[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 134 (Thursday, September 18, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5876-S5877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      AUTHORIZING THE AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO HENRY JOHNSON

  Mr. PRYOR. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Armed Services 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2793 and the 
Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2793) to authorize the award of the Medal of 
     Honor to Henry Johnson.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. PRYOR. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time 
and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid 
upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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  The bill (S. 2793) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2793

       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 
                   HENRY JOHNSON FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING WORLD 
                   WAR I.

       (a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time 
     limitations specified in section 3744 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 3741 of such title to Henry Johnson for the acts of 
     valor during World War I described in subsection (b).
       (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to 
     in subsection (a) are the actions of Henry Johnson while 
     serving as a member of Company C, 369th Infantry Regiment, 
     93rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during combat 
     operations against the enemy on the front lines of the 
     Western Front in France on May 15, 1918, during World War I 
     for which he was previously awarded the Distinguished Service 
     Cross.

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