[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 42 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S1656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Cruz):
  S. 2128. A bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
center in Waco, Texas, as the ``Doris Miller Department of Veterans 
Affairs Medical Center''; to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2128

         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 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 U.S.S. 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 U.S.S. 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 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.
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