To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the "Jackie Walorski VA Clinic".
Bill: H.R.8656 | Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim (R-IN)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This act designates the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the Jackie Walorski VA Clinic.

[117th Congress Public Law 179]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



[[Page 136 STAT. 2112]]

Public Law 117-179
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
    To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 
Mishawaka, Indiana, as the ``Jackie Walorski VA Clinic''. <<NOTE: Sept. 
                       30, 2022 -  [H.R. 8656]>> 

    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) Jackie Walorski was born August 17, 1963, in South Bend, 
        Indiana.
            (2) Jackie Walorski grew up in South Bend raised by her 
        parents, Martha, who worked at a local grocery store, and 
        Raymond, an Air Force veteran and firefighter who owned an 
        appliance store.
            (3) Jackie Walorski graduated from James Whitcomb Riley High 
        School in 1981 and is an alumna of Taylor University.
            (4) Upon her graduation, Jackie Walorski worked as a 
        reporter for a television station in South Bend and later worked 
        for local chapters of the Humane Society and Chamber of Commerce 
        as well as served as a development officer for area 
        universities.
            (5) <<NOTE: Dean Swihart.>>  In 2000, she and her husband 
        Dean Swihart moved to Romania and founded Impact International, 
        a nonprofit foundation that provided medical supplies and 
        attention to impoverished children while they served as 
        missionaries there for four years.
            (6) In 2004, she was elected to the Indiana House of 
        Representatives and subsequently reelected to that office every 
        two years where she served three full terms in office.
            (7) In 2012, she was elected to the United States House of 
        Representatives and subsequently reelected to that office until 
        her death in a tragic car accident in 2022.
            (8) During her service in the United States House of 
        Representatives, she was a passionate advocate for all her 
        constituents, but especially veterans in the area.
            (9) During her service in the United States House of 
        Representatives, she served on the Committee on Veterans' 
        Affairs for two terms, during that time authoring the Veterans 
        Mobility Safety Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-256).
            (10) In 2017, through her persistent advocacy for area 
        veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs completed 
        construction of a medical clinic in St. Joseph County, Indiana, 
        to meet the needs of Michiana area veterans.

[[Page 136 STAT. 2113]]

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF JACKIE WALORSKI DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
                    AFFAIRS CLINIC.

    (a) Designation.--The clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
located in Mishawaka, Indiana, shall after the date of the enactment of 
this Act be known and designated as the ``Jackie Walorski VA Clinic''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference to 
the ``Jackie Walorski VA Clinic''.

    Approved September 30, 2022.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 8656:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 168 (2022):
            Aug. 12, considered and passed House.
            Sept. 8, considered and passed Senate.

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