H.R. 5362

[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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