[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3861 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3861

   To name the front circle drive on the north side of the Oscar G. 
    Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility in Iron 
  Mountain, Michigan, as the ``Sergeant First Class James D. Priestap 
                                Drive''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2012

 Mr. Benishek introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To name the front circle drive on the north side of the Oscar G. 
    Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility in Iron 
  Mountain, Michigan, as the ``Sergeant First Class James D. Priestap 
                                Drive''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NAME OF THE FRONT CIRCLE DRIVE OF THE OSCAR G. JOHNSON 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY, IRON 
              MOUNTAIN, MICHIGAN.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Sergeant First Class James D. Priestap was born on June 
        2, 1967, in Royal Oak, Michigan.
            (2) Priestap became a resident of the Foster City, 
        Michigan, area in 1970 and graduated from North Dickinson High 
        School in 1985.
            (3) He attended Ferris State University and Northern 
        Michigan University.
            (4) Priestap joined the Navy as a rescue swimmer.
            (5) He later worked as a police officer at the Oscar G. 
        Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility in Iron 
        Mountain, Michigan.
            (6) While serving in the Michigan National Guard, he was 
        assigned to the 46th Military Police Company in Kingsford, 
        Michigan.
            (7) Priestap was deployed to Iraq on July 9, 2006.
            (8) While on duty, Priestap was fatally shot at a 
        checkpoint in Baghdad on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2006.
            (9) On December 3, 2006, Priestap was laid to rest with 
        full military honors in his hometown of Foster City.
            (10) Priestap's awards and decorations include the Bronze 
        Star, the Purple Heart, the Navy, Marine, and Army Achievement 
        Medals, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense 
        Medal, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terror 
        Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal, 
        and the Combat Action Badge.
    (b) Name of Drive.--The front circle drive on the north side of the 
Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility in 
Iron Mountain, Michigan, shall after the date of the enactment of this 
Act be known and designated as the ``Sergeant First Class James D. 
Priestap Drive''. Any reference to such drive in any law, regulation, 
map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be 
considered to be a reference to the Sergeant First Class James D. 
Priestap Drive.
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