Designates the VA medical center in West Haven, Connecticut, as the Captain Paul W. "Bud" Bucha VA Medical Center, and requires that any federal reference to the facility use that name.

Official title: Captain Paul W. 'Bud' Bucha VA Medical Center Act of 2025

Next stop House: awaiting action

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House

Received 08-AUG-2025

Senate

Introduced 02-AUG-2025

Passed 08-AUG-2025

Key points

Renames the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in West Haven, Connecticut, including any successor location, as the Captain Paul W. "Bud" Bucha VA Medical Center
Requires that any law, regulation, map, document, or record referring to the medical center be treated as referring to the new name
Includes findings describing Bucha's Medal of Honor service in Vietnam, his later advocacy for veterans, and his treatment at the West Haven facility

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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in Senate, 02-AUG-2025).

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Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) Cosponsors · 1

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1 Democrat