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

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 98 To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and currently of Colleyville, Texas, 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 JANUARY 10, 2019 Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. CORNYN) 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 currently of Colleyville, Texas, 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 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL 3 OF HONOR TO JAMES MEGELLAS FOR ACTS 4 OF VALOR DURING BATTLE OF THE BULGE. 5 (a) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—Notwith- 6 standing the time limitations specified in section 3744 of 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S98.IS S98 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 98 IS title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation 1 with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons 2 who served in the Armed Forces, the President may award 3 the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of such title to 4 James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and 5 currently of Colleyville, Texas, for the acts of valor during 6 World War II described in subsection (b). 7 (b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 8 referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of James 9 Megellas on January 28, 1945, in Herresbach, Belgium, 10 during the Battle of the Bulge when, as a first lieutenant 11 in the 82nd Airborne Division, he led a surprise and dev- 12 astating attack on a much larger advancing enemy force, 13 killing and capturing a large number and causing others 14 to flee, single-handedly destroying an attacking German 15 Mark V tank with two hand-held grenades, and then lead- 16 ing his men in clearing and seizing Herresbach. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S98.IS S98 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS