HR 4955 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

To name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the "Henry Parham VA Clinic".

Introduced Jul 27, 2023 Originated House Became Public Law 118-215 Sponsor Summer L. Lee D-PA

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Latest action · Jan 2, 2025 Became Public Law No: 118-215.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 27, 2023
  2. Passed HouseDec 16, 2024
  3. Passed SenateDec 21, 2024
  4. To the PresidentDec 27, 2024
  5. Became lawJan 2, 2025Public Law 118-215

Summary

This act designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the Henry Parham Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Henry Parham VA Clinic.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2023 to Feb 23, 2024; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-PAChristopher R. DeluzioOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-PADaniel MeuserOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-PAGlenn ThompsonOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-PAMike KellyOriginalJul 27, 2023
D-PASusan WildOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-PALloyd SmuckerAug 25, 2023
R-PAJohn JoyceNov 9, 2023
R-PAScott PerryFeb 23, 2024

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Jul 27, 2023
Health Subcommittee
Referred Aug 24, 2023
SenateVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Dec 17, 2024Discharged Dec 21, 2024

Actions 15

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 2, 2025Signed by President.
  2. Jan 2, 2025Became Public Law No: 118-215.
  3. Dec 27, 2024Presented to President.
  4. Dec 23, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Dec 21, 2024Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
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In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S7316Charles E. Schumer D-NYDec 20, 2024
HouseDebate and remarks H7175–H7177Text printed H7175Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL, Summer L. Lee D-PADec 16, 2024

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Art. I, Sec 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To rename the community-based outpatient facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Henry Parham VA Clinic''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 130, July 27, 2023, page H4142.

CRS reports 3

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2549A bill to name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the "Henry Parham VA Clinic".Identical billJul 26, 2023

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the "Henry Parham VA Clinic".

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Dec 17, 2024Referred in Senate
  3. Dec 16, 2024Engrossed in House
  4. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House

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