House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Traverse City, Michigan, as the "Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5228.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENISHEK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 76, May 13, 2016, Page H2386):United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 49 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5228, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5228
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
13 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats, 1 other
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Mike Bishop (R-MI), John Conyers (D-MI), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Sander Levin (D-MI), Candice Miller (R-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), David Trott (R-MI), Fred Upton (R-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Benishek.
- H.R. 2256 (114th) Veterans Information Modernization Act
- H.R. 1769 (114th) Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016
- H.R. 528 (114th) Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act
- H.R. 2464 (114th) Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 2015
- H.Con.Res. 45 (114th) Recognizing the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the establishment of Fort Michilimackinac on the Straits of Mackinac, and its…
- H.R. 3673 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mail paper forms to any individual who filed a…
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.