# 118-s-3285: A bill to rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the "Charlie Dowd VA Clinic".

118-s-3285, A bill to rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the "Charlie Dowd VA Clinic"., is a 118th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT); status became_law (as of 2026-01-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 118-s-3285
- Congress: 118
- Title: A bill to rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Butte, Montana, as the "Charlie Dowd VA Clinic".
- Status: became_law
- Introduced: 2023-11-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-01-04

## Summary

**Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Butte, Montana as the Charlie Dowd VA Clinic.** Federal references to that clinic in laws, regulations, maps, documents, or other records will be read as references to the Charlie Dowd VA Clinic, and the change is strictly nominal and does not alter funding, eligibility, benefits, services, personnel, or operational authorities.

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## Sources
- [118-s-3285 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3285)

## Related
- [118-s-133: NAPA Reauthorization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-s-133)
- [118-s-2781: Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-s-2781)
- [118-s-5631: Ownership Clarity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-s-5631)
- [118-sjres-122: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of t…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-sjres-122)
- [118-s-5545: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements to l…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-s-5545)
- [118-s-5513: Interstate Transport Act of 2024](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-s-5513)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/118-s-3285 (as of 2026-01-04).