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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4797 

To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Mishawaka, 

Indiana, as the ‘‘Jackie Walorski VA Clinic’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 

Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. BRAUN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the ‘‘Jackie Walorski VA Clinic’’. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Jackie Walorski was born August 17, 1963, 

6 in South Bend, Indiana. 

7 (2) Jackie Walorski grew up in South Bend 

8 raised by her parents, Martha, who worked at a local 

9 grocery store, and Raymond, an Air Force veteran 

10 and firefighter who owned an appliance store. 


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1 (3) Jackie Walorski graduated from James 

2 Whitcomb Riley High School in 1981 and is an 

3 alumna of Taylor University. 

4 (4) Upon her graduation, Jackie Walorski 

5 worked as a reporter for a television station in 

6 South Bend and later worked for local chapters of 

7 the Humane Society and Chamber of Commerce as 

8 well as served as a development officer for area uni9 versities. 

10 (5) In 2000, she and her husband Dean 

11 Swihart moved to Romania and founded Impact 

12 International, a nonprofit foundation that provided 

13 medical supplies and attention to impoverished chil14 dren while they served as missionaries there for four 

15 years. 

16 (6) In 2004, she was elected to the Indiana 

17 House of Representatives and subsequently reelected 

18 to that office every two years where she served three 

19 full terms in office. 

20 (7) In 2012, she was elected to the United 

21 States House of Representatives and subsequently 

22 reelected to that office until her death in a tragic car 

23 accident in 2022. 

24 (8) During her service in the United States 

25 House of Representatives, she was a passionate adVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:30 Sep 07, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4797.IS S4797

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1 vocate for all her constituents, but especially vet2 erans in the area. 

3 (9) During her service in the United States 

4 House of Representatives, she served on the Com5 mittee on Veterans’ Affairs for two terms, during 

6 that time authoring the Veterans Mobility Safety 

7 Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–256). 

8 (10) In 2017, through her persistent advocacy 

9 for area veterans, the Department of Veterans Af10 fairs completed construction of a medical clinic in 

11 St. Joseph County, Indiana, to meet the needs of 

12 Michiana area veterans. 

13 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF JACKIE WALORSKI DEPARTMENT 

14 OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINIC. 

15 (a) DESIGNATION.—The clinic of the Department of 

16 Veterans Affairs located in Mishawaka, Indiana, shall 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and 

18 designated as the ‘‘Jackie Walorski VA Clinic’’. 

19 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regula20 tion, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 

21 States to the clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

22 considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Jackie Walorski VA 

23 Clinic’’. 

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