S.Amdt. 737

SA 737. Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Cornyn)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R.
2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities

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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 G of title V, add the following:

SEC. 573. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO
JAMES MEGELLAS FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING BATTLE
OF THE BULGE.

(a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--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 may award the Medal of Honor under
section 3741 of such title to James Megellas, formerly of
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas,
for the acts of valor during World War II described in
subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to
in subsection (a) are the actions of James Megellas on
January 28, 1945, in Herresbach, Belgium, during the Battle
of the Bulge when, as a first lieutenant in the 82d Airborne
Division, he led a surprise and devastating attack on a much
larger advancing enemy force, killing and capturing a large
number and causing others to flee, single-handedly destroying
an attacking German Mark V tank with two hand-held grenades,
and then leading his men in clearing and seizing Herresbach.
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