Pub. L. 116-295 - An act to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the "Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic".

116th Congress

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:

(1) Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad of Chandler, Arizona, joined the United States Army on June 1, 2010.

(2) Staff Sergeant Conrad’s decorated service includes two deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

(3) Staff Sergeant Conrad subsequently deployed to Africa in support of Operation Octave Shield, while assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as a Human Intelligence Noncommissioned Officer.

(4) On June 8, 2018, Staff Sergeant Conrad died in Somalia from injuries sustained from indirect enemy fire.

(5) Staff Sergeant Conrad was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Valor, and Meritorious Service Medal.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF STAFF SERGEANT ALEXANDER W. CONRAD VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE CLINIC.

(a) The Southeast Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic located at 3285 South Val Vista Drive, Gilbert, Arizona, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the “Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic”.

(b) Any reference in a law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the “Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic”.

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4983:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):

Sept. 23, considered and passed House.

Dec. 10, considered and passed Senate.