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HR 2170 Became law

Names the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, after World War II veteran Leonard G. "Bud" Lomell, and requires that any federal reference to the clinic use that name.

Official title: 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.

Outcome Public Law 119-35
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 18-MAR-2025
Referred 18-MAR-2025
Passed 21-JUL-2025
Senate
Received 22-JUL-2025
Passed 02-AUG-2025
President
Presented 25-AUG-2025
Signed 05-SEP-2025
Became law 05-SEP-2025
Key points
  • Designates the VA outpatient clinic at 1055 Hooper Avenue in Toms River as the Leonard G. "Bud" Lomell VA Clinic
  • Requires any reference to the clinic in federal law, regulation, maps, or records to use the new name
  • Includes congressional findings describing Lomell's service as a Ranger at Pointe du Hoc on D-Day and his later career in Ocean County
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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Public Law, 05-SEP-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) Cosponsors · 11
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