IIB 
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 community- 
based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as 
the ‘‘Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Richard A. Pittman was born on May 26, 
1945, in French Camp, California. 
(2) Richard A. Pittman enlisted in the Marine 
Corps in 1965 and was later promoted to Lance 
Corporal. 
(3) On July 24, 1966, Lance Corporal Pitt-
man’s unit, First Platoon, Company I, Third Bat-
talion, Fifth Marines, was moving along a trail near 
the Demilitarized Zone in the Republic of Vietnam 
when the Marines ahead of them came under attack. 
(4) Upon hearing the attack, Lance Corporal 
Pittman took a machine gun and several belts of 
ammunition and rushed to aid his comrades. As he 
advanced, Lance Corporal Pittman encountered in-
tense small-arms fire at point-blank range. He was 
able to return fire and silence the enemy combat-
ants. Continuing towards the attacked Marines, 
Lance Corporal Pittman came under heavy fire from 
two automatic weapons, which he was able to de-
stroy. 
(5) When Lance Corporal Pittman learned 
there were additional wounded Marines further 
along the trail, he endured enemy mortar and gun-
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fire to get to them. As he reached them, he faced 
an attack by 30 to 40 enemy fighters. 
(6) Lance Corporal Pittman used a combination 
of machine-gun fire, an enemy submachine gun, a 
pistol from a fallen comrade, and a grenade to cause 
enemy forces to withdraw. Due to his courageous ac-
tions, many of his wounded comrades were saved. 
(7) In recognition of his bravery that day, Rich-
ard A. Pittman, who was then a Sergeant, was 
awarded the Medal of Honor by President Lyndon 
B. Johnson on May 14, 1968. 
(8) Richard A. Pittman retired in 1988 as a 
Master Sergeant, after having served in the Marine 
Corps for more than two decades. 
SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
COMMUNITY-BASED 
OUTPATIENT 
CLINIC, 
FRENCH CAMP, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Af-
fairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, 
California, shall after the date of the enactment of this 
Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Richard A. Pittman 
VA Clinic’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
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deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Richard A. Pittman VA 
Clinic’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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