H.R. 2335: 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.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-25 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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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.

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This bill authorizes the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for acts of valor as a member of the Navy during World War II, for which he was previously awarded the Navy Cross.

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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.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] · 13 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), André Carson (D-IN), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Wesley Bell (D-MO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] reported raising $489,736 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr2335.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr2335 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills