,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bb1        
#bjac,mr4 ,deutch 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,rogers of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,bridenstine1 
,mr4 ,rooney1 ,mr4 ,aderholt1 ,mr4      
,bachus1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,utah1 ,ms4    
,bordallo1 ,mr4 ,boustany1 ,mr4 ,brady  
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,brooks of       
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4
 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4 ,cook1  
,mr4 ,cooper1 ,mr4 ,crowley1 ,mrs4      
,davis of ,california1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4
 ,enyart1 ,mr4 ,fincher1 ,mr4 ,flores1  
,mr4 ,forbes1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1 
,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,garcia1 ,mr4       
,gibson1 ,mr4 ,grayson1 ,mr4 ,hastings  
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4 ,hunter1  
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4        
,kildee1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1   
,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4 ,lo,biondo1 ,mr4   
,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,mc,keon1 ,ms4 ,meng1   
,mr4 ,miller of ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,miller 
of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,murphy of ,florida1 

,mr4 ,nugent1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4         
,peterson1 ,mr4 ,rigell1 ,mrs4 ,roby1   
,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,mr4 ,runyan1 ,mr4 
,schiff1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1 ,mr4 ,austin 
,scott of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,sewell of     
,alabama1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,mr4      
,shuster1 ,mr4 ,stewart1 ,mr4 ,stockman1
 ,mr4 ,thornberry1 ,ms4 ,tsongas1 ,mr4  
,turner1 ,mrs4 ,wagner1 ,ms4 ,wasserman 
,schultz1 ,mr4 ,waxman1 ,mr4 ,welch1    
,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,ms4  
,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,ms4
 ,hanabusa1 ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1   
,mr4 ,hanna1 ,mrs4 ,noem1 ,ms4 ,frankel 
of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,barber1 ,mr4 ,larsen 
of ,washington1 and ,mr4 ,rice of ,south
 ,carolina7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to authorize and request the   
,president to award the ,medal of ,honor
 to ,bennie ,g4 ,adkins and ,donald ,p4 
,sloat of the ,united ,states ,army for 
acts of valor during the ,vietnam       
,conflict and to authorize the award of 

the ,medal of ,honor to certain other   
veterans who were previously recommended
 for award of the ,medal of ,honor4  #a4
 ,authorization and request for award of
 ,medal of ,honor to ,bennie ,g4 ,adkins
 for acts of valor during the ,vietnam  
,conflict  7a7 ,authorization           
,notwithstanding the time limitations   
specified in section #cgdd of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code1 or any other    
time limitation with respect to the     
awarding of certain medals to persons   
who served in the ,armed ,forces1 the   
,president is authorized and requested  
to award the ,medal of ,honor under     
section #cgda of such title to ,bennie  
,g4 ,adkins of the ,united ,states ,army
 for the acts of valor during the       
,vietnam ,conflict described in         
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,acts of valor     
described ,the acts of valor referred to
 in subsection 7a7 are the actions of   
then ,sergeant ,first ,class ,bennie ,g4
 ,adkins of the ,united ,states ,army   
serving with ,special ,forces           

,detachment ,a-#ajb from ,march #i to   
#ab1 #aiff1 during the ,vietnam         
,conflict for which he was originally   
awarded the ,distinguished ,service     
,cross4  #b4 ,authorization and request 
for award of ,medal of ,honor to ,donald
 ,p4 ,sloat for acts of valor during the
 ,vietnam ,conflict  7a7 ,authorization 
,notwithstanding the time limitations   
specified in section #cgdd of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code1 or any other    
time limitation with respect to the     
awarding of certain medals to persons   
who served in the ,armed ,forces1 the   
,president is authorized and requested  
to award the ,medal of ,honor under     
section #cgda of such title to ,donald  
,p4 ,sloat of the ,united ,states ,army 
for the acts of valor during the        
,vietnam ,conflict described in         
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,acts of valor     
described ,the acts of valor referred to
 in subsection 7a7 are the actions of   
then ,specialist ,four ,donald ,p4      
,sloat of the ,united ,states ,army     

serving with #crd ,platoon1 ,delta      
,company1 #bnd ,battalion1 #ast         
,infantry1 #aifth ,light ,infantry      
,brigade1 ,americal ,division on        
,january #ag1 #aigj1 during the ,vietnam
 ,conflict4  #c4 ,authorization for     
award of ,medal of ,honor to former     
members of the ,armed ,forces previously
 recommended for award of the ,medal of 
,honor ,section #eeb7;e7 of the         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjjb 7,public ,law   
#ajg-ajg2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #cgda note7 is  
amended-- 7#a7 by inserting 7#a7 after  
,honor4--2 and  7#b7 by adding at the   
end the following new paragraph3  7#b7  
,in addition to the authority provided  
by paragraph 7#a71 a ,medal of ,honor   
may be awarded to a veteran of the      
,armed ,forces who1 although not a      
,jewish-,american war veteran or        
,hispanic-,american war veteran         
described in subsection 7b71 was        
identified during the review of service 
records conducted under subsection 7a7  

and regarding whom the ,secretary of    
,defense submitted1 before ,january #a1 
#bjad1 a recommendation to the          
,president that the ,president award the
 ,medal of ,honor to that veteran4  4