To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Aurora, Colorado, as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley VA Clinic.

Bill: 117-hr-4172
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-25
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Colorado

Congressional tributes

Department of Veterans Affairs

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Health facilities and institutions

Home and outpatient care

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-12
text: Became Public Law No: 117-57.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be located in Aurora, Colorado, as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic.</p>

action_date: 2021-09-20
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be located in Aurora, Colorado, as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic.</p>

action_date: 2021-10-28
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be located in Aurora, Colorado, as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic.</p>

action_date: 2021-11-12
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be located in Aurora, Colorado, as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic.</p>

tv_txt: I One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America At the First Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the fourth day of January, two thousand and twenty-one H. R. 4172 AN ACT To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Aurora, Colorado, as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley VA Clinic .

1. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Aurora, Colorado (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) John Mosley was born on June 21, 1921, in Denver, Colorado. (2) In 1945, John Mosley married Edna Mosley. (3) During World War II, he joined the famed Tuskegee Airmen and trained as a bomber pilot, serving as one of the first African Americans in that role. He earned the flight qualification of Command Pilot during his service in the United States Air Force. The brave service of the Tuskegee Airmen helped pave the way for integration of the armed services. Edna Mosley worked in the defense industry during the war. (4) Upon their return to Colorado, Edna Mosley joined John as a tireless community activist and organizer. Among her many achievements, Edna was elected to three terms as Aurora’s first African-American City Council Woman. While on the Council, Mrs. Mosley also served on the Board of Directors of the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, the entity which provided the vision for the development of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. (5) After a brief break from military service, John Mosley served during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was an operations officer in Thailand during the Vietnam War. (6) John Mosley retired in 1970 as a lieutenant colonel. (7) In 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Mosley and the original Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush. (8) John and Edna Mosley continued to serve their community long after their retirements, advocating for racial equality, women’s rights, veterans’ affairs, housing, and education. (b) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic to be located in Aurora, Colorado, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic . (c) References Any reference to such clinic in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic.

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

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4172 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 25, 2021 Mr. Crow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Aurora, Colorado, as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley VA Clinic .

1. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Aurora, Colorado (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) John Mosley was born on June 21, 1921, in Denver, Colorado. (2) In 1945, John Mosley married Edna Mosley. (3) During World War II, he joined the famed Tuskegee Airmen and trained as a bomber pilot, serving as one of the first African Americans in that role. He earned the flight qualification of Command Pilot during his service in the United States Air Force. The brave service of the Tuskegee Airmen helped pave the way for integration of the armed services. Edna Mosley worked in the defense industry during the war. (4) Upon their return to Colorado, Edna Mosley joined John as a tireless community activist and organizer. Among her many achievements, Edna was elected to three terms as Aurora’s first African-American City Council Woman. While on the Council, Mrs. Mosley also served on the Board of Directors of the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, the entity which provided the vision for the development of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. (5) After a brief break from military service, John Mosley served during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was an operations officer in Thailand during the Vietnam War. (6) John Mosley retired in 1970 as a lieutenant colonel. (7) In 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Mosley and the original Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush. (8) John and Edna Mosley continued to serve their community long after their retirements, advocating for racial equality, women’s rights, veterans’ affairs, housing, and education. (b) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic to be located in Aurora, Colorado, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic . (c) References Any reference to such clinic in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic.

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4172 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Aurora, Colorado, as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley VA Clinic .

1. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Aurora, Colorado (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) John Mosley was born on June 21, 1921, in Denver, Colorado. (2) In 1945, John Mosley married Edna Mosley. (3) During World War II, he joined the famed Tuskegee Airmen and trained as a bomber pilot, serving as one of the first African Americans in that role. He earned the flight qualification of Command Pilot during his service in the United States Air Force. The brave service of the Tuskegee Airmen helped pave the way for integration of the armed services. Edna Mosley worked in the defense industry during the war. (4) Upon their return to Colorado, Edna Mosley joined John as a tireless community activist and organizer. Among her many achievements, Edna was elected to three terms as Aurora’s first African-American City Council Woman. While on the Council, Mrs. Mosley also served on the Board of Directors of the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, the entity which provided the vision for the development of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. (5) After a brief break from military service, John Mosley served during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was an operations officer in Thailand during the Vietnam War. (6) John Mosley retired in 1970 as a lieutenant colonel. (7) In 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Mosley and the original Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush. (8) John and Edna Mosley continued to serve their community long after their retirements, advocating for racial equality, women’s rights, veterans’ affairs, housing, and education. (b) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic to be located in Aurora, Colorado, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic . (c) References Any reference to such clinic in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic.

Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4172 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 21, 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Aurora, Colorado, as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley VA Clinic .

1. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Aurora, Colorado (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) John Mosley was born on June 21, 1921, in Denver, Colorado. (2) In 1945, John Mosley married Edna Mosley. (3) During World War II, he joined the famed Tuskegee Airmen and trained as a bomber pilot, serving as one of the first African Americans in that role. He earned the flight qualification of Command Pilot during his service in the United States Air Force. The brave service of the Tuskegee Airmen helped pave the way for integration of the armed services. Edna Mosley worked in the defense industry during the war. (4) Upon their return to Colorado, Edna Mosley joined John as a tireless community activist and organizer. Among her many achievements, Edna was elected to three terms as Aurora’s first African-American City Council Woman. While on the Council, Mrs. Mosley also served on the Board of Directors of the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority, the entity which provided the vision for the development of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. (5) After a brief break from military service, John Mosley served during the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was an operations officer in Thailand during the Vietnam War. (6) John Mosley retired in 1970 as a lieutenant colonel. (7) In 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Mosley and the original Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush. (8) John and Edna Mosley continued to serve their community long after their retirements, advocating for racial equality, women’s rights, veterans’ affairs, housing, and education. (b) Designation The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic to be located in Aurora, Colorado, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic . (c) References Any reference to such clinic in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the Lieutenant Colonel John W. Mosley Clinic.

Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.