[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1010 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1010

 To provide for the posthumous commission as a captain in the regular 
Army of Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, 
  United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for 
                    gallantry during the Civil War.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2015

  Mr. Stivers (for himself and Mr. Al Green of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the posthumous commission as a captain in the regular 
Army of Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, 
  United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for 
                    gallantry 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. POSTHUMOUS COMMISSION AS CAPTAIN IN THE REGULAR ARMY FOR 
              MILTON HOLLAND.

    (a) Posthumous Commission.--Milton Holland, who, while sergeant 
major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded 
the Medal of Honor in recognition of his action on September 29, 1864, 
during the Battle of Chapin's Farm, Virginia, when, as the citation for 
the medal states, he ``took command of Company C, after all the 
officers had been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it'', shall be 
deemed for all purposes to have held the grade of captain in the 
regular Army, effective as of that date and continuing until his 
separation from the Army.
    (b) Prohibition of Benefits.--Section 1523 of title 10, United 
States Code, applies in the case of the posthumous commission described 
in subsection (a).
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