[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 80 (Wednesday, May 8, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2987]
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 AUTHORIZATION FOR POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS 
        TO WILLIAM D. OWENS FOR ACTS OF VALOR AT LA FIERE BRIDGE

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
the Committee on Armed Services be discharged from further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 8063) to authorize the Secretary of the 
Army to posthumously award the Distinguished Service Cross to William 
D. Owens for his valorous actions from June 6, 1944, to June 8, 1944, 
during World War II at La Fiere Bridge in Normandy, France, while 
serving with the 505th Parachute Infantry and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Luttrell). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Mississippi?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 8063

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF THE 
                   DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS TO WILLIAM D. OWENS 
                   FOR ACTS OF VALOR AT LA FIERE BRIDGE.

       (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 Secretary of the Army may award the Distinguished 
     Service Cross under section 7272 of such title to William D. 
     Owens for the acts of valor at La Fiere Bridge described in 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to 
     in subsection (a) are the actions of William D. Owens from 
     June 6, 1944, to June 8, 1944, at La Fiere Bridge for which 
     he was previously awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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