To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic".

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5362 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5362

  To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in 
  Marietta, Georgia, as the ``Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of 
               Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2025

Mr. Loudermilk (for himself, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. 
Carter of Georgia, Mrs. McBath, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Austin 
  Scott of Georgia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Jack, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Collins, Ms. 
Williams of Georgia, Ms. Greene of Georgia, and Mr. Bishop) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in 
  Marietta, Georgia, as the ``Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of 
               Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic''.

    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) Colonel Mike Boyce was born on September 1, 1949, in 
        Brawley, California.
            (2) Mike Boyce graduated from the University of Notre Dame 
        in 1971, and was commissioned as a 2d Lieutenant in the United 
        States Marine Corps in 1971.
            (3) After completing Marine Corps Basic School and the U.S. 
        Army Field Artillery School in 1972, Mike Boyce was assigned to 
        the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California.
            (4) Throughout his service, Colonel Mike Boyce was also 
        assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air 
        Station New River, the 1st Marine Air Wing in Okinawa, the 4th 
        Marine Air Wing at Naval Air Station Andrews, Korea, and the 
        1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.
            (5) After completing attache training, Mike Boyce was 
        assigned to Ankara, Turkey, in support of Operations Desert 
        Shield, Desert Storm, and Provide Comfort. He was later 
        assigned to Marine Air Group-16 for deployment to Somalia for 
        Operation Restore Hope.
            (6) Before his retirement in 2001, Colonel Mike Boyce 
        served as Head Programmer for OPNAV N88, the Deputy Commander 
        of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Head of Operational Plans at 
        MARFORPAC, and served in Bahrain and Oman in support of 
        Operations Desert Thunder and Desert Fox.
            (7) After his service, Colonel Mike Boyce moved to 
        Marietta, Georgia, and was active in his community. Colonel 
        Mike Boyce served multiple charities including Habitat for 
        Humanity, MUST Ministries, and the United Service 
        Organizations.
            (8) A dedicated member of his church, Colonel Mike Boyce 
        served in the men's ministry, youth programs, led Bible 
        studies, and helped create the veterans' ministry.
            (9) Colonel Mike Boyce was an active member of American 
        Legion Post 29, the Marine Corps League, Veterans of Foreign 
        Wars, Disabled American Veterans, and the Military Officers 
        Association of America.
            (10) Colonel Mike Boyce served as the chairman of the Cobb 
        County Board of Commissioners from 2016 until 2020. During that 
        time, he led the effort to make Veterans Day a paid holiday for 
        county employees and was instrumental in establishing the first 
        Veterans Service Office in Cobb County. He also led the effort 
        to have the first Department of Veterans Affairs clinic 
        established in Cobb County so veterans would have an easier 
        experience seeking medical care.
            (11) Colonel Mike Boyce died on January 25, 2022, in South 
        Bend, Indiana, and is survived by his wife, Judy Moon Boyce, 
        and his children Alison Boyce Cotsonika, Kevin Reid Boyce, and 
        Sean Michael Boyce.

SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MULTISPECIALTY CLINIC, 
              MARIETTA, GEORGIA.

    The Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic located at 
1263 Cobb Parkway NW, Marietta, Georgia, shall after the date of the 
enactment of this Act be known and designated as the ``Colonel Michael 
H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic'' or the 
``Colonel Michael H. Boyce VA Clinic''. Any reference to such 
multispecialty clinic in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or 
other record of the United States shall be considered to be a reference 
to the Colonel Michael H. Boyce VA Multispecialty Clinic.
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