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S-858Senate2026-03-27Public Lands and Natural Resources

Hershel ‘Woody' Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act

YourVoice.Now Summary

Targeted & Unrelated Provisions

A Medal of Honor monument would go in the heart of the National Mall — where new ones are barred.

Targeted & Unrelated Provisions

Exception to the ban on new Mall monuments — one site

Federal law keeps new monuments out of the Reserve, the core stretch of the National Mall. This act sets that rule aside for the Medal of Honor monument only.

More about this bill

If you visit the National Mall in Washington, a new monument would stand in its heart. It would honor people who earned the Medal of Honor. Congress already approved the monument in an earlier law. This act picks the spot. Today's law keeps new monuments out of that core area, known as the Reserve. This act makes one exception. Every other rule for monuments there would still apply. The Senate passed it in March 2026. The House has not voted.

Congressional Summary

Hershel "Woody" Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location ActThis bill requires the authorized monument 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).

Legislative Subjects

Conflicts and warsCongressional tributesDistrict of ColumbiaGovernment trust fundsMilitary historyMilitary personnel and dependentsMonuments and memorialsVeterans' organizations and recognition

Details

Congress
119th
Chamber
Senate
Status
summarized
Action
Held at the desk.
Action Date
2026-03-27
Date Added
2026-08-26
Source
Congress.gov →

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