Remove the Stain Act

United States117th CongressS-1073Senate
Updated: Apr 12, 2021

Summary

Remove the Stain Act This bill rescinds each Medal of Honor awarded for acts that occurred on December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek, Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota. The bill requires the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard to remove the names of those award recipients from the Medal of Honor Roll.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

HR-2226: Remove the Stain Act

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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