[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4233 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4233

To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to 
  Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter and Corporal Jonathan Yale of the 
Marine Corps for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 
                                 2008.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2014

    Mr. Bishop of New York (for himself, Mr. Hurt, and Mr. Israel) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to 
  Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter and Corporal Jonathan Yale of the 
Marine Corps for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 
                                 2008.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO LANCE 
              CORPORAL JORDAN C. HAERTER AND CORPORAL JONATHAN YALE FOR 
              ACTS OF VALOR DURING OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.

    (a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time 
limitations specified in sections 6248 and 6250 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 may award the Medal of Honor posthumously under section 6241 
of such title to Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter and Corporal Jonathan 
Yale of the Marine Corps for the acts of valor during Operation Iraqi 
Freedom described in subsection (b) for which they were originally 
awarded the Navy Cross.
    (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to in 
subsection (a) are the actions of Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter and 
Corporal Jonathan Yale on April 22, 2008, while serving as Riflemen, 3d 
Platoon, Weapons Company, First Battalion, Ninth Marines, Regimental 
Combat Team 1, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) in support of 
Operation Iraqi Freedom, in defending a checkpoint in Ramadi, Iraq, 
from a suicide bomber driving a truck carrying a large quantity of 
explosives and, at the cost of their own lives, saving the lives of 
more than 50 Marines and Iraqi policemen.
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