[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7903 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7903

    To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic in Canton, Michigan, as the ``Major General Oliver W. 
                    Dillard VA Outpatient Clinic''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 2022

 Ms. Stevens (for herself, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Meijer, Mr. 
 Moolenaar, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Upton, Mr. Walberg, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Levin 
of Michigan, Mrs. McClain, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Tlaib, and Mrs. Lawrence) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic in Canton, Michigan, as the ``Major General Oliver W. 
                    Dillard VA Outpatient Clinic''.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Oliver W. Dillard was born on September 28, 1926, in 
        Margaret, Alabama.
            (2) In 1945, following basic training he was drafted and 
        was assigned to the 349th Field Artillery Group in Germany as 
        part of the World War II army of occupation. He was selected to 
        serve as company clerk and began to work his way through the 
        ranks, attaining Technical Sergeant.
            (3) Dillard successfully completed the Officer Candidate 
        School (OCS) selection process and was approved for attendance 
        at the Infantry OCS at Fort Benning in January 1947. He 
        received a commission as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry after 
        graduating from Infantry OCS in July 1947 and was the honor 
        graduate of his Infantry officers basic course.
            (4) He served in command and intelligence positions in 
        Korea, Germany, and Vietnam.
            (5) During his service, Dillard graduated from the Army 
        Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in 1958, where he was 
        one of only three Black officers in his class. After CGSC, he 
        completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Omaha 
        leveraging his earlier studies at Tuskegee Institute.
            (6) In 1965, Mr. Dillard graduated from the National War 
        College, becoming the first Black officer to do so. He 
        graduated at the top of his class.
            (7) MG Dillard's military awards include the Distinguished 
        Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Silver Star, the 
        Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star 
        with one Oak Leaf Cluster and ``V'' Device, the Purple Heart, 
        the Air Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge with Star (two 
        awards), the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Vietnam 
        Distinguished Service Order (1st and 2d Class). Dillard also 
        received two civilian awards from the Republic of Vietnam, the 
        Vietnam Rural Revolutionary Development Medal and the Vietnam 
        Ethnic Development Service Medal (1st Class).
            (8) Dillard was inducted into the United States Army's 
        Military Intelligence Hall of Fame in 2012, the Officer 
        Candidate School Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Alabama Military 
        Hall of Honor in 2013.
            (9) He died in Canton, Michigan, in 2015, and is buried in 
        Arlington National Cemetery.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY-BASED 
              OUTPATIENT CLINIC, CANTON, MICHIGAN.

    (a) Designation.--The community-based outpatient clinic of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in Canton, Michigan, shall after the 
date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the 
``Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Outpatient Clinic''.
    (b) References.-- Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
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 
``Major General Oliver W. Dillard VA Outpatient Clinic''.
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