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Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic Act
To name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the ``Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic''.
Summary
This bill designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Las Cruces, New Mexico as the "Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic". The bill updates all federal references to the clinic to reflect the new name in law, regulations, and official documents.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
Actions (2)
- Mar 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
- Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Heinrich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the “Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic”.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic Act”.
SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO.
(a) Name.—The community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Las Cruces, New Mexico, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the “Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic”.
(b) Reference.—Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to the Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic. <all>
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