[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1925 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                     December 10, 2020.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
1925) entitled ``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'.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

             Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
      following:

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) 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 
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.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H.R. 1925

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                               AMENDMENT