1.Name of the front circle
drive of the Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility,
Iron Mountain, Michigan
(a)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)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.