The bill honors Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson and streamlines administrative references to the renamed Dallas VA Medical Center, at the trade-off of modest taxpayer and VA costs to update signs and records.
Veterans who use the Dallas VA Medical Center and the local community will see the facility officially named for Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, providing lasting recognition of her service.
VA staff, federal employees, and agencies will have legal and administrative references automatically point to the new facility name, reducing the need to amend statutes, regulations, and official documents.
The VA and taxpayers will face minor costs to update signage, records, websites, and other materials to reflect the new name.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Renames the VA medical center at 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX, as the "Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center" and updates all references to the new name.
Renames the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center at 4500 South Lancaster Road in Dallas, Texas, as the "Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center," and directs that any legal or official reference to the former name be treated as a reference to the new name. It also includes congressional findings honoring Eddie Bernice Johnson’s long service to veterans as a VA psychiatric nurse and as a Member of Congress. The measure makes no changes to benefits, programs, funding, or legal authorities. The main practical effects are administrative: updating signs, records, maps, regulations, and other documents to reflect the new name after the law takes effect.
Introduced January 16, 2025 by Jasmine Crockett · Last progress January 16, 2025