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HR4689Referred to Committee

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".

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-07-23
Introduced
16
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Darin LaHood
Darin LaHood
Republican · IL · Representative
Votes with party: 98.6% (516 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/L000585

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (16)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Bill Foster (D-IL-11)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Mike Bost (R-IL-12)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Mike Quigley (D-IL-5)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2)Original· 2025-07-23
  • Sean Casten (D-IL-6)Original· 2025-07-23

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

2025-12-19

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Veterans' AffairsReferred To · 2025-07-23

Previously

  • Veterans' Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-07-23

Plain-English Summary

This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bloomington, Illinois, as the Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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