H.R. 4328: To rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Angelo, Texas, the "Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell VA Clinic".
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H.R. 4328: To rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Angelo, Texas, the "Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell VA Clinic".
117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-01 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
To rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Angelo, Texas, the "Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell VA Clinic".
Plain summary
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in San Angelo, Texas, as the Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell VA Clinic.
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Official text
To rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Angelo, Texas, the "Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell VA Clinic".
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] · 36 cosponsors
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Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John R. Carter (R-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Roger Williams (R-TX), Troy E. Nehls (R-TX), Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Chip Roy (R-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] reported raising $3.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Department of Veterans Affairs: its federal spending and other bills that name it
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr4328.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr4328 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117