S.Amdt. 3861

SA 3861. Mr. KELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3748 proposed by Mr. Wicker (for himself and Mr. Reed) to
the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 H of title V, add the following:

SEC. 586. AUTHORIZATION FOR POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF MEDAL OF
HONOR TO EDWIN O'HARA FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING
WORLD WAR II.

(a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time
limitations specified in section 8298 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 8291 of such title to Edwin O'Hara for the acts of
valor described in subsection (b) while Mr. O'Hara was a
member of the United States Naval Reserve.
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described
in this subsection are the actions of Edwin O'Hara on
September 27, 1942, for which he was previously awarded the
Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal, while serving as
a Merchant Marine engine cadet and midshipman in the Merchant
Marine Reserve aboard the S.S. Stephen Hopkins, when he was
killed by enemy fire shortly after delivering the last five
blows to the HSK Stier, the only naval cruiser ever sunk in
combat by a merchantman, and the only German surface warship
destroyed by a United States ship in World War II.
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