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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2771 

To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of 

Veterans Affairs in San Angelo, Texas, as the ‘‘Colonel Charles and 

JoAnne Powell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 

Mr. CORNYN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs in San Angelo, Texas, 

as the ‘‘Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell Department 

of Veterans Affairs Clinic’’. 

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

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Colonel Charles Powell and his wife, Mrs. 

6 JoAnne Powell, served the community of San An7 gelo, Texas, with character and dignity. 


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1 (2) Colonel Powell served as the base com2 mander of Goodfellow Air Force Base from 1980 to 

3 1984. 

4 (3) When the Powells moved to San Angelo, 

5 Charles was ordered to help Goodfellow avoid closure 

6 and the displacement of many members of the 

7 Armed Forces from the community they had grown 

8 to love. 

9 (4) The impact of Charles’ career can still be 

10 felt today at Goodfellow Air Force Base, as it serves 

11 as a training school for thousands of members from 

12 every Armed Force to train in cryptology, intel13 ligence, and firefighting. 

14 (5) JoAnne assisted thousands of constituents 

15 in the district offices of Representatives Tom Loef16 fler, Lamar Smith, K. Michael Conaway, and Au17 gust Pfluger. 

18 (6) One of the several duties JoAnne spear19 headed was the annual process of nominations to the 

20 military service academies, which was always a year21 round process for her. 

22 (7) With JoAnne’s assistance, many of the 

23 young men and women of the 11th congressional 

24 district of Texas went on to serve the United States 

25 and attend one of the military service academies. 


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1 (8) In addition, JoAnne was a fierce advocate 

2 of veterans and helped thousands of individuals gain 

3 access to the veterans benefits they rightfully 

4 earned. 

5 (9) JoAnne’s compassion and dedication helped 

6 make the Concho Valley a better place. 

7 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT 

8 CLINIC OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF9 FAIRS IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS. 

10 (a) DESIGNATION.—The community-based outpatient 

11 clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in San An12 gelo, Texas, shall after the date of the enactment of this 

13 Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Colonel Charles and 

14 JoAnne Powell Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic’’ or 

15 the ‘‘Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell VA Clinic’’. 

16 (b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regula17 tion, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 

18 States to the community-based outpatient clinic referred 

19 to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference 

20 to the Colonel Charles and JoAnne Powell Department of 

21 Veterans Affairs Clinic. 

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