H.R. 3377: To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-05-13 · Latest: Became Private Law No: 119-1.

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To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

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This act authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr. for his acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War from March 31 through April 3, 1967, for which he was previously awarded the Silver Star.

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To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

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Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] · 0 cosponsors

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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.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr3377.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr3377 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills