[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. MOOLENAAR:
       H.R. 8667.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article I, Section 8, clause 14
       rule 11 of the Committee rules, which reads as follows:
       (a) Facility Naming.--No Department of Veterans Affairs 
     (VA) facility or property shall be named after any individual 
     by the Committee unless--
       (1) Such individual is deceased and was--
       (A) A veteran who (i) was instrumental in the construction 
     or the operation of the facility to be named, or (ii) was a 
     recipient of the Medal of Honor or, as determined by the 
     Chair and Ranking Minority Member, otherwise performed 
     military service of an extraordinarily distinguished 
     character;
       (B) A member of the United States House of Representatives 
     or Senate who had a direct association with such facility;
       (C) An Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, a Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs, a Secretary of Defense or of a service 
     branch, or a military or other Federal civilian official of 
     comparable or higher rank; or
       (D) An individual who, as determined by the Chair and 
     Ranking Minority Member, performed outstanding service for 
     veterans.
       (2) Each member of the Congressional delegation 
     representing the State in which the designated facility is 
     located must indicate in writing such member's support of the 
     proposal to name such facility after such individual. 
     Evidence of a member's support in writing must be in the form 
     of a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member proposing to name 
     the particular VA facility in question. It is the policy of 
     the Committee that sponsoring or cosponsoring legislation to 
     name such facility after such individual will not alone 
     satisfy this requirement.
       (3) The pertinent State department or chapter of each 
     Congressionally chartered veterans' organization having a 
     national membership of at least 500,000 must indicate in 
     writing its support of such proposal. Under certain 
     circumstances, the Committee may grant a waiver to accept 
     written support from pertinent chapters or posts of chartered 
     veterans' organizations in lieu of the State department.
       (b) The above criteria for naming a VA facility may be 
     waived by unanimous consent.
       The single subject of this legislation is:
       This legislation would rename the community-based 
     outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
     Cadillac, Michigan, as the ``Duane E. Dewey VA Clinic''.