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S4138Enacted into Law

A bill to waive the 60-day notice requirement for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork, United States Army.

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
Passed Both
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-03-18
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
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Type

Sponsor

Roger F. Wicker
Roger F. Wicker
Republican · MS · Senator
Votes with party: 76.2% (858 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/W000437

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (2)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Jack Reed (D-RI)Original· 2026-03-18
  • Rick Scott (R-FL)Original· 2026-03-18

Latest Action

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Became Public Law No: 119-80.

2026-03-20

Source: Congress.gov

Plain-English Summary

This act allows for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork to the rank of major in the Army without the required 60-day notice to Congress.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Armed Forces and National Security

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4138 Enrolled Bill (ENR)] S.4138 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 waive the 60-day notice requirement for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork, United States Army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. WAIVER OF 60-DAY NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR THE POSTHUMOUS HONORARY PROMOTION OF CAPTAIN CODY KHORK, UNITED STATES ARMY. The 60-day notice requirement under section 1563a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is hereby waived for the purpose of the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork, United States Army, to the rank of major. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
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