# 119-hr-1819: To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams for acts of valor during the Korean War.

119-hr-1819, To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams for acts of valor during the Korean War., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1819
- Congress: 119
- Title: To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams for acts of valor during the Korean War.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams.** This bill would waive statutory time limits so the President could give Williams the Medal of Honor for his November 18, 1952 actions, when as a Navy lieutenant he shot down four and possibly five MiG‑15s in a 35‑minute dogfight over water. Findings note his badly damaged plane returned to the USS Oriskany with 263 holes and a foot‑long gash, that he suffered only a bloody neck injury, and that his Silver Star was upgraded to the Navy Cross in January 2023.

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1819 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1819)

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- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-2709: Save Our Sequoias Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2709)
- [119-hr-1927: CLEAR Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1927)
- [119-hr-4073: Tsunami Warning, Research, and Education Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4073)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1819 (as of 2026-04-21).