119-hr5362

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5362 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5362

 To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in 
 Marietta, Georgia, as the ``Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of 
 Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic''.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 15, 2025

Mr. Loudermilk (for himself, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
Carter of Georgia, Mrs. McBath, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Austin 
 Scott of Georgia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Jack, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Collins, Ms. 
Williams of Georgia, Ms. Greene of Georgia, and Mr. Bishop) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
 Affairs

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 A BILL

 To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in 
 Marietta, Georgia, as the ``Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of 
 Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic''.

 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) Colonel Mike Boyce was born on September 1, 1949, in 
 Brawley, California.

    (2) Mike Boyce graduated from the University of Notre Dame 
 in 1971, and was commissioned as a 2d Lieutenant in the United 
 States Marine Corps in 1971.

    (3) After completing Marine Corps Basic School and the U.S. 
 Army Field Artillery School in 1972, Mike Boyce was assigned to 
 the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California.

    (4) Throughout his service, Colonel Mike Boyce was also 
 assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air 
 Station New River, the 1st Marine Air Wing in Okinawa, the 4th 
 Marine Air Wing at Naval Air Station Andrews, Korea, and the 
 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

    (5) After completing attache training, Mike Boyce was 
 assigned to Ankara, Turkey, in support of Operations Desert 
 Shield, Desert Storm, and Provide Comfort. He was later 
 assigned to Marine Air Group-16 for deployment to Somalia for 
 Operation Restore Hope.

    (6) Before his retirement in 2001, Colonel Mike Boyce 
 served as Head Programmer for OPNAV N88, the Deputy Commander 
 of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Head of Operational Plans at 
 MARFORPAC, and served in Bahrain and Oman in support of 
 Operations Desert Thunder and Desert Fox.

    (7) After his service, Colonel Mike Boyce moved to 
 Marietta, Georgia, and was active in his community. Colonel 
 Mike Boyce served multiple charities including Habitat for 
 Humanity, MUST Ministries, and the United Service 
 Organizations.

    (8) A dedicated member of his church, Colonel Mike Boyce 
 served in the men's ministry, youth programs, led Bible 
 studies, and helped create the veterans' ministry.

    (9) Colonel Mike Boyce was an active member of American 
 Legion Post 29, the Marine Corps League, Veterans of Foreign 
 Wars, Disabled American Veterans, and the Military Officers 
 Association of America.

    (10) Colonel Mike Boyce served as the chairman of the Cobb 
 County Board of Commissioners from 2016 until 2020. During that 
 time, he led the effort to make Veterans Day a paid holiday for 
 county employees and was instrumental in establishing the first 
 Veterans Service Office in Cobb County. He also led the effort 
 to have the first Department of Veterans Affairs clinic 
 established in Cobb County so veterans would have an easier 
 experience seeking medical care.

    (11) Colonel Mike Boyce died on January 25, 2022, in South 
 Bend, Indiana, and is survived by his wife, Judy Moon Boyce, 
 and his children Alison Boyce Cotsonika, Kevin Reid Boyce, and 
 Sean Michael Boyce.

SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MULTISPECIALTY CLINIC, 
 MARIETTA, GEORGIA.

 The Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic located at 
1263 Cobb Parkway NW, Marietta, Georgia, shall after the date of the 
enactment of this Act be known and designated as the ``Colonel Michael 
H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic'' or the 
``Colonel Michael H. Boyce VA Clinic''. Any reference to such 
multispecialty clinic in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or 
other record of the United States shall be considered to be a reference 
to the Colonel Michael H. Boyce VA Multispecialty Clinic.
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