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Introduced
10/22/2013
10/22/2013
In Committee
01/24/2014
01/24/2014
Crossed Over
10/29/2013
10/29/2013
Passed
12/23/2013
12/23/2013
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
12/26/2013
12/26/2013
Introduced Session
113th Congress
Bill Summary
Authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. Sloat of the U.S. Army for acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to a veteran who, although not a Jewish- or Hispanic-American veteran who was previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, or the Air Force Cross, was identified during a review of service records and regarding whom the Secretary of Defense submitted, before January 1, 2014, a recommendation that the President award the Medal of Honor to that veteran.
Committee Categories
Military Affairs and Security
Sponsors (83)
Theodore Deutch (D)*,
Robert Aderholt (R),
Spencer Bachus (R),
Ron Barber (D),
Rob Bishop (R),
Madeleine Bordallo (D),
Charles Boustany (R),
Robert Brady (D),
Jim Bridenstine (R),
Mo Brooks (R),
André Carson (D),
Matt Cartwright (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
Joaquin Castro (D),
Tom Cole (R),
K. Michael Conaway (R),
Paul Cook (R),
Jim Cooper (D),
Joseph Crowley (WFP),
Susan Davis (D),
Suzan DelBene (D),
Eliot Engel (D),
William Enyart (D),
Stephen Fincher (R),
Bill Flores (R),
J. Randy Forbes (R),
Lois Frankel (D),
Trent Franks (R),
Pete Gallego (D),
Joe Garcia (D),
Christopher Gibson (R),
Alan Grayson (D),
Colleen Hanabusa (D),
Richard Hanna (R),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Rush Holt (D),
Duncan Hunter (R),
Walter Jones (R),
Joseph Kennedy (D),
Dan Kildee (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Peter King (R),
Doug Lamborn (R),
James Langevin (D),
Rick Larsen (D),
Frank LoBiondo (R),
David Loebsack (D),
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D),
Howard McKeon (R),
Grace Meng (D),
Candice Miller (R),
Jeff Miller (R),
Patrick Murphy (D),
Kristi Noem (R),
Richard Nugent (R),
Pete Olson (R),
Collin Peterson (D),
Tom Rice (R),
E. Scott Rigell (R),
Martha Roby (R),
Mike Rogers (R),
Thomas Rooney (R),
Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),
Jon Runyan (R),
Adam Schiff (D),
David Schweikert (R),
Austin Scott (R),
Terri Sewell (D),
Carol Shea-Porter (D),
Bill Shuster (R),
Chris Stewart (R),
Steve Stockman (R),
Mac Thornberry (R),
Niki Tsongas (D),
Mike Turner (R),
Marc Veasey (D),
Ann Wagner (R),
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),
Henry Waxman (D),
Peter Welch (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Joe Wilson (R),
Rob Wittman (R),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (on 01/24/2014)
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