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US HB4689
Bill
Status
7/23/2025
Primary Sponsor
Darin LaHood
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AI Summary
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Designates the VA community-based outpatient clinic at 207 Hamilton Road, Bloomington, Illinois, as the "Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic"
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Honors Color Sergeant Andrew Jackson Smith of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for Civil War heroism
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Smith saved his regimental colors after the color bearer was killed at the Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina, on November 30, 1864, carrying them through heavy enemy fire despite half the officers and a third of enlisted men being killed or wounded
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Introduced July 23, 2025, with bipartisan support from all 17 members of the Illinois congressional delegation
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All federal references to the clinic in laws, regulations, maps, and documents must use the new designated name
Legislative Description
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Bloomington, Illinois, as the "Andrew Jackson Smith Medal of Honor Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic".
Armed forces and national security
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
12/19/2025