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Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.","date":"2025-12-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-01-03","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Hershel \"Woody\" Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the authorized monument honoring Medal of Honor recipients to be located within the Reserve (the great cross-axis of the National Mall, which generally extends from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial)."}],"words":53},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the commemorative work to honor Medal of Honor recipients, authorized by Public Law 117–80, to be located within the Reserve on the National Mall.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/186/text/eh#H76952B248C2C4CAEBD559F963F9CD983"}]},"core_areas":["Location of the National Medal of Honor commemorative work within the Reserve","Application of the Commemorative Works Act to the commemorative work"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the commemorative work authorized by section 1(a) of Public Law 117–80 to be located within the Reserve, as defined in section 8902(a) of title 40, United States Code.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/186/text/eh#H76952B248C2C4CAEBD559F963F9CD983"}},{"text":"Applies this location requirement notwithstanding section 8908(c) of title 40, United States Code.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/186/text/eh#H76952B248C2C4CAEBD559F963F9CD983"}},{"text":"Provides that, except for the location requirement, chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (the Commemorative Works Act), applies to the commemorative work.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/186/text/eh#H76952B248C2C4CAEBD559F963F9CD983"}},{"text":"Sets the short title of the Act as the \"Hershel \"Woody\" Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/186/text/eh#HCD7FB58BD44344F8AD38B0B6068075FD"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-01-21","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/186/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/186","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/186/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-186.png","v":"be2c3ba81d59","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 186, 119th Congress: Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act. House: 414 Yea, 0 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 21 Jan 2025."}}