,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #af1 #bjba 
,mr4 ,mc,nerney 7for himself and ,mr4   
,harder of ,california7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to designate the ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs community-based  
outpatient clinic in ,french ,camp1     
,california1 as the ,richard ,a4        
,pittman ,department of ,veterans       
,affairs ,health ,care ,clinic4  #a4    
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,sgt4 ,richard ,a4 ,pittman was   
born on ,may #bf1 #aide1 in ,french     
,camp1 ,california4  7#b7 ,sgt4 ,pittman
 enlisted in the ,marine ,corps in      
#aife4  7#c7 ,on ,july #bd1 #aiff1 ,sgt4
 ,pittman's unit was moving along a     
trail near the demilitarized zone in the
 ,republic of ,vietnam when the marines 
ahead of them came under attack4  7#d7  
,upon hearing the attack1 ,sgt4 ,pittman
 took a machine gun and several belts of

 ammunition and rushed to aid his       
comrades4 ,as he moved towards the      
attacked marines1 ,sgt4 ,pittman came   
under heavy fire from two automatic     
weapons1 which he was able to destroy4  
7#e7 ,when ,sgt4 ,pittman learned there 
were additional wounded marines further 
along the trail1 he endured enemy mortar
 and gunfire to get to them4 ,as he     
reached them1 he faced an attack by #cj 
to #dj enemy fighters4  7#f7 ,sgt4      
,pittman used a combination of          
machine-gun fire1 an enemy submachine   
gun1 a pistol from a fallen comrade1 and
 a grenade to cause the enemy force to  
withdraw4 ,due to his courageous actions
 that day1 many of his wounded comrades 
were saved4  7#g7 ,in recognition of his
 bravery that day1 ,sgt4 ,pittman was   
awarded the ,medal of ,honor by         
,president ,lyndon ,b4 ,johnson on ,may 
#ad1 #aifh4  #b4 ,designation of ,robert
 ,a4 ,pittman ,department of ,veterans  
,affairs ,health ,care ,clinic  7a7     
,designation ,the ,department of        

,veterans ,affairs community-based      
outpatient clinic in ,french ,camp1     
,california1 shall after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act be known and    
designated as the ,robert ,a4 ,pittman  
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
,health ,care ,clinic4  7b7 ,references 
,any reference in a law1 map1           
regulation1 document1 paper1 or other   
record of the ,united ,states to the    
facility referred to in subsection 7a7  
shall be deemed to be a reference to the
 ,robert ,a4 ,pittman ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs ,health ,care        
,clinic4