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[H.R. 7211 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.7211

                     One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six

                                 An Act

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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO JOHN W. RIPLEY

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO JOHN W. RIPLEY
FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A MEMBER OF THE MARINE CORPS DURING THE VIETNAM
WAR.
    (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations specified
in sections 8298(a) and 8300 of title 10, United States Code, or any
other time limitation with respect to the awarding of certain medals to
persons who served in the Armed Forces, 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).
    (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in this
subsection are the actions of John W. Ripley, as a member of the Marine
Corps, on April 2, 1972, during the Vietnam War, for which he was
previously awarded the Navy Cross.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and
                                               President of the Senate.