,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ceei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ah1 
#bjbe,mr4 ,schiff 7for himself and ,mr4 
,padilla7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to designate the            
community-based outpatient clinic of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs 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    
,post-,graduate ,scholarship of the     
,national ,collegiate ,athletic         
,association for academic and athletic  
excellence4  7#c7 ,upon graduating      
college1 ,pat ,tillman was selected in  
the #gth round of the #aiih ,national   
,football ,league ,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 ,national ,football ,league to join 
the ,united ,states ,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
 ,designation of ,corporal ,patrick ,d4 
,tillman ,,va ,clinic in ,san ,jose1    
,california  7a7 ,designation ,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       

,corporal ,patrick ,d4 ,tillman ,,va    
,clinic4  7b7 ,references ,any reference
 in any law1 regulation1 map1 document1 
paper1 or other record of the ,united   
,states to the community-based          
outpatient clinic referred to in        
subsection 7a7 shall be considered to be
 a reference to the ,corporal ,patrick  
,d4 ,tillman ,,va ,clinic4