House bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-130
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense joint outpatient clinic to be constructed in Marina, California, as the "Major General William H. Gourley VA-DOD Outpatient Clinic".
Became law on Jul 25, 2014.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 15, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2013 · 388–0
- 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: 113-130.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 272.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H172):Art. I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 17 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 272, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 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.
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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
81 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 62 Democrats
19 of 81 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Karen Bass (D-CA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Judy Chu (D-CA), K. Conaway (R-TX), Paul Cook (R-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), William Enyart (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Janice Hahn (D-CA), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA) and 51 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr.
- H.R. 710 (113th) Truth in Trials Act
- H.R. 1776 (113th) Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act
- H.R. 5545 (113th) To reauthorize the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009.
- H.R. 5541 (113th) Exercise and Fitness For All Act
- H.Res. 324 (113th) Expressing support for designation of the week of September 22, 2013, through September 28, 2013, as "National Marine Technology Week" to…
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.