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NC H992
Bill
Status
4/25/2019
Primary Sponsor
Donny Lambeth
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AI Summary
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Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the War Memorial Foundation for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2020-2021 in nonrecurring funds.
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Funds designated for the War Memorial Foundation's War Memorial Fund to support memorials recognizing Army Specialist Lawrence Joel, Medal of Honor recipients from North Carolina, and all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
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Acknowledges Army Specialist Lawrence Joel's heroism in saving 13 battalion members while being wounded twice by Viet Cong fire on November 8, 1965, and his receipt of the Medal of Honor on March 9, 1967.
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Recognizes Lawrence Joel as the first living African-American to receive the Medal of Honor since the Spanish-American War and notes he was born in Forsyth County, North Carolina.
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Becomes effective July 1, 2019.
Legislative Description
Funds for War Memorial Foundation
Last Action
Ref to the Com on Appropriations, General Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
4/26/2019