110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1808 
AN ACT 
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center in Augusta, Georgia, as the ‘‘Charlie Norwood 
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 finds the following: 
(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 
Medical Badge and two awards of the Bronze Star. 
(2) Captain Norwood, under combat conditions, 
helped develop the Dental Corps operating proce-
dures, that are now standard, of delivering dentists 
to forward-fire bases, and providing dental treat-
ment for military service dogs. 
(3) Captain Norwood provided dental, emer-
gency medical, and surgical care for United States 
personnel, Vietnamese civilians, and prisoners-of- 
war. 
(4) Dr. Norwood provided military dental care 
at Fort Gordon, Georgia, following his service in 
Vietnam, then provided private-practice dental care 
for the next 25 years for patients in the greater Au-
gusta, Georgia, area, including care for military per-
sonnel, retirees, and dependents under Department 
of Defense programs and for low-income patients 
under Georgia Medicaid. 
(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 
America’s Military Retirees Act, which restored life-
time healthcare benefits to veterans who are military 
retirees 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 providing relief from the concurrent receipt rule 
penalizing disabled veterans who were also military 
retirees. 
(8) Throughout his congressional service from 
1995 to 2007, Congressman Norwood repeatedly de-
feated attempts to reduce Federal support for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 
Augusta, Georgia, and succeeded in maintaining and 
increasing Federal funding for the center. 
(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 
Association’s Audie Murphy Society in 1999. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF CHARLIE NORWOOD DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CEN-
TER. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Af-
fairs Medical Center located at 1 Freedom Way in Au-
gusta, Georgia, shall after the date of the enactment of 
this Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Charlie Nor-
wood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States to the medical center referred to in subsection (a)
shall be considered to be a reference to the Charlie Nor-
wood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 23, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1808 
AN ACT 
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, as the 
‘‘Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Af-
fairs Medical Center’’.