    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-331
    116th Congress

    An Act

    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
    Care 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'' or the ``Margaret Cochran Corbin VA
    Campus''.
    (c) Reference.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document,
    paper, or other record of the United States to the Campus

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    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.

    Approved January 13, 2021.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1925:
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
    Sept. 23, considered and passed House.
    Dec. 10, considered and passed Senate, amended.
    Dec. 31, House concurred in Senate amendment.