Sponsor
Stacey E. Plaskett
Representative · D-VI
Representative · D-VI
The bill formally names a Saint Croix VA clinic—providing symbolic recognition for local veterans and clearer federal references—at the cost of minor taxpayer-funded updates and a short risk of transitional confusion.
Veterans in Saint Croix will have their local VA clinic officially named in their honor, increasing community recognition, veteran morale, and local visibility of services.
Federal agencies and employees will have consistent legal and administrative references to the clinic's name, reducing document and map inconsistencies across federal records.
Veterans and providers may face temporary confusion locating the clinic or interpreting older materials if signage and documents are not updated promptly during the transition.
Taxpayers and federal agencies will incur minor administrative costs to update signage, records, maps, and printed or digital materials to reflect the new name.
Based on analysis of 1 section of legislative text.
Officially renames the VA community-based outpatient clinic in Saint Croix as the Lieutenant Colonel David C. Canegata III Clinic and requires federal references to use that name.
Official title: To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Lieutenant Colonel David C. Canegata III Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic".
Introduced July 22, 2026 by Stacey E. Plaskett · Last progress July 22, 2026
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, as the "Lieutenant Colonel David C. Canegata III Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic." It also requires that any federal reference to that clinic use the new name. The change takes effect on enactment and applies to references in laws, regulations, maps, documents, records, and other papers.