U.S. House of Representatives Bill 13771: Veterans Administration Hospital for Brevard County

U.S. House of Representatives Bill 13771: Veterans Administration Hospital for Brevard County

H.R. 13771: VA Hospital for Brevard County

Frey, Lou, 1934-

Brevard County (Fla.)

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Veterans--Florida

Hospitals--Florida

U.S. House of Representatives

Legislation--Florida

A draft of a bill proposal that would call for a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital to be built in Brevard County, Florida. At the time that the legislation was being drafted, Central Florida did not have its own VA hospital. Veterans had to travel to other parts of the state in order to receive hospital care from the Veterans Administration. Representative Louis Frey, Jr. (1934-2019), who represented the district that included Brevard, worked to advocate for veterans issues and was the congressman who introduced the bill. Rep. Frey served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1979. He was on several committees during his time in office, including the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control and the Science and Technology Committee. He was also the chairman of the Young Republicans of Florida.

Original legislative bill by Lou Frey, Jr., March 27, 1974: Lou Frey Papers, box 8, Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

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Digital reproduction of original legislative bill by Lou Frey, Jr., March 27, 1974.

Lou Frey Papers, box 8, Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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H.R. 13771
Date: March 27, 1974
Committee: Veterans' Affairs
Description: VA hospital for Brevard County
Mr. Frey introduced himself
May 1, 1974 - Exec. comment requested from VA
93D CONGRESS 2D SESSION
H.R. 13771
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 1974
Mr. Frey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
A BILL To provide for a Veterans' Administration hospital in Brevard County, Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is is authorized and directed to construct a five hundred-bed general medical, surgical, and psychiatric Veterans' Administration hospital in Brevard County, Florida.
Sec. 2. Such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act are authorized to be appropriated.
93D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H.R. 13771
A BILL To provide for a Veterans' Administration hospital in Brevard County, Florida.
By Mr. Frey
March 27, 1974
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

3-page typewritten legislative bill