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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3966 Introduced in House (IH)]

104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3966

To authorize and request the President to award the congressional Medal 
of Honor posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt for his gallant and heroic 
  actions in the attack on San Juan Heights, Cuba, during the Spanish-
                             American War.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1996

 Mr. McHale (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Spence, Mr. Skelton, Mr. 
    Blute, Mr. King, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Bachus, Mr. 
Baesler, Mr. Baker of California, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Barrett 
 of Wisconsin, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Borski, Mr. Brewster, Ms. 
Brown of Florida, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Clement, Mr. Clinger, Mr. 
Coble, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Davis, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. 
 Dickey, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Duncan, 
  Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, Mr. Farr of 
     California, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Fawell, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Fox of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Frost, Mr. Pete Geren of 
 Texas, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Hall of Texas, 
   Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Holden, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
Hunter, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kanjorski, 
   Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Klink, Mr. Klug, Mr. 
LaFalce, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Lazio of New York, Mr. Longley, Mr. Mascara, 
Mr. McDermott, Mr. McHugh, Mr. McInnis, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. 
Moran, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Olver, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. 
 Pallone, Mr. Parker, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Quinn, 
Mr. Reed, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Rose, Mr. Saxton, Mr. Shays, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. 
 Solomon, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stump, Mr. Talent, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Taylor of 
Mississippi, Mr. Tejeda, Mr. Torkildsen, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Visclosky, 
  Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wicker, Mr. 
Wilson, Mr. Wise, and Mr. Zimmer) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on National Security

                                 A BILL

 
To authorize and request the President to award the congressional Medal 
of Honor posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt for his gallant and heroic 
  actions in the attack on San Juan Heights, Cuba, during the Spanish-
                             American War.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is 
authorized and requested to award the congressional Medal of Honor 
posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt, of the State of New York, for his 
actions in the attack of San Juan Heights, Cuba, during the Spanish-
American War on July 1, 1898. Such an award may be made without regard 
to the provisions of section 3744 of title 10, United States Code, and 
may be made in accordance with award criteria applicable at the time of 
the actions referred to in the first sentence.
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