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US HB2170
Bill
Status
9/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Smith
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AI Summary
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Designates the VA community-based outpatient clinic at 1055 Hooper Avenue in Toms River, New Jersey, as the "Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell VA Clinic"
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Honors Second Lieutenant Leonard G. Lomell, a World War II Army Ranger who served in the 2nd Ranger Battalion's D Company during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944
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Lomell and Sergeant Jack Kuhn located and destroyed five hidden 155-millimeter German artillery guns at Pointe du Hoc using thermite grenades, an action historian Steven Ambrose considered among the most significant ensuring Allied victory on D-Day
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Lomell received the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, and Silver Star, and later served as the first Director of the Ocean County Veteran's Service Bureau from 1946-1948
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All federal references to the clinic in laws, regulations, maps, and official documents shall be updated to reflect the new designation
Legislative Description
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, VA Clinic, and for other purposes.
Armed forces and national security
Last Action
Became Public Law No: 119-35.
9/5/2025