Signed into law
Hershel ‘Woody' Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
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).
- Measure
- S. 858 · 119th Congress
- Latest action
- September 10, 2026
- Policy changes
- 1
- Source
- CRS summary (Introduced in Senate) · Congress.gov
Became Public Law No: 119-104.
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Sen. James C. Justice (R-WV)Joined by 13 cosponsors, 7 of them from the day it was introduced. Introduced March 5, 2025.
All 13 cosponsors
- Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) · original
- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) · original
- Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) · original
- Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) · original
- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) · original
- Sen. James E. Risch (R-ID) · original
- Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) · original
- Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT)
- Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Provision 1
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).
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