# 119-hr-255: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Lubbock, Texas, as the "General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic".

119-hr-255, To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Lubbock, Texas, as the "General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic"., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX); status in_committee (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-255
- Congress: 119
- Title: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Lubbock, Texas, as the "General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic".
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 30
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Renames the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Lubbock, Texas** as the General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic. The bill would require that any federal law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper referring to the Lubbock clinic use the new name, and the designation would take effect on enactment.

## Cosponsors (30)

- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2025-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX), 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] (R-TX), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX), 2025-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2025-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] (R-TX), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] (R-TX), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33] (D-TX), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] (R-TX), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27] (R-TX), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] (R-TX), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-TX-12] (R-TX), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Menefee, Christian D. [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [119-hr-255 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/255)

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