Hershel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
Passed HousePublic Lands and Natural Resources
IntroducedJan 3, 2025
Passed HouseJan 21, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet
Where it stands
Passed House. Latest step, Dec 9, 2025: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238. The House passed it 414–0.All 4 of Iowa's representatives voted yes in the House. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 2 new provisions of its own.
How this bill changes the law
Sourced
H.R. 186 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 2 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text as sent to the Senate (Jan 22, 2025).
adds
changes words
removes or repeals
renumbers
Dashed lines: proposed, not law.
H.R. 186Bill
Sec. 2Findingsnew law
Sec. 3National Medal of Honor Monument Locationnew law
New provisions of the bill's own
Sec. 2 Findings
Sec. 3 National Medal of Honor Monument Location
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)
Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.
From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.
What it does
Sourced
Hershel "Woody" Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act
This bill requires the authorized monument honoring Medal of Honor recipients to be located within the Reserve (the great cross-axis of the National Mall, which generally extends from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and from the White House to the Jefferson Memorial).
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 3, 2025).
Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.
What has happened
Sourced
Jan 21, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 0 (Roll no. 18). (text: CR H237) Roll call recordLibrary of Congress