A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Bill: 116-s-4661
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-09-23
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars

Congressional tributes

Iraq

Middle East

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4661 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 23, 2020 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mr. Rubio , Mr. Scott of Florida , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Manchin , Mr. Blumenthal , and Mr. Cruz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To authorize the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

1. Authorization to award medal of honor to Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe for acts of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom (a) Waiver of time limitations Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 7274 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 may award the Medal of Honor under section 7271 of such title to Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe for the acts of valor described in subsection (b). (b) Acts of valor described The acts of valor referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of Sergeant First Class Alwyn C. Cashe on October 17, 2005, as a member of the Army serving in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, for which he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.