Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
This bill designates the location for the National Medal of Honor Monument, which was previously authorized by Public Law 117-80. It specifies that the monument must be placed within the National Mall's "Reserve" area near the Lincoln Memorial, overriding a prior location requirement. The bill does not create new policies or funding but clarifies the physical site for the existing authorized monument honoring Medal of Honor recipients. It directly affects the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, which will manage the monument's construction and placement.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Dec 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Last action Dec 9, 2025
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The changes between the Introduced and Engrossed versions of HR 186 are entirely formatting and typographical in nature. Spacing was adjusted before parenthetical numbering (e.g., '(2)' became ' (2)') and blank lines were added for readability. No substantive policy, scope, or language changes were made.
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Spacing and formatting adjustments throughout the bill: spaces added before parenthetical finding numbers and subsection labels, and blank lines inserted after section headers for improved readability.
Floor votes · House Jan 21, 2025
How they voted
414–0
Passed · 18 other
Total votes 432
Jan 21, 2025
D
Democratic215
93% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican216
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Dec 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 0 (Roll no. 18). (text: CR H237)
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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