H.R. 4918 - To Name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Miami, Florida, As the "Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

To Name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Miami, Florida, As the "Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

H.R. 4918 — 110^th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Miami, Florida, as the "Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center". (by CRS)

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Title

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Miami, Florida, as the "Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

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Sponsor

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Co-Sponsors

• Allen Boyd
• Corrine Brown
• Virginia Brown-Waite
• Ander Crenshaw
• Lincoln Diaz-Balart
• Mario Diaz-Balart
• Tom Feeney
• Alcee Hastings
• Ric Keller
• Kendrick Meek
• John Mica
• Jeff Miller
• Adam Putnam
• Clifford Stearns
• David Weldon
• Robert Wexler
• C. W. Young
• Connie Mack
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz
• Kathy Castor
• Vern Buchanan
• Tim Mahoney
• Ron Klein
• Gus Bilirakis

Subjects

• Commemorations
• Armed forces
• Congressional tributes
• Defense policy
• Florida
• History
• Marines
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Military personnel
• Names
• Veterans
• Veterans' hospitals
• Vietnamese Conflict

Related Bills

Major Actions

Introduced	12/19/2007
Referred to Committee
Passed House	6/26/2008
Passed Senate	8/01/2008
Signed by President	8/12/2008

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
currently selected	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 6/24/2008 H5974)	6/26/2008	PASSED by voice vote
select this vote	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.	8/01/2008	PASSED by voice vote

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	12/19/2007
		12/19/2007	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
		6/24/2008	Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
		6/24/2008	Considered under suspension of the rules.
		6/24/2008	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4918.
		6/24/2008	At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Buyer objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
		6/26/2008	Considered as unfinished business.
currently selected	House Vote on Passage	6/26/2008	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 6/24/2008 H5974)
		6/27/2008	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
		8/01/2008	Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	8/01/2008	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
		8/01/2008	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
	Presented to President	8/01/2008	Cleared for White House.
	Presented to President	8/06/2008	Presented to President.
	Signed	8/12/2008	Signed by President.
	Enacted	8/12/2008	Became Public Law No: 110-304.

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