[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3358 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3358

  To authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in 
state of the remains of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War 
    II, in order to honor the Greatest Generation and the more than 
 16,000,000 men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United 
                       States from 1941 to 1945.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2021

Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Romney, Mr. 
   Cotton, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Tester, Mr. Cruz, and Ms. Duckworth) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                 Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in 
state of the remains of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War 
    II, in order to honor the Greatest Generation and the more than 
 16,000,000 men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United 
                       States from 1941 to 1945.

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

SECTION 1. HONORING HERSHEL WOODROW ``WOODY'' WILLIAMS AS THE LAST 
              SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT OF WORLD WAR II.

    (a) Use of Rotunda.--Upon his death, Hershel Woodrow ``Woody'' 
Williams, who is the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor for 
acts performed during World War II, shall be permitted to lie in state 
in the rotunda of the United States Capitol if he or his next of kin so 
elects.
    (b) Implementation.--The Architect of the Capitol, under the 
direction of the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, shall take the necessary steps to 
implement subsection (a).
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