{"id":"5d3870c7-49b0-475c-86c5-196621b7114a","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"hr","billNumber":7194,"title":"Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act","displayTitle":"Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act","abstract":"Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Nicholas Dockery (formerly known as Kareem N. Dockery), for his acts of valor on October 2, 2012, as a member of the Army while serving in Afghanistan, for which he was previously awarded the Silver Star.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>Nicholas Dockery — formerly known as Kareem N. Dockery — served in the U.S. Army and was previously awarded the Silver Star for extraordinary valor during combat in Afghanistan on October 2, 2012. Federal law normally requires that Medal of Honor nominations be submitted within a set time period after the acts of valor occurred. The Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act waives that time limit and authorizes the President to award Dockery the Medal of Honor — the nation's highest military decoration — for his actions that day. It became law on March 26, 2026.</p>","status":"PASSED_ONE_CHAMBER","topics":[],"introducedAt":"2026-01-21T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2026-02-04T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7194","accountabilityFlags":{},"tldr":"Waives a nomination deadline so the President can award Army veteran Nicholas Dockery the Medal of Honor for 2012 valor in Afghanistan.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.","chamber":"HOUSE","policyArea":"Armed Forces and National Security","legislativeSubjects":["Afghanistan","Asia","Conflicts and wars","Military personnel and dependents"],"lawStatus":"private_law","lawNumber":"119-2","latestActionText":"Became Private Law No: 119-2.","latestTextVersion":"Enrolled Bill","textVersionUsed":"Enrolled Bill","dateAdded":"2026-04-10T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-04-10T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"5d3870c7-49b0-475c-86c5-196621b7114a","feedIdentityKey":"119/hr/7194","websiteBillId":"HR-7194","yourvoiceSummary":"Nicholas Dockery — formerly known as Kareem N. Dockery — served in the U.S. Army and was previously awarded the Silver Star for extraordinary valor during combat in Afghanistan on October 2, 2012. Federal law normally requires that Medal of Honor nominations be submitted within a set time period after the acts of valor occurred. The Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act waives that time limit and authorizes the President to award Dockery the Medal of Honor — the nation's highest military decoration — for his actions that day. It became law on March 26, 2026.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T02:16:28.622769+00:00"}