,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gidd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #c1 #bjbb,mr4  
,smith of ,new ,jersey 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,kim of ,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,van    
,drew1 and ,mr4 ,norcross7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to name the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs community-based     
outpatient clinic to be constructed in  
,toms ,river1 ,new ,jersey1 the ,leonard
 ,g4 ',bud' ,lomell1 ,jr4 ,,va ,clinic1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,findings  
,congress makes the following findings3 
7#a7 ,the ,township of ,toms ,river1    
,new ,jersey1 was recently designated as
 the site for the new ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs outpatient clinic1 a 
state-of-the-art facility serving the   
region's large veteran population1 to be
 located at the corner of ,hooper and   
,caudina ,avenues1 and expected to be   
completed and functioning in #bjbc4     
7#b7 ,the ,mayor and the ,township      

,council believe that this facility     
deserves to be named in honor of ,second
 ,lieutenant ,leonard ,g4 ,bud ,lomell1 
,jr41 a long time ,toms ,river and      
,ocean ,county resident1 who served     
courageously and heroically during      
,world ,war ,,ii4  7#c7 ,second         
,lieutenant ,lomell was born in #aibj1  
the adopted son of ,scandinavian        
immigrant parents living in ,brooklyn1  
,new ,york1 and his family eventually   
moved to ,point ,pleasant ,beach1 ,new  
,jersey4  7#d7 ,second ,lieutenant      
,lomell attended ,tennessee ,wesleyan   
,college1 and following college1 he     
enlisted in the ,army1 volunteering for 
the elite ,ranger ,corps1 and was a     
member of the ,second ,rangers          
,battalion during the ,june #f1 #aidd1  
,d-,day invasion1 commanding his own    
platoon as ,first ,sergeant4  7#e7      
,then-,first ,sergeant ,lomell's        
,platoon landed at ,pointe-du-,hoc1     
,normandy1 ,france1 a rugged #ajj-;foot 
high coastal promenade along the        

,english ,channel coast located between 
the ,american-targeted ,omaha and ,utah 
beaches1 successfully scaling the       
cliffs1 despite a withering ,german     
defensive barrage4  7#f7 ,pointe-du-,hoc
 was heavily defended by the ,germans1  
and the mission of the #bbe ,rangers was
 to disable five #aee millimeter        
artillery guns1 which could have rained 
artillery fire on the ,americans landing
 on either beach1 jeopardizing the      
invasion4  7#g7 ,unknown to the         
,americans1 the guns had been moved from
 the tip of the ,pointe and hidden1     
pointed in the direction of ,utah       
,beach1 in an inland apple orchard      
nearly a mile from the coastal          
batteries4  7#h7 ,first ,sergeant       
,lomell and another ,ranger1 ,sergeant  
,jack ,kuhn1 found the guns undefended1 
and with ,kuhn providing cover1 ,lomell 
destroyed the weapons with thermite     
grenades and using his rifle butt to    
smash the sights1 saving countless      
,allied lives4  7#i7 ,first ,sergeant   

,lomell subsequently received a         
battlefield promotion to ,second        
,lieutenant1 and was awarded some of the
 military's highest honors1 including   
the ,distinguished ,service ,cross1     
,purple ,heart1 and ,silver ,star4      
7#aj7 ,renowned historian ,steven       
,ambrose regarded ,first ,sergeant      
,lomell's valiant acts along with       
,general ,eisenhower's decision to      
invade on ,june #f1 #aidd1 as the most  
significant actions ensuring the ,allied
 victory on ,d-,day4  7#aa7 ,following  
,world ,war ,,ii1 ,second ,lieutenant   
,lomell attended law school on the      
,g4,i4 ,bill1 eventually settling with  
his family in ,toms ,river and1 in      
#aieg1 establishing his own law firm1   
which grew to become one of ,ocean      
,county's largest4  7#ab7 ,serving as   
selflessly in civilian life as he did in
 the military1 ,second ,lieutenant      
,lomell was involved in numerous civic  
and charitable organizations1 including 
by serving as president of the ,ocean   

,county ,bar ,association1 a director of
 the ,first ,national ,bank of ,toms    
,river1 a member of the ,dover ,township
 ,board of ,education1 and as a founding
 member of the ,world ,war ,,ii ,army   
,rangers ,battalion ,association4  7#ac7
 ,second ,lieutenant ,lomell is profiled
 in the ,greatest ,generation1 former   
,,nbc news ,anchor ,tom ,brokaw's       
testament to the heroes of ,world ,war  
,,ii4  7#ad7 ,as a decorated war hero1  
model citizen1 and dedicated husband and
 father1 ,second ,lieutenant ,lomell is 
exceedingly deserving of the posthumous 
honor of having a new and long awaited  
,toms ,river-based ,department of       
,veterans ,affairs outpatient clinic    
named in his honor4  #b4 ,name of       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
community-based outpatient clinic1 ,toms
 ,river1 ,new ,jersey ,the ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs community-based   
outpatient clinic to be constructed in  
,toms ,river1 ,new ,jersey1 shall after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act  

be known and designated as the ,leonard 
,g4 ,bud ,lomell1 ,jr4 ,,va ,clinic4    
,any reference to such clinic in any    
law1 regulation1 map1 document1 record1 
or other paper of the ,united ,states   
shall be considered to be a reference to
 the ,leonard ,g4 8,bud0 ,lomell1 ,jr4  
,,va ,clinic4