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S. 5334Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lubbock, Texas, as the "Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic".

Sponsored by John CornynSen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Introduced August 6, 2026

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The bill renames the Department of Veterans Affairs community‑based outpatient clinic in Lubbock, Texas, to the "Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic." The new name applies to the clinic itself and to any official references to it in laws, regulations, maps, or other federal documents.

Key Provisions

  • Designates the Lubbock VA outpatient clinic as the "Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic" (or "Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic").
  • Requires that all existing and future federal references to the clinic be treated as references to the newly named clinic.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs Committee

August 6, 2026

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Introduced in Senate

August 6, 2026

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs Committee

August 6, 2026

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Introduced in SenateIssued August 6, 2026

II

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 5334

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

August 6, 2026

Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

A BILL

To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lubbock, Texas, as the Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic.

1.

Designation of Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic

(a)

Designation

The community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lubbock, Texas, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic.

(b)

References

Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the community-based outpatient clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to the Lieutenant General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic.