,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfhi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #bg1  
#bjbf,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,kennedy7 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   
,lafayette1 ,louisiana1 as the ,rodney  
,c4 ,hamilton ,sr4 ,,va ,clinic4  #a4   
,designation of ,rodney ,c4 ,hamilton   
,sr4 ,,va ,clinic in ,lafayette1        
,louisiana  7a7 ,findings ,congress     
finds that-- 7#a7 ,rodney ,carroll      
,hamilton ,sr4 was born in ,fort ,worth1
 ,texas1 on ,march #bd1 #aicb1 and his  
family moved to ,lafayette1 ,louisiana1 
in the summer of #aidh2  7#b7 ,in #aidi1
 at age #ag1 ,rodney ,hamilton joined   
the reserve components of the ,marine   
,corps at the urging of his football    
coach1 ,lou ,campbell1 while attending  
,lafayette ,high ,school2  7#c7 ,rodney 

,hamilton served the ,united ,states    
during the ,korean ,war1 was wounded in 
combat in ,september #aiea1 and was     
awarded the ,purple ,heart2  7#d7       
,rodney ,hamilton loved the ,marine     
,corps and was proud of all ,marines who
 served the ,united ,states2  7#e7      
,rodney ,hamilton was a member of the   
,marine ,corps ,league1 the ,military   
,order of the ,purple ,heart1 and the   
,veteran's ,action ,coalition of        
,southwest ,louisiana1 where he served  
as ,founder and ,chairman ,emeritus2    
7#f7 ,rodney ,hamilton served as a      
full-time elected official in the       
,lafayette ,city ,government from #aifh 
through #aigb as a ,trustee of ,public  
,property2  7#g7 ,rodney ,hamilton made 
numerous contributions to help make     
,lafayette a better place1 including    
leading efforts to secure and build the 
community-based outpatient clinic of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs in   
,lafayette1 which opened in #bjaf2  7#h7
 ,due to the dedication of ,rodney      

,hamilton in realizing the              
community-based outpatient clinic in    
,lafayette1 the street on which the     
clinic is located was named in his honor
 and now bears signs saying1 ,veterans  
,way1 ,honorary ,rodney ,hamilton2 and  
7#i7 ,rodney ,hamilton passed away at   
the age of #hh on ,november #cj1 #bjbj4 
7b7 ,designation ,the community-based   
outpatient clinic of the ,department of 
,veterans ,affairs in ,lafayette1       
,louisiana1 shall after the date of the 
enactment of this ,act be known and     
designated as the ,rodney ,c4 ,hamilton 
,sr4 ,,va ,clinic4  7c7 ,references ,any
 reference in any law1 regulation1 map1 
document1 paper1 or other record of the 
,united ,states to the clinic referred  
to in subsection 7b7 shall be considered
 to be a reference to the ,rodney ,c4   
,hamilton ,sr4 ,,va ,clinic4