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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3304 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 29, 2013 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

AN ACT 

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. 


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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 

21 for which he was originally awarded the Distinguished 

22 Service Cross. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF 

2 MEDAL OF HONOR TO DONALD P. SLOAT FOR 

3 ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM CON4 FLICT. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim6 itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 

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

8 awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 

9 Armed Forces, the President is authorized and requested 

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

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

12 the acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict described 

13 in subsection (b). 

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

15 referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Spe16 cialist Four Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army 

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

18 1st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Di19 vision on January 17, 1970, during the Vietnam Conflict. 

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

21 TO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

22 FORCES PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR 

23 AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR. 

24 Section 552(e) of the National Defense Authorization 

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

26 3741 note) is amended— 


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

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

3 paragraph: 

4 ‘‘(2) In addition to the authority provided by para5 graph (1), a Medal of Honor may be awarded to a veteran 

6 of the Armed Forces who, although not a Jewish-Amer7 ican war veteran or Hispanic-American war veteran de8 scribed in subsection (b), was identified during the review 

9 of service records conducted under subsection (a) and re10 garding whom the Secretary of Defense submitted, before 

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

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

Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 

2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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