HR 3377 United States House · 119th Congress

To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.

This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Marine James Capers, Jr., for his acts of valor during the Vietnam War on March 31-April 3, 1967. It directly affects Capers, who previously received the Silver Star for these actions but had not been awarded the Medal of Honor due to time limitations. The bill bypasses standard time restrictions under U.S. Code that typically prevent retroactive Medal of Honor awards. This is a non-procedural policy change that formally enables the award to be granted for specific historical military service.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Mar 2026

Introduced May 13, 2025 Signed Mar 26, 2026

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Engrossed in House → Enrolled Bill · 2 edits

MINOR

This diff reflects the transition of HR 3377 from its engrossed-in-House version to its final enrolled bill form, indicating it passed both chambers. The substantive policy content is unchanged: the bill still authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor during the Vietnam War (March 31 through April 3, 1967), notwithstanding standard time limitations. All changes are formatting and structural, adding standard enrolled-bill boilerplate such as the congressional session header, enactment language, and signature blocks.

TECHNICAL

The bill was reformatted from engrossed-in-House style to final enrolled bill format, adding the 119th Congress session header, 'Be it enacted' language, and signature lines for the Speaker and Vice President.

Minor capitalization change in subsection (b) heading: 'Acts of valor described' became 'Acts of Valor Described.'

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How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Mar 26, 2026

Signed into law

Signed by President.

executive

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S767)

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

upper

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H1967)

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H1967)

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee on Armed Services discharged.

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Mr. Bacon asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.

lower

May 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

lower

May 13, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors