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[S. 1434 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1434

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen


                                 An Act


 
To designate the Junction City Community-Based Outpatient Clinic located 
at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction City, Kansas, as the Lieutenant General 
           Richard J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD J. SEITZ COMMUNITY-BASED 
OUTPATIENT CLINIC.
    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1) Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz served as the cadet 
    commander of a unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at 
    Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas, where he earned the 
    American Legion Cup as an outstanding cadet;
        (2) while attending Kansas State University, Lieutenant General 
    Seitz accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army and 
    was called into active duty in 1940;
        (3) Lieutenant General Seitz volunteered to be one of the first 
    paratroopers in the United States;
        (4) at age 25, Lieutenant General Seitz as a major, was given 
    command of the 2nd Battalion of the 517th Parachute Infantry 
    Regimental Combat Team, becoming the youngest battalion commander 
    in the Army;
        (5) along with the 7th Armored Division, the battalion 
    commanded by Lieutenant General Seitz formed what became known as 
    Task Force Seitz at the Battle of the Bulge with the mission to 
    plug the gaps on the north slope of the Bulge when the Germans 
    attempted to break out;
        (6) the service of Lieutenant General Seitz earned him the 
    Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and many other 
    acknowledgments during his 37-year career in the Army;
        (7) after victory in Europe, Lieutenant General Seitz remained 
    in the Army, commanding the 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 503rd 
    Infantry Regiment, and the 82nd Airborne Division;
        (8) on retiring in 1978, Lieutenant General Seitz settled in 
    Junction City, Kansas, near Ft. Riley, where he would greet 
    deploying and returning units from Iraq and Afghanistan at all 
    times of the day;
        (9) Lieutenant General Seitz remained active in the wider 
    community, working with the Coronado Area Council of the Boy Scouts 
    of America, the Fort Riley National Bank, Rotary International, and 
    the Association of the United States Army and serving on the board 
    of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum;
        (10) Lieutenant General Seitz had a passion for mentoring young 
    officers and noncommissioned officers at Fort Riley, never ceasing 
    to be a soldier, according to his son, Richard M. Seitz;
        (11) Lieutenant General Seitz was named an Outstanding Citizen 
    of Kansas;
        (12) in 2012 an elementary school at Fort Riley was named in 
    honor of Lieutenant General Seitz, which is meaningful because he 
    believed the fate of the United States relied on young children and 
    the teachers who inspire them;
        (13) during visits to the elementary school, Lieutenant General 
    Seitz would talk with the students about what it meant to be a 
    ``proud and great American'' and his message was always to 
    ``respect the teachers and be a learner'';
        (14) the family and friends of Lieutenant General Seitz have 
    described him as a gentleman, compassionate, respected, full of 
    integrity, gracious, giving, and a remarkable individual; and
        (15) Lieutenant General Seitz lived each day to its fullest and 
    his commitment to his fellow man serves as an inspiration to all 
    the people of the United States.
    (b) Designation.--The Junction City Community-Based Outpatient 
Clinic located at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction City, Kansas, shall be 
known and designated as the ``Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz 
Community-Based Outpatient Clinic''.
    (c) References.--Any reference in any law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Junction 
City Community-Based Outpatient Clinic referred to in subsection (b) 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``Lieutenant General Richard 
J. Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.