House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-179
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in The Dalles, Oregon, as the "Loren R. Kaufman VA Clinic".
Became law on Jun 22, 2016.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 13, 2015
- Committee actionJun 10, 2016
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJun 10, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJun 14, 2016
- Became lawJun 22, 2016
Latest action: Jun 22, 2016 — Became Public Law No: 114-179.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1762.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 52, April 13, 2015, Page H2154):Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 (relating to the power of Congress to raise and support an army)Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1762, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1762
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 April 7, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
4 of 4 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Kurt Schrader (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden.
- H.R. 4549 (114th) Treating Small Airports with Fairness Act of 2016
- H.R. 2583 (114th) Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2015
- H.R. 3826 (114th) Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act
- H.R. 4596 (114th) Small Business Broadband Deployment Act
- H.R. 1342 (114th) Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 745 (114th) Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act of 2015
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.