Public Law 113–256: To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Waco, Texas, as the “Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”.Public Law256Public Law 113–256128 Stat. 29222014-12-182014-12-18United States Government Publishing OfficeNational Archives and Records AdministrationOffice of the Federal Registertext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Locator to USLM Converter 4.15.31;Stage2.202507022026-01-03113publicPUBLIC LAW 113–256—DEC. 18, 2014128 STAT. 2922Public Law113–256113th CongressAn ActTo name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Waco, Texas, as the “Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”.
Dec. 18, 2014
[H.R. 4199]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,SECTION 1. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings:(1) On October 12, 1919, Doris Miller was born in Waco, Texas.(2) On September 16, 1939, Miller enlisted in the United States Navy as mess attendant, third class at Naval Recruiting Station, Dallas, Texas, to serve for a period of six years.(3) On February 16, 1941, Miller received a change of rating to mess attendant, second class.(4) On June 1, 1942, Miller received a change of rating to mess attendant, first class.(5) On June 1, 1943, Miller received a change of rating, to cook, third class.(6) On November 25, 1944, Miller was presumed dead by the Secretary of the Navy a year and a day after being carried as missing in action since November 24, 1943, while serving aboard USS Liscome Bay when that vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific Ocean.(7) Miller was awarded the Navy Cross Medal, Purple Heart Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal.(8) Miller’s citation for the Navy Cross said “for distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. While at the side of his Captain on the bridge, Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of a serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain, who had been mortally wounded, to a place of greater safety, and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge.”.(9) On June 20, 1973, the USS Miller (FF–1091), a Knox-class frigate, was named in honor of Doris Miller.SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, WACO, TEXAS. The Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Waco, Texas, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known 128 STAT. 2923
and designated as the “Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”. Any reference to such medical center in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.ApprovedDecember 18, 2014.LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4199:CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):