1HOUSE · DEC 20, 2012
Passed the House
421–1PASSED
R 234–1 D 187–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 646 · 9 not voting
House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Spokane, Washington, as the "Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".
Sponsor: Rep. Cathy Rodgers R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 13, 2011
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 20, 2012 · 421–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 21, 2012 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3197.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6921):The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 89 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3197, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3197
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
Sent to: Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3197, last updated January 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 3197. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Norman Dicks (D-WA), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), David Reichert (R-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cathy Rodgers.
- H.R. 5892 (112th) Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012
- H.R. 6163 (112th) National Pediatric Research Network Act of 2012
- H.R. 1195 (112th) National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2011
- H.R. 2313 (112th) To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota in that Fund…
- H.R. 891 (112th) Medication Therapy Management Benefits Act of 2011
- H.R. 2674 (112th) 340B Program Improvement Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.