[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4359 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4359

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 June 8 (legislative day, June 7), 2022

Mr. Ossoff (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Tester, Mr. Moran, 
 Mr. Schumer, Mr. McConnell, and Mr. Portman) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
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.
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