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To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Major Brian R. Chontosh, United States Marine Corps (retired), for acts of valor on March 25, 2003.

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V 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5208 To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Major Brian R. Chontosh, United States Marine Corps (retired), for acts of valor on March 25, 2003. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 20, 2019 Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Major Brian R. Chontosh, United States Marine Corps (retired), for acts of valor on March 25, 2003. 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 MAJOR BRIAN R. CHONTOSH, 4 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (RETIRED). 5 (a) WAIVER OF TIME LIMITATIONS.—Notwith- 6 standing the time limitations specified in section 8298 of 7 title 10, United States Code, or any other time limitation 8 with respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 21, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5208.IH H5208 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 5208 IH who served in the Armed Forces, the President may award 1 the Medal of Honor under section 8291 of such title to 2 Major Brian R. Chontosh, United States Marine Corps 3 (retired), for the acts of valor described in subsection (b). 4 (b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 5 referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of Brian R. 6 Chontosh on March 25, 2003, as a member of the Marine 7 Corps in the grade of First Lieutenant while serving in 8 Iraq as Combined Anti-Armor Platoon Commander, 9 Weapons Company, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine 10 Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, in support of 11 Operation Iraqi Freedom, for which he was previously 12 awarded the Navy Cross. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Nov 21, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5208.IH H5208 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS

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