HOUSE 2226117th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Remove the Stain Act
- Last Action
- 3/26/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-26Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- 2021-03-26Introduced in House
- 2021-03-26Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-26 (00)
Remove the Stain Act
This bill rescinds each Medal of Honor awarded for acts that occurred on December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek, Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota.
The bill requires the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard to remove the names of those award recipients from the Medal of Honor Roll.
Cosponsors (20)
- Daniel Kildee (D-MI)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- ALCEE HASTINGS (D-FL)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Sharice Davids (D-KS)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Raul Ruiz (D-CA)
- Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM)
- Anthony Brown (D-MD)
- Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
- Nikema Williams (D-GA)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Joe Courtney (D-CT)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
Subjects
- Conflicts and wars
- Federal-Indian relations
- Military history
- Military personnel and dependents
- South Dakota
- U.S. history
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