To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois, as the "Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4689 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4689 To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois, as the ``Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2025 Mr. LaHood (for himself, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Casten, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Foster, Mr. Bost, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Underwood, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, and Mr. Sorensen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois, as the ``Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic''. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Color Sergeant Andrew Jackson Smith of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, formerly of the 41st Illinois Infantry Regiment, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in the Civil War. (2) His Medal of Honor citation reads ``Corporal Andrew Jackson Smith, of Clinton, Illinois, a member of the 55th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry, distinguished himself on 30 November 1864 by saving his regimental colors, after the color bearer was killed during a bloody charge at the Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina. In the late afternoon, as the 55th Regiment pursued enemy skirmishers and conducted a running fight, they ran into a swampy area backed by a rise where t
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