[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2106 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2106

  To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor 
 posthumously to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor 
                         during the Civil War.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2013

 Mr. Kind (for himself and Mr. Sensenbrenner) introduced the following 
      bill; which was 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 First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for acts of valor 
                         during the Civil War.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Alonzo H. Cushing was born in Delafield, Wisconsin, on 
        January 19, 1841.
            (2) Alonzo H. Cushing graduated from the United States 
        Military Academy at West Point, New York, on June 24, 1861.
            (3) On July 3, 1863, First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing 
        commanded Battery A, 4th United States Artillery, Army of the 
        Potomac, in the defense of the ``Angle'' on Cemetery Ridge 
        during the Battle of Gettysburg.
            (4) During the battle, First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing 
        was shot multiple times, but refused to retreat.
            (5) First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing continued to command 
        his battery until he was shot and killed.
            (6) The Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg was one 
        of the key turning points in the Civil War.
            (7) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Defense 
        have determined that the actions of First Lieutenant Alonzo H. 
        Cushing do merit the award of the Medal of Honor.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO FIRST 
              LIEUTENANT ALONZO H. CUSHING FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE 
              CIVIL 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 under section 3741 of such title 
to then First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for conspicuous acts of 
gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life and beyond the call of 
duty in the Civil War, as described in subsection (b).
    (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to in 
subsection (a) are the actions of then First Lieutenant Alonzo H. 
Cushing while in command of Battery A, 4th United States Artillery, 
Army of the Potomac, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863, 
during the American Civil War.
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