H.R. 499 — To rename the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Dallas, Texas, as the "Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center".

This section states congressional findings honoring the late Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson's service to veterans, including (1) her 16 years as Chief Psychiatric Nurse at the Dallas VA medical center, (2) her 30 years in Congress introducing bills to serve veterans, (3) her enactment of the Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-157), and (4) her legacy as a trailblazer for veterans.

This section designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center located at 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, Texas, as the Eddie Bernice Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (or Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center). Any reference to that medical center in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States is deemed a reference to the Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center.