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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5788 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2014 

Mr. HUELSKAMP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD J. SEITZ COM4 MUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

6 (1) Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz served 

7 as the cadet commander of a unit of the Reserve Of8 ficers’ Training Corps at Leavenworth High School 


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1 in Leavenworth, Kansas, where he earned the Amer2 ican Legion Cup as an outstanding cadet; 

3 (2) while attending Kansas State University, 

4 Lieutenant General Seitz accepted a commission as 

5 a second lieutenant in the Army and was called into 

6 active duty in 1940; 

7 (3) Lieutenant General Seitz volunteered to be 

8 one of the first paratroopers in the United States; 

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

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

11 the 517th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat 

12 Team, becoming the youngest battalion commander 

13 in the Army; 

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

15 battalion commanded by Lieutenant General Seitz 

16 formed what became known as Task Force Seitz at 

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

18 gaps on the north slope of the Bulge when the Ger19 mans attempted to break out; 

20 (6) the service of Lieutenant General Seitz 

21 earned him the Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, the Pur22 ple Heart, and many other acknowledgments during 

23 his 37-year career in the Army; 

24 (7) after victory in Europe, Lieutenant General 

25 Seitz remained in the Army, commanding the 2nd 


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1 Airborne Battle Group, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 

2 and the 82nd Airborne Division; 

3 (8) on retiring in 1978, Lieutenant General 

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

5 Riley, where he would greet deploying and returning 

6 units from Iraq and Afghanistan at all times of the 

7 day; 

8 (9) Lieutenant General Seitz remained active in 

9 the wider community, working with the Coronado 

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

11 Riley National Bank, Rotary International, and the 

12 Association of the United States Army and serving 

13 on the board of the Eisenhower Presidential Library 

14 and Museum; 

15 (10) Lieutenant General Seitz had a passion for 

16 mentoring young officers and noncommissioned offi17 cers at Fort Riley, never ceasing to be a soldier, ac18 cording to his son, Richard M. Seitz; 

19 (11) Lieutenant General Seitz was named an 

20 Outstanding Citizen of Kansas; 

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

22 was named in honor of Lieutenant General Seitz, 

23 which is meaningful because he believed the fate of 

24 the United States relied on young children and the 

25 teachers who inspire them; 


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1 (13) during visits to the elementary school, 

2 Lieutenant General Seitz would talk with the stu3 dents about what it meant to be a ‘‘proud and great 

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

5 the teachers and be a learner’’; 

6 (14) the family and friends of Lieutenant Gen7 eral Seitz have described him as a gentleman, com8 passionate, respected, full of integrity, gracious, giv9 ing, and a remarkable individual; and 

10 (15) Lieutenant General Seitz lived each day to 

11 its fullest and his commitment to his fellow man 

12 serves as an inspiration to all the people of the 

13 United States. 

14 (b) DESIGNATION.—The Junction City Community15 Based Outpatient Clinic located at 715 Southwind Drive, 

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

17 the ‘‘Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community18 Based Outpatient Clinic’’. 

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

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

21 States to the Junction City Community-Based Outpatient 

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

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

24 Community-Based Outpatient Clinic’’. 

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