,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #daii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,flores 7for himself and ,mr4      
,o',rourke7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to name the ,department of     
,veterans ,affairs medical center in    
,waco1 ,texas1 as the ,doris ,miller    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
,medical ,center4  #a4 ,findings        
,congress makes the following findings3 
7#a7 ,on ,october #ab1 #aiai1 ,doris    
,miller was born in ,waco1 ,texas4  7#b7
 ,on ,september #af1 #aici1 ,miller     
enlisted in the ,united ,states ,navy as
 mess attendant1 third class at ,naval  
,recruiting ,station1 ,dallas1 ,texas1  
to serve for a period of six years4     
7#c7 ,on ,february #af1 #aida1 ,miller  
received a change of rating to mess     
attendant1 second class4  7#d7 ,on ,june
 #a1 #aidb1 ,miller received a change of
 rating to mess attendant1 first class4 

7#e7 ,on ,june #a1 #aidc1 ,miller       
received a change of rating1 to cook1   
third class4  7#f7 ,on ,november #be1   
#aidd1 ,miller was presumed dead by the 
,secretary of the ,navy a year and a day
 after being carried as missing in      
action since ,november #bd1 #aidc1 while
 serving aboard ,,uss ,liscome ,bay when
 that vessel was torpedoed and sunk in  
the ,pacific ,ocean4  7#g7 ,miller was  
awarded the ,navy ,cross ,medal1 ,purple
 ,heart ,medal1 ,american ,defense      
,service ,medal1 ,asiatic-,pacific      
,campaign ,medal1 and ,world ,war ,,ii  
,victory ,medal4  7#h7 ,miller's        
citation for the ,navy ,cross said for  
distinguished devotion to duty1         
extraordinary courage and disregard for 
his own personal safety during the      
attack on the ,fleet in ,pearl ,harbor1 
,territory of ,hawaii1 by ,japanese     
forces on ,december #g1 #aida4 ,while at
 the side of his ,captain on the bridge1
 ,miller1 despite enemy strafing and    
bombing and in the face of a serious    

fire1 assisted in moving his ,captain1  
who had been mortally wounded1 to a     
place of greater safety1 and later      
manned and operated a machine gun       
directed at enemy ,japanese attacking   
aircraft until ordered to leave the     
bridge44  7#i7 ,on ,june #bj1 #aigc1 the
 ,,uss ,miller 7,,ff-#ajia71 a          
,knox-class frigate1 was named in honor 
of ,doris ,miller4  #b4 ,name of        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
,medical ,center1 ,waco1 ,texas ,the    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
medical center in ,waco1 ,texas1 shall  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act be known and designated as the     
,doris ,miller ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs ,medical ,center4 ,any         
reference to such medical center in any 
law1 regulation1 map1 document1 record1 
or other paper of the ,united ,states   
shall be considered to be a reference to
 the ,doris ,miller ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs ,medical ,center4