HR 1251 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller posthumously for acts of valor while a member of the Navy during World War II.

Introduced Feb 28, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Kweisi Mfume D-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 28, 2023 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.

IntroducedFeb 28, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill authorizes the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for acts of valor as a member of the Navy during World War II.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2023 to Feb 9, 2024, with 21 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Feb 28, 2023
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 28, 2023

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Feb 28, 2023Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Subjects

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

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Feb 28, 2023Introduced in House

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