Congress approves money for a VA clinic in the Northern Mariana Islands.
H.R. 9652 — Northern Marianas VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Authorization Act of 2026 · Filed by Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP) · Introduced Jul 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill lets the Secretary of Veterans Affairs spend up to $3.696 million. The money is for fiscal year 2027. It will build, lease, or fix up a community-based outpatient clinic in Saipan. The clinic will serve veterans in the Northern Mariana Islands. The VA can use building rules that fit the island. The VA must plan for hard parts of island building.
Who it affects
Veterans in the Northern Mariana Islands will gain access to a local clinic. Right now they must travel far to get VA care.
One thing to notice
The bill approves the money but does not guarantee it will be spent. Congress must pass a separate bill to fund the clinic.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- community-based outpatient clinic — A small medical office where patients visit for care but do not stay overnight.
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs — The leader of the VA, the government agency that helps veterans.
- fiscal year 2027 — The government's budget year from October 1, 2026, to September 30, 2027.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,534 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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