[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 7925 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.7925

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two


                                 An Act


 
    To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, as the ``Sy Kaplan 
                              VA 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) Seymour ``Sy'' Kaplan was born on February 28, 1924.
        (2) Sergeant Kaplan served in the United States Army from 1942 
    to 1945 as a combat engineer.
        (3) Sergeant Kaplan served in the 2d, 4th, and 14th Armored 
    Divisions, seeing service in North Africa, Italy, and France.
        (4) Sergeant Kaplan rose to the rank of Technical Sergeant and 
    earned 3 Battle Stars and 2 Purple Hearts.
        (5) Sergeant Kaplan served under General George Patton at the 
    Battle of the Bulge and received 2 Purple Hearts for his service.
        (6) In April 1945, Sergeant Kaplan was grievously wounded in an 
    enemy mortar attack in Czechoslovakia and returned to the United 
    States a wounded warrior.
        (7) Sergeant Kaplan served as Commander of the Disabled 
    American Veterans, Chapter 78 (Coachella Valley) for many years.
        (8) Sergeant Kaplan was instrumental in the opening of the 
    Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Palm Desert.
        (9) Sergeant Kaplan personally provided countless local 
    veterans with advice and assistance in obtaining their earned 
    Department of Veterans Affairs benefits.
        (10) Sergeant Kaplan received the Senior Inspiration Award from 
    Riverside County Supervisor Roy Wilson in 2001.
        (11) Wilson also appointed Sergeant Kaplan the first chair of 
    the Desert Palms Community Council.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY-BASED 
OUTPATIENT CLINIC LOCATED IN PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA.
    (a) Designation.--The Department of Veterans Affairs community-
based outpatient clinic located in Palm Desert, California, shall after 
the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the 
``Sy Kaplan VA 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 ``Sy Kaplan 
VA Clinic''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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