House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Tomah, Wisconsin, as the "Jason Simcakoski Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 30, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6919.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 4, January 9, 2024, Page H13):Article IV, Sec. 3, Cl. 2. The single subject of this legislation is: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin, as the ``Jason Simcakoski Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 223 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6919, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6919
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 9, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
- H.R. 5914 (118th) VETT Act
- H.R. 7323 (118th) Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 2024
- H.R. 6254 (118th) Public Buildings Accountability Act of 2023
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- H.R. 3933 (118th) TAP Promotion Act
- H.R. 7347 (118th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on whether the Secretary will include certain…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.