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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-267
HERSHEL WOODY' WILLIAMS NATIONAL MEDAL OF
HONOR MONUMENT LOCATION ACT
NOVEMBER 3, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2717]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2717) to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum
Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National
Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and
sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Hershel 'Woody' Williams National Medal of Honor
Monument Location Act.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Congress in 2021 unanimously passed, and the President signed, Public
Law 117-80 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note), which authorized the National Medal of
Honor Museum Foundation to establish on Federal land in the District of Co-
lumbia a commemorative work to honor the acts of valor, selfless service, and
sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients.
(2) The Medal of Honor was established by President Abraham Lincoln and
first awarded 160 years ago on March 25, 1863, and is part of Lincoln's lasting
and living legacy.
(3) In 1991, during the administration of President George H.W. Bush, this
legacy was extended further when National Medal of Honor Day was estab-
lished as March 25th of each year.
(4) The Medal of Honor is awarded to all branches of the United States
Armed Forces as our nation's highest recognition for valor in combat.
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