Remove the Stain Act
Latest action · Jun 26, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Remove the Stain Act
This bill rescinds each Medal of Honor awarded for acts that occurred on December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek, Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota.
The bill requires the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard to remove the names of those award recipients from the Medal of Honor Roll.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2019 to Mar 4, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jul 11, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 4, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 6, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 4, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 25, 2019 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jun 25, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 107, June 25, 2019, page H5167.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3164 | Remove the Stain Act | Identical bill | Jan 8, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To rescind each Medal of Honor awarded for acts at Wounded Knee Creek on December 29, 1890, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Remove the Stain Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
