President can give Medal of Honor to Army soldier Nicholas Dockery
H.R. 7194 — Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act · Filed by James Baird (R-IN) · Introduced Jan 21, 2026 · Signed
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What it does
This bill lets the President award the Medal of Honor to Nicholas Dockery. Dockery was an Army soldier in Afghanistan. On October 2, 2012, he did brave acts in combat. He already got the Silver Star for those same acts. The bill removes the time limit that normally blocks this medal. It can now be given years after the service happened.
Who it affects
Nicholas Dockery is the soldier who may receive the medal. The public sees the government honor real military bravery.
One thing to notice
The bill removes a rule that blocks the Medal of Honor from being given long after service.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jan 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 21, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Armed Services and Senate Committee on Armed Services · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services”
- Feb 3, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Armed Services discharged”
- Feb 3, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed without objection. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1968)”
- Mar 3, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S767)”
- Mar 24, 2026 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
- Mar 26, 2026 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Private Law No: 119-2”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $90,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 4 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
James Baird, who sponsored the bill, received $246,000 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Phrma — $90,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- Medal of Honor — The highest military award the U.S. gives for bravery in combat.
- Silver Star — A military medal given for bravery or service in combat.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (972 characters) on Jul 9, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-01.
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