[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3727-S3728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1613. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Ms. Baldwin) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 
proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part II of subtitle H of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 593. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO JAMES 
                   MEGELLAS FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING BATTLE OF THE 
                   BULGE.

       (a) Authorization.--The President may award the Medal of 
     Honor under section 3741 of title 10, United States Code, to 
     James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and 
     currently of Colleyville, Texas, for the acts of valor 
     described in subsection (b).
       (b) Action 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, during World War II, when, as a first lieutenant in 
     the 82d 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

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     an attacking German Mark V tank with two hand-held grenades, 
     and then leading his men in clearing and seizing Herresbach.
       (c) Waiver of Time Limitations.--The award under subsection 
     (a) may be made without regard to the time limitations 
     specified in section 3744(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
     or any other time limitation established by law or regulation 
     with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons who 
     served in the Army.

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