To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan, as the "Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic".

Bill: 117-hr-7903
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2022-05-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes

Health facilities and institutions

Michigan

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Became Public Law No: 117-237.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Canton, Michigan, as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Outpatient Clinic.</p>

action_date: 2022-11-14
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Canton, Michigan, as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic.</p>

action_date: 2022-12-06
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Canton, Michigan, as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic.</p>

action_date: 2022-12-20
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>This act designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Canton, Michigan, as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7903 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 27, 2022 Ms. Stevens (for herself, Mr. Bergman , Mr. Huizenga , Mr. Meijer , Mr. Moolenaar , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Upton , Mr. Walberg , Ms. Slotkin , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Mrs. McClain , Mrs. Dingell , Ms. Tlaib , and Mrs. Lawrence ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Canton, Michigan, as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Outpatient Clinic .

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Oliver W. Dillard was born on September 28, 1926, in Margaret, Alabama. (2) In 1945, following basic training he was drafted and was assigned to the 349th Field Artillery Group in Germany as part of the World War II army of occupation. He was selected to serve as company clerk and began to work his way through the ranks, attaining Technical Sergeant. (3) Dillard successfully completed the Officer Candidate School (OCS) selection process and was approved for attendance at the Infantry OCS at Fort Benning in January 1947. He received a commission as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry after graduating from Infantry OCS in July 1947 and was the honor graduate of his Infantry officers basic course. (4) He served in command and intelligence positions in Korea, Germany, and Vietnam. (5) During his service, Dillard graduated from the Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in 1958, where he was one of only three Black officers in his class. After CGSC, he completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Omaha leveraging his earlier studies at Tuskegee Institute. (6) In 1965, Mr. Dillard graduated from the National War College, becoming the first Black officer to do so. He graduated at the top of his class. (7) MG Dillard’s military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster and V Device, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge with Star (two awards), the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Vietnam Distinguished Service Order (1st and 2d Class). Dillard also received two civilian awards from the Republic of Vietnam, the Vietnam Rural Revolutionary Development Medal and the Vietnam Ethnic Development Service Medal (1st Class). (8) Dillard was inducted into the United States Army’s Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in 2012, the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Alabama Military Hall of Honor in 2013. (9) He died in Canton, Michigan, in 2015, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 2. Designate of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Canton, Michigan (a) Designation The community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Canton, Michigan, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Outpatient Clinic . (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Outpatient Clinic .

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7903 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan, as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic .

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Oliver W. Dillard was born on September 28, 1926, in Margaret, Alabama. (2) In 1945, following basic training he was drafted and was assigned to the 349th Field Artillery Group in Germany as part of the World War II army of occupation. He was selected to serve as company clerk and began to work his way through the ranks, attaining Technical Sergeant. (3) Dillard successfully completed the Officer Candidate School (OCS) selection process and was approved for attendance at the Infantry OCS at Fort Benning in January 1947. He received a commission as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry after graduating from Infantry OCS in July 1947 and was the honor graduate of his Infantry officers basic course. (4) He served in command and intelligence positions in Korea, Germany, and Vietnam. (5) During his service, Dillard graduated from the Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in 1958, where he was one of only three Black officers in his class. After CGSC, he completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Omaha leveraging his earlier studies at Tuskegee Institute. (6) In 1965, Mr. Dillard graduated from the National War College, becoming the first Black officer to do so. He graduated at the top of his class. (7) MG Dillard’s military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster and V Device, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge with Star (two awards), the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Vietnam Distinguished Service Order (1st and 2d Class). Dillard also received two civilian awards from the Republic of Vietnam, the Vietnam Rural Revolutionary Development Medal and the Vietnam Ethnic Development Service Medal (1st Class). (8) Dillard was inducted into the United States Army’s Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in 2012, the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Alabama Military Hall of Honor in 2013. (9) He died in Canton, Michigan, in 2015, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 2. Designation of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan (a) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic . (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic .

Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 2022. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7903 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 located in Canton, Michigan, as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic .

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Oliver W. Dillard was born on September 28, 1926, in Margaret, Alabama. (2) In 1945, following basic training he was drafted and was assigned to the 349th Field Artillery Group in Germany as part of the World War II army of occupation. He was selected to serve as company clerk and began to work his way through the ranks, attaining Technical Sergeant. (3) Dillard successfully completed the Officer Candidate School (OCS) selection process and was approved for attendance at the Infantry OCS at Fort Benning in January 1947. He received a commission as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry after graduating from Infantry OCS in July 1947 and was the honor graduate of his Infantry officers basic course. (4) He served in command and intelligence positions in Korea, Germany, and Vietnam. (5) During his service, Dillard graduated from the Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in 1958, where he was one of only three Black officers in his class. After CGSC, he completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Omaha leveraging his earlier studies at Tuskegee Institute. (6) In 1965, Mr. Dillard graduated from the National War College, becoming the first Black officer to do so. He graduated at the top of his class. (7) MG Dillard’s military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster and V Device, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge with Star (two awards), the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Vietnam Distinguished Service Order (1st and 2d Class). Dillard also received two civilian awards from the Republic of Vietnam, the Vietnam Rural Revolutionary Development Medal and the Vietnam Ethnic Development Service Medal (1st Class). (8) Dillard was inducted into the United States Army’s Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in 2012, the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Alabama Military Hall of Honor in 2013. (9) He died in Canton, Michigan, in 2015, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 2. Designation of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan (a) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic . (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic .

Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 2022. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: I One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two H. R. 7903 AN ACT To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan, as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic .

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Oliver W. Dillard was born on September 28, 1926, in Margaret, Alabama. (2) In 1945, following basic training he was drafted and was assigned to the 349th Field Artillery Group in Germany as part of the World War II army of occupation. He was selected to serve as company clerk and began to work his way through the ranks, attaining Technical Sergeant. (3) Dillard successfully completed the Officer Candidate School (OCS) selection process and was approved for attendance at the Infantry OCS at Fort Benning in January 1947. He received a commission as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry after graduating from Infantry OCS in July 1947 and was the honor graduate of his Infantry officers basic course. (4) He served in command and intelligence positions in Korea, Germany, and Vietnam. (5) During his service, Dillard graduated from the Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in 1958, where he was one of only three Black officers in his class. After CGSC, he completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Omaha leveraging his earlier studies at Tuskegee Institute. (6) In 1965, Mr. Dillard graduated from the National War College, becoming the first Black officer to do so. He graduated at the top of his class. (7) MG Dillard’s military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster and V Device, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge with Star (two awards), the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Vietnam Distinguished Service Order (1st and 2d Class). Dillard also received two civilian awards from the Republic of Vietnam, the Vietnam Rural Revolutionary Development Medal and the Vietnam Ethnic Development Service Medal (1st Class). (8) Dillard was inducted into the United States Army’s Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in 2012, the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Alabama Military Hall of Honor in 2013. (9) He died in Canton, Michigan, in 2015, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. 2. Designation of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan (a) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Canton, Michigan, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic . (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Clinic .

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