To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois, as the "Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5597.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 152, September 20, 2023, Page H4439):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution-- Congress has the power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois, as the ``Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 20, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5597, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5597

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  2c279fdfee253e3e8a109c23ed153d86a411a97059ce50bb193a4156a78d741d

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