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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1434 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 15, 2014 

Referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

AN ACT 

To designate the Junction City Community-Based Outpatient 

Clinic located at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction City, 

Kansas, as the Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz 

Community-Based Outpatient Clinic. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

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1 SECTION 1. LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD J. SEITZ COM2 MUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC. 

3 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

4 (1) Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz served 

5 as the cadet commander of a unit of the Reserve Of6 ficers’ Training Corps at Leavenworth High School 

7 in Leavenworth, Kansas, where he earned the Amer8 ican Legion Cup as an outstanding cadet; 

9 (2) while attending Kansas State University, 

10 Lieutenant General Seitz accepted a commission as 

11 a second lieutenant in the Army and was called into 

12 active duty in 1940; 

13 (3) Lieutenant General Seitz volunteered to be 

14 one of the first paratroopers in the United States; 

15 (4) at age 25, Lieutenant General Seitz as a 

16 major, was given command of the 2nd Battalion of 

17 the 517th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat 

18 Team, becoming the youngest battalion commander 

19 in the Army; 

20 (5) along with the 7th Armored Division, the 

21 battalion commanded by Lieutenant General Seitz 

22 formed what became known as Task Force Seitz at 

23 the Battle of the Bulge with the mission to plug the 

24 gaps on the north slope of the Bulge when the Ger25 mans attempted to break out; 

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1 (6) the service of Lieutenant General Seitz 

2 earned him the Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, the Pur3 ple Heart, and many other acknowledgments during 

4 his 37-year career in the Army; 

5 (7) after victory in Europe, Lieutenant General 

6 Seitz remained in the Army, commanding the 2nd 

7 Airborne Battle Group, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 

8 and the 82nd Airborne Division; 

9 (8) on retiring in 1978, Lieutenant General 

10 Seitz settled in Junction City, Kansas, near Ft. 

11 Riley, where he would greet deploying and returning 

12 units from Iraq and Afghanistan at all times of the 

13 day; 

14 (9) Lieutenant General Seitz remained active in 

15 the wider community, working with the Coronado 

16 Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Fort 

17 Riley National Bank, Rotary International, and the 

18 Association of the United States Army and serving 

19 on the board of the Eisenhower Presidential Library 

20 and Museum; 

21 (10) Lieutenant General Seitz had a passion for 

22 mentoring young officers and noncommissioned offi23 cers at Fort Riley, never ceasing to be a soldier, ac24 cording to his son, Richard M. Seitz; 

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1 (11) Lieutenant General Seitz was named an 

2 Outstanding Citizen of Kansas; 

3 (12) in 2012 an elementary school at Fort Riley 

4 was named in honor of Lieutenant General Seitz, 

5 which is meaningful because he believed the fate of 

6 the United States relied on young children and the 

7 teachers who inspire them; 

8 (13) during visits to the elementary school, 

9 Lieutenant General Seitz would talk with the stu10 dents about what it meant to be a ‘‘proud and great 

11 American’’ and his message was always to ‘‘respect 

12 the teachers and be a learner’’; 

13 (14) the family and friends of Lieutenant Gen14 eral Seitz have described him as a gentleman, com15 passionate, respected, full of integrity, gracious, giv16 ing, and a remarkable individual; and 

17 (15) Lieutenant General Seitz lived each day to 

18 its fullest and his commitment to his fellow man 

19 serves as an inspiration to all the people of the 

20 United States. 

21 (b) DESIGNATION.—The Junction City Community22 Based Outpatient Clinic located at 715 Southwind Drive, 

23 Junction City, Kansas, shall be known and designated as 

24 the ‘‘Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community25 Based Outpatient Clinic’’. 

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1 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, map, 

2 regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

3 States to the Junction City Community-Based Outpatient 

4 Clinic referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be 

5 a reference to the ‘‘Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz 

6 Community-Based Outpatient Clinic’’. 

Passed the Senate January 14, 2014. 

Attest: NANCY ERICKSON, 

Secretary. 

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