House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Vallejo, California, as the "Delphine Metcalf-Foster VA Clinic".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 251.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARAMENDI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H152):Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 251, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 May 27, 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 — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Garamendi.
- H.R. 7770 (118th) Rosie the Riveter Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 1273 (118th) Peace Corps Reauthorization Act of 2023
- H.R. 1293 (118th) Cabin Air Safety Act of 2023
- H.R. 6081 (118th) To amend the short title of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act to be the Dianne Feinstein Lake Tahoe Restoration Act.
- H.R. 716 (118th) Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023
- H.R. 7771 (118th) National Rosie the Riveter Day Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.