To rename the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Michigan Center, Michigan, as the "Captain Herbert Elfring VA Clinic".
Summary
What This Bill Does
This commemorative veterans bill renames the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic at 4328 Page Avenue in Michigan Center, Michigan. After enactment, the clinic must be known as the Captain Herbert Elfring Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Captain Herbert Elfring VA Clinic. Any reference in federal law, regulation, maps, documents, papers, or other United States records to that community-based outpatient clinic is treated as a reference to the new Captain Herbert Elfring VA Clinic name. The bill does not change eligibility for care, clinic services, staffing, or VA benefits; its practical effect is naming, signage, and records alignment.
Who Benefits and How
Michigan Center veterans and clinic patients benefit from a locally named VA clinic that honors Captain Herbert Elfring. The Elfring family and veteran community benefit from federal recognition of the captain through the clinic name. VA records users benefit because the bill makes clear that older federal references to the clinic map to the new name.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of Veterans Affairs records staff must update references, signage, maps, documents, and other records. Clinic administrators may need to coordinate signage or public-facing name changes. Federal taxpayers may bear minor administrative costs for name implementation, but the bill does not authorize a new care program or benefit payment.
Key Provisions
- Establishes the official name Captain Herbert Elfring Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic for the Michigan Center outpatient clinic.
- Provides the shorter Captain Herbert Elfring VA Clinic name as an accepted designation.
- Requires federal legal, regulatory, map, document, paper, and record references to point to the renamed clinic.
- Leaves VA care eligibility and clinic services unchanged.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Renames the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Michigan Center, Michigan, as the Captain Herbert Elfring VA Clinic and updates federal references to that clinic name.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans, Government
Primary Purpose
Renames the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Michigan Center, Michigan, as the Captain Herbert Elfring VA Clinic and updates federal references to that clinic name.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Michigan Center veterans
- Clinic patients
- Elfring family
- VA records users
Identified Costs
- Department of Veterans Affairs records staff
- Clinic administrators
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mr. Walberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
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