A bill 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".

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 898 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’’. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 27, 2019 Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York Har- bor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the ‘‘Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care System’’. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MANHATTAN CAMPUS OF 3 THE NEW YORK HARBOR HEALTH CARE SYS- 4 TEM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF- 5 FAIRS, NEW YORK. 6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find- 7 ings: 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:48 Apr 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S898.IS S898 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 898 IS (1) Margaret Cochran was born in Franklin 1 County, Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1751, and 2 married John Corbin in 1772. 3 (2) Three years after the marriage, when John 4 Corbin left to fight in the Revolutionary War as an 5 artilleryman, Margaret Corbin accompanied him to 6 war to support the Revolutionary Army. 7 (3) Margaret Corbin supported the Revolu- 8 tionary Army by caring for injured and sick soldiers 9 as well as by cooking and cleaning. During battle, 10 she also helped her husband load the cannon he was 11 responsible for manning. 12 (4) On November 16, 1776, John Corbin was 13 manning a cannon during the Battle of Fort Wash- 14 ington on Manhattan Island, New York, when he 15 was killed. Margaret Corbin heroically took her hus- 16 band’s place, firing the cannon until she, too, was 17 hit by enemy fire and seriously wounded. 18 (5) Having lost the use of her left arm, Mar- 19 garet Corbin was assigned to the ‘‘Invalid Regi- 20 ment’’ at West Point, New York. 21 (6) The Continental Congress awarded Mar- 22 garet Corbin a lifelong pension for her injuries, mak- 23 ing her the first woman to receive a pension from 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:48 Apr 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S898.IS S898 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 898 IS the United States by virtue of military service for 1 the United States. 2 (7) Margaret Corbin died in 1789 in Highland 3 Falls, New York. She is honored nearby at West 4 Point as a hero of the Revolutionary War. 5 (b) DESIGNATION.—The Manhattan Campus of the 6 New York Harbor Health Case System of the Department 7 of Veterans Affairs in New York, New York, shall after 8 the date of the enactment of this Act be known and des- 9 ignated as the ‘‘Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the 10 New York Harbor Health Care System’’. 11 (c) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regula- 12 tion, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 13 States to the Campus referred to in subsection (b) shall 14 be deemed to be a reference to the Margaret Cochran 15 Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care Sys- 16 tem. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:48 Apr 03, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S898.IS S898 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS