To waive the time limitation specified by law for the award of certain military decorations in order to allow the posthumous award of the Congressional Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II.

H.R. 708 is a legislative proposal that would allow the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Because federal law typically requires the Medal of Honor to be awarded within a specific number of years following the act of valor, this bill specifically waives those time restrictions to permit the recognition. If passed, the bill would grant the nation’s highest military honor to the Navy cook who famously manned an anti-aircraft gun to defend his ship, despite having no formal training on the weapon.