House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-183
To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center.
Became law on Jun 15, 2018.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 22, 2017
- Committee actionMay 24, 2018
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMay 24, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJun 5, 2018
- Became lawJun 15, 2018
Latest action: Jun 15, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-183.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3663.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 138, August 22, 2017, Page H6616):Article 1 section 8 clause 17Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 22, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 29 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3663, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3663
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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.
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Evan Jenkins.
- H.R. 3117 (115th) Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017
- H.R. 2501 (115th) CRIB Act
- H.J.Res. 11 (115th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.
- H.R. 4090 (115th) Fentanyl and Heroin Task Force Act
- H.R. 1976 (115th) Protecting the Second Amendment Act
- H.R. 1854 (115th) Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.