[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 3238 Referred in House (RFH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3238


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2012

             Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community based 
outpatient clinic in Mansfield, Ohio, as the David F. Winder Department 
 of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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) David F. Winder, was born on August 10, 1946, in 
        Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
            (2) David F. Winder served as a Private First Class in the 
        United States Army, enlisting in Columbus, Ohio, in 1968. His 
        service in the Army ended in May 1970.
            (3) David F. Winder was awarded the Medal of Honor, the 
        highest honor in the United States awarded for valor to members 
        of the Armed Forces, for his actions during the ambush of his 
        company, on May 13, 1970, in the Republic of Vietnam for 
        conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life 
        above and beyond the call of duty as a senior medical aidman 
        with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 11th 
        Infantry Brigade, Americal Division.
            (4) Unarmed, PFC Winder proceeded to crawl over 100 meters 
        of open, bullet swept terrain to treat the 2 different wounded 
        soldiers while suffering 2 serious wounds himself in the 
        process. He was mortally wounded for the third and final time 
        when closing to within 30 feet of a third soldier.
            (5) PFC Winder was laid to rest in Mansfield Memorial Park.

SEC. 2. DAVID F. WINDER DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY BASED 
              OUTPATIENT CLINIC.

    (a) Designation.--The Department of Veterans Affairs community 
based outpatient clinic located in Mansfield, Ohio, shall after the 
date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the 
``David F. Winder Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based 
Outpatient Clinic''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs community based outpatient clinic referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the David F. Winder 
Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

            Passed the Senate June 29, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                NANCY ERICKSON,

                                                             Secretary.