Congress honors Medal of Honor veteran with VA facility naming
H.R. 4647 — Captain Paul W. Bud Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025 · Filed by Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) · Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill renames the VA Medical Center in West Haven, Connecticut, to the 'Captain Paul W. Bud Bucha VA Medical Center' in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Paul W. Bucha, a decorated Vietnam War veteran who received care at that facility and passed away in July 2024. The bill contains extensive biographical findings about Bucha's military service, his advocacy for veterans' mental health, and his final years of care at the West Haven facility.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative function is to rename a federal VA facility after a deceased Medal of Honor recipient. It contains no regulatory, appropriations, or policy changes—purely a commemorative designation.
Who it affects
This is a commemorative naming of a federal facility after a deceased veteran whose life exemplified service and advocacy for veterans' mental health. The naming honors a public servant and may reinforce institutional commitment to the veterans it serves, with no operational or financial burden on citizens.
Named in the bill
Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center West Haven Connecticut, Captain Paul W. Bud Bucha, Medal of Honor, 101st Airborne Division, Yale University Center for Human Brain Discovery
Where it stands
- Jul 23, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 23, 2025 — Referred to House 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 H4476-4477)”
- 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
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $60,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 2 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 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Rosa DeLauro, the sponsor, reported $624,463 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Desert Water Agency — $60,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 12, 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 (5,916 characters) on May 21, 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 12, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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