II 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8656 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 
Received 
AN ACT 
To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the ‘‘Jackie Walorski VA Clinic’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Jackie Walorski was born August 17, 1963, 
in South Bend, Indiana. 
(2) Jackie Walorski grew up in South Bend 
raised by her parents, Martha, who worked at a local 
grocery store, and Raymond, an Air Force veteran 
and firefighter who owned an appliance store. 
(3) Jackie Walorski graduated from James 
Whitcomb Riley High School in 1981 and is an 
alumna of Taylor University. 
(4) Upon her graduation, Jackie Walorski 
worked as a reporter for a television station in 
South Bend and later worked for local chapters of 
the Humane Society and Chamber of Commerce as 
well as served as a development officer for area uni-
versities. 
(5) In 2000, she and her husband Dean 
Swihart moved to Romania and founded Impact 
International, a nonprofit foundation that provided 
medical supplies and attention to impoverished chil-
dren while they served as missionaries there for four 
years. 
(6) In 2004, she was elected to the Indiana 
House of Representatives and subsequently reelected 
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to that office every two years where she served three 
full terms in office. 
(7) In 2012, she was elected to the United 
States House of Representatives and subsequently 
reelected to that office until her death in a tragic car 
accident in 2022. 
(8) During her service in the United States 
House of Representatives, she was a passionate ad-
vocate for all her constituents, but especially vet-
erans in the area. 
(9) During her service in the United States 
House of Representatives, she served on the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs for two terms, during 
that time authoring the Veterans Mobility Safety 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–256). 
(10) In 2017, through her persistent advocacy 
for area veterans, the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs completed construction of a medical clinic in 
St. Joseph County, Indiana, to meet the needs of 
Michiana area veterans. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF JACKIE WALORSKI DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINIC. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The clinic of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs located in Mishawaka, Indiana, shall 
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after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and 
designated as the ‘‘Jackie Walorski VA Clinic’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
considered to be a reference to the ‘‘Jackie Walorski VA 
Clinic’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives August 12, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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