[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 165 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H4734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 STAFF SERGEANT ALEXANDER W. CONRAD VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE 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. 4983) to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs 
community-based outpatient clinic in Gilbert, Arizona, as the ``Staff 
Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic'', and 
ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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. 4983

       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) Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad of Chandler, 
     Arizona, joined the United States Army on June 1, 2010.
       (2) Staff Sergeant Conrad's decorated service includes two 
     deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring 
     Freedom.
       (3) Staff Sergeant Conrad subsequently deployed to Africa 
     in support of Operation Octave Shield, while assigned to 1st 
     Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North 
     Carolina, as a Human Intelligence Noncommissioned Officer.
       (4) On June 8, 2018, Staff Sergeant Conrad died in Somalia 
     from injuries sustained from indirect enemy fire.
       (5) Staff Sergeant Conrad was posthumously awarded the 
     Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Valor, and Meritorious Service 
     Medal.

     SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF STAFF SERGEANT ALEXANDER W. CONRAD 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE CLINIC.

       (a) Designation.--The Southeast Veterans Affairs Health 
     Care Clinic located at 3285 South Val Vista Drive, Gilbert, 
     Arizona, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be 
     known and designated as the ``Staff Sergeant Alexander W. 
     Conrad Veterans Affairs Health Care Clinic''.
       (b) Reference.--Any reference in a law, regulation, map, 
     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 ``Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad 
     Veterans Affairs Health Care 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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