[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2492 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2492

  To authorize the President to posthumously advance the late Admiral 
   Raymond Ames Spruance to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the United 
                              States Navy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2001

  Mr. Pence (for himself, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Schrock, Mr. 
McGovern, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kerns, Mr. Spence, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Visclosky, 
 Mr. Souder, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. 
   Rohrabacher, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Rogers of Michigan, Mr. Keller, Mr. 
 Rehberg, Mr. Culberson, and Mr. Issa) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the President to posthumously advance the late Admiral 
   Raymond Ames Spruance to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the United 
                              States Navy.

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

SECTION 1. POSTHUMOUS ADVANCEMENT OF ADMIRAL RAYMOND AMES SPRUANCE TO 
              FLEET ADMIRAL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

    (a) Advancement.--The President is authorized and requested to 
posthumously advance the late Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance, United 
States Navy, retired, to the grade of Fleet Admiral of the United 
States Navy on the retired list of the Navy.
    (b) Additional Benefits Not to Accrue.--No increase in compensation 
or benefits based on the service of Raymond Ames Spruance in the Navy 
shall result from the posthumous advancement authorized and requested 
under subsection (a).
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