[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2228 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2228

To waive the time limitations applicable to awarding the Medal of Honor 
                     posthumously to Ruben Rivers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1995

 Mr. Miller of California (for himself, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
Bonior, Mr. Bono, Mr. Bunn of Oregon, Mr. Brewster, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. 
Coleman, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cooley, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Dixon, 
Mr. Dornan, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Engel, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Filner, Mr. Flake, 
 Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Frazer, Mr. 
 Frost, Mr. Gutknecht, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Johnson of 
  South Dakota, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Lantos, Mr. 
 Leach, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. McCarthy, 
  Mr. McDermott, Ms. McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meehan, Mrs. Meek of 
Florida, Ms. Norton, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pastor, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. 
Rangel, Mr. Reynolds, Ms. Rivers, Mr.  Sanders, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Scott, 
  Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Shays, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Torres, Mr. Tucker, Mr. 
Thompson, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Vento, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watt 
of North Carolina, and Mr. Watts of Oklahoma) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To waive the time limitations applicable to awarding the Medal of Honor 
                     posthumously to Ruben Rivers.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time 
limitations set forth in section 3744(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons in the 
Armed Forces shall not apply with respect to the posthumous award of 
the Medal of Honor to Ruben Rivers of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, in 
recognition of acts performed by him at the risk of his life and beyond 
the call of duty during November 1944 while serving as a staff sergeant 
in the United States Army in Bougaltroff, France, during World War II.
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