[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 51 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. LUETKEMEYER:
       H.R. 1457.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Amendment I to the Constitution states, ``Congress shall 
     make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or 
     prohibiting the free exercise thereof;''
       Many veterans in World War I were not awarded the Medal of 
     Honor which many of them may have deserved. Those worthy 
     veterans were denied the Medal of Honor due to religious 
     discrimination.