I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6963 
To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Rodney C. Hamilton 
Sr. VA Clinic’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2026 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. SCA-
LISE, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. FIELDS, and Mr. CARTER of Louisiana) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, Louisiana, 
as the ‘‘Rodney C. Hamilton Sr. VA Clinic’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF RODNEY C. HAMILTON SR. VA 
CLINIC IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) Rodney Carroll Hamilton Sr. was born in 
Fort Worth, Texas, on March 24, 1932, and his 
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family moved to Lafayette, Louisiana, in the sum-
mer of 1948; 
(2) in 1949, at age seventeen, Rodney Hamilton 
joined the reserve components of the Marine Corps 
at the urging of his football coach Lou Campbell 
while attending Lafayette High School; 
(3) Rodney Hamilton served the United States 
during the Korean War, was wounded in combat in 
September 1951, and was awarded the Purple 
Heart; 
(4) Rodney Hamilton loved the Marine Corps 
and was proud of all Marines who served the United 
States; 
(5) Rodney Hamilton was a member of the Ma-
rine Corps League, the Military Order of the Purple 
Heart, and the Veteran’s Action Coalition of South-
west Louisiana, where he served as Founder and 
Chairman Emeritus; 
(6) Rodney Hamilton served as a full-time 
elected official in the Lafayette City Government 
from 1968 through 1972 as a Trustee of Public 
Property; 
(7) Rodney Hamilton made numerous contribu-
tions to help make Lafayette a better place, includ-
ing leading efforts to secure and build the commu-
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nity-based outpatient clinic of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, which opened in 
2016; 
(8) due to the dedication of Rodney Hamilton 
in realizing the community-based outpatient clinic in 
Lafayette, the street on which the clinic is located 
was named in his honor and now bears signs saying, 
‘‘Veterans Way, Honorary Rodney Hamilton’’; and 
(9) Rodney Hamilton passed away at the age of 
88 on November 30, 2020. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The community-based outpatient 
clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lafayette, 
Louisiana, shall after the date of the enactment of this 
Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Rodney C. Hamilton 
Sr. VA Clinic’’. 
(c) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the clinic referred to in subsection (b) shall be 
considered to be a reference to the Rodney C. Hamilton 
Sr. VA Clinic. 
Æ 
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