To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Auburn, California, as the "Louis A. Conter VA Clinic".

Bill: 118-hr-9124
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kiley, Kevin [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2024-07-24
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California

Congressional tributes

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-04
text: Became Public Law No: 118-259.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-07-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Auburn, California,&nbsp;as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic.</p>

action_date: 2024-12-16
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Auburn, California,&nbsp;as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic.</p>

action_date: 2024-12-21
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p>This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Auburn, California, as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic.</p>

action_date: 2025-01-04
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>This act designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Auburn, California, as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic.</p>

tv_txt: I One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America At the Second Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four H. R. 9124 AN ACT To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Auburn, California, as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic .

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Louis Lou Anthony Conter was born on September 13, 1921, in Ojibwa, Wisconsin. (2) Lt. Commander Lou Conter, the last remaining survivor of the attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, was an American hero. (3) On that fearful day, Petty Officer Conter helped evacuate shipmates who were blinded, wounded, or burned, even restraining some of his fellow shipmates from jumping overboard into the burning sea. (4) In the days after the attack, he helped with recovering bodies and putting out fires. Lou Conter’s heroic actions saved the lives of many of his shipmates on December 7, 1941. (5) Following Pearl Harbor, Conter continued serving during WWII in New Guinea and in Europe as an enlisted naval aviation pilot assigned to VP-11, a Black Cat Squadron. (6) Lou Conter would be awarded with the Distinguished Flying Cross for actively taking part in the rescue of 219 Australians trapped by Japanese troops in New Guinea. (7) Later, in the Korean War, he served on the USS Bon Homme Richard as both an intelligence officer and a navy aviation pilot. Following his service in the Korean War, he served as a military intelligence advisor to three Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. (8) During the 1950s, Lou Conter played a prominent role in the establishment and development of the Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training program. (9) In addition to the Distinguished Flying Cross, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and became the first recipient of the USS Arizona Medal of Freedom. (10) Louis Conter retired from the Navy in 1967 after serving 28 years as a Lieutenant Commander. (11) Following his retirement, he generously gave his time to share his personal experiences at veterans’ ceremonies and by giving lectures to students. (12) Lieutenant Commander Conter’s lectures were popular with generations of local students who were equally fascinated and enthralled by his first-person accounts. (13) He is eminently deserving of recognition for his decades of service to a grateful nation. (14) Lieutenant Commander Conter passed away in Grass Valley, California on April 1, 2024. 2. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Auburn, California The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Auburn, California, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic . 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 Louis A. Conter VA Clinic.

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

tv_txt: IIB 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9124 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024 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 Auburn, California, as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic .

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Louis Lou Anthony Conter was born on September 13, 1921, in Ojibwa, Wisconsin. (2) Lt. Commander Lou Conter, the last remaining survivor of the attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, was an American hero. (3) On that fearful day, Petty Officer Conter helped evacuate shipmates who were blinded, wounded, or burned, even restraining some of his fellow shipmates from jumping overboard into the burning sea. (4) In the days after the attack, he helped with recovering bodies and putting out fires. Lou Conter’s heroic actions saved the lives of many of his shipmates on December 7, 1941. (5) Following Pearl Harbor, Conter continued serving during WWII in New Guinea and in Europe as an enlisted naval aviation pilot assigned to VP-11, a Black Cat Squadron. (6) Lou Conter would be awarded with the Distinguished Flying Cross for actively taking part in the rescue of 219 Australians trapped by Japanese troops in New Guinea. (7) Later, in the Korean War, he served on the USS Bon Homme Richard as both an intelligence officer and a navy aviation pilot. Following his service in the Korean War, he served as a military intelligence advisor to three Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. (8) During the 1950s, Lou Conter played a prominent role in the establishment and development of the Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training program. (9) In addition to the Distinguished Flying Cross, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and became the first recipient of the USS Arizona Medal of Freedom. (10) Louis Conter retired from the Navy in 1967 after serving 28 years as a Lieutenant Commander. (11) Following his retirement, he generously gave his time to share his personal experiences at veterans’ ceremonies and by giving lectures to students. (12) Lieutenant Commander Conter’s lectures were popular with generations of local students who were equally fascinated and enthralled by his first-person accounts. (13) He is eminently deserving of recognition for his decades of service to a grateful nation. (14) Lieutenant Commander Conter passed away in Grass Valley, California on April 1, 2024. 2. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Auburn, California The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Auburn, California, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic . 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 Louis A. Conter VA Clinic.

Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 2024. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9124 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Auburn, California, as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic .

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Louis Lou Anthony Conter was born on September 13, 1921, in Ojibwa, Wisconsin. (2) Lt. Commander Lou Conter, the last remaining survivor of the attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, was an American hero. (3) On that fearful day, Petty Officer Conter helped evacuate shipmates who were blinded, wounded, or burned, even restraining some of his fellow shipmates from jumping overboard into the burning sea. (4) In the days after the attack, he helped with recovering bodies and putting out fires. Lou Conter’s heroic actions saved the lives of many of his shipmates on December 7, 1941. (5) Following Pearl Harbor, Conter continued serving during WWII in New Guinea and in Europe as an enlisted naval aviation pilot assigned to VP-11, a Black Cat Squadron. (6) Lou Conter would be awarded with the Distinguished Flying Cross for actively taking part in the rescue of 219 Australians trapped by Japanese troops in New Guinea. (7) Later, in the Korean War, he served on the USS Bon Homme Richard as both an intelligence officer and a navy aviation pilot. Following his service in the Korean War, he served as a military intelligence advisor to three Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. (8) During the 1950s, Lou Conter played a prominent role in the establishment and development of the Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training program. (9) In addition to the Distinguished Flying Cross, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and became the first recipient of the USS Arizona Medal of Freedom. (10) Louis Conter retired from the Navy in 1967 after serving 28 years as a Lieutenant Commander. (11) Following his retirement, he generously gave his time to share his personal experiences at veterans’ ceremonies and by giving lectures to students. (12) Lieutenant Commander Conter’s lectures were popular with generations of local students who were equally fascinated and enthralled by his first-person accounts. (13) He is eminently deserving of recognition for his decades of service to a grateful nation. (14) Lieutenant Commander Conter passed away in Grass Valley, California on April 1, 2024. 2. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Auburn, California The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Auburn, California, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic . 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 Louis A. Conter VA Clinic.

Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 2024. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9124 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2024 Mr. Kiley (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Harder of California , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Duarte , Mr. Mullin , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Fong , Mr. Costa , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Obernolte , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Ruiz , Mr. Mike Garcia of California , Ms. Chu , Mr. Schiff , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Sherman , Ms. Kamlager-Dove , Mr. Takano , Mrs. Kim of California , Mr. Robert Garcia of California , Mr. Correa , Ms. Jacobs , and Mr. Vargas ) 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 Auburn, California, as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic .

1. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Louis Lou Anthony Conter was born on September 13, 1921, in Ojibwa, Wisconsin. (2) Lt. Commander Lou Conter, the last remaining survivor of the attack on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, was an American hero. (3) On that fearful day, Petty Officer Conter helped evacuate shipmates who were blinded, wounded, or burned, even restraining some of his fellow shipmates from jumping overboard into the burning sea. (4) In the days after the attack, he helped with recovering bodies and putting out fires. Lou Conter’s heroic actions saved the lives of many of his shipmates on December 7, 1941. (5) Following Pearl Harbor, Conter continued serving during WWII in New Guinea and in Europe as an enlisted naval aviation pilot assigned to VP-11, a Black Cat Squadron. (6) Lou Conter would be awarded with the Distinguished Flying Cross for actively taking part in the rescue of 219 Australians trapped by Japanese troops in New Guinea. (7) Later, in the Korean War, he served on the USS Bon Homme Richard as both an intelligence officer and a navy aviation pilot. Following his service in the Korean War, he served as a military intelligence advisor to three Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. (8) During the 1950s, Lou Conter played a prominent role in the establishment and development of the Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training program. (9) In addition to the Distinguished Flying Cross, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal and became the first recipient of the USS Arizona Medal of Freedom. (10) Louis Conter retired from the Navy in 1967 after serving 28 years as a Lieutenant Commander. (11) Following his retirement, he generously gave his time to share his personal experiences at veterans’ ceremonies and by giving lectures to students. (12) Lieutenant Commander Conter’s lectures were popular with generations of local students who were equally fascinated and enthralled by his first-person accounts. (13) He is eminently deserving of recognition for his decades of service to a grateful nation. (14) Lieutenant Commander Conter passed away in Grass Valley, California on April 1, 2024. 2. Name of Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic, Auburn, California The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Auburn, California, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Louis A. Conter VA Clinic . 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 Louis A. Conter VA Clinic.