House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Abie Abraham VA Clinic".
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Kelly R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2016
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2016 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2016 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5317.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 82, May 24, 2016, Page H3094):the United States Constitution Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 52 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5317, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/5317
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
647e955ccab3b96779c51f6e997d6116cf482b0179dfa2f95787d620b92ec276
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
17 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 17 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Michael Fitzpatrick (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), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly.
- H.R. 2505 (114th) Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015
- H.R. 1026 (114th) Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act
- H.R. 641 (114th) Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015
- H.R. 765 (114th) Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act of 2015
- H.R. 1752 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts.
- H.R. 1299 (114th) Child Welfare Provider Inclusion 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.