119-hr499

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 499 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 499

 To rename the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
 Dallas, Texas, as the ``Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center''.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 16, 2025

Ms. Crockett (for herself, Mr. Gooden, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Castro 
of Texas, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Green of Texas, and Ms. Escobar) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
 Affairs

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 A BILL

 To rename the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
 Dallas, Texas, as the ``Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center''.

 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) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson served the veteran 
 community diligently during her 16 years working as the Chief 
 Psychiatric Nurse of the medical center of the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs in Dallas, Texas.

    (2) Throughout her 30 years in Congress, Congresswoman 
 Eddie Bernice Johnson introduced numerous bills that sought to 
 honor and serve the patriots who so nobly served their country.

    (3) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson introduced, and won 
 passage of, the Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 
 2007 (Public Law 110-157; 38 U.S.C. 101 note), which assists 
 those wounded in service in the Armed Forces in receiving the 
 treatment they need, and increases the dignity shown to those 
 who gave their last full measure of devotion to the country 
 that they served.

    (4) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson was a trailblazer 
 who worked tirelessly on behalf of veterans in the United 
 States and has earned the respect and honor of her native city 
 of Dallas, Texas, the State of Texas, the United States, and 
 Congress.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER.

    (a) Designation.--The medical center of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs located at 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, Texas, shall 
after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as 
the ``Eddie Bernice Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center'' or the ``Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center''.

    (b) Reference.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the medical 
center referred to in subsection

    (a) shall be considered to be a 
reference to the Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center.
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