House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Kweisi Mfume D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1251.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MFUME, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Pages H971-H972):Article I, Section 8, clause 14 The single subject of this legislation is: Waiving the Time Limitation for Doris Miller to Receive the Medal of HonorSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 149 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1251, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1251
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Shontel Brown (D-OH), André Carson (D-IN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Katie Porter (D-CA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), David Scott (D-GA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.