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[S. 4359 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.4359

                    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 regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
 in metropolitan Atlanta as the ``Senator Johnny Isakson Department of 
   Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office'', 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. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Senator Johnny Isakson VA Regional 
Office Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    Congress finds the following:
        (1) John Hardy Isakson, known as ``Johnny'', was born December 
    28, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Julia Isakson and Edwin Andrew 
    Isakson.
        (2) Johnny Isakson graduated from the University of Georgia in 
    1966 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration.
        (3) In 1966, Johnny Isakson enlisted in the Georgia Air 
    National Guard, serving until 1972 and attaining the rank of Staff 
    Sergeant.
        (4) Johnny Isakson gained success in private business, serving 
    for 22 years as a real estate executive and growing his business 
    into one of the largest of its kind in both Georgia and in the 
    United States.
        (5) Johnny Isakson was elected to the Georgia General Assembly 
    in 1976, serving in the State House of Representatives until 1990.
        (6) Johnny Isakson was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 
    1992, serving until 1996.
        (7) In 1996, Governor Zell Miller appointed Johnny Isakson to 
    be Chairman of the Georgia State Board of Education.
        (8) Johnny Isakson was elected to represent the 6th District of 
    Georgia in the United States House of Representatives in 1999, and 
    served until 2005.
        (9) During his time in the House of Representatives, Johnny 
    Isakson, as a member of the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
    House of Representatives, worked to improve American education, and 
    was a key advocate for the bipartisan education reforms that became 
    the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110).
        (10) Johnny Isakson was elected to the United States Senate in 
    2004, serving until December 31, 2019.
        (11) During his time in the Senate, Johnny Isakson was an 
    exemplar of courtesy, dignity, and kindness, beloved and respected 
    by colleagues regardless of party.
        (12) Johnny Isakson, during the 111th Congress, demonstrated a 
    bipartisan yearning for peace, and crossed party lines to support 
    the ratification of the 2010 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty 
    between the United States and the Russian Federation, also known as 
    New START.
        (13) During the 114th, 115th, and 116th Congresses, Johnny 
    Isakson served as Chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of 
    the Senate, a position with which he tirelessly championed reform 
    to improve the benefits and quality of service for our nation's 
    military veterans.
        (14) During the 114th, 115th, and 116th Congresses, Johnny 
    Isakson served as Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics of the 
    Senate.
        (15) The late Congressman John Lewis once described Johnny 
    Isakson as ``A man who has strong belief but also willing to work 
    with others to get things done.''.
        (16) On December 19, 2021, Johnny Isakson passed away, but his 
    legacy of character and goodwill will endure as an example to all 
    who serve, or will serve, in the United States Senate.
SEC. 3. SENATOR JOHNNY ISAKSON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ATLANTA 
REGIONAL OFFICE.
    (a) Designation.--The Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta 
Regional Office in Georgia shall, after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, be known and designated as the ``Senator Johnny Isakson 
Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office'' or the 
``Isakson VA Atlanta Regional Office''.
    (b) Reference.--Any reference in a law, regulation, map, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Regional Office 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Senator Johnny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional 
Office.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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