The President is authorized to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the Vietnam War, and for other purposes, section 1, Sec. 1.
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The President is authorized to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley
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What the document says
“the President is authorized to award the Medal of Honor, under section 8291 of such title, to John W. Ripley for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).”
The operative provision. It authorizes an award of the Medal of Honor under section 8291 of title 10, United States Code, to one named person, and it does so notwithstanding the time limitations in sections 8298(a) and 8300 of that title and any other time limitation on awarding medals to people who served in the Armed Forces. It amends no statute and names no deadline.
What the document actually says
“the President is authorized to award the Medal of Honor, under section 8291 of such title, to John W. Ripley for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).”
That sentence, in plain words
The President may give John W. Ripley the Medal of Honor. It is for the brave acts named below.
What this is about
There is a time limit on war medals. That limit ran out long ago. This law sets it aside for one man.
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Authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to John W. Ripley for acts of valor during the…, Public Law 119-81, sec. 1, 140 Stat. 751 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ81/html/PLAW-119publ81.htm
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