3.0.0 2211 2023-01-11T13:35:54Z 2023-01-11T13:35:54Z House HR 2017-04-27 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 72 (Thursday, April 27, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LANCE:H.R. 2211.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 14: ``Congress has the powerto . . . make rules for the government and regulation of theland and naval forces.''[Page H2942]]]> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2017-05-23T16:24:16Z Referred to 2017-04-27T14:01:25Z John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 115 2987 S 2018-06-05 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 439. Related bill CRS John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 115 5515 HR 2018-08-13 Became Public Law No: 115-232. Related bill CRS Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act 115 2954 S 2018-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Identical bill CRS 2017-05-23 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2017-04-27 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2017-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-04-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000567 Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] Leonard Lance R NJ 7 N P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 2017-04-27 True L000554 Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] FRANK LOBIONDO R NJ A. 2 2017-04-27 True V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 7 2017-05-03 False R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2017-05-08 False J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2017-05-16 False P000034 Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] FRANK PALLONE D NJ 6 2017-05-16 False G000578 Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] Matt Gaetz R FL 1 2017-07-13 False Armed Forces and National Security Mammals Military personnel and dependents Service animals Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-04-27 Introduced in House 2017-05-20T13:32:22Z Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act

This bill requires each military department to carry out a program to award medals or other commendations to military working dogs and their handlers to recognize valor or meritorious achievement.

]]> Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act Display Title Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for the award of medals or other commendations to handlers of military working dogs and military working dogs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Guardians of America's Freedom Medal Act Introduced in House 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2211ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2211ih.xml 2017-05-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.