I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1808 
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, 
Georgia, as the ‘‘Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Med-
ical Center’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
PRICE of Georgia, Mr. LINDER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. GINGREY, 
Mr. BARROW, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. 
CONAWAY, Mr. BONNER, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. BOSWELL, Mrs. 
MUSGRAVE, Mr. HAYES, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. REHBERG, 
Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, 
Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Ms. 
FOXX, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DIN-
GELL, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, 
Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Washington, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 
WAMP, Mr. BUYER, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. 
UPTON, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. WOLF, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. 
WICKER, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. LAHOOD, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. 
GOODE, Mr. PITTS, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. COBLE, 
Mr. HOBSON, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. CARSON, Mr. PETRI, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. BACA, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. DUN-
CAN, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. WELDON of Flor-
ida, Mr. KING of Iowa, and Mr. BOUSTANY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
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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 
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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 
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