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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6722 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2022 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

AN ACT 

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs communitybased outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as 

the ‘‘Richard A. Pittman VA 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. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Richard A. Pittman was born on May 26, 

4 1945, in French Camp, California. 

5 (2) Richard A. Pittman enlisted in the Marine 

6 Corps in 1965 and was later promoted to Lance 

7 Corporal. 

8 (3) On July 24, 1966, Lance Corporal Pitt9 man’s unit, First Platoon, Company I, Third Bat10 talion, Fifth Marines, was moving along a trail near 

11 the Demilitarized Zone in the Republic of Vietnam 

12 when the Marines ahead of them came under attack. 

13 (4) Upon hearing the attack, Lance Corporal 

14 Pittman took a machine gun and several belts of 

15 ammunition and rushed to aid his comrades. As he 

16 advanced, Lance Corporal Pittman encountered in17 tense small-arms fire at point-blank range. He was 

18 able to return fire and silence the enemy combat19 ants. Continuing towards the attacked Marines, 

20 Lance Corporal Pittman came under heavy fire from 

21 two automatic weapons, which he was able to de22 stroy. 

23 (5) When Lance Corporal Pittman learned 

24 there were additional wounded Marines further 

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1 fire to get to them. As he reached them, he faced 

2 an attack by 30 to 40 enemy fighters. 

3 (6) Lance Corporal Pittman used a combination 

4 of machine-gun fire, an enemy submachine gun, a 

5 pistol from a fallen comrade, and a grenade to cause 

6 enemy forces to withdraw. Due to his courageous ac7 tions, many of his wounded comrades were saved. 

8 (7) In recognition of his bravery that day, Rich9 ard A. Pittman, who was then a Sergeant, was 

10 awarded the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon 

11 B. Johnson on May 14, 1968. 

12 (8) Richard A. Pittman retired in 1988 as a 

13 Master Sergeant, after having served in the Marine 

14 Corps for more than two decades. 

15 SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

16 COMMUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC, 

17 FRENCH CAMP, CALIFORNIA. 

18 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Af19 fairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, 

20 California, shall after the date of the enactment of this 

21 Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Richard A. Pittman 

22 VA Clinic’’. 

23 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg24 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

25 States to the clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be 


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1 deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Richard A. Pittman VA 

2 Clinic’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 

2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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