Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
This legislation authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to construct a major hospital expansion in St. Louis, Missouri, with a budget cap of approximately $1.76 billion. Planned improvements include a new inpatient bed tower, expanded clinical treatment facilities, administrative and warehouse space, a utility plant, and parking garages for veterans and staff. The bill approves the project's scope and spending limit for fiscal year 2026, though Congress must still pass separate spending legislation to actually provide the money.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Department of Veterans AffairsReceives legal authority to construct a major medical facility in St. Louis, Missouri—including a bed tower, clinical expansion, administrative building, utility plant, and parking garages—at a cost of up to $1,762,668,000 (Sec. 2(a), Sec. 2(b)).
- Veterans in the St. Louis regionGain access to expanded and modernized healthcare facilities in the St. Louis area, including a new inpatient bed tower, expanded clinical space, and parking facilities (Sec. 2(a)).
Who backs it
- Federal taxpayersProvide the funding for up to $1,762,668,000 authorized to be appropriated for the construction of the VA medical facility in fiscal year 2026 (Sec. 2(b)).
The provisions, in plain language.
Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to build a major medical facility project in St. Louis, Missouri—including a new bed tower, clinical expansion, administrative building and warehouse, utility plant, and parking garages—at a cost of up to $1,762,668,000.
Authorizes up to $1,762,668,000 in appropriations for fiscal year 2026 to fund the St. Louis VA medical facility construction project.