[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3508]
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  SA 481. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
Cruz) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 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 subtitle G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 589. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO 
                   JAMES MEGELLAS FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE 
                   BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

       (a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--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 may award the Medal of Honor under 
     section 7271 of such title to James Megellas, formerly of 
     Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, 
     for the acts of valor during World War II described in 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Acts of Valor 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 when, as a first lieutenant in the 82nd 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 
     an attacking German Mark V tank with two hand-held grenades, 
     and then leading his men in clearing and seizing Herresbach.
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