S.Amdt. 5720

SA 5720. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HONORING THE LAST SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT FOR EACH MAJOR MILITARY CONFLICT.

It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) lying in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol represents the highest honor that can be bestowed on a citizen of the United States upon their passing;

(2) recipients of the Medal of Honor have demonstrated valor and bravery in combat in service to the United States above all reasonable expectations of a citizen;

(3) to honor the thousands of men and women who answered their Nation's call to arms, the remains of the individual who was the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor for acts performed during each major military conflict should be permitted to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol on such date as is determined appropriate by--

(A) the next of kin of such individual;

(B) the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(C) the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(D) the majority leader of the Senate;

(E) the minority leader of the Senate; and

(F) the President pro tempore of the Senate; and

(4) the Architect of the Capitol should take all necessary steps for the accomplishment of that purpose.