To provide for the posthumous commission as a captain in the regular Army of Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War.

Bill: 114-hr-1010
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2015-02-13
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Deems Milton Holland (who, while a sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War) to have held the grade of captain in the regular Army, effective as of September 29, 1864, and continuing until his separation from the Army.</p> <p>Prohibits any entitlement&nbsp;to bonuses, gratuity, pay, or allowances because of&nbsp; such posthumous commission.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2015 Mr. Stivers (for himself and Mr. Al Green of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide for the posthumous commission as a captain in the regular Army of Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War.

1. Posthumous commission as captain in the regular Army for Milton Holland (a) Posthumous commission Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of his action on September 29, 1864, during the Battle of Chapin’s Farm, Virginia, when, as the citation for the medal states, he took command of Company C, after all the officers had been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it , shall be deemed for all purposes to have held the grade of captain in the regular Army, effective as of that date and continuing until his separation from the Army. (b) Prohibition of benefits Section 1523 of title 10, United States Code, applies in the case of the posthumous commission described in subsection (a).