MACARTHUR Act

United States119th CongressHR-700House of Representatives
Updated: Jan 23, 2025

Summary

This proposed legislation, officially known as the MACARTHUR Act , seeks to formally embed the phrase "Duty, Honor, Country" into the mission statement of the United States Military Academy. The bill includes a Sense of Congress, emphasizing that these core principles should be deeply ingrained in the Academy's ethos and diligently instilled in each cadet. To achieve this, the Act mandates that the Secretary of the Army must, within 30 days of its enactment, amend the official mission statement of the United States Military Academy to explicitly include the phrase "Duty, Honor, Country."

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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