CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Tim Walberg (R-MI)

To rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Michigan Center, Michigan, as the "Captain Herbert Elfring VA Clinic".

H.R. 6482 · House bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with no cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Michigan Center, Michigan. The clinic is currently located at 4328 Page Avenue. Under this act, the facility would be known as the "Captain Herbert Elfring Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic" or the "Captain Herbert Elfring VA Clinic." Any existing legal references, maps, or documents referring to the clinic would be updated to reflect this new name.

Yes

  • Scored +1

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill honors a specific veteran by designating a VA clinic in his name.

  • Scored +1

    Does this help veterans get medical care?

    The bill honors a veteran by renaming a VA outpatient clinic in his memory.

  • Scored +1

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    The bill provides a symbolic tribute to a veteran through the renaming of a VA facility.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.