,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adfh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1      
#bjae,mr4 ,warner 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,mc,cain1 and ,mr4 ,kaine7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
designate the arboretum at the ,hunter  
,holmes ,mc,guire ,,va ,medical ,center 
in ,richmond1 ,virginia1 as the ,phyllis
 ,e4 ,galanti ,arboretum4  #a4 ,findings
 ,congress makes the following findings3
 7#a7 ,phyllis ,eason ,galanti1 a       
tireless advocate for the rights of     
prisoners of war from the ,united       
,states during the ,vietnam ,war and a  
beloved member of the ,richmond1        
,virginia1 community1 died on ,april    
#bc1 #bjad4  7#b7 ,ms4 ,eason graduated 
from the ,college of ,william and ,mary 
in #aifc and shortly afterward was      
married to ,paul ,edward ,galanti1 a    
pilot with the ,united ,states ,navy1 at
 the ,chapel of the ,centurion in ,fort 

,monroe1 ,virginia4  7#c7 ,in ,june     
#aiff1 when ,mr4 ,galanti was shot down 
over ,north ,vietnam1 captured1 and held
 prisoner1 ,phyllis ,e4 ,galanti became 
active in the ,national ,league of      
,families of ,american ,prisoners and   
,missing in ,southeast ,asia1 soon      
becoming chair of the organization4     
7#d7 ,mrs4 ,galanti spearheaded the     
,let's ,bring ,paul ,galanti ,home      
project as part of the national ,write  
,hanoi campaign--  7,a7 to raise        
awareness2  7,b7 to secure the return of
 more than #fjj soldiers from the       
,united ,states who were missing in     
action or held as prisoners of war in   
,vietnam2 and  7,c7 to ensure that      
prisoners of war were treated in        
accordance with the ,geneva             
,conventions4  7#e7 ,the efforts of     
,mrs4 ,galanti under the ,let's ,bring  
,paul ,galanti ,home project1 the most  
successful of many such campaigns1      
resulted in more than #a1jjj1jjj letters
 that were personally delivered to the  

,north ,vietnamese embassy in           
,stockholm1 ,sweden1 in #aiga4  7#f7    
,mrs4 ,galanti became known as ,fearless
 ,phyllis1 traveling to ,versailles1    
,france1 seeking an audience with ,north
 ,vietnamese leaders1 and giving        
hundreds of presentations to policy     
leaders in the ,united ,states1         
including ,president ,richard ,nixon1   
,national ,security ,advisor ,henry     
,kissinger1 and ,virginia ,governor     
,mills ,e4 ,godwin1 ,jr41 who said of   
her in #aige1 ,one dedicated woman and a
 handful of others had more influence on
 the communist world than legions of    
armies and diplomats44  7#g7 ,after more
 than seven years apart1 ,mrs4 ,galanti 
was reunited with her husband ,paul     
,galanti at the ,naval ,air ,station in 
,norfolk1 ,virginia1 on ,february #ae1  
#aigc4  7#h7 ,mrs4 ,galanti spent       
decades confronting the issue of        
prisoners and hostages from the ,united 
,states1 not only in ,vietnam but also  
in the ,soviet ,union and ,iran4  7#i7  

,mrs4 ,galanti actively supported the   
,virginia ,home1 ,theatre ,,iv1 and the 
,virginia ,repertory ,theatre1 visited  
schools1 and continued to meet with     
lawmakers until she died on ,april #bc1 
#bjad1 at age #gc1 from complications   
with leukemia4  7#aj7 ,the work of ,mrs4
 ,galanti earned her the ,american      
,legion ,service ,medal1 and the ,paul  
and ,phyllis ,galanti ,education ,center
 at the ,virginia ,war ,memorial was    
named in honor of her and her husband4  
7#aa7 ,the leadership at the ,hunter    
,holmes ,mc,guire ,,va ,medical ,center 
in ,richmond ,virginia1 including       
,director ,john ,brandecker1 seeks to   
recognize ,mrs4 ,galanti by naming the  
arboretum at ,hunter ,holmes ,mc,guire  
,,va ,medical ,center in her honor4     
7#ab7 ,it is a fitting tribute that     
,congress name the arboretum after such 
an outstanding advocate for members of  
the ,armed ,forces of the ,united       
,states and veterans4  #b4 ,phyllis ,e4 
,galanti ,arboretum at ,hunter ,holmes  

,mc,guire ,,va ,medical ,center in      
,richmond1 ,virginia  7a7 ,designation  
,the arboretum at the ,hunter ,holmes   
,mc,guire ,,va ,medical ,center in      
,richmond1 ,virginia1 shall after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act be   
known and designated as the ,phyllis ,e4
 ,galanti ,arboretum4  7b7 ,references  
,any reference in any law1 regulation1  
map1 document1 paper1 or other record of
 the ,united ,states to the arboretum   
referred to in subsection 7a7 shall be  
considered to be a reference to the     
,phyllis ,e4 ,galanti ,arboretum4