Congress honors fallen Ranger with VA clinic naming
H.R. 4288 — To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Jose, California, as the "Corporal Patrick D. Tillman VA Clinic". · Filed by Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) · 52 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 2, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill renames a Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Jose, California, after Corporal Patrick D. Tillman, an NFL player who left professional football after 9/11 to serve as an Army Ranger and was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004. The clinic will henceforth be called the 'Corporal Patrick D. Tillman VA Clinic' or 'Pat Tillman VA Clinic,' and all federal references to the facility will be updated accordingly.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename an existing VA clinic after a deceased veteran. It contains no regulatory, appropriations, or policy mechanisms—only a designation and administrative reference update.
Who it affects
This is a commemorative naming of a VA facility after a deceased service member and national hero. It honors military sacrifice and may provide modest symbolic recognition to veterans using the clinic, with no negative impact on citizens or public resources.
Named in the bill
Department of Veterans Affairs, San Jose, California, Patrick D. Tillman, U.S. Army, 75th Ranger Regiment, Arizona Cardinals, Arizona State University
Where it stands
52 cosponsors: 42 Democrats, 9 Republicans, 1 Independents.
- Jul 2, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 2, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
- Jul 15, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4478)”
- Jul 15, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 4 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $1,125,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 4 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Jimmy Panetta, the sponsor, reported $1,676,556 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American Sugar Alliance — $980,000 on 2 filings
- National Potato Council — $145,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (3,154 characters) on Apr 14, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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