Bill > S1179

This bill renames the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) community-based outpatient clinic located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to the "Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic". The legislation officially changes the name of the clinic through an act of Congress, ensuring that any future references to this facility in federal laws, regulations, maps, documents, papers, or other records will use the new name. By naming the clinic after the Bataan Memorial, the bill likely aims to honor the memory of the soldiers who fought in the Bataan Death March during World War II, which was a significant and tragic event where thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war were forced to march long distances under brutal conditions. The bill is straightforward in its purpose, simply changing the official name of the VA clinic without altering its function or operations.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1179/all-info