VA clinic in Virgin Islands renamed to honor fallen service member
H.R. 9871 — To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Sergeant First Class Floyd E. Lake Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic". · Filed by Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill renames a Veterans Affairs community health clinic in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, after Sergeant First Class Floyd E. Lake. The clinic will be officially known as the 'Sergeant First Class Floyd E. Lake Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic,' and all federal references to it will use the new name.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to rename an existing VA facility after a deceased military service member. It contains no operational, budgetary, or policy changes—purely a naming designation.
Who it affects
The bill is a routine commemorative naming that honors a military service member without restricting veteran access, reducing services, or imposing costs. Veterans and the public are unaffected operationally; the naming itself is a modest public recognition of service.
Named in the bill
Department of Veterans Affairs, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, Sergeant First Class Floyd E. Lake
Where it stands
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,539 characters) on Oct 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,388 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-21.
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