S.Amdt. 3928

SA 3928. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Blunt) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. APPOINTMENT OF ULYSSES S. GRANT TO GRADE OF
GENERAL OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) On March 3, 1799, Congress created the grade of
``General of the Armies of the United States'' as the
commander of the Army of the United States (5th Congress,
Session III, Chap. 48, Section 9).
(2) On March 16, 1802, Congress effectively dissolved the
grade of General of the Armies of the United States when it
passed the Military Peace Establishment Act without reference
to the grade (7th Congress, Session I, Chap. 9, Sec. 3).
(3) On July 1, 1843, Ulysses S. Grant graduated from the
United States Military Academy at West Point, and, on July
31, 1854, Grant resigned from the Army at the grade of
Captain.
(4) Following President Abraham Lincoln's April 15, 1861,
proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteers to suppress
Confederate forces, Ulysses S. Grant rejoined the Army and
helped recruit and train volunteer soldiers for the Union.
(5) Over the course of the American Civil War, Ulysses S.
Grant commanded a cumulative total of more than 600,000 Union
soldiers and achieved major victories including Fort Henry
(February 1862), Fort Donelson (February 1862), Shiloh (April
1862), the Vicksburg Campaign (November 1862-July 1863),
Chattanooga (November 1863), the Wilderness Campaign (May
1864-June 1864), the Petersburg Campaign (June 1864-April
1865), and the Appomattox Campaign (April 1865).
(6) On February 29, 1864, Congress reestablished the grade
of ``Lieutenant-General of

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the United States Army'' and authorized the President to
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an
officer who was ``most distinguished for courage, skill, and
ability'' (38th Congress, Session I, Chap. 14, Sec. 1); that
same day, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Ulysses S.
Grant to be Lieutenant-General.
(7) On March 10, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln formally
appointed Ulysses S. Grant to the grade of Lieutenant-General
of the Army, a position previously held by only George
Washington and Winfield Scott, although Scott's promotion was
a brevet appointment.
(8) On July 25, 1866, Congress established the grade of
``General of the Army of the United States'' (39th Congress,
Session I, Chap. 232), and Ulysses S. Grant was appointed, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to General of
the Army of the United States for his role in commanding the
Union armies during the Civil War.
(9) On March 4, 1869, Ulysses S. Grant was sworn in as the
18th President of the United States.
(10) Throughout his two terms as President, Ulysses S.
Grant secured the ratification of the 15th amendment to the
Constitution, the creation of the Department of Justice, and
the passage and implementation of the Civil Rights Act of
1875.
(11) On October 11, 1976, Congress enacted Public Law 94-
479, which re-established the grade of ``General of the
Armies of the United States'' to posthumously request the
appointment of George Washington to General of the Armies of
the United States and made clear that this grade has
``precedence over all other grades of the Army, past or
present''.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to--
(1) honor Ulysses S. Grant for his efforts and leadership
in defending the union of the United States of America;
(2) recognize that the military victories achieved under
the command of Ulysses S. Grant were integral to the
preservation of the United States of America; and
(3) affirm that Ulysses S. Grant is among the most
influential military commanders in the history of the United
States of America.
(c) Appointment.--The President is authorized and requested
to appoint Ulysses S. Grant posthumously to the grade of
General of the Armies of the United States, such appointment
to take effect on April 27, 2022.
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