House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To designate the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department of Veterans Affairs Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the "Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1737.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DesJARLAIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 45, March 10, 2021, Page H1326):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1737, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1737
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
078a0b5192574bc4c1b8b8d97df6f471fcd4d0dd8f2998b8e4319ee036c8e414
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 January 3, 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
9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Tim Burchett (R-TN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James Cooper (D-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Mark Green (R-TN), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), David Kustoff (R-TN), John Rose (R-TN), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott DesJarlais.
- H.R. 7359 (117th) Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act
- H.Res. 388 (117th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that President Biden's gun policies are unconstitutional and should never be approved.
- H.R. 6341 (117th) Protecting Horses from Soring Act of 2021
- H.R. 6153 (117th) Common Sense Standards for Visa Applicants Act
- H.R. 8102 (117th) Student Loan Accountability Act
- H.R. 6540 (117th) Respecting the Rights of Organ Donor Recipients Act of 2022
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.