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[H.R. 1216 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1216

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen


                                 An Act


 
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center in Prescott, 
 Arizona, as the ``Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs 
                           Veterans 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) Dr. Cameron K. McKinley was born on December 9, 1930, in 
    Shreveport, Louisiana.
        (2) Dr. McKinley served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in 
    Shreveport, Louisiana, from 1947 to 1949.
        (3) Dr. McKinley served valiantly at Wiesbaden Air Force 
    Hospital during and after the Vietnam War, providing therapy to 
    military personnel and their families.
        (4) Dr. McKinley served with great distinction as the Chief of 
    Psychology at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Prescott, Arizona, 
    from 1981-1995.
        (5) At the Prescott Veterans Affairs Hospital, Dr. McKinley 
    organized a ``Rap Group'' for Vietnam Era veterans dealing with 
    various degrees of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That 
    group of veterans formed the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 
    95.
        (6) Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 95, in concert with 
    Dr. McKinley, local leaders, businesses and nonprofit groups 
    petitioned the Federal Government for a free-standing Veterans 
    Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).
        (7) Congress authorized 91 new rural VAMCs, among them the 
    Prescott Vet Center. In June of 1985, the Prescott Vet Center 
    opened.
        (8) Dr. McKinley spent decades confronting the pressing issue 
    of PTSD by providing cutting-edge psychological and 
    neuropsychological assessments to the returning veterans of three 
    wars. He produced targeted action plans for veterans suffering from 
    PTSD, giving them tools to deal with their afflictions and 
    transition successfully back into civilian life.
        (9) Dr. McKinley's cutting-edge work has earned him recognition 
    from Prescott VAMC, Vietnam Veterans of America, the Veterans' 
    Readjustment Counseling Center, and the Department of the Army for 
    his outstanding work to improve the lives of veterans of multiple 
    generations.
        (10) It is only well and fitting that as a tribute to this 
    remarkable person's life that Congress seek to name the facility 
    after the leader who was its inspiration and a lifesaver for so 
    many.
SEC. 2. DR. CAMERON MCKINLEY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS VETERANS 
CENTER.
    (a) Designation.--The Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center 
located at 3180 Stillwater Dr. #A, Prescott, Arizona, shall after the 
date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the ``Dr. 
Cameron McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Vet Center referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the ``Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of 
Veterans Affairs Veterans Center''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.