H.R. 7211: 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.

H.R. 7211 is a federal bill in the 119th Congress. Currently, federal law places strict time limits on how long after an event the military can award the Medal of Honor. Under the rules that were true before this law passed, those time limits had expired for actions taken during the Vietnam War, meaning… See its sponsors, how members voted, and a plain-English breakdown on PolityLens.