House bill · 118th Congress · Public Law 118-61
To rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic".
Became law on May 13, 2024.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2023
- Committee actionMay 2, 2024
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2023 · 409–0
- Passed SenateMay 2, 2024 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMay 10, 2024
- Became lawMay 13, 2024
Latest action: May 13, 2024 — Became Public Law No: 118-61.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 593.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 18, January 27, 2023, Page H490):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 593, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/593
- 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
13 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Marjorie Greene (R-GA), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Austin Scott (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Earl Carter.
- H.R. 6960 (118th) Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024
- H.R. 1343 (118th) ITS Codification Act
- H.R. 2880 (118th) Protecting Patients Against PBM Abuses Act
- H.R. 5074 (118th) Kidney PATIENT Act of 2023
- H.R. 7623 (118th) Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024
- H.R. 7650 (118th) Air Quality Standards Implementation Act of 2024
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.