H. R. 1808 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 
An Act 
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta, Geor-
gia, as the ‘‘Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Republic 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 procedures, that are now 
standard, of delivering dentists to forward-fire bases, and pro-
viding dental treatment for military service dogs. 
(3) Captain Norwood provided dental, emergency 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 pro-
vided 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 Depart-
ment 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 military and veterans’ health care programs and facilities. 
(6) Congressman Norwood co-authored and helped pass 
into law the Keep our Promises to America’s Military Retirees 
Act, which restored lifetime healthcare benefits to veterans 
who are military retirees through the creation of the Depart-
ment 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 defeated attempts to reduce 
Federal support for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
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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 DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center located at 1 Freedom Way in Augusta, Georgia, shall after 
the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated 
as the ‘‘Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regulation, 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 Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.