An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the "Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital", and for other purposes

by
This is a Non Profit Project. We don't collect personal data and we don't use cookies.

Contents

An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes

An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes

Act Details

An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 1975-02-27 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 94 United States Congress by Robert Wilson in relation with: Armed forces and national security, California, Hospitals, Veterans' hospitals.

An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes became law (1) in the United States on 1976-03-25

It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Veterans' Affairs (HSVR)
Senate Veterans' Affairs (SSVA)

Robert Wilson, member of the US congress
Robert Wilson, Republican, Representative from California, district 41

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Alphonzo Bell, Republican, Representative, from California, district 27
Clair Walter Burgener, Republican, Representative, from California, district 43
Donald Holst Clausen, Republican, Representative, from California, district 2
Delwin Morgan Clawson, Republican, Representative, from California, district 33
Barry Morris Goldwater, Republican, Representative, from California
Andrew Jackson Hinshaw, Republican, Representative, from California, district 40
William Matthew Ketchum, Republican, Representative, from California, district 18
Robert John Lagomarsino, Republican, Representative, from California, district 19
Carlos John Moorhead, Republican, Representative, from California, district 27
John Harbin Rousselot, Republican, Representative, from California, district 26
Burt Lacklen Talcott, Republican, Representative, from California, district 16
Charles Edward Wiggins, Republican, Representative, from California, district 39

Act Overview

  • Number: 4034 (3)
  • Official Title as Introduced: A bill to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes (4)
  • Date First Introduced: 1975-02-27
  • Sponsor Name: Charles Edward Wiggins
  • Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
  • Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
  • Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 1976-03-25
  • Type: hr (7)
  • Main Topic: Armed forces and national security
  • Related Bills: (8)

    hr4125-94, Reason: identical, Type: bill
    hr4220-94, Reason: identical, Type: bill
    hr9577-94, Reason: identical, Type: bill

  • Summary of An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
  • Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes

Designates the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda California as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital. Authorizes the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide a memorial at such hospital in memory of the late Jerry L. Pettis.

Act Notes

  • [Note 1] An Act (like An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
  • [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
  • [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes)
  • [Note 4] A bill to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 1975-02-27) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
  • [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
  • [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
  • [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
  • [Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes, go to THOMAS.

Analysis

No analysis (criticism, advocacy, etc.) about An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Loma Linda, Calif as the “Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital”, and for other purposes submitted yet.

Armed forces and national security
California
Hospitals
Veterans' hospitals

Further Reading

  • “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
  • “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
  • “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Related pieces of legislation:

  1. An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration hospital in Madison, Wis as the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans' Hospital, and for other purposes
  2. A joint resolution to recognize the Disabled American Veterans Vietnam Veterans National Memorial as a memorial of national significance
  3. An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide interim extensions of the authority of the Veterans' Administration to operate a regional office in the Republic of the Philippines, to contract for hospital care and outpatient services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and to contract for treatment and rehabilitation services for alcohol and drug dependence and abuse disabilities, and to amend the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983 to extend the period for entering into training under such Act
  4. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6483 Lincoln Street in Gagetown, Michigan, as the "Gagetown Veterans Memorial Post Office"
  5. An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide hospital and medical care to certain members of the armed forces of nations allied or associated with the United States in World War I or World War II
  6. To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12760 South Park Avenue in Riverton, Utah, as the "Mont and Mark Stephensen Veterans Memorial Post Office Building"
  7. To designate the new Interstate Route 70 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting St. Louis, Missouri, and southwestern Illinois as the "Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge"
  8. An Act to authorize appropriations to the Energy Research and Development Administration in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, and for other purposes
  9. An Act to designate the Veterans' Administration center located at 1901 South First Street, Temple, Texas, as the "Olin E. Teague Veterans' Center"; and for other purposes
  10. Joint resolution making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, for the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes
  11. An Act to amend title 38 of the United States Code to promote the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes
  12. An Act to name the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the "James E. Van Zandt Veterans' Administration Medical Center", and to name the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia, the "Carl Vinson Veterans' Administration Medical Center"
  13. To designate the United States post office located at 14071 Peyton Drive in Chino Hills, California, as the "Joseph Ileto Post Office"
  14. Joint resolution making an additional appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes
  15. An Act to amend the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 to extend the duration of authorities under such Act; to provide an incentive for domestic production; to provide for electric utility rate design initiatives; to provide for energy conservation standards for new buildings; to provide for energy conservation assistance for existing buildings and industrial plants; and for other purposes
  16. An Act to amend Public Law 94-187 to increase the authorization for appropriations to the Energy Research and Development Administration in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and section 16 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, and for other purposes
  17. To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, Americans who have been prisoners of war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Memorial, and the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, and for other purposes
  18. To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor center, and for other purposes
  19. An Act to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to clarify the purposes for which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may release the names and/or addresses of present and former members of the Armed Forces and their dependents
  20. Daylight Saving Time Act

Leave a Comment