Iowa National Guard Heroes Commemoration Act
Sponsored By: Representative Nunn (IA)
Introduced
Summary
Renames the Des Moines VA clinic as the Staff Sergeant Edgar Torres-Tovar VA Clinic. This bill would designate two Department of Veterans Affairs clinics in Iowa with commemorative names and would require that the clinic at 1211 East Army Post Road in Des Moines be known as the Staff Sergeant Edgar Torres-Tovar VA Clinic. It attaches findings about Torres-Tovar’s life and service, noting his 2000 birth in DeKalb, Illinois and upbringing in Des Moines, graduation from Dowling Catholic High School in 2019, enlistment in 2019, service as a Cavalry Scout with the 34th Infantry Division, deployments to Kosovo and Syria, death in action on December 13, 2025, and awards including the Bronze Star with Valor and Purple Heart.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Nunn (IA)
IA • R
Cosponsors
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Hinson
IA • R
Sponsored 2/11/2026
Miller-Meeks
IA • R
Sponsored 2/11/2026
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