To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System.
PL 116-331 (H.R.1925), enacted 01/13/2021

[116th Congress Public Law 331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 116-331
116th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
 System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the ``Margaret Cochran 
Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System''. <<NOTE: Jan. 
                       13, 2021 -  [H.R. 1925]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MANHATTAN CAMPUS OF THE NEW YORK HARBOR 
                              HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, NEW YORK.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) <<NOTE: John Corbin.>>  Margaret Cochran was born in 
        Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1751, and married 
        John Corbin in 1772.
            (2) Three years after the marriage, when John Corbin left to 
        fight in the Revolutionary War as an artilleryman, Margaret 
        Corbin accompanied him to war to support the Revolutionary Army.
            (3) Margaret Corbin supported the Revolutionary Army by 
        caring for injured and sick soldiers as well as by cooking and 
        cleaning. During battle, she also helped her husband load the 
        cannon he was responsible for manning.
            (4) On November 16, 1776, John Corbin was manning a cannon 
        during the Battle of Fort Washington on Manhattan Island, New 
        York, when he was killed. Margaret Corbin heroically took her 
        husband's place, firing the cannon until she, too, was hit by 
        enemy fire and seriously wounded.
            (5) Having lost the use of her left arm, Margaret Corbin was 
        assigned to the ``Invalid Regiment'' at West Point, New York.
            (6) The Continental Congress awarded Margaret Corbin a 
        lifelong pension for her injuries, making her the first woman to 
        receive a pension from the United States by virtue of military 
        service for the United States.
            (7) Margaret Corbin died in 1789 in Highland Falls, New 
        York. She is honored nearby at West Point as a hero of the 
        Revolutionary War.

    (b) Designation.--The Manhattan Campus of the New York Harbor Health 
Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in New York, New York, 
shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and 
designated as the ``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York 
Harbor Health Care System'' or the ``Margaret Cochran Corbin VA 
Campus''.
    (c) Reference.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Campus

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referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
System.

    Approved January 13, 2021.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1925:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
            Sept. 23, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 10, considered and passed Senate, amended.
            Dec. 31, House concurred in Senate amendment.

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