[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1233 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1233

    To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James 
  Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and most recently of 
  Colleyville, Texas, before his death on April 2, 2020, for acts of 
valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 
                                  II.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 2021

Mr. Grothman (for himself, Mr. Kind, Mr. Gallagher, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. 
  Steil, Mr. Fitzgerald, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. 
    Pocan) 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 to James 
  Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and most recently of 
  Colleyville, Texas, before his death on April 2, 2020, for acts of 
valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 
                                  II.

    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 JAMES 
              MEGELLAS FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

    (a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time 
limitations specified in section 7274 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 under section 7271 of such title to James 
Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and most recently of 
Colleyville, Texas, before his death on April 2, 2020, for the acts of 
valor during World War II described in subsection (b).
    (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to in 
subsection (a) are the actions of James Megellas on January 28, 1945, 
in Herresbach, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge when, as a first 
lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne Division, he led a surprise and 
devastating attack on a much larger advancing enemy force, killing and 
capturing a large number and causing others to flee, single-handedly 
destroying an attacking German Mark V tank with two hand-held grenades, 
and then leading his men in clearing and seizing Herresbach.
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