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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4359 

To designate the regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 

metropolitan Atlanta as the ‘‘Senator Johnny Isakson Department of 

Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office’’, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 8 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 2022 

Mr. OSSOFF (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. TESTER, Mr. 

MORAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. MCCONNELL, and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To designate the regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta as the ‘‘Senator 

Johnny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta 

Regional Office’’, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senator Johnny Isak5 son VA Regional Office Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) John Hardy Isakson, known as ‘‘Johnny’’, 

2 was born December 28, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia, 

3 to Julia Isakson and Edwin Andrew Isakson. 

4 (2) Johnny Isakson graduated from the Univer5 sity of Georgia in 1966 with a Bachelor’s Degree in 

6 Business Administration. 

7 (3) In 1966, Johnny Isakson enlisted in the 

8 Georgia Air National Guard, serving until 1972 and 

9 attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. 

10 (4) Johnny Isakson gained success in private 

11 business, serving for 22 years as a real estate execu12 tive and growing his business into one of the largest 

13 of its kind in both Georgia and in the United States. 

14 (5) Johnny Isakson was elected to the Georgia 

15 General Assembly in 1976, serving in the State 

16 House of Representatives until 1990. 

17 (6) Johnny Isakson was elected to the Georgia 

18 State Senate in 1992, serving until 1996. 

19 (7) In 1996, Governor Zell Miller appointed 

20 Johnny Isakson to be Chairman of the Georgia 

21 State Board of Education. 

22 (8) Johnny Isakson was elected to represent the 

23 6th District of Georgia in the United States House 

24 of Representatives in 1999, and served until 2005. 


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1 (9) During his time in the House of Represent2 atives, Johnny Isakson, as a member of the Com3 mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 

4 Representatives, worked to improve American edu5 cation, and was a key advocate for the bipartisan 

6 education reforms that became the No Child Left 

7 Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–110). 

8 (10) Johnny Isakson was elected to the United 

9 States Senate in 2004, serving until December 31, 

10 2019. 

11 (11) During his time in the Senate, Johnny 

12 Isakson was an exemplar of courtesy, dignity, and 

13 kindness, beloved and respected by colleagues re14 gardless of party. 

15 (12) Johnny Isakson, during the 111th Con16 gress, demonstrated a bipartisan yearning for peace, 

17 and crossed party lines to support the ratification of 

18 the 2010 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between 

19 the United States and the Russian Federation, also 

20 known as New START. 

21 (13) During the 114th, 115th, and 116th Con22 gresses, Johnny Isakson served as Chairman of the 

23 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, a po24 sition with which he tirelessly championed reform to 


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1 improve the benefits and quality of service for our 

2 nation’s military veterans. 

3 (14) During the 114th, 115th, and 116th Con4 gresses, Johnny Isakson served as Chairman of the 

5 Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate. 

6 (15) The late Congressman John Lewis once 

7 described Johnny Isakson as ‘‘A man who has 

8 strong belief but also willing to work with others to 

9 get things done.’’. 

10 (16) On December 19, 2021, Johnny Isakson 

11 passed away, but his legacy of character and good12 will will endure as an example to all who serve, or 

13 will serve, in the United States Senate. 

14 SEC. 3. SENATOR JOHNNY ISAKSON DEPARTMENT OF VET15 ERANS AFFAIRS ATLANTA REGIONAL OFFICE. 

16 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Af17 fairs Atlanta Regional Office in Georgia shall, after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, be known and des19 ignated as the ‘‘Senator Johnny Isakson Department of 

20 Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office’’ or the ‘‘Isakson 

21 VA Atlanta Regional Office’’. 

22 (b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in a law, regulation, 

23 map, document, paper, or other record of the United 

24 States to the Regional Office referred to in subsection (a) 

25 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Senator Johnny 


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1 Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional 

2 Office. 

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