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The bill provides local symbolic recognition by renaming a VA outpatient clinic and updating records, offering modest clarity and honor at minimal cost but without adding services or benefits for veterans.
Veterans who use the Newton, NJ VA outpatient clinic will see the facility formally renamed the Anthony J. Gallopo VA Clinic, and federal records will be updated to reflect the new name, reducing confusion in official references.
Veterans receive only symbolic recognition — the bill does not create or fund any new services or programmatic changes at the clinic.
Taxpayers and the VA may incur minor administrative and signage costs to update the clinic name on signs and in federal documents.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Officially renames the VA community-based outpatient clinic in Newton, NJ to the Anthony J. Gallopo VA Clinic and requires federal references to use the new name.
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Newton, New Jersey, as the "Anthony J. Gallopo VA Clinic" (also referenced as "Tony"). After enactment, any federal law, regulation, map, document, record, or paper that refers to that clinic must read as a reference to the Anthony J. Gallopo VA Clinic. The change is purely a renaming of an existing VA outpatient clinic and does not create new programs, change funding, or alter services provided at the facility.
Official title: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Newton, New Jersey, as the "Anthony "Tony" J. Gallopo VA Clinic".
Introduced November 10, 2025 by Josh S. Gottheimer · Last progress July 16, 2026