[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 2263 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2263

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  eight


                                 An Act


 
To authorize and request the President to award the congressional Medal 
 of Honor posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt for his gallant and heroic 
  actions in the attack on San Juan Heights, Cuba, during the Spanish-
                              American War.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is 
authorized and requested to award the congressional Medal of Honor 
posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt, of the State of New York, for his 
actions in the attack of San Juan Heights, Cuba, during the Spanish-
American War on July 1, 1898. Such an award may be made without regard 
to the provisions of section 3744 of title 10, United States Code, and 
may be made in accordance with award criteria applicable at the time of 
the actions referred to in the first sentence.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.