[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2380 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2380

 To authorize the President to issue posthumously to the late William 
 ``Billy'' Mitchell a commission as major general, United States Army.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 4, 2004

   Mr. Sununu (for himself, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Gregg) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the President to issue posthumously to the late William 
 ``Billy'' Mitchell a commission as major general, United States Army.

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

SECTION 1. POSTHUMOUS COMMISSION OF WILLIAM MITCHELL IN THE GRADE OF 
              MAJOR GENERAL IN THE ARMY.

    (a) Authority.--The President may issue posthumously a commission 
as major general, United States Army, in the name of the late William 
``Billy'' Mitchell, formerly a colonel, United States Army, who 
resigned his commission on February 1, 1926.
    (b) Date of Commission.--A commission issued under subsection (a) 
shall issue as of the date of the death of William Mitchell on February 
19, 1936.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF BENEFITS.

    No person is entitled to receive any bonus, gratuity, pay, 
allowance, or other financial benefit by reason of the enactment of 
this Act.
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