[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1633 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1633

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 1999

  Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Bingaman) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
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 the Congress of the United States, 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 U.S.S. Yorktown.
    (b) Interpretation.--This section may not be construed to require 
or permit the expenditure of Federal funds (other than expenditures 
already provided for) for any purpose related to the sites recognized 
in subsection (a).
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