To name the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic located in Riverhead, New York, as the "Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA Clinic", and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5589 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5589

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic located in Riverhead,
    New York, as the ``Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA
                   Clinic'', and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2025

Mr. LaLota (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following bill;
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs clinic located in Riverhead,
    New York, as the ``Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn VA
                   Clinic'', and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Garfield McConnell Langhorn was born on September 10,
        1948, in Cumberland, Virginia, and grew up in Riverhead, New
        York, on Long Island.
            (2) Langhorn graduated from Riverside High School in 1967,
        and worked for Suffolk County before being drafted into the
        United States Army in 1968. Private First Class Langhorn was
        assigned as a radio operator with Troop C, 7th Squadron
        (Airmobile), 17th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Aviation Brigade, and
        deployed to Vietnam in November 1968.
            (3) On January 15, 1969, Langhorn's unit was inserted near
        Plei Djereng, Pleiku Province, to rescue downed AH-1 Cobra
        helicopter pilots. After finding both pilots deceased, the unit
        came under heavy attack by North Vietnamese forces in heavily
        fortified positions. Amid intense combat and while surrounded,
        Langhorn radioed for urgent air support, coordinating minigun
        and rocket strikes from the gunships above, and provided
        covering fire from within the defensive perimeter.
            (4) As darkness fell and air support became ineffective,
        enemy soldiers began probing the perimeter. When an enemy
        grenade landed close to wounded comrades, Langhorn
        unhesitatingly threw himself on the grenade, scooped it beneath
        his body, and absorbed the blast. By sacrificing himself, he
        saved the lives of his comrades.
            (5) Private First Class Langhorn's selfless act of valor,
        in giving his life to save his fellow soldiers, stands as a
        timeless example of courage and sacrifice that continues to
        inspire his community and our Nation.

SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINIC, BAY SHORE, NEW
              YORK.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs clinic located in Riverhead, New
York, shall, after the date of the enactment of this Act, be known and
designated as the ``Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn 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 ``Private First Class Garfield M.
Langhorn VA Clinic''.
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