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A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28th, 1945,…

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A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28th, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

Introduced: January 30, 2017 Introduced by: Johnson, Ron Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jan 30, 2017
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This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

What's happening now January 30, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jan 30, 2017
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jan 30, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 238: A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28th, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-238/
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"S. 238: A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28th, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-238/.
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S. 238, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-238/.
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[S. 238: A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, for acts of valor on January 28th, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-238/)
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