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S. 3358 117th Congress Senate

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…

Official title: 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 … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: December 9, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Dec 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Dec 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action December 9, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill authorizes Hershel Woodrow Williams, who is the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor for acts performed during World War II, to lie in state in the Capitol rotunda upon his death.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • SCONRES 3 A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state of the remains of the …
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 5
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Dec 9, 2021
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Dec 9, 2021
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Dec 9, 2021
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Dec 9, 2021
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Dec 9, 2021
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Dec 9, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3358: 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.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3358/
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"S. 3358: 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.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3358/.
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S. 3358, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3358/.
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[S. 3358: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3358/)
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