[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 898 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 898

 To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the ``Margaret Cochran 
       Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 27, 2019

Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Schumer) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the ``Margaret Cochran 
       Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MANHATTAN CAMPUS OF THE NEW YORK HARBOR 
              HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
              NEW YORK.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Margaret Cochran was born in Franklin County, 
        Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1751, and married John Corbin in 
        1772.
            (2) Three years after the marriage, when John Corbin left 
        to fight in the Revolutionary War as an artilleryman, Margaret 
        Corbin accompanied him to war to support the Revolutionary 
        Army.
            (3) Margaret Corbin supported the Revolutionary Army by 
        caring for injured and sick soldiers as well as by cooking and 
        cleaning. During battle, she also helped her husband load the 
        cannon he was responsible for manning.
            (4) On November 16, 1776, John Corbin was manning a cannon 
        during the Battle of Fort Washington on Manhattan Island, New 
        York, when he was killed. Margaret Corbin heroically took her 
        husband's place, firing the cannon until she, too, was hit by 
        enemy fire and seriously wounded.
            (5) Having lost the use of her left arm, Margaret Corbin 
        was assigned to the ``Invalid Regiment'' at West Point, New 
        York.
            (6) The Continental Congress awarded Margaret Corbin a 
        lifelong pension for her injuries, making her the first woman 
        to receive a pension from the United States by virtue of 
        military service for the United States.
            (7) Margaret Corbin died in 1789 in Highland Falls, New 
        York. She is honored nearby at West Point as a hero of the 
        Revolutionary War.
    (b) Designation.--The Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor 
Health Case System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York, 
New York, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known 
and designated as the ``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York 
Harbor Health Care System''.
    (c) Reference.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Campus 
referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
System.
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