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To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 22, 2026

Latest action (Mar 26, 2026) Became Public Law No: 119-81.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Defense

Summary

The bill would authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for his acts of valor during the Vietnam War. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States, awarded for extreme gallantry and bravery in combat.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (16)
  1. Mar 26, 2026 Became Public Law No: 119-81.
  2. Mar 26, 2026 Signed by President.
  3. Mar 24, 2026 Presented to President. · house
  4. Mar 4, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
  5. Mar 3, 2026 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S767) · senate
  6. Mar 3, 2026 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  7. Mar 3, 2026 Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent. · senate
  8. Feb 4, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
  9. Feb 3, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  10. Feb 3, 2026 On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H1967) · house
  11. Feb 3, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H1967)
  12. Feb 3, 2026 Committee on Armed Services discharged. · house
  13. Feb 3, 2026 Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1967) · house
  14. Feb 3, 2026 Mr. Bacon asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider. · house
  15. Jan 22, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
  16. Jan 22, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3175 — To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Thomas H. Griffin for acts of valor as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War. · Introduced May 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 3377 — To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. · Became Law Mar 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 1819 — To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams for acts of valor during the Korean War. · Introduced Mar 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 5293 — To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Ret. Col. Robert J. Graham for acts of valor while as a member of the Air Force during the Vietnam War. · Introduced Sep 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • S 3781 — A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War · Introduced Feb 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 4580 — To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to retired Colonel Philip J. Conran for acts of valor in Laos as a member of the Air Force during the Vietnam War. · Introduced Jul 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 4, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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