H.R. 3467 · 116th Congress

Remove the Stain Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Denny Heck
Introduced
2019-06-25
Latest action
2019-06-26 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summary

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.