HR 7194 United States House · 119th Congress

Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act

This bill requests the President to award Kareem N. Dockery the Medal of Honor for his 2012 combat actions in Afghanistan, where he repeatedly risked his life to protect fellow soldiers during an ambush. It specifically authorizes the upgrade from his previously awarded Silver Star, citing his actions that saved a wounded soldier and killed multiple enemy fighters. The bill does not create new policy but applies existing military award procedures to honor one soldier's service. It directly affects only Kareem N. Dockery, who received a Silver Star for these actions in 2012.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Mar 2026

Introduced Jan 21, 2026 Signed Mar 26, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 3 edits · Feb 3, 2026

MINOR

The bill updating the name of the Medal of Honor recipient from Kareem N. Dockery to Nicholas Dockery (noting he was formerly known as Kareem N. Dockery), and removing the entire findings section that contained a detailed narrative of his combat actions in Afghanistan on October 2, 2012.

Scope change

The substantive scope of the authorization is unchanged - it still authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor for the same October 2, 2012 actions in Afghanistan. However, the removal of the findings section eliminates the legislative record of the specific acts within the bill itself, and a broken cross-reference was introduced.

DEFINITION

The recipient's name was changed from 'Kareem N. Dockery' to 'Nicholas Dockery, formerly known as Kareem N. Dockery,' indicating a legal name change by the individual.

SCOPE

The entire Section 2 (Findings) was deleted. This section contained 13 numbered findings describing in detail the ambush in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan, including specific actions such as killing enemy fighters, shielding a soldier from a grenade, administering CPR, and marking position for helicopter gunships.

TECHNICAL

Section numbering was renumbered from 3 to 2 following the removal of the findings section. Subsection (b) still references 'the acts of valor described in section 2 of this Act,' which now creates a self-referential or broken citation since the detailed findings no longer exist in the bill text.

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

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Committee

Amendments

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

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.

upper

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

upper

Feb 3, 2026

Introduced

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

On passage Passed without objection. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1968)

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1968)

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

Jan 21, 2026

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors