[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5084-S5085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5720. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HONORING THE LAST 
                   SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT FOR EACH 
                   MAJOR MILITARY CONFLICT.

       It is the sense of Congress that--

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       (1) lying in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol represents 
     the highest honor that can be bestowed on a citizen of the 
     United States upon their passing;
       (2) recipients of the Medal of Honor have demonstrated 
     valor and bravery in combat in service to the United States 
     above all reasonable expectations of a citizen;
       (3) to honor the thousands of men and women who answered 
     their Nation's call to arms, the remains of the individual 
     who was the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor 
     for acts performed during each major military conflict should 
     be permitted to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol on 
     such date as is determined appropriate by--
       (A) the next of kin of such individual;
       (B) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
       (C) the minority leader of the House of Representatives;
       (D) the majority leader of the Senate;
       (E) the minority leader of the Senate; and
       (F) the President pro tempore of the Senate; and
       (4) the Architect of the Capitol should take all necessary 
     steps for the accomplishment of that purpose.
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