House bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-238
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the "Sy Kaplan VA Clinic".
Became law on Dec 20, 2022.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 31, 2022
- Committee actionDec 6, 2022
- Passed HouseNov 14, 2022 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2022 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 16, 2022
- Became lawDec 20, 2022
Latest action: Dec 20, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-238.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7925.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 94, May 31, 2022, Page H5228):Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 31, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 184 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7925, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7925
- 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
52 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 41 Democrats
11 of 52 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Connie Conway (R-CA), J. Correa (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Raul Ruiz.
- H.R. 897 (117th) Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act
- H.R. 9074 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 333 North Sunrise Way in Palm Springs, California, as the…
- H.R. 7988 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 79125 Corporate Centre Drive in La Quinta, California, as the…
- H.R. 2433 (117th) Burn Pit Registry Enhancement Act
- H.R. 1205 (117th) Improving Mental Health Access from the Emergency Department Act of 2021
- H.Res. 1103 (117th) Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
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.