MACARTHUR Act

Bill: 119-hr-700
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2025-01-23
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education

Military education and training
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Maintaining Academy Culture and Assuring Retention of Tradition, Honor, and Unity of the Republic Act or the&nbsp;MACARTHUR&nbsp;Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of the Army to amend the mission statement of the United States Military Academy to include the phrase “Duty, Honor, Country.”</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 700 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 23, 2025 Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend the mission statement of the United States Military Academy to include the phrase Duty, Honor, Country .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Maintaining Academy Culture and Assuring Retention of Tradition, Honor, and Unity of the Republic Act or the MACARTHUR Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the principles of Duty, Honor, Country should be— (1) deeply embedded in the ethos of the United States Military Academy; and (2) instilled in each cadet. 3. Modification of united states military academy mission statement Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall amend the mission statement of the United States Military Academy to include the phrase Duty, Honor, Country .