[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1337 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1337

To waive the time limitations specified by law for the award of certain 
medals to persons who served in the Armed Forces to permit the award of 
     the Distinguished-Service Cross to Edward Halcomb for acts of 
              extraordinary heroism during the Korean War.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2015

   Mr. Ross introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To waive the time limitations specified by law for the award of certain 
medals to persons who served in the Armed Forces to permit the award of 
     the Distinguished-Service Cross to Edward Halcomb for acts of 
              extraordinary heroism during the Korean War.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE CROSS 
              FOR ACTS OF EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

    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 Secretary of the Army may award the Distinguished-Service 
Cross under section 3742 of such title to Edward Halcomb who, while 
serving in Korea as a member of the United States Army in the grade of 
Private First Class in Company B, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry 
Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, distinguished himself by acts of 
extraordinary heroism from August 20, 1950, to October 19, 1950, during 
the Korean War.
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