US Congress Senate Bill 1218 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-10)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires review of the service records of certain decorated World War I veterans to determine whether they should be awarded the Medal of Honor for valor during that war. Specifically, the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Navy shall review the records of any African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Jewish American, or Native American war veteran who was recommended for review by a veterans service organization and who, for action that occurred between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918 was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross or the Navy Cross, was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm by the government of France, or was recommended for a Medal of Honor. If a review indicates that the award is warranted, a recommendation shall be made to the President to award the Medal of Honor to that veteran.

World War I Valor Medals Review Act

Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

HB2249 (Same As) 2019-04-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
HR476 (Similar To) 2019-07-10 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1218/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1218/BILLS-116s1218is.pdf