To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to James L. Cadigan of Hingham, Massachusetts.

H.R. 780 was a legislative proposal that authorized and requested the President of the United States to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to James L. Cadigan, a World War II veteran from Hingham, Massachusetts. The bill sought to recognize Cadigan for his extraordinary bravery and leadership during a 1945 assault to secure high ground near Zerf, Germany. While the bill aimed to provide the nation's highest military decoration for valor to a local veteran, the Department of Defense issued an unfavorable executive comment, and the legislation did not move forward to become law.