117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4359 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senator Johnny Isak3 son VA Regional Office Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

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

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

8 to Julia Isakson and Edwin Andrew Isakson. 

9 (2) Johnny Isakson graduated from the Univer10 sity of Georgia in 1966 with a Bachelor’s Degree in 

11 Business Administration. 

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

13 Georgia Air National Guard, serving until 1972 and 

14 attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant. 

15 (4) Johnny Isakson gained success in private 

16 business, serving for 22 years as a real estate execu17 tive and growing his business into one of the largest 

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

19 (5) Johnny Isakson was elected to the Georgia 

20 General Assembly in 1976, serving in the State 

21 House of Representatives until 1990. 

22 (6) Johnny Isakson was elected to the Georgia 

23 State Senate in 1992, serving until 1996. 

24 (7) In 1996, Governor Zell Miller appointed 

25 Johnny Isakson to be Chairman of the Georgia 

26 State Board of Education. 
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1 (8) Johnny Isakson was elected to represent the 

2 6th District of Georgia in the United States House 

3 of Representatives in 1999, and served until 2005. 

4 (9) During his time in the House of Represent5 atives, Johnny Isakson, as a member of the Com6 mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 

7 Representatives, worked to improve American edu8 cation, and was a key advocate for the bipartisan 

9 education reforms that became the No Child Left 

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

11 (10) Johnny Isakson was elected to the United 

12 States Senate in 2004, serving until December 31, 

13 2019. 

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

15 Isakson was an exemplar of courtesy, dignity, and 

16 kindness, beloved and respected by colleagues re17 gardless of party. 

18 (12) Johnny Isakson, during the 111th Con19 gress, demonstrated a bipartisan yearning for peace, 

20 and crossed party lines to support the ratification of 

21 the 2010 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between 

22 the United States and the Russian Federation, also 

23 known as New START. 

24 (13) During the 114th, 115th, and 116th Con25 gresses, Johnny Isakson served as Chairman of the 
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1 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, a po2 sition with which he tirelessly championed reform to 

3 improve the benefits and quality of service for our 

4 nation’s military veterans. 

5 (14) During the 114th, 115th, and 116th Con6 gresses, Johnny Isakson served as Chairman of the 

7 Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate. 

8 (15) The late Congressman John Lewis once 

9 described Johnny Isakson as ‘‘A man who has 

10 strong belief but also willing to work with others to 

11 get things done.’’. 

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

13 passed away, but his legacy of character and good14 will will endure as an example to all who serve, or 

15 will serve, in the United States Senate. 

16 SEC. 3. SENATOR JOHNNY ISAKSON DEPARTMENT OF VET17 ERANS AFFAIRS ATLANTA REGIONAL OFFICE. 

18 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Af19 fairs Atlanta Regional Office in Georgia shall, after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, be known and des21 ignated as the ‘‘Senator Johnny Isakson Department of 

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

23 VA Atlanta Regional Office’’. 

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

25 map, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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1 States to the Regional Office referred to in subsection (a) 

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

3 Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional 

4 Office. 

Passed the Senate July 27, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4359 

AN ACT 

To designate the regional office of the Department 

for other purposes. Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office’’, and the ‘‘Senator Johnny Isakson Department of of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta as