[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1663 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  1st Session

                               H. R. 1663

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                                 AN ACT

To recognize National Medal of Honor sites in California, Indiana, and 
                            South Carolina.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1663

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                                 AN ACT


 
To recognize National Medal of Honor sites in California, Indiana, and 
                            South Carolina.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Medal of Honor Memorial 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration 
        which the Nation bestows.
            (2) The Medal of Honor is the only military decoration 
        given in the name of Congress, and therefore on behalf of the 
        people of the United States.
            (3) The Congressional Medal of Honor Society was 
        established by an Act of Congress in 1958, and continues to 
        protect, uphold, and preserve the dignity, honor, and name of 
        the Medal of Honor and of the individual recipients of the 
        Medal of Honor.
            (4) The Congressional Medal of Honor Society is composed 
        solely of recipients of the Medal of Honor.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR SITES.

    (a) Recognition.--The following sites to honor recipients of the 
Medal of Honor are hereby recognized as National Medal of Honor sites:
            (1) Riverside, california.--The memorial under construction 
        at the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California, to 
        be dedicated on November 5, 1999.
            (2) Indianapolis, indiana.--The memorial at the White River 
        State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated on May 28, 1999.
            (3) Mount pleasant, south carolina.--The Congressional 
        Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, 
        South Carolina, currently situated on the ex-U.S.S. Yorktown 
        (CV-6).
    (b) Interpretation.--This section shall not be construed to require 
or permit Federal funds (other than any provided for as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act) to be expended for any purpose related to 
the sites recognized in subsection (a).

            Passed the House of Representatives October 5, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.