#aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #dbhh  ,,an ,,act  ,to name the     
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
community-based outpatient clinic in    
,san ,jose1 ,california1 as the         
,corporal ,patrick ,d4 ,tillman ,,va    
,clinic4  #a4 ,findings ,congress finds 
the following3 7#a7 ,patrick ,pat       
,daniel ,tillman was born on ,november  
#f1 #aigf1 in ,san ,jose1 ,california4  
7#b7 ,from #aiij to #aiid1 ,pat attended
 ,leland ,high ,school in ,san ,jose1   
,california1 where he subsequently      
helped lead his team to a ,central      
,coast ,division ,i ,football           
,championship4 ,shortly thereafter1 ,pat
 was offered a scholarship to and played
 football for the ,arizona ,state       
,university ,sun ,devils4 ,while there1 
he led ,arizona ,state to the #aiig     
,rose ,bowl after an undefeated season1 
earned three consecutive selections to  
the ,pac-#aj ,all-,academic ,football   
,team1 a #ast team ,academic            
,all-,american honor1 as well as the    

,,ncaa's ,post-,graduate ,scholarship   
for academic and athletic excellence4   
7#c7 ,upon graduating college1 ,pat     
,tillman was selected in the #gth round 
of the #aiih ,,nfl ,draft by the        
,arizona ,cardinals4  7#d7 ,in ,july of 
#bjjb1 less than #a year after the      
terrorist attacks of ,september #aa1    
#bjja1 ,pat chose to suspend a lucrative
 career in the ,,nfl to join the ,u4,s4 
,army alongside his brother1 ,kevin4    
7#e7 ,pat and ,kevin were subsequently  
assigned to the second battalion of the 
#geth ,ranger ,regiment in ,fort ,lewis1
 ,washington4 ,as an ,army ,ranger1 ,pat
 deployed in support of ,operation      
,iraqi ,freedom in #bjjc and ,operation 
,enduring ,freedom in #bjjd4  7#f7 ,on  
,april #bb1 #bjjd1 ,pat ,tillman was    
killed by gunfire while on patrol in a  
rugged area of eastern ,afghanistan4    
7#g7 ,further investigation and         
subsequent reporting confirmed ,tillman 
was killed via fratricide as he         
attempted to provide cover for fellow   

soldiers as they endeavored to escape   
from a canyon wherein they were trapped4
  7#h7 ,pat ,tillman is undeniably known
 as a national hero1 was awarded the    
,silver ,star and ,purple ,heart medals1
 and was posthumously promoted to       
corporal4  #b4 ,name of ,department of  
,veterans ,affairs community-based      
outpatient clinic1 ,san ,jose1          
,california ,the community-based        
outpatient clinic of the ,department of 
,veterans ,affairs in ,san ,jose1       
,california1 shall after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act be known and    
designated as the ,corporal ,patrick ,d4
 ,tillman ,department of ,veterans      
,affairs ,clinic or the ,pat ,tillman   
,,va ,clinic4 ,any reference in any law1
 regulation1 map1 document1 paper1 or   
other record of the ,united ,states to  
such community-based outpatient clinic  
shall be considered to be a reference to
 the ,corporal ,patrick ,d4 ,tillman    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
,clinic or the ,pat ,tillman ,,va       

,clinic4  ,passed the ,house of         
,representatives ,july #ae1             
#bjbf4;,clerk4