HR 8194 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Waverly B. Woodson, Jr., for acts of valor during World War II.

Introduced Sep 8, 2020 Originated House Sponsor David J. Trone D-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 8, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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.

IntroducedSep 8, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Waverly B. Woodson, Jr., for acts of valor during World War II.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 8, 2020 to Oct 9, 2020, with 12 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-CT	Jahana Hayes	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer	Original	Sep 8, 2020
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Sep 17, 2020
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Oct 9, 2020

Actions 2

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Sep 8, 2020Introduced in House
Sep 8, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 4535	A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Waverly B. Woodson, Jr., for acts of valor during World War II.	Identical bill	Sep 8, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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Sep 8, 2020Introduced in House

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