Bill > HR4689

This bill seeks to rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois, as the "Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic" in honor of Color Sergeant Andrew Jackson Smith, a Civil War veteran who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The bill provides detailed background on Smith's heroic actions during the Battle of Honey Hill in South Carolina on November 30, 1864, where he courageously carried the regimental colors after the color bearer was killed, continuing to expose himself to enemy fire despite significant casualties. The legislation would require all future references to this clinic in official documents, records, and other papers to use the new name, thereby commemorating Smith's extraordinary valor and service to the United States during the Civil War and recognizing his significant contribution to military history.

Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4689/all-info