House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Medal of Honor Access and Liaison Act
Official title: To amend chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for recipients of the Medal of Honor to receive identification allowing unaccompanied access to military installations, to establish a Department of Defense Medal of Honor Liaison, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Don Bacon R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10480.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 147, September 17, 2026, Page H5989):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10480, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
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