197b6a360e6f3e7f3530de17aa0d4bca5ffe2a9e369eccc4cc92d36a3
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. 110-648 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 15, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/HRPT/648
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5856, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/5856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8680ab6197b6a360e6f3e7f3530de17aa0d4bca5ffe2a9e369eccc4cc92d36a3
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Michaud.
- H.R. 2199 (110th) Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act of 2007
- H.R. 2874 (110th) Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act of 2007
- H.R. 5554 (110th) Justin Bailey Veterans Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008
- H.R. 2251 (110th) Acadia National Park Improvement Act of 2008
- H.R. 1992 (110th) Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act
- H.R. 6180 (110th) TRADE Act of 2008
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.