Bill > HR1964

This bill proposes to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinic located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to the "Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic". The bill ensures that all future official references to this clinic in any government documents, laws, regulations, maps, records, or other papers will use the new name. The Bataan Memorial likely references the historic Bataan Death March during World War II, in which thousands of American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march 65 miles under brutal conditions by Japanese forces in the Philippines, with many dying along the way. By naming the clinic after this significant military event, the bill appears to be honoring the memory of those who served and suffered during this tragic moment in military history, while providing a meaningful name to a VA healthcare facility that serves veterans in the Las Cruces area.

Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1964/all-info