[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 13 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 13

     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
     President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, should 
  posthumously advance Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel to the grade of 
                      admiral on the retired list.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mrs. Bentley submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
     President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, should 
  posthumously advance Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel to the grade of 
                      admiral on the retired list.

Whereas Admiral Husband E. Kimmel was commander in chief of the United States 
        Pacific Fleet at the time of the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl 
        Harbor on December 7, 1941;
Whereas, at the time of the attack, Admiral Kimmel had the grade of admiral 
        pursuant to a temporary designation, but following the attack was 
        retired as a rear admiral, which was his permanent grade;
Whereas a naval court of inquiry found that, prior to and during the attack, no 
        individual in the naval service committed any offense or incurred 
        serious blame;
Whereas the naval court of inquiry specifically approved the judgments and 
        actions of Admiral Kimmel under the circumstances prior to and during 
        the attack;
Whereas section 414 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 permits the President, 
        in his discretion and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
        to advance certain naval officers to the grade of admiral on the retired 
        list;
Whereas, under such section, a naval officer who retired prior to the August 7, 
        1947, and who served in the grade of admiral pursuant to section 18 of 
        the Act of May 22, 1917, is eligible for consideration for such 
        advancement;
Whereas, when section 414 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 was implemented, 
        Rear Admiral Kimmel's name was not submitted by the Department of the 
        Navy to the President for such advancement; and
Whereas, under the Act, such advancement of Rear Admiral Kimmel is at the 
        discretion of the President: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, should 
posthumously advance Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, United States 
Navy, to the grade of admiral on the retired list.

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