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HR 2226
Remove the Stain Act
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Bill overview
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.
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Primary sponsor
Kaiali'i Kahele
HouseHIDemocratDistrict 2
Cosponsors
Alcee L. Hastings
HouseFLDemocratDistrict 20
Anthony G. Brown
HouseMDDemocratDistrict 4
Betty McCollum
HouseMNDemocratDistrict 4
Chellie Pingree
HouseMEDemocratDistrict 1
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