To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as the "Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic".

Bill: 117-hr-6722
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2022-02-15
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California

Congressional tributes

Health facilities and institutions

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Became Public Law No: 117-235.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in French Camp, California, as the Richard A. Pittman VA 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 French Camp, California, as the Richard A. Pittman 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 French Camp, California, as the Richard A. Pittman 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 French Camp, California, as the Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6722 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 15, 2022 Mr. McNerney (for himself and Mr. Harder of California ) 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 French Camp, California, as the Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic .

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 Pittman’s unit, First Platoon, Company I, Third Battalion, 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 intense small-arms fire at point-blank range. He was able to return fire and silence the enemy combatants. Continuing towards the attacked Marines, Lance Corporal Pittman came under heavy fire from two automatic weapons, which he was able to destroy. (5) When Lance Corporal Pittman learned there were additional wounded Marines further along the trail, he endured enemy mortar and gunfire 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 actions, many of his wounded comrades were saved. (7) In recognition of his bravery that day, Richard 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. 2. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, French Camp, California (a) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs 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, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic .

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6722 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as the Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic .

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 Pittman’s unit, First Platoon, Company I, Third Battalion, 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 intense small-arms fire at point-blank range. He was able to return fire and silence the enemy combatants. Continuing towards the attacked Marines, Lance Corporal Pittman came under heavy fire from two automatic weapons, which he was able to destroy. (5) When Lance Corporal Pittman learned there were additional wounded Marines further along the trail, he endured enemy mortar and gunfire 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 actions, many of his wounded comrades were saved. (7) In recognition of his bravery that day, Richard 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. 2. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, French Camp, California (a) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs 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, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic .

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

tv_txt: 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 .

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 Pittman’s unit, First Platoon, Company I, Third Battalion, 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 intense small-arms fire at point-blank range. He was able to return fire and silence the enemy combatants. Continuing towards the attacked Marines, Lance Corporal Pittman came under heavy fire from two automatic weapons, which he was able to destroy. (5) When Lance Corporal Pittman learned there were additional wounded Marines further along the trail, he endured enemy mortar and gunfire 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 actions, many of his wounded comrades were saved. (7) In recognition of his bravery that day, Richard 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. 2. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, French Camp, California (a) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs 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, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Richard A. Pittman 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. 6722 AN ACT To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in French Camp, California, as the Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic .

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 Pittman’s unit, First Platoon, Company I, Third Battalion, 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 intense small-arms fire at point-blank range. He was able to return fire and silence the enemy combatants. Continuing towards the attacked Marines, Lance Corporal Pittman came under heavy fire from two automatic weapons, which he was able to destroy. (5) When Lance Corporal Pittman learned there were additional wounded Marines further along the trail, he endured enemy mortar and gunfire 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 actions, many of his wounded comrades were saved. (7) In recognition of his bravery that day, Richard 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. 2. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, French Camp, California (a) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs 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, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Richard A. Pittman VA Clinic .

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.