[Congressional Bills 106th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1831 Introduced in House (IH)] 106th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1831 To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Charles Richmond Metchear for his actions at Cienfuegos, Cuba during the Spanish-American War. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 17, 1999 Mr. Meehan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Charles Richmond Metchear for his actions at Cienfuegos, Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is authorized and requested to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Charles Richmond Metchear, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for his actions as a crewmember of the U.S.S. Marblehead at Cienfuegos, Cuba during the Spanish-American War on May 11, 1898. Such an award may be made without regard to sections 6248 and 6250 of title 10, United States Code, and may be made in accordance with award criteria applicable at the time of the actions referred to in the first sentence. <all>