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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 700 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the mission statement of the United States Military Academy |
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| 6 | 6 | | to include the phrase ‘‘Duty, Honor, Country’’. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | ELFintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 11 | 11 | | on Armed Services |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the mission statement of the United States Mili- |
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| 14 | 14 | | tary Academy to include the phrase ‘‘Duty, Honor, Coun- |
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| 15 | 15 | | try’’. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Maintaining Academy 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Culture and Assuring Retention of Tradition, Honor, and 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Unity of the Republic Act’’ or the ‘‘MACARTHUR Act’’. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is the sense of Congress that the principles of 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ‘‘Duty, Honor, Country’’ should be— 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 700 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) deeply embedded in the ethos of the United 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | States Military Academy; and 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) instilled in each cadet. 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF UNITED STATES MILITARY 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ACADEMY MISSION STATEMENT. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall amend 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the mission statement of the United States Military Acad-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | emy to include the phrase ‘‘Duty, Honor, Country’’. 9 |
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