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able scientific studies of potentially adverse
health impacts of exposure to contaminated
water at Camp Lejeune.
(B) INCLUSION
WITH
NOTIFICATION.—The
survey developed under subparagraph (A) shall
be distributed by the Secretary of the Navy con-
currently with the direct notification required
under subsections (a), (b), and (c).
(e) USE OF MEDIA TO SUPPLEMENT NOTIFICATION.—
The Secretary of the Navy may use media notification as
a supplement to direct notification of individuals described
under subsections (a), (b), and (c). Media notification may
reach those individuals not identifiable via remaining
records; once individuals respond to media notifications, the
Secretary will add them to the contact list to be included
in future information updates.
SEC. 1083. SENSE OF SENATE ON AIR FORCE USE OF
TOWBARLESS 
AIRCRAFT 
GROUND 
EQUIP-
MENT.
It is the sense of the Senate to encourage the Air Force
to give full consideration to the potential operational util-
ity, cost savings, and increased safety afforded by the utili-
zation of towbarless aircraft ground equipment.
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SEC. 1084. DESIGNATION OF CHARLIE NORWOOD DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CEN-
TER.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Charlie Norwood volunteered for service in
the United States Army Dental Corps in a time of
war, providing dental and medical services in the Re-
public of Vietnam in 1968, earning the Combat Med-
ical Badge and two awards of the Bronze Star.
(2) Captain Norwood, under combat conditions,
helped develop the Dental Corps operating procedures,
that are now standard, of delivering dentists to for-
ward-fire bases, and providing dental treatment for
military service dogs.
(3) Captain Norwood provided dental, emergency
medical, and surgical care for United States per-
sonnel, Vietnamese civilians, and prisoners-of-war.
(4) Dr. Norwood provided military dental care
at Fort Gordon, Georgia, following his service in Viet-
nam, then provided private-practice dental care for
the next 25 years for patients in the greater Augusta,
Georgia, area, including care for military personnel,
retirees, and dependents under Department of Defense
programs and for low-income patients under Georgia
Medicaid.
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(5) Congressman Norwood, upon being sworn
into the United States House of Representatives in
1995, pursued the advancement of health and dental
care for active duty and retired military personnel
and dependents, and for veterans, through his public
advocacy for strengthened Federal support for mili-
tary and veterans’ health care programs and facili-
ties.
(6) Congressman Norwood co-authored and
helped pass into law the Keep our Promises to Amer-
ica’s Military Retirees Act, which restored lifetime
healthcare benefits to veterans who are military retir-
ees through the creation of the Department of Defense
TRICARE for Life Program.
(7) Congressman Norwood supported and helped
pass into law the Retired Pay Restoration Act pro-
viding relief from the concurrent receipt rule penal-
izing disabled veterans who were also military retir-
ees.
(8) Throughout his congressional service from
1995 to 2007, Congressman Norwood repeatedly de-
feated attempts to reduce Federal support for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Au-
gusta, Georgia, and succeeded in maintaining and in-
creasing Federal funding for the center.
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(9) Congressman Norwood maintained a life
membership in the American Legion, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and the Military Order of the World
Wars.
(10) Congressman Norwood’s role in protecting
and improving military and veteran’s health care
was recognized by the Association of the United States
Army through the presentation of the Cocklin Award
in 1998, and through his induction into the Associa-
tion’s Audie Murphy Society in 1999.
(b) DESIGNATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Veterans
Affairs Medical Center located at 1 Freedom Way in
Augusta, Georgia, shall after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act be known and designated as the
‘‘Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center’’.
(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law,
regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of
the United States to the medical center referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be considered to be a reference to
the Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center.
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SEC. 1085. COMMERCIALIZATION PILOT PROGRAM.
Section 9(y) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
638(y)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘The authority to create and administer a
Commercialization Pilot Program under this sub-
section may not be construed to eliminate or replace
any other SBIR program that enhances the insertion
or transition of SBIR technologies, including any
such program in effect on the date of enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3136).’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as
paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(5) INSERTION INCENTIVES.—For any contract
with a value of not less than $100,000,000, the Sec-
retary of Defense is authorized to—
‘‘(A) establish goals for transitioning Phase
III technologies in subcontracting plans; and
‘‘(B) require a prime contractor on such a
contract to report the number and dollar amount
of contracts entered into by that prime con-
tractor for Phase III SBIR projects.