,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1       
#bjai,mr4 ,des,jarlais 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,david ,p4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4
 ,fleischmann1 ,mr4 ,kustoff of         
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,burchett1 ,mr4 ,green 
of ,tennessee1 and ,mr4 ,john ,w4 ,rose 
of ,tennessee7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to designate the ,mental       
,health ,residential ,rehabilitation    
,treatment ,facility ,expansion of the  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs ,alvin
 ,c4 ,york ,medical ,center in          
,murfreesboro1 ,tennessee1 as the       
,sergeant ,john ,toombs ,residential    
,rehabilitation ,treatment ,facility4   
#a4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,sergeant ,john ,toombs 
of ,murfreesboro1 ,tennessee1 served in 
the ,tennessee ,army ,national ,guard as
 a part of the highly distinguished     
#bcjth ,signal ,corps4  7#b7 ,his six   

years in the ,national ,guard included a
 deployment to ,afghanistan1 where      
,sergeant ,toombs proudly served as a   
guard and escort for visiting           
dignitaries and reporters traveling into
 highly dangerous1 war-ravaged areas in 
,afghanistan4  7#c7 ,as a result of his 
service in ,afghanistan1 ,sergeant      
,toombs developed symptoms of           
,posttraumatic ,stress ,disorder        
7,,ptsd71 a disability he continued to  
suffer from after leaving the ,national 
,guard in #bjad4  7#d7 ,after two years 
of battling ,,ptsd and failing to       
receive the necessary treatment1        
,sergeant ,toombs tragically took his   
own life in ,november of #bjaf4  7#e7   
,however1 the life of ,sergeant ,toombs 
has impacted other veterans in          
,tennessee suffering from ,,ptsd4 ,since
 this devastating tragedy1 positive     
measures have been made to raise        
awareness and improve the overall       
treatment of veterans suffering from    
,,ptsd within the ,tennessee ,valley    

,healthcare ,system4  #b4 ,sergeant     
,john ,toombs ,residential              
,rehabilitation ,treatment ,facility    
7a7 ,designation ,the ,mental ,health   
,residential ,rehabilitation ,treatment 
,facility ,expansion of the ,department 
of ,veterans ,affairs ,alvin ,c4 ,york  
,medical ,center in ,murfreesboro1      
,tennessee1 shall be known and          
designated as the ,sergeant ,john       
,toombs ,residential ,rehabilitation    
,treatment ,facility1 after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act4  7b7        
,references ,any reference in any law1  
regulation1 map1 document1 paper1 or    
other record of the ,united ,states to  
the ,alvin ,c4 ,york ,mental ,health    
,residential ,rehabilitation ,treatment 
,facility referred to in subsection 7a7 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the
 ,sergeant ,john ,toombs ,residential   
,rehabilitation ,treatment ,facility4