CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

John Cornyn (R-TX)

A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lubbock, Texas, as the "Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic".

S. 5334 · Senate bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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 change the name of a specific medical facility. It targets the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Lubbock, Texas. Under this act, the clinic would be known as the "Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic" or the "Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic." The bill also ensures that all official records, such as maps and regulations, reflect this new name.

Yes

  • Scored +1

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

    The designation honors a specific individual's service to the veteran community.

  • Scored +1

    Does this help veterans get medical care?

    The bill honors a veteran by renaming a healthcare facility, though it does not directly increase services.

  • Scored +1

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

    Naming a facility after a Lieutenant General provides symbolic recognition for veterans.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.