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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CARL NUNZIATO VA 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. 5023) to name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-
based outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, as the ``Carl Nunziato VA
Clinic'', and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Brownley of California.) 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. 5023
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Carl Nunziato graduated from Youngstown State
University ROTC as the Distinguished Military Graduate in
1961 and commissioned into the U.S. Army.
(2) While serving, Major (ret.) Nunziato was stationed in
Thailand during the Laotian Crisis. Major Nunziato later
served two voluntary tours of combat duty in Vietnam.
(3) On his second tour, then-Captain Nunziato was severely
injured, losing both legs from a mortar attack while
protecting a small Vietnamese village in Soui Da.
(4) Major Nunziato spent two years at Walter Reed Military
Hospital recovering from his wounds. He then returned home to
Northeastern Ohio where he enrolled in Case Western
University Law School earning a degree in 1971. Following
retirement from active duty, Major Nunziato continuously
championed the rights of veterans and the disabled, while
establishing a distinguished career in banking and finance.
(5) Due to Major Nunziato's tireless efforts, a Department
of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic was established in
Youngstown. Additionally, his exhaustive work throughout
Mahoning County has brought curb cuts, wheel chair ramps and
other accessibility measures to county public buildings,
universities and courthouses, affording more independence to
local disabled population. These efforts were borne from
witnessing fellow disabled veterans denied justice and
equality, after having fought and sacrificed for those same
principles.
SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMUNITY-
BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.
The Department of Veterans Affairs community-based
outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, shall, after the date
of the enactment of this Act, be known and designated as the
``Carl Nunziato VA Clinic''. Any reference to such clinic in
any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of
the United States shall be considered to be a reference to
the Carl Nunziato VA 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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