[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3523]
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  SA 2079. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 553. AUTHORIZATION FOR POSTHUMOUS 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 posthumously award the Medal of 
     Honor under section 7271 of such title to James Megellas, 
     formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and of Colleyville, 
     Texas, until his death on April 2, 2020, 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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