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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3304 

To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to 

Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. 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 Honor. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 22, 2013 

Mr. DEUTCH (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. 

ROONEY, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Ms. 

BORDALLO, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROOKS of 

Alabama, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CASTRO of 

Texas, Mr. COLE, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. COOK, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ENYART, Mr. FINCHER, 

Mr. FLORES, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. 

GARCIA, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. 

HOLT, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. JONES, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LOEBSACK, 

Mr. MCKEON, Ms. MENG, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. MILLER of 

Michigan, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 

PETERSON, Mr. RIGELL, Mrs. ROBY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. RUNYAN, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. STEWART, Mr. 

STOCKMAN, Mr. THORNBERRY, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. TURNER, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. 

HANABUSA, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. HANNA, Mrs. NOEM, Ms. 

FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. BARBER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, and Mr. 

RICE of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To authorize and request the President to award the Medal 

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of Honor to Bennie G. Adkins and Donald P. 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 Honor. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD 

4 OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO BENNIE G. ADKINS 

5 FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM 

6 CONFLICT. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim8 itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 

9 Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 

10 awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 

11 Armed Forces, the President is authorized and requested 

12 to award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of such 

13 title to Bennie G. Adkins of the United States Army for 

14 the acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict described 

15 in subsection (b). 

16 (b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 

17 referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Ser18 geant First Class Bennie G. Adkins of the United States 

19 Army serving with Special Forces Detachment A–102 

20 from March 9 to 12, 1966, during the Vietnam Conflict 

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1 for which he was originally awarded the Distinguished 

2 Service Cross. 

3 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF 

4 MEDAL OF HONOR TO DONALD P. SLOAT FOR 

5 ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM CON6 FLICT. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim8 itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 

9 Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 

10 awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 

11 Armed Forces, the President is authorized and requested 

12 to award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of such 

13 title to Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for 

14 the acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict described 

15 in subsection (b). 

16 (b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 

17 referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Spe18 cialist Four Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army 

19 serving with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 

20 1st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Di21 vision on January 17, 1970, during the Vietnam Conflict. 

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1 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR 

2 TO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

3 FORCES PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR 

4 AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR. 

5 Section 552(e) of the National Defense Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 10 U.S.C. 

7 3741 note) is amended— 

8 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘HONOR.—’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(2) In addition to the authority provided by para12 graph (1), a Medal of Honor may be awarded to a veteran 

13 of the Armed Forces who, although not a Jewish-Amer14 ican war veteran or Hispanic-American war veteran de15 scribed in subsection (b), was identified during the review 

16 of service records conducted under subsection (a) and re17 garding whom the Secretary of Defense submitted, before 

18 January 1, 2014, a recommendation to the President that 

19 the President award the Medal of Honor to that veteran.’’. 

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