To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the "Sy Kaplan VA Clinic".

Bill: 117-hr-7925
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2022-05-31
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: 117-238.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill designates the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Palm Desert, California, as the Sy Kaplan Veterans Center.</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 Palm Desert, California, as the Sy Kaplan 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 Palm Desert, California, as the Sy Kaplan 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 Palm Desert, California, as the Sy Kaplan VA Clinic.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7925 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 31, 2022 Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Palm Desert, California, as the Sy Kaplan Veterans Center .

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. 2. Designation of Sy Kaplan Veterans Center (a) Designation The outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Palm Desert, California, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Sy Kaplan Veterans Center . (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 Sy Kaplan Veterans Center .

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7925 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the Sy Kaplan VA Clinic .

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

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

tv_txt: IIB 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7925 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 Palm Desert, California, as the Sy Kaplan VA Clinic .

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. 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 referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Sy Kaplan 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. 7925 AN ACT To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the Sy Kaplan VA Clinic .

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

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