{"bill":{"id":"119-s-858","congress":119,"type":"S","number":858,"title":"Hershel ‘Woody' Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act","originChamber":"Senate","introducedDate":"2025-03-05","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"J000312","fullName":"Sen. Justice, James C. 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(text: CR H5264)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-31","text":"Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5264)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-31","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 858.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-31","text":"Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5264-5266)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-08-31","text":"Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-27","text":"Held at the desk.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-27","text":"Received in the House.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-27","text":"Message on Senate action sent to the House.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-25","text":"Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S1605)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-25","text":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-25","text":"Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1605)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-25","text":"Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Discharge","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-03-25","text":"Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-17","text":"Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-12-09","text":"Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-05","text":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-05","text":"Introduced in Senate","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Hershel \"Woody\" Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the authorized monument&nbsp;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).</p>","updateDate":"2026-09-23T13:49:22Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":8005,"ts":"2026-10-14T20:14:41.981Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Hershel%20%E2%80%98Woody'%20Williams%20National%20Medal%20of%20Honor%20Monument%20Lo"}]}}