I 
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 pre-
viously 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. CROW-
LEY, 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. KIL-
MER, 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. SE-
WELL of Alabama, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. STEWART, Mr. 
STOCKMAN, Mr. THORNBERRY, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. TURNER, Mrs. WAG-
NER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WIL-
SON 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 pre-
viously recommended for award of the Medal of Honor. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD 
OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO BENNIE G. ADKINS 
FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM 
CONFLICT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim-
itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 
Armed Forces, the President is authorized and requested 
to award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of such 
title to Bennie G. Adkins of the United States Army for 
the acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict described 
in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Ser-
geant First Class Bennie G. Adkins of the United States 
Army serving with Special Forces Detachment A–102 
from March 9 to 12, 1966, during the Vietnam Conflict 
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for which he was originally awarded the Distinguished 
Service Cross. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF 
MEDAL OF HONOR TO DONALD P. SLOAT FOR 
ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM CON-
FLICT. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim-
itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 
Armed Forces, the President is authorized and requested 
to award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of such 
title to Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army for 
the acts of valor during the Vietnam Conflict described 
in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Spe-
cialist Four Donald P. Sloat of the United States Army 
serving with 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 
1st Infantry, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Di-
vision on January 17, 1970, during the Vietnam Conflict. 
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SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR 
TO 
FORMER 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR 
AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR. 
Section 552(e) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107–107; 10 U.S.C. 
3741 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘HONOR.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In addition to the authority provided by para-
graph (1), a Medal of Honor may be awarded to a veteran 
of the Armed Forces who, although not a Jewish-Amer-
ican war veteran or Hispanic-American war veteran de-
scribed in subsection (b), was identified during the review 
of service records conducted under subsection (a) and re-
garding whom the Secretary of Defense submitted, before 
January 1, 2014, a recommendation to the President that 
the President award the Medal of Honor to that veteran.’’. 
Æ 
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