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A bill to authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Korean War.

Introduced: January 27, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Jan 27, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 27, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun for acts of valor during the Korean War.

What's happening now January 27, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jan 27, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 213: A bill to authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Korean War.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-213/
MLA
"S. 213: A bill to authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Korean War.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-213/.
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S. 213, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-213/.
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[S. 213: A bill to authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun of the United States Army for acts of valor during the Korean War.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-213/)
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