S.Amdt. 1302
What it does: Adds SEC. 586. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALONZO H. CUSHING FOR ACTS OF VALOR AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG DURING THE CIVIL WAR at the end of subtitle I of title V
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 586. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALONZO H. CUSHING FOR ACTS OF VALOR AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG DURING THE CIVIL WAR at the end of subtitle I of title V
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) by striking "members of the uniformed services" and inserting "uniformed services voters or overseas voters".
Inserted: SEC. 586. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALONZO H. CUSHING FOR ACTS OF VALOR AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
Inserted: (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations 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 to award the Medal of Honor posthumously under section 3741 of such title to Alonzo H. Cushing for the acts of valor during the Civil War described in subsection (b).
Inserted: (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing while in command of Battery A, 4th United States Artillery, Army of the Potomac, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle I of title V, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1302. Mr. LEVIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle I of title V, add the following:
SEC. 586. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALONZO H. CUSHING FOR ACTS OF VALOR AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
(a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations 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 to award the Medal of Honor posthumously under section 3741 of such title to Alonzo H. Cushing for the acts of valor during the Civil War described in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing while in command of Battery A, 4th United States Artillery, Army of the Potomac, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 18, 2011