[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3385]
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SA 1860. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:
SEC. ___. RESCISSION OF MEDALS OF HONOR AWARDED FOR ACTS AT
WOUNDED KNEE CREEK ON DECEMBER 29, 1890.
(a) In General.--Each Medal of Honor awarded for acts at
Wounded Knee Creek, Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,
South Dakota, on December 29, 1890, is rescinded.
(b) Medal of Honor Roll.--The Secretary concerned shall
remove the name of each individual awarded a Medal of Honor
for acts described in subsection (a) from the Army, Navy, Air
Force, and Coast Guard Medal of Honor Roll maintained under
section 1134a of title 10, United States Code.
(c) Return of Medal Not Required.--No person may be
required to return to the Federal Government a Medal of Honor
rescinded under subsection (a).
(d) No Denial of Benefits.--This Act shall not be construed
to deny any individual any benefit from the Federal
Government.
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