To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
Latest action · Mar 26, 2026 Became Private Law No: 119-1.
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.
- IntroducedMay 13, 2025
- Passed HouseFeb 3, 2026
- Passed SenateMar 3, 2026
- To the PresidentMar 24, 2026
- Became lawMar 26, 2026Private Law 119-1
Summary
This act authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr. for his acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War from March 31 through April 3, 1967, for which he was previously awarded the Silver Star.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 May 13, 2025Discharged Feb 3, 2026 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2026Signed by President.
- Mar 26, 2026Became Private Law No: 119-1.
- Mar 24, 2026Presented to President.
- Mar 4, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Mar 3, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S767)
- Feb 4, 2026Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Feb 3, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H1967)
- Feb 3, 2026Mr. Bacon asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- Feb 3, 2026Committee on Armed Services discharged.
- Feb 3, 2026Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1967)
- Feb 3, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 13, 2025Introduced in House
- May 13, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S767 | Joni Ernst R-IA | Mar 3, 2026 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1967Text printed H1967 | Don Bacon R-NE | Feb 3, 2026 |
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. 171, no. 80, May 13, 2025, page H2002.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3781 | A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War | Identical bill | Feb 4, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Feb 4, 2026Received in Senate
- Feb 3, 2026Engrossed in House
- May 13, 2025Introduced 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.
