House bill · 114th Congress · Public Law 114-103
To designate the arboretum at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, as the "Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum".
Became law on Dec 18, 2015.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2015
- Committee actionDec 8, 2015
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2015 · without objection
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2015 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2015
- Became lawDec 18, 2015
Latest action: Dec 18, 2015 — Became Public Law No: 114-103.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2693.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRAT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 91, June 9, 2015, Page H4002):Article I, Section 8, Clause 12 (related to the power of Congress to raise and support armies) and Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 (related to the power of Congress to exercise exclusive legislation over needful buildings).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 223 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2693, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2693
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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 December 5, 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
11 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Donald Beyer (D-VA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Robert Hurt (R-VA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), E. Rigell (R-VA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dave Brat.
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- H.R. 4791 (114th) USCIS Act
- H.R. 4300 (114th) Arm All Pilots Act of 2015
- H.Res. 707 (114th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Committee on Appropriations to maintain proposed and historical budget…
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.