House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-89
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Gaylord, Michigan, as the "Navy Corpsman Steve Andrews Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic".
Became law on Feb 23, 2022.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2021
- Committee actionFeb 3, 2022
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2021 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateFeb 3, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentFeb 15, 2022
- Became lawFeb 23, 2022
Latest action: Feb 23, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-89.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1281.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 35, February 24, 2021, Page H617):Article One, Section Eight of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 60 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1281, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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
13 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 13 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Andy Levin (D-MI), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Peter Meijer (R-MI), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Haley Stevens (D-MI), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Fred Upton (R-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jack Bergman.
- H.R. 4626 (117th) VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act
- H.R. 4625 (117th) VA Caregiver Transparency Act
- H.R. 6970 (117th) FIND Act
- H.R. 4624 (117th) Guaranteeing Healthcare Access to Personnel Who Served Act
- H.R. 504 (117th) To direct the Secretary of State to establish a unit within the Office of the Inspector General to audit United States contributions to…
- H.R. 5553 (117th) To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from providing or paying for surgical treatment related to gender transition.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.