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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