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21 119THCONGRESS
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43 STSESSION H. R. 186
5-To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish
6-a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary
7-acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor
8-recipients.
9-IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10-JANUARY3, 2025
11-Mr. M
12-OOREof Utah (for himself and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following
13-bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
14-A BILL
4+AN ACT
155 To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Founda-
166 tion to establish a commemorative work on the National
177 Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless
188 service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipi-
199 ents.
2010 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21-tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hershel ‘Woody’ Wil-4
24-liams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act’’. 5
25-SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
26-Congress finds the following: 7
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30-(1) Congress in 2021 unanimously passed, and 1
31-the President signed, Public Law 117–80 (40 U.S.C. 2
32-8903 note), which authorized the National Medal of 3
33-Honor Museum Foundation to establish on Federal 4
34-land in the District of Columbia a commemorative 5
35-work to honor the acts of valor, selfless service, and 6
36-sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients. 7
37-(2) The Medal of Honor was established by 8
38-President Abraham Lincoln and first awarded 160 9
39-years ago on March 25, 1863, and is part of Lin-10
40-coln’s lasting and living legacy. 11
41-(3) In 1991, during the administration of Presi-12
42-dent George H.W. Bush, this legacy was extended 13
43-further when National Medal of Honor Day was es-14
44-tablished as March 25th of each year. 15
45-(4) The Medal of Honor is awarded to all 16
46-branches of the United States Armed Forces as our 17
47-nation’s highest recognition for valor in combat. 18
48-(5) The number of living Medal of Honor re-19
49-cipients has been steadily declining, making it even 20
50-more crucial to honor and recognize their heroic sac-21
51-rifices and inspire future generations. 22
52-(6) Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Williams, the last World 23
53-War II Medal of Honor recipient, passed away in 24
54-2022 and laid in honor at the United States Capitol. 25
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58-(7) The Medal of Honor represents the very 1
59-best of our Nation—ordinary citizens, who took ex-2
60-traordinary action above and beyond the call of duty 3
61-and became heroes of our Republic. 4
62-(8) These examples inspire all citizens and ig-5
63-nite within us the very spirit of America. 6
64-(9) The Medal of Honor rises to the level of su-7
65-preme national and historical importance necessary 8
66-to warrant representation on the National Mall. 9
67-(10) Locating the National Medal of Honor 10
68-Monument in close proximity to the Lincoln Memo-11
69-rial within the Reserve would be a respectful exten-12
70-sion of his enduring legacy and recognition of what 13
71-ordinary people can accomplish when working for 14
72-the greater good. 15
73-SEC. 3. NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MONUMENT LOCA-16
74-TION. 17
11+tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
12+•HR 186 EH
13+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
14+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hershel ‘Woody’ Wil-2
15+liams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act’’. 3
16+SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4
17+Congress finds the following: 5
18+(1) Congress in 2021 unanimously passed, and 6
19+the President signed, Public Law 117–80 (40 U.S.C. 7
20+8903 note), which authorized the National Medal of 8
21+Honor Museum Foundation to establish on Federal 9
22+land in the District of Columbia a commemorative 10
23+work to honor the acts of valor, selfless service, and 11
24+sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients. 12
25+(2) The Medal of Honor was established by 13
26+President Abraham Lincoln and first awarded 160 14
27+years ago on March 25, 1863, and is part of Lin-15
28+coln’s lasting and living legacy. 16
29+(3) In 1991, during the administration of Presi-17
30+dent George H.W. Bush, this legacy was extended 18
31+further when National Medal of Honor Day was es-19
32+tablished as March 25th of each year. 20
33+(4) The Medal of Honor is awarded to all 21
34+branches of the United States Armed Forces as our 22
35+nation’s highest recognition for valor in combat. 23
36+(5) The number of living Medal of Honor re-24
37+cipients has been steadily declining, making it even 25 3
38+•HR 186 EH
39+more crucial to honor and recognize their heroic sac-1
40+rifices and inspire future generations. 2
41+(6) Hershel ‘‘Woody’’ Williams, the last World 3
42+War II Medal of Honor recipient, passed away in 4
43+2022 and laid in honor at the United States Capitol. 5
44+(7) The Medal of Honor represents the very 6
45+best of our Nation—ordinary citizens, who took ex-7
46+traordinary action above and beyond the call of duty 8
47+and became heroes of our Republic. 9
48+(8) These examples inspire all citizens and ig-10
49+nite within us the very spirit of America. 11
50+(9) The Medal of Honor rises to the level of su-12
51+preme national and historical importance necessary 13
52+to warrant representation on the National Mall. 14
53+(10) Locating the National Medal of Honor 15
54+Monument in close proximity to the Lincoln Memo-16
55+rial within the Reserve would be a respectful exten-17
56+sion of his enduring legacy and recognition of what 18
57+ordinary people can accomplish when working for 19
58+the greater good. 20
59+SEC. 3. NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MONUMENT LOCA-21
60+TION. 22
7561 (a) S
76-ITE.—Notwithstanding section 8908(c) of title 18
77-40, United States Code, the commemorative work author-19
78-ized by section 1(a) of Public Law 117–80 (40 U.S.C. 20
79-8903 note) shall be located within the Reserve (as defined 21
80-in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code). 22
62+ITE.—Notwithstanding section 8908(c) of title 23
63+40, United States Code, the commemorative work author-24
64+ized by section 1(a) of Public Law 117–80 (40 U.S.C. 25 4
65+•HR 186 EH
66+8903 note) shall be located within the Reserve (as defined 1
67+in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code). 2
8168 (b) A
82-PPLICABILITY OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS 23
69+PPLICABILITY OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS 3
8370 A
84-CT.—Except as provided in subsection (a), chapter 89 24
85-of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the 25
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89-‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall apply to the com-1
90-memorative work. 2
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71+CT.—Except as provided in subsection (a), chapter 89 4
72+of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the 5
73+‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall apply to the com-6
74+memorative work. 7
75+Passed the House of Representatives January 21,
76+2025.
77+Attest:
78+Clerk. 119
79+TH
80+CONGRESS
81+1
82+ST
83+S
84+ESSION
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86+H. R. 186
87+AN ACT
88+To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum
89+Foundation to establish a commemorative work
90+on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary
91+acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice dis-
92+played by Medal of Honor recipients.