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HR7194Enacted into Law

Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
Passed Both
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-01-21
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

James R. Baird
James R. Baird
Republican · IN · Representative
Votes with party: 97.7% (513 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/B001307

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (0)

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

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Latest Action

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Became Private Law No: 119-2.

2026-03-26

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Armed ServicesDischarged From · 2026-03-03
  • House Committee on Armed ServicesDischarged From · 2026-02-03

Previously

  • Armed Services CommitteeDischarged From · 2026-03-03
  • Senate Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2026-02-04
  • Armed Services CommitteeReferred To · 2026-02-04
  • Armed Services CommitteeDischarged From · 2026-02-03
  • House Committee on Armed ServicesReferred To · 2026-01-21

Plain-English Summary

Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Nicholas Dockery (formerly known as Kareem N. Dockery), for his acts of valor on October 2, 2012, as a member of the Army while serving in Afghanistan, for which he was previously awarded the Silver Star.

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] [H.R. 7194 Enrolled Bill (ENR)] H.R.7194 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 Nicholas Dockery for acts of valor as a member of the Army while serving in Afghanistan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO NICHOLAS DOCKERY FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY WHILE SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN. (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 7274 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 7271 of such title, to Nicholas Dockery, formerly known as Kareem N. Dockery for the acts of valor described in subsection (b). (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in section 2 of this Act are the actions of Nicholas Dockery, as a member of the Army, on October 2, 2012, while serving in Afghanistan, for which he was previously awarded the Silver Star. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
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