[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 17 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 17

  Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in 
state of the remains of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War 
    II, in order to honor the Greatest Generation and the more than 
 16,000,000 men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United 
                       States from 1941 to 1945.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2019

   Mr. Manchin (for himself and Mrs. Capito) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

_______________________________________________________________________

                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in 
state of the remains of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War 
    II, in order to honor the Greatest Generation and the more than 
 16,000,000 men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United 
                       States from 1941 to 1945.

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

SECTION 1. HONORING THE LAST SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT OF 
              WORLD WAR II.

    (a) Use of Rotunda.--The individual who is the last surviving 
recipient of the Medal of Honor for acts performed during World War II 
shall be permitted to lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol upon 
death, if the individual (or the next of kin of the individual) so 
elects.
    (b) Implementation.--The Architect of the Capitol, under the 
direction of the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, shall take the necessary steps to 
implement subsection (a).
                                 <all>