[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 583-584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  DESIGNATING THE LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD J. SEITZ COMMUNITY-BASED 
                           OUTPATIENT CLINIC

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Veterans' 
Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1434, 
and we proceed to the matter.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1434) to designate the Junction City Community-
     Based Outpatient Clinic located at 715 Southwind Drive, 
     Junction City, Kansas, as the Lieutenant General Richard J. 
     Seitz Community-Based Outpatient Clinic.


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  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time 
and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid 
upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1434) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1434

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

     SECTION 1. LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD J. SEITZ COMMUNITY-
                   BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz served as the cadet 
     commander of a unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
     at Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas, where he 
     earned the American Legion Cup as an outstanding cadet;
       (2) while attending Kansas State University, Lieutenant 
     General Seitz accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in 
     the Army and was called into active duty in 1940;
       (3) Lieutenant General Seitz volunteered to be one of the 
     first paratroopers in the United States;
       (4) at age 25, Lieutenant General Seitz as a major, was 
     given command of the 2nd Battalion of the 517th Parachute 
     Infantry Regimental Combat Team, becoming the youngest 
     battalion commander in the Army;
       (5) along with the 7th Armored Division, the battalion 
     commanded by Lieutenant General Seitz formed what became 
     known as Task Force Seitz at the Battle of the Bulge with the 
     mission to plug the gaps on the north slope of the Bulge when 
     the Germans attempted to break out;
       (6) the service of Lieutenant General Seitz earned him the 
     Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, and many other 
     acknowledgments during his 37-year career in the Army;
       (7) after victory in Europe, Lieutenant General Seitz 
     remained in the Army, commanding the 2nd Airborne Battle 
     Group, 503rd Infantry Regiment, and the 82nd Airborne 
     Division;
       (8) on retiring in 1978, Lieutenant General Seitz settled 
     in Junction City, Kansas, near Ft. Riley, where he would 
     greet deploying and returning units from Iraq and Afghanistan 
     at all times of the day;
       (9) Lieutenant General Seitz remained active in the wider 
     community, working with the Coronado Area Council of the Boy 
     Scouts of America, the Fort Riley National Bank, Rotary 
     International, and the Association of the United States Army 
     and serving on the board of the Eisenhower Presidential 
     Library and Museum;
       (10) Lieutenant General Seitz had a passion for mentoring 
     young officers and noncommissioned officers at Fort Riley, 
     never ceasing to be a soldier, according to his son, Richard 
     M. Seitz;
       (11) Lieutenant General Seitz was named an Outstanding 
     Citizen of Kansas;
       (12) in 2012 an elementary school at Fort Riley was named 
     in honor of Lieutenant General Seitz, which is meaningful 
     because he believed the fate of the United States relied on 
     young children and the teachers who inspire them;
       (13) during visits to the elementary school, Lieutenant 
     General Seitz would talk with the students about what it 
     meant to be a ``proud and great American'' and his message 
     was always to ``respect the teachers and be a learner'';
       (14) the family and friends of Lieutenant General Seitz 
     have described him as a gentleman, compassionate, respected, 
     full of integrity, gracious, giving, and a remarkable 
     individual; and
       (15) Lieutenant General Seitz lived each day to its fullest 
     and his commitment to his fellow man serves as an inspiration 
     to all the people of the United States.
       (b) Designation.--The Junction City Community-Based 
     Outpatient Clinic located at 715 Southwind Drive, Junction 
     City, Kansas, shall be known and designated as the 
     ``Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based 
     Outpatient Clinic''.
       (c) References.--Any reference in any law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     Junction City Community-Based Outpatient Clinic referred to 
     in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
     ``Lieutenant General Richard J. Seitz Community-Based 
     Outpatient Clinic''.

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