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S 1165 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Congressional tributes Department of Veterans Affairs Government buildings, facilities, and property Health facilities and institutions Veterans' medical care West Virginia

A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center.

Introduced: May 17, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 7, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 7, 2017
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5078)
Sep 7, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S5078)
Sep 7, 2017
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5078)
Sep 7, 2017
Received in the House.
Sep 7, 2017
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5078)
Sep 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 17, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 17, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) This bill designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the "Hershel `Woody' Williams VA Medical Center."

What's happening now September 7, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3663 Identical bill To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woo…
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 17, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1165: A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1165/
MLA
"S. 1165: A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1165/.
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S. 1165, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1165/.
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[S. 1165: A bill to designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1165/)
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