House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-138
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center in Prescott, Arizona, as the "Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center".
Became law on Jul 25, 2014.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2013
- Committee actionJul 9, 2014
- Passed HouseJun 17, 2014 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 9, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 15, 2014
- Became lawJul 25, 2014
Latest action: Jul 25, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-138.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1216.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H1548-H1549):Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 17, which provides that Congress has the power and authority to: ``exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings. (Emphasis added). Thus, the Constitution's Places Clause confers the express and exclusive constitutional authority to Congress to manage Federal…Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 1,448 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1216, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1216
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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.
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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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Ron Barber (D-AZ), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Gosar.
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- H.R. 4924 (113th) Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014
- H.R. 5026 (113th) Fish Hatchery Protection Act
- H.R. 687 (113th) Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013
- H.Res. 35 (113th) Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States and calling for his immediate resignation.
- H.R. 596 (113th) Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.