HR2717-118

Reported

To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients.

118th Congress Introduced Apr 19, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Agriculture, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H2106340D030C4C5EAF5359E49E28803D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act.
  • Section H64E5A0D1869E4DE197AD1706E20A132D: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Congress in 2021 unanimously passed, and the President signed, Public Law 117–80 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note), which...
  • Section H76EA5E52CF9A4BFE9A961A0D60C17CD1: 3. National Medal of Honor Monument Location Notwithstanding section 8908(c) of title 40, United States Code, the commemorative work authorized by section 1(a)...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Agriculture, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work on the National Mall to honor the extraordinary acts of valor, selfless service, and sacrifice displayed by Medal of Honor recipients., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Policy Domains

Defense Agriculture Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 3, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Levin, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Tiffany, …

Nov 3, 2023

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Apr 19, 2023

Mr. Moore of Utah (for himself, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Espaillat, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Agriculture Transportation
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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