[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1794 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1794

 To waive time limitations in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be 
  awarded to Gary Lee McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor 
  while a helicopter crew chief and door gunner with the 1st Cavalry 
                    Division during the Vietnam War.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 1, 2023

   Mr. Brown (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Vance, and Mr. Peters) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To waive time limitations in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be 
  awarded to Gary Lee McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for acts of valor 
  while a helicopter crew chief and door gunner with the 1st Cavalry 
                    Division during the Vietnam War.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO AWARD MEDAL OF HONOR TO GARY LEE MCKIDDY FOR 
              VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

    (a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time 
limitations in section 7274(b) of title 10, United States Code, or any 
other time limitation, the President is authorized and requested to 
award the Medal of Honor under section 7271 of such title to Gary Lee 
McKiddy, of Miamisburg, Ohio, for the acts of valor referred to in 
subsection (b).
    (b) Action Described.--The acts of valor referred to in subsection 
(a) are the conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk 
of his life and beyond the call of duty of Gary Lee McKiddy, between 
October 25, 1969, and May 6, 1970, and particularly on May 6, 1970, the 
day he died during a combat operation in Cambodia while serving as a 
Specialist Four in the 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army.
    (c) Posthumous Award.--The Medal of Honor may be awarded under this 
section posthumously as provided in section 7282 of title 10, United 
States Code.
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