HR 6963 Passed a chamber

Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Lafayette, Louisiana as the Rodney C. Hamilton Sr. VA Clinic, and makes any federal reference to the clinic under that name.

Official title: To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the "Rodney C. Hamilton Sr. VA Clinic".

Next stop Senate: awaiting action

Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions

House

Introduced 07-JAN-2026

Referred 07-JAN-2026

Passed 15-JUL-2026

Senate

Received 16-JUL-2026

Key points

Renames the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana as the Rodney C. Hamilton Sr. VA Clinic
Directs that any federal law, regulation, map, or record referring to the clinic be read as referring to the new name
Includes findings on Rodney Carroll Hamilton Sr., a Korean War Marine veteran and Purple Heart recipient who led efforts to build the clinic, which opened in 2016

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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (07-JAN-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-JUL-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov

Committee referrals (3)

Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Clay Higgins (R-LA) Cosponsors · 5

■ 3 R■ 2 D

3 Republicans

2 Democrats

congress.gov page Referred in Senate (16-JUL-2026) Engrossed in House (15-JUL-2026) Introduced in House (07-JAN-2026)