,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dece  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #h1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,toomey1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,ms4        
,harris1 and ,mr4 ,booker7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to        
authorize the ,president to award the   
,medal of ,honor to ,waverly ,b4        
,woodson1 ,jr41 for acts of valor during
 ,world ,war ,,ii4  #a4 ,authorization  
for award of the ,medal of ,honor to    
,waverly ,b4 ,woodson1 ,jr41 for acts of
 valor during ,world ,war ,,ii  7a7     
,waiver of time limitations             
,notwithstanding the time limitations   
specified in section #gbgd 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 may award the ,medal of      
,honor under section #gbga of such title

 to ,waverly ,b4 ,woodson1 ,jr41 for the
 acts of valor during ,world ,war ,,ii  
described in subsection 7b74  7b7 ,acts 
of ,valor ,described ,the acts of valor 
referred to in subsection 7a7 are the   
actions of ,waverly ,b4 ,woodson1 ,jr41 
on ,june #f1 #aidd1 at ,omaha ,beach    
when1 as a ,corporal in the #cbjth      
,barrage ,balloon ,battalion1 he saved  
the lives of dozens1 if not hundreds1 of
 his fellow soldiers over the course of 
#cj hours1 despite being struck by      
shrapnel while aboard his ,landing      
,craft ,tank and wounded in his groin   
and back1 actions for which the         
historical record indicates ,general    
,john ,c4,h4 ,lee recommended ,corporal 
,woodson be awarded the ,medal of       
,honor4