[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1794 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1794

  To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor 
posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun of the United States Army for acts 
                    of valor during the Korean War.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 15, 2009

 Mr. Brownback (for himself and Mr. Roberts) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor 
posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun of the United States Army for acts 
                    of valor during the Korean War.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO 
              EMIL KAPAUN FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

    (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations specified 
in section 3744 of title 10, United States Code, or any other time 
limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons 
who served in the Armed Forces, the President is authorized and 
requested to award the Medal of Honor posthumously under section 3741 
of such title to Emil Kapaun for the acts of valor during the Korean 
War described in subsection (b).
    (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to in 
subsection (a) are the actions of then Captain Emil Kapaun as a member 
of the 8th Cavalry Regiment during the Battle of Usan on November 1 and 
2, 1950, and while a prisoner of war until his death on May 23, 1951, 
during the Korean War.
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