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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5397" measure-id="id117hr5397" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-09-28" update-date="2021-10-21">
        <title>National Civilian Medals Improvement Act</title>
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            <action-date>2021-09-28</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>National Civilian Medals Improvement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill revises the requirements for awarding the National Medal of Science, the National Medal of Arts, and the National Technology and Innovation Medal and establishes a National Humanities Medal and a National Medal of Social Sciences. The bill prohibits such medals from being awarded to certain public officials or posthumously.</p> <p>With respect to the National Medal of Arts, the President must award at least one award annually but not more than five in any calendar year.</p> ]]></summary-text>
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