To name the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic located in Riverhead, New York, as the "Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA Clinic", and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill commemorates Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn by naming the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Riverhead, New York, for him. The findings recount that Langhorn grew up in Riverhead, was drafted into the Army in 1968, served as a radio operator with Troop C, 7th Squadron (Airmobile), 17th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Aviation Brigade in Vietnam, coordinated urgent air support during a January 15, 1969 rescue mission near Plei Djereng, and died after covering a grenade to save wounded comrades. The bill designates the Riverhead VA clinic as the Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA Clinic and provides that any federal law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper referring to the clinic is considered to refer to the new name.
Who Benefits and How
Riverhead veterans benefit from a VA clinic name honoring a local Medal of Honor-level act of battlefield sacrifice. The Langhorn family benefits from formal federal recognition of Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn's service and death in Vietnam. Long Island veterans organizations benefit from a named VA clinic connected to local military history. VA clinic patients benefit from a commemorative facility identity tied to service and sacrifice.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of Veterans Affairs clinic staff must update facility signage, records, and administrative references. VA records offices must treat federal references to the Riverhead clinic as references to the Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA Clinic. Federal document custodians must update maps, documents, and records using the new clinic name. Federal taxpayers may bear minor administrative costs for signage and record updates.
Key Provisions
- Provides findings on Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn's service, Vietnam rescue mission, and sacrifice.
- Designates the Riverhead VA clinic as the Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA Clinic.
- Provides that federal laws, regulations, maps, documents, records, and papers refer to the clinic by the new name.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Names the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Riverhead, New York, as the Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA Clinic and deems federal references to that clinic to use the new name.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans, Memorial Designation, New York
Primary Purpose
Names the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Riverhead, New York, as the Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA Clinic and deems federal references to that clinic to use the new name.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Riverhead veterans
- Langhorn family
- Long Island veterans organizations
- VA clinic patients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Veterans Affairs clinic staff
- VA records offices
- Federal document custodians
- Federal taxpayers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mr. LaLota (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
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