#aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #fgbb  ,,an ,,act  ,to designate the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs      
community-based outpatient clinic in    
,french ,camp1 ,california1 as the      
,richard ,a4 ,pittman ,,va ,clinic4  #a4
 ,findings ,congress finds the          
following3 7#a7 ,richard ,a4 ,pittman   
was born on ,may #bf1 #aide1 in ,french 
,camp1 ,california4  7#b7 ,richard ,a4  
,pittman enlisted in the ,marine ,corps 
in #aife and was later promoted to      
,lance ,corporal4  7#c7 ,on ,july #bd1  
#aiff1 ,lance ,corporal ,pittman's unit1
 ,first ,platoon1 ,company ,i1 ,third   
,battalion1 ,fifth ,marines1 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 
,lance ,corporal ,pittman took a machine
 gun and several belts of ammunition and
 rushed to aid his comrades4 ,as he     
advanced1 ,lance ,corporal ,pittman     
encountered intense small-arms fire at  

point-blank range4 ,he was able to      
return fire and silence the enemy       
combatants4 ,continuing towards the     
attacked ,marines1 ,lance ,corporal     
,pittman came under heavy fire from two 
automatic weapons1 which he was able to 
destroy4  7#e7 ,when ,lance ,corporal   
,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 ,lance ,corporal  
,pittman used a combination of          
machine-gun fire1 an enemy submachine   
gun1 a pistol from a fallen comrade1 and
 a grenade to cause enemy forces to     
withdraw4 ,due to his courageous        
actions1 many of his wounded comrades   
were saved4  7#g7 ,in recognition of his
 bravery that day1 ,richard ,a4         
,pittman1 who was then a ,sergeant1 was 
awarded the ,medal of ,honor by         
,president ,lyndon ,b4 ,johnson on ,may 
#ad1 #aifh4  7#h7 ,richard ,a4 ,pittman 

retired in #aihh as a ,master ,sergeant1
 after having served in the ,marine     
,corps for more than two decades4  #b4  
,name of ,department of ,veterans       
,affairs community-based outpatient     
clinic1 ,french ,camp1 ,california  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 ,richard ,a4 ,pittman 
,,va ,clinic4  7b7 ,references ,any     
reference in a law1 map1 regulation1    
document1 paper1 or other record of the 
,united ,states to the clinic referred  
to in subsection 7a7 shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the ,richard ,a4      
,pittman ,,va ,clinic4  ,passed the     
,house of ,representatives ,november    
#ad1 #bjbb4;,clerk4