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, section 1, Sec. 1.
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Congress finds Lomell deserving of the honor
The document says “should”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says
“As a decorated war hero, model citizen, and dedicated husband and father, Second Lieutenant Lomell is exceedingly deserving of the posthumous honor”
The last of the section's fifteen findings, and the one that states its conclusion. The finding runs on to say what the honor is: having the new Toms River clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs named for him. The quotation stops short of that clause because the printer broke a word across a line there. The word posthumous is the section's own.
What the document actually says
“As a decorated war hero, model citizen, and dedicated husband and father, Second Lieutenant Lomell is exceedingly deserving of the posthumous honor”
That sentence, in plain words
Congress says this man earned the honor. He was a war hero. He was a good neighbor. He was a good husband and father.
What this is about
The honor is having the new clinic named for him. He is not alive to see it. The law calls that a posthumous honor.
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Name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey…, Public Law 119-35, sec. 1, 139 Stat. 490 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ35/html/PLAW-119publ35.htm
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“Congress finds Lomell deserving of the honor,” Name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey…, section 1, Sec. 1. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-35/proposal/sec01-lomell-deserving-of-the-honor/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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