CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Stacey Plaskett (D-VI)

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Sergeant First Class Floyd E. Lake Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic".

H.R. 9871 · House bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Democratic 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 names a specific health facility for our veterans. It designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. The new name for this facility will be the Sergeant First Class Floyd E. Lake Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic. Any official government papers, laws, or records must use this new name.

Yes

  • Scored +2

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

    The bill honors a fallen service member by designating the Saint Thomas VA clinic with his name.

  • Scored +2

    Does this help veterans get medical care?

    The bill honors a veteran by renaming the Saint Thomas VA outpatient clinic after Sergeant First Class Floyd E. Lake.

  • Scored +2

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

    The bill provides official recognition of service through the renaming of a VA medical facility.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.