Army can quickly promote a dead captain to major.
S. 4138 — A bill to waive the 60-day notice requirement for the posthumous honorary promotion of Captain Cody Khork, United States Army. · Filed by Roger Wicker (R-MS) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Signed
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What it does
This bill removes a waiting period for the Army. The Army can now promote Captain Cody Khork after his death. Normally, Congress must wait 60 days before approving a posthumous promotion. This bill skips that wait.
Who it affects
This bill affects the Army. It honors Captain Cody Khork's memory.
One thing to notice
The bill waives a rule that usually applies to posthumous promotions.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Mar 18, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Mar 18, 2026 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed…”
- Mar 19, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H2607)”
- Mar 20, 2026 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-80”
- Mar 20, 2026 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- posthumous promotion — A rank increase given to a soldier after they have died.
- waives — Skips or does not follow a rule that normally applies.
- 60 days — The number of days Congress normally must wait before approving a promotion.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (875 characters) on Apr 14, 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-11-02.
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