House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 3900 Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".
Sponsor: Rep. Chaka Fattah D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 454.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FATTAH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H343):The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 261 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 454, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/454
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
24e78513f4bfd6d09a5e03b9228b9b4a4ee2c8311924ec499044e864fef021af
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 noteFor further action, see S.229, which became Public Law 113-230 on 12/16/2014.Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 454, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/454
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
24e78513f4bfd6d09a5e03b9228b9b4a4ee2c8311924ec499044e864fef021af
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 3, 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
17 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 4 Democrats
13 of 17 cosponsors (76%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Tom Marino (R-PA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chaka Fattah.
- H.R. 4838 (113th) To redesignate the railroad station located at 2955 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "30th Street Station"…
- H.Res. 668 (113th) Supporting the goals and ideals of the Community Development Block Grant program.
- H.R. 1340 (113th) Urban Jobs Act of 2013
- H.R. 3580 (113th) America's FOCUS Act of 2013
- H.Res. 666 (113th) Supporting the goals and ideals of the Community Development Block Grant program.
- H.R. 4472 (113th) US-Israel Global Neuroscience Partnership Act of 2014
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.