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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1216 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

AN ACT 

To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center 

in Prescott, Arizona, as the ‘‘Dr. Cameron McKinley 

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center’’. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Dr. Cameron K. McKinley was born on De4 cember 9, 1930, in Shreveport, Louisiana. 

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

6 Corps Reserve in Shreveport, Louisiana, from 1947 

7 to 1949. 

8 (3) Dr. McKinley served valiantly at Wiesbaden 

9 Air Force Hospital during and after the Vietnam 

10 War, providing therapy to military personnel and 

11 their families. 

12 (4) Dr. McKinley served with great distinction 

13 as the Chief of Psychology at the Veterans Affairs 

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

15 (5) At the Prescott Veterans Affairs Hospital, 

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

17 Era veterans dealing with various degrees of post18 traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That group of 

19 veterans formed the Vietnam Veterans of America, 

20 Chapter 95. 

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

22 in concert with Dr. McKinley, local leaders, busi23 nesses and nonprofit groups petitioned the Federal 

24 Government for a free-standing Veterans Affairs 

25 Medical Center (VAMC). 


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1 (7) Congress authorized 91 new rural VAMCs, 

2 among them the Prescott Vet Center. In June of 

3 1985, the Prescott Vet Center opened. 

4 (8) Dr. McKinley spent decades confronting the 

5 pressing issue of PTSD by providing cutting-edge 

6 psychological and neuropsychological assessments to 

7 the returning veterans of three wars. He produced 

8 targeted action plans for veterans suffering from 

9 PTSD, giving them tools to deal with their afflic10 tions and transition successfully back into civilian 

11 life. 

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

13 earned him recognition from Prescott VAMC, Viet14 nam Veterans of America, the Veterans’ Readjust15 ment Counseling Center, and the Department of the 

16 Army for his outstanding work to improve the lives 

17 of veterans of multiple generations. 

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

19 to this remarkable person’s life that Congress seek 

20 to name the facility after the leader who was its in21 spiration and a lifesaver for so many. 

22 SEC. 2. DR. CAMERON MCKINLEY DEPARTMENT OF VET23 ERANS AFFAIRS VETERANS CENTER. 

24 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Af25 fairs Vet Center located at 3180 Stillwater Dr. #A, PresVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:38 Jun 19, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1216.RFS H1216

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1 cott, Arizona, shall after the date of the enactment of this 

2 Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Dr. Cameron 

3 McKinley Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Cen4 ter’’. 

5 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg6 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

7 States to the Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center 

8 referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a ref9 erence to the ‘‘Dr. Cameron McKinley Department of Vet10 erans Affairs Veterans Center’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 17, 2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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