To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Danny P. Dietz, formerly of Littleton, Colorado, for acts of valor on June 28, 2005, while fighting against the Taliban in Konar Province, Afghanistan.

Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor to Danny P. Dietz for acts of valor on June 28, 2005, while fighting against the Taliban in Konar Province, Afghanistan.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4927 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4927

 To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to 
 Danny P. Dietz, formerly of Littleton, Colorado, for acts of valor on 
 June 28, 2005, while fighting against the Taliban in Konar Province, 
                              Afghanistan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2007

 Mr. Tancredo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to 
 Danny P. Dietz, formerly of Littleton, Colorado, for acts of valor on 
 June 28, 2005, while fighting against the Taliban in Konar Province, 
                              Afghanistan.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO 
              DANNY DIETZ FOR ACTS OF VALOR WHILE FIGHTING AGAINST THE 
              TALIBAN IN KONAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Authorization.--The President is authorized and requested to 
award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of title 10, United States 
Code, to Danny Dietz, formerly of Littleton, Colorado, for the acts of 
valor described in subsection (b).
    (b) Action Described.--The acts of valor referred to in subsection 
(a) are the actions of Danny P. Dietz on June 28, 2005, in Konar 
Province, Afghanistan, while fighting against the Taliban, when, as a 
Petty Officer 2nd Class in the United States Navy, he demonstrated 
extraordinary heroism in the face of grave danger, fighting valiantly 
against the numerically superior and positionally advantaged enemy 
force. After the crash of a Chinook rescue helicopter sent to extract 
his team from the area, Dietz advanced on the enemy in an attempt to 
reach a location where he could establish radio communications. 
Although mortally wounded, Dietz held his position, fighting back the 
enemy to give one of his SEAL team members an opportunity to escape.
    (c) Waiver of Time Limitations.--The award under subsection (a) may 
be made without regard to the time limitations specified in section 
3744(b) of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation 
established by law or regulation with respect to the awarding of 
certain medals to persons who served in the Army.
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