[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 7194 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.7194

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six


                                 An Act


 
   To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Nicholas 
   Dockery for acts of valor as a member of the Army while serving in 
                              Afghanistan.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor 
Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO NICHOLAS DOCKERY 
FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY WHILE SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN.
    (a) Authorization.--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 is authorized to award 
the Medal of Honor, under section 7271 of such title, to Nicholas 
Dockery, formerly known as Kareem N. Dockery for the acts of valor 
described in subsection (b).
    (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in 
section 2 of this Act are the actions of Nicholas Dockery, as a member 
of the Army, on October 2, 2012, while serving in Afghanistan, for 
which he was previously awarded the Silver Star.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.