[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H1967]
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                   JOHN W. RIPLEY MEDAL OF HONOR ACT

  Mr. BACON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Armed Services be discharged from further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 7211) to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to 
John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other 
purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Jack). Is there objection to the request 
of the gentleman from Nebraska?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 7211

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

     SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO JOHN 
                   W. RIPLEY FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A MEMBER OF THE 
                   MARINE CORPS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

       (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations 
     specified in sections 8298(a) and 8300 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 is authorized to award the Medal of 
     Honor, under section 8291 of such title, to John W. Ripley 
     for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).
       (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described 
     in this subsection are the actions of John W. Ripley, as a 
     member of the Marine Corps, on April 2, 1972, during the 
     Vietnam War, for which he was previously awarded the Navy 
     Cross.

  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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