H.R. 4647 · 119th Congress · Armed forces and national security
Captain Paul W. Bud Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jul 15, 2026
Passed by voice vote.
Passed the House on July 15, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 458
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- CommitteeJul 23, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 15, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- None
- House committee
- Veterans' Affairs
- Lobbying
- None read
- No filing read so far names H.R. 4647
What it does
This bill renames the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in West Haven, Connecticut, as the Captain Paul W.
This bill renames the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in West Haven, Connecticut, as the Captain Paul W. Bud Bucha VA Medical Center. Any reference to that center in federal law, regulations, maps, or records is treated as a reference to the new name. The center is named for Paul W. Bucha, a Medal of Honor recipient who received care there. The bill makes no change to the center's operations, funding, or services.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
No organization named this measure in a lobbying filing we could read with confidence. That is not a finding that nobody lobbied it. The disclosure form takes a free text description of the issue, and a reference that could not be pinned to exactly one measure is refused rather than guessed.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.