[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 165 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H4732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CARL NUNZIATO VA CLINIC

  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 5023) to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-
based outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Carl Nunziato VA 
Clinic'', and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Brownley of California.) Is there 
objection to the request of the gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 5023

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

     SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Carl Nunziato graduated from Youngstown State 
     University ROTC as the Distinguished Military Graduate in 
     1961 and commissioned into the U.S. Army.
       (2) While serving, Major (ret.) Nunziato was stationed in 
     Thailand during the Laotian Crisis. Major Nunziato later 
     served two voluntary tours of combat duty in Vietnam.
       (3) On his second tour, then-Captain Nunziato was severely 
     injured, losing both legs from a mortar attack while 
     protecting a small Vietnamese village in Soui Da.
       (4) Major Nunziato spent two years at Walter Reed Military 
     Hospital recovering from his wounds. He then returned home to 
     Northeastern Ohio where he enrolled in Case Western 
     University Law School earning a degree in 1971. Following 
     retirement from active duty, Major Nunziato continuously 
     championed the rights of veterans and the disabled, while 
     establishing a distinguished career in banking and finance.
       (5) Due to Major Nunziato's tireless efforts, a Department 
     of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic was established in 
     Youngstown. Additionally, his exhaustive work throughout 
     Mahoning County has brought curb cuts, wheel chair ramps and 
     other accessibility measures to county public buildings, 
     universities and courthouses, affording more independence to 
     local disabled population. These efforts were borne from 
     witnessing fellow disabled veterans denied justice and 
     equality, after having fought and sacrificed for those same 
     principles.

     SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY-
                   BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

       The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based 
     outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, shall, after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, be known and designated as the 
     ``Carl Nunziato VA Clinic''. Any reference to such clinic in 
     any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of 
     the United States shall be considered to be a reference to 
     the Carl Nunziato VA Clinic.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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