H.R. 5589 would rename the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic located in Riverhead, New York, as the "Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA Clinic." The bill text includes findings about Garfield McConnell Langhorn: he was born in 1948, grew up in Riverhead, graduated high school in 1967, was drafted in 1968, served as a radio operator in Vietnam, and on January 15, 1969, sacrificed his life by covering a grenade to save fellow soldiers. The bill says that after enactment, any reference to the clinic in laws, regulations, maps, documents, records, or other papers of the United States shall be considered a reference to the new name. The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee on Health.
If this bill becomes law, the official name of the VA clinic described in the bill will change to the "Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA Clinic." Official references to that clinic in federal documents and records would be treated as referring to the new name.
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The bill text presents Langhorn's service and the act of valor in which he sacrificed his life to save comrades. The rename is presented in the bill as a way to honor his courage and sacrifice and to recognize him as an example that inspires his community and the Nation. The bill was introduced by Representative Nick LaLota with additional cosponsors listed in the bill metadata.
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