S 4661 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Introduced Sep 23, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Cotton R-AR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 23, 2020 Read twice and referred to the 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 23, 2020
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 23, 2020 to Nov 12, 2020, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
I-WV	Joe Manchin III	Original	Sep 23, 2020
R-FL	Marco Rubio	Original	Sep 23, 2020
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Sep 23, 2020
R-FL	Rick Scott	Original	Sep 23, 2020
R-TX	Ted Cruz	Original	Sep 23, 2020
D-VA	Tim Kaine	Original	Sep 23, 2020
R-AR	John Boozman		Sep 30, 2020
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		Sep 30, 2020
D-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Nov 9, 2020
R-LA	John Kennedy		Nov 12, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 23, 2020Introduced in Senate
Sep 23, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Sep 23, 2020Introduced in Senate

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