House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 18, 2013
- Committee actionNov 20, 2013
- Passed HouseDec 10, 2013 · 346–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2013 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3521.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3521, Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013” on December 6, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on November 20, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44944
- CBO publication date
- December 6, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3521, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-284 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 9, 2013.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 9, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/284
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3521, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ab8e91b499af133b89f9d460bf989b647fb641b921e04211dab897bb631c2e86
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MILLER of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7188):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3521, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3521
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ab8e91b499af133b89f9d460bf989b647fb641b921e04211dab897bb631c2e86
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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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Jon Runyan (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeff Miller.
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- H.R. 324 (113th) To grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during…
- H.R. 357 (113th) GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2014
- H.R. 1095 (113th) TSA Loose Change Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.