H.R. 402: To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".
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H.R. 402: To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".
111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-09 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 536 (2009): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR402 (2009-07-14), Passed. See all
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic."
Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "William C. Tallent Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic".
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] · 8 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Agencies named in this bill
- Department of Veterans Affairs: its federal spending and other bills that name it
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 536 (2009): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR402 (2009-07-14): Passed
Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr402.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr402 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111