A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and most recently of Colleyville, Texas, before his death on April 2, 2020, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 367 To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and most recently of Colleyville, Texas, before his death on April 2, 2020, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 23, 2021 Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. CORNYN, and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and most recently of Colleyville, Texas, before his death on April 2, 2020, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S367.IS S367 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 367 IS SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL 1 OF HONOR TO JAMES MEGELLAS FOR ACTS 2 OF VALOR DURING BATTLE OF THE BULGE. 3 (a) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—Notwith- 4 standing the time limitations specified in section 7274 of 5 title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation 6 with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons 7 who served in the Armed Forces, the President may award 8 the Medal of Honor under section 7271 of such title to 9 James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and 10 most recently of Colleyville, Texas, before his death on 11 April 2, 2020, for the acts of valor during World War II 12 described in subsection (b). 13 (b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 14 referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of James 15 Megellas on January 28, 1945, in Herresbach, Belgium, 16 during the Battle of the Bulge when, as a first lieutenant 17 in the 82nd Airborne Division, he led a surprise and dev- 18 astating attack on a much larger advancing enemy force, 19 killing and capturing a large number and causing others 20 to flee, single-handedly destroying an attacking German 21 Mark V tank with two hand-held grenades, and then lead- 22 ing his men in clearing and seizing Herresbach. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:48 Mar 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S367.IS S367 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS