To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the
Bill: H.R.7925 | Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul (D-CA)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This act designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Palm Desert, California, as the Sy Kaplan VA Clinic.

[117th Congress Public Law 238]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 117-238
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
    To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Sy Kaplan 
          VA Clinic''. <<NOTE: Dec. 20, 2022 -  [H.R. 7925]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Seymour ``Sy'' Kaplan was born on February 28, 1924.
            (2) Sergeant Kaplan served in the United States Army from 
        1942 to 1945 as a combat engineer.
            (3) Sergeant Kaplan served in the 2d, 4th, and 14th Armored 
        Divisions, seeing service in North Africa, Italy, and France.
            (4) Sergeant Kaplan rose to the rank of Technical Sergeant 
        and earned 3 Battle Stars and 2 Purple Hearts.
            (5) Sergeant Kaplan served under General George Patton at 
        the Battle of the Bulge and received 2 Purple Hearts for his 
        service.
            (6) In April 1945, Sergeant Kaplan was grievously wounded in 
        an enemy mortar attack in Czechoslovakia and returned to the 
        United States a wounded warrior.
            (7) Sergeant Kaplan served as Commander of the Disabled 
        American Veterans, Chapter 78 (Coachella Valley) for many years.
            (8) Sergeant Kaplan was instrumental in the opening of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Palm Desert.
            (9) Sergeant Kaplan personally provided countless local 
        veterans with advice and assistance in obtaining their earned 
        Department of Veterans Affairs benefits.
            (10) Sergeant Kaplan received the Senior Inspiration Award 
        from Riverside County Supervisor Roy Wilson in 2001.
            (11) Wilson also appointed Sergeant Kaplan the first chair 
        of the Desert Palms Community Council.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY-
                    BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC LOCATED IN PALM 
                    DESERT, CALIFORNIA.

    (a) Designation.--The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, shall after the 
date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the ``Sy 
Kaplan VA Clinic''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility

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referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
``Sy Kaplan VA Clinic''.

    Approved December 20, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 7925:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
            Nov. 14, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 6, considered and passed Senate.

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