To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Colonel Philip Conran of the United States Air Force for acts of valor during the Vietnam War.

Provides for the relief of retired Colonel Philip Conran.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4280 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4280

   To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Colonel 
 Philip Conran of the United States Air Force for acts of valor during 
                            the Vietnam War.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2015

  Mrs. Capps introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Colonel 
 Philip Conran of the United States Air Force for acts of valor during 
                            the Vietnam War.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO COLONEL PHILIP 
              CONRAN FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

    (a) Authorization.--The President may award the Medal of Honor 
under section 8741 of title 10, United States Code, to retired Colonel 
Philip Conran of the United States Air Force for the acts of valor 
during the Vietnam War described in subsection (b).
    (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to in 
subsection (a) are the actions of Colonel Philip Conran during a rescue 
mission operation in Laos on October 6, 1969, while serving as a pilot 
in the 21st Special Operations Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air 
Force Base, Thailand, for which he was previously awarded the Air Force 
Cross.
    (c) Waiver of Time Limitations.--The award under subsection (a) may 
be made notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 8744 
of title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation with 
respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 
Armed Forces.
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