To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Jose, California, as the "Corporal Patrick D. Tillman VA Clinic".
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill names the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in San Jose, California for Corporal Patrick D. Tillman. The findings recount Tillman's San Jose upbringing, Leland High School football career, Arizona State University achievements, Arizona Cardinals NFL career, decision after September 11 to join the U.S. Army with his brother Kevin, assignment to the 75th Ranger Regiment, deployments in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, death by fratricide in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004, Silver Star and Purple Heart awards, and posthumous promotion to corporal. The operative section renames the San Jose VA clinic as the Corporal Patrick D. Tillman Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or Pat Tillman VA Clinic and treats every federal law, regulation, map, document, paper, or record reference to the clinic as a reference to the new name.
Who Benefits and How
Veterans using the San Jose VA clinic benefit from a facility name honoring a local Army Ranger and veteran. The Tillman family benefits from federal recognition of Corporal Patrick D. Tillman's service and sacrifice. San Jose veterans organizations benefit from a prominent local commemoration tied to VA health care. VA patients and staff benefit from a clear statutory name for the community-based outpatient clinic.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Veterans Affairs must update clinic signage, records, maps, and administrative references. VA facility administrators in San Jose must implement the new name across local operations. Federal records staff must treat prior references as references to the Corporal Patrick D. Tillman VA Clinic. Federal taxpayers bear ordinary renaming costs such as signage and document updates.
Key Provisions
- Renames the San Jose VA community-based outpatient clinic for Corporal Patrick D. Tillman.
- Provides alternate statutory names: Corporal Patrick D. Tillman Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic and Pat Tillman VA Clinic.
- Requires federal legal, regulatory, map, document, paper, and record references to use the new clinic name.
- Recognizes Tillman's San Jose roots, Army Ranger service, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom deployments, and posthumous honors.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Renames the San Jose, California VA community-based outpatient clinic as the Corporal Patrick D. Tillman Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or Pat Tillman VA Clinic.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans, Commemoration, VA Facilities
Primary Purpose
Renames the San Jose, California VA community-based outpatient clinic as the Corporal Patrick D. Tillman Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or Pat Tillman VA Clinic.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Veterans using the San Jose VA clinic
- Tillman family
- San Jose veterans organizations
- VA patients and staff
Identified Costs
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA facility administrators in San Jose
- Federal records staff
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Panetta (for himself and Mr. Calvert) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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San Jose veterans organizations, Tillman family, Veterans using the San Jose VA clinic
Department of Veterans Affairs, VA facility administrators in San Jose
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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