House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Lubbock, Texas, as the "General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic".
Sponsor: Rep. Jodey Arrington R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 255.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARRINGTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H92):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 255, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 2026). 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
30 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 30 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Christian Menefee (D-TX), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Troy Nehls (R-TX), August Pfluger (R-TX), Chip Roy (R-TX), Keith Self (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jodey Arrington.
- H.R. 1 (119th) An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
- H.Con.Res. 113 (119th) Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary…
- H.Con.Res. 14 (119th) Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary…
- H.Res. 492 (119th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the engrossment of H.R. 1.
- H.R. 842 (119th) Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- H.R. 8781 (119th) Title IX Clarification Act of 2026
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.