The record
Legislation· Jul 2026
HR 6963 Passed House — in Senate
Sponsored by Clay Higgins (R)
To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the "Rodney C. Hamilton Sr. VA Clinic".
Names the Lafayette, Louisiana VA clinic after Rodney C. Hamilton Sr., a decorated Korean War Marine.
Tradeoff
This is a naming designation with no fiscal impact or policy tradeoff.
What's in it
Passed the House by on July 15, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(Jan 7, 2026)
House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Jan 7, 2026)
House
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Jul 15, 2026)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Received from the House
on Veterans' Affairs(Jul 16, 2026)
- Mike Johnson (R-LA)
- Steve Scalise (R-LA)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA)
- Cleo Fields (D-LA)
- Troy A. Carter (D-LA)