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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1743 

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center in Prescott, 

Arizona, as the Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs 

Vet Center. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 5, 2011 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. QUAYLE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center 

in Prescott, Arizona, as the Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center. 

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 makes the following findings: 

5 (1) Cameron K. McKinley was born on Decem6 ber 9, 1930, in Shreveport, Louisiana. 


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1 (2) Dr. McKinley served in the U.S. Marine 

2 Corps Reserve in Shreveport, Louisiana, from 1947– 

3 1949. 

4 (3) McKinley served valiantly at Wiesbaden Air 

5 Force Hospital during and after the Vietnam War, 

6 providing therapy to military personnel and their 

7 families. 

8 (4) Dr. McKinley served with great distinction 

9 as the Chief of Psychology at the Veterans Affairs 

10 Hospital in Prescott, Arizona, from 1981–1995. 

11 (5) At the Prescott Veterans Affairs Hospital, 

12 Dr. McKinley organized a ‘‘Rap Group’’ for Vietnam 

13 Era veterans dealing with various degrees of Post 

14 Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). That group of 

15 veterans formed the Vietnam Veterans of America, 

16 Chapter 95. 

17 (6) Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 95, 

18 in concert with Dr. McKinley, local leaders, busi19 nesses and nonprofit groups petitioned the Federal 

20 Government for a free-standing Veterans Affairs 

21 Medical Center (VAMC). 

22 (7) Congress authorized 91 new rural VAMCs, 

23 among them the Prescott Vet Center. In June of 

24 1985, the Prescott Vet Center opened. 


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1 (8) Dr. McKinley spent decades tackling the 

2 pressing issue of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 

3 (PTSD) head on, by providing cutting-edge psycho4 logical and neuropsychological assessments to the re5 turning veterans of three wars. Produced targeted 

6 action plans for veterans suffering from PTSD, giv7 ing them tools to deal with their afflictions and tran8 sition successfully back into civilian life. 

9 (9) Dr. McKinley’s cutting-edge work has 

10 earned him recognition from Prescott VAMC, Viet11 nam Veterans of America, the Veterans’ Readjust12 ment Counseling Center, and the United States De13 partment of the Army for his outstanding work to 

14 improve the lives of veterans of multiple generations. 

15 (10) It is only well and fitting that as a tribute 

16 to this remarkable person’s life that Congress seek 

17 to name the facility after the leader who was its in18 spiration and a lifesaver for so many. 

19 SEC. 2. DR. CAMERON MCKINLEY, DEPARTMENT OF VET20 ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER. 

21 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Af22 fairs Vet Center located at 3180 Stillwater Dr. #A, Pres23 cott, AZ, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act 

24 be known and designated as the ‘‘Dr. Cameron McKinley 

25 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. 


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1 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg2 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

3 States to the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center 

4 referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a ref5 erence to the ‘‘Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Vet6 erans Affairs Vet Center’’. 

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