[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2263 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2263

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 1997

  Mr. McHale (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. King, Ms. 
Brown of Florida, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
      Horn, Mr. McInnis, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Weldon of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. 
Ehrlich, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Buyer, Mrs. Clayton, 
 Mr. Frost, Mr. Holden, Mr. Weller, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Talent, 
   Mrs. Emerson, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Burton of 
Indiana, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Klink, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Bob Schaffer of Colorado, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Poshard, Mr. McDade, Mr. 
 Adam Smith of Washington, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Olver, Mr. Hall of Texas, 
   Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Goode, Mr. 
   Borski, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Blagojevich, 
  Mr. Blunt, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Ney, Mr. Farr of 
 California, Ms. Harman, Mr. Goss, Mr. Bass, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. Weygand, 
Mr. Turner, Mr. Foley, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Coble, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Istook, 
 Mr. Bateman, Mr. Neumann, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Goodling, Mr. 
 Fattah, Mr. Petri, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Condit, Mr. Murtha, 
   Mr. Lipinski, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Bono, Mr. Ensign, Mr. 
Ortiz, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Spence, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Klug, 
  Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Livingston, Mr. 
 Wise, Mr. Allen, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
   Fawell, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. 
  Kanjorski, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Largent, Mr. Barcia, Ms. 
 Slaughter, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Barrett of 
    Wisconsin, Mr. Baesler, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Coyne, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
   Deutsch, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Edwards, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
       Foglietta, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Neal of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Parker, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
   Solomon, Mr. Stump, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. 
Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Clement, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Armey, 
 and Mr. Packard) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
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.
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