Senate Unanimously Passes Brown's Bill to Honor Medal of Honor Recipients
May 02, 2024
May 02, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release:
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) Mark Our Place Act, legislation that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a headstone, marker, or medallion for all Medal of Honor recipients, regardless of their dates of service. Under current law, these markers are only available to Medal of Honor recipients that served after 1917. Brown was . . .
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) Mark Our Place Act, legislation that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a headstone, marker, or medallion for all Medal of Honor recipients, regardless of their dates of service. Under current law, these markers are only available to Medal of Honor recipients that served after 1917. Brown was . . .