4128286Public Law 117-892022by the 117th Congress of the United States
117TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS

An Act
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Gaylord, Michigan, as the ‘‘Navy Corpsman Steve Andrews Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic’’.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

SECTION 1. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC, GAYLORD, MICHIGAN. edit

The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic located at 2782 S. Otsego Avenue, Gaylord, Michigan, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Navy Corpsman Steve Andrews Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care 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 Navy Corpsman Steve Andrews Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic.

Approved February 23, 2022.

Legaslative History edit

H.R. 1281:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 167 (2021): Sept. 20, considered and passed House.
Vol. 168 (2022): Feb. 3, considered and passed Senate.

 

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