House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To name the front circle drive on the north side of the Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility in Iron Mountain, Michigan, as the "Sergeant First Class James D. Priestap Drive".
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Benishek R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2012
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2012 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3861.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENISHEK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H375):Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 325 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3861, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3861
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 7, 2024
- 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 February 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
13 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 1 other
6 of 13 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Dave Camp (R-MI), Hansen Clarke (D-MI), John Conyers (D-MI), John Dingell (D-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Candice Miller (R-MI), Gary Peters (D-MI), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Fred Upton (R-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Benishek.
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- H.R. 2834 (112th) Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act
- H.R. 3216 (112th) VHA Ophthalmologic Service Establishment Act of 2011
- H.R. 3453 (112th) State Management of Recovered Wolves Act
- H.R. 2322 (112th) Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act
- H.R. 2209 (112th) To replace the current Forest Service administrative appeals process with a pre-decisional administrative review process modeled after the…
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.