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House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law

To designate the facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 9800 West Commercial Boulevard in Sunrise, Florida, as the "William 'Bill' Kling VA Clinic".

H.R. 6443Introduced Sep 19, 2012Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
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Where it went

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. 6443.

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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6443, 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. 6443. The vote that moved the bill is first.

1HOUSE · DEC 20, 2012

Passed the House

422–0PASSED
R 236–0 D 186–0

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 647 · 9 not voting

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

24 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 5 Democrats

19 of 24 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.

Sandy Adams (R-FL), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Connie Mack (R-FL), John Mica (R-FL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Rivera (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Dennis Ross (R-FL), Steve Southerland (R-FL), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Daniel Webster (R-FL), Allen West (R-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL), C. W. Young (R-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-20 district

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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.