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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

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

Latest action (Feb 4, 2026) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
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 James Capers, Jr., a Marine Corps veteran, for acts of valor during the Vietnam War. Specifically, the bill would allow the award for Capers' actions as a Marine during March 31 through April 3, 1967, for which he was previously awarded the Silver Star. The bill would override normal time limitations that restrict the awarding of certain medals to veterans. This would allow recognition of Capers' actions decades after they occurred.

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)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 4, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
  2. Feb 4, 2026 Introduced in Senate

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 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 97%
  • 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 65%
  • HR 7211 — 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. · Became Law Mar 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 9106 — Robert Lodge Medal of Honor Act · Introduced Jun 2, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%
  • 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 62%
  • HR 2335 — To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller posthumously for acts of valor while a member of the Navy during World War II. · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 4, 2026

Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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.

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 MEDAL OF HONOR TO JAMES CAPERS, JR., FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A MEMBER OF THE MARINE CORPS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

(a) Authorization.—Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in sections 8298(a) and 8300 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 is authorized to award the Medal of Honor, under section 8291 of such title, to James Capers, Jr., for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).

(b) Acts of Valor Described.—The acts of valor described in this subsection are the actions of James Capers, Jr., as a member of the Marine Corps, during the period of March 31 through April 3, 1967, during the Vietnam War, for which he was previously awarded the Silver Star. <all>

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