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Renames the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey as the Leonard G. Lomell VA Clinic. After enactment, all references in U.S. laws, regulations, maps, and official documents will use and be interpreted as this new name. This is a commemorative change only. It does not alter services, staffing, funding, or eligibility for veterans who use the clinic.
Rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, as the Leonard G. Lomell VA Clinic, effective after the date of enactment of this Act.
Provide that any reference to the Toms River VA community-based outpatient clinic in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered a reference to the Leonard G. Lomell VA Clinic.
Last progress September 5, 2025 (5 months ago)
Introduced on March 18, 2025 by Christopher Henry Smith
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3489-3490)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
President of the United States
Direct effects are limited to nomenclature. Veterans using the Toms River VA clinic will see the new name on signage, appointment materials, and communications, with no change to care or eligibility. Department of Veterans Affairs employees will need to update signs, forms, electronic records, and wayfinding; this is a routine administrative task typically handled within existing resources. Local community members may note the commemorative recognition and updated wayfinding. Federal and state references to the facility will be standardized to the new name for consistency across official documents and systems.