I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4199 
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Waco, Texas, 
as the ‘‘Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2014 
Mr. FLORES (for himself and Mr. O’ROURKE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center 
in Waco, Texas, as the ‘‘Doris Miller Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On October 12, 1919, Doris Miller was born 
in Waco, Texas. 
(2) On September 16, 1939, Miller enlisted in 
the United States Navy as mess attendant, third 
class at Naval Recruiting Station, Dallas, Texas, to 
serve for a period of six years. 
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(3) On February 16, 1941, Miller received a 
change of rating to mess attendant, second class. 
(4) On June 1, 1942, Miller received a change 
of rating to mess attendant, first class. 
(5) On June 1, 1943, Miller received a change 
of rating, to cook, third class. 
(6) On November 25, 1944, Miller was pre-
sumed dead by the Secretary of the Navy a year and 
a day after being carried as missing in action since 
November 24, 1943, while serving aboard USS 
Liscome Bay when that vessel was torpedoed and 
sunk in the Pacific Ocean. 
(7) Miller was awarded the Navy Cross Medal, 
Purple Heart Medal, American Defense Service 
Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World 
War II Victory Medal. 
(8) Miller’s citation for the Navy Cross said 
‘‘for distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary 
courage and disregard for his own personal safety 
during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Ter-
ritory of Hawaii, by Japanese forces on December 7, 
1941. While at the side of his Captain on the bridge, 
Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in 
the face of a serious fire, assisted in moving his 
Captain, who had been mortally wounded, to a place 
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of greater safety, and later manned and operated a 
machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking 
aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge.’’. 
(9) On June 20, 1973, the USS Miller (FF– 
1091), a Knox-class frigate, was named in honor of 
Doris Miller. 
SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
MEDICAL CENTER, WACO, TEXAS. 
The Department of Veterans Affairs medical center 
in Waco, Texas, shall after the date of the enactment of 
this Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Doris Miller 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. Any ref-
erence to such medical center in any law, regulation, map, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States 
shall be considered to be a reference to the Doris Miller 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 
Æ 
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