[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4851 Introduced in House (IH)] 103d CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4851 To waive the time limitation specified by law for the award of certain military decorations in order to allow the posthumous award of the congressional medal of honor to Doris Miller for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 1994 Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas (for herself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mrs. Meek, Mr. Bacchus of Florida, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Skeen, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Rangel, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Thurman, Miss Collins of Michigan, Mr. Wynn, Ms. Waters, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Watt, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Scott, Mr. Payne of New Jersey, Mr. Owens, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Hilliard, Ms. Norton, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Wheat, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Fields of Louisiana, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Flake, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mr. Frost, Mr. Tejeda, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Sarpalius, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Pickle, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Andrews of Texas, Mr. de la Garza, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Washington, and Mr. Stenholm) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To waive the time limitation specified by law for the award of certain military decorations in order to allow the posthumous award of the congressional medal of honor to Doris Miller for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time limitations specified in section 6248(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the posthumous award of the congressional medal of honor under section 6241 of such title to Doris Miller (service number 356-12-35) for acts of heroism during World War II while a member of the United States Navy. <all>